This week Doctor Patricia June Vickers is Passing Through!
Dr Vickers is a poet, artist, writer and internationally respected psychotherapist specializing in trauma of first nation peoples. She is a member of the Eagle clan from the village of Gitxaala, British Columbia and carries a traditional name from her village as well as from the Nuxalk Nation in Bella Coola, British Columbia.
Dr Vickers has completed trainings that include Spiritual Direction, Neurofeedback, Deep Brain Reorienting, Somatic Experiencing, and Compassionate Inquiry. She grounds her clinical service on traditional ceremonies and spiritual principles. She teaches spiritual transformation, healing trauma, the meaning of forgiveness, and unearthing layers to find the authentic self.
We talk about trauma, Indian Residential Schools, dominator mentality, the overlap between Christian teachings and native wisdom traditions, the supernatural, and the importance of respect, forgiveness, truth-telling and love as a pathway for keeping a clean heart.
You can find Patricia at her website:
https://www.patriciajunevickers.com
Or at her practice in support of healing:
https://www.ravenscallcanada.com/
You can also see her in the film The Eternal Song by Science And Non Duality
You can find her book here:
Singing to the Darkness
https://atlanticbooks.ca/stories/a-brief-excerpt-from-patricia-june-vickers-singing-to-the-darkness
Other Links:
Polyvagal Theory: Dr. Stephen Porges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec3AUMDjtKQ
Trauma Changes the brain: Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKWUmwxi1ZI&t=12s
On Incest: Dr. Christine Courtois
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6PAncTH8Nk
Incest as complex trauma: Dr. Christine Courtois
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzbx1UO6iWw