Treaty 6, 8 criticize impact of Alberta’s counselling regulations on Indigenous people – CTV News

March 15, 2024

The decision by Alberta to regulate counsellor therapy through the College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP) will not meet the urgency of mental health care required by Indigenous populations in the province.

Letters sent from Treaty 6 and Treaty 8 nations in February to provincial ministers Dan Williams (mental health and addiction) and Adriana LaGrange (health) highlight the “escalating mental health crisis” the First Nations are experiencing.

Grand chiefs Arthur Noskey (Treaty 8) and Cody Thomas (Treaty 6) supported the creation of a College of Counselling Therapy of Alberta (CCTA) to regulate counsellors.

Read More: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/flip-flop-in-regulating-mental-health-counsellors-will-slow-getting-urgent-services-to-indigenous-people-treaty-6-8-1.6808756

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