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The Intergenerational Healing Approach ™ ​
The Intergenerational Healing Approach™ (IHA), developed by Lea S. Denny, CEO, Founder, and Clinical Director of the HIR Wellness Institute, represents a transformative model for healing historical and intergenerational trauma, lateral violence, and oppression. Drawing from her pioneering work in trauma recovery, Denny's IHA goes beyond traditional family system healing, recognizing that the roots of intergenerational trauma are deeply embedded in systemic and environmental factors.
The IHA offers a profound shift in mental health care by training professionals to move past individual psychology and instead focus on relational health and community well-being as essential components of the healing process for survivors of violence and crimes. This approach encourages professionals to examine how they can contribute to collective healing, fostering a broader understanding of the dynamics of intergenerational trauma-informed practices.
Denny’s groundbreaking internship training program prepares the next generation of clinicians to engage with trauma in a holistic, collaborative way. Rather than solely addressing symptoms, students learn to work as part of a clinical team that emphasizes shared leadership, health justice, and community-based practices. Through the CAM Framework™, interns are guided in rethinking traditional mental health dynamics and are taught to view their role as a key component in the larger healing process, ensuring that they are equipped to support survivors in more meaningful and effective ways.
CAM™-Informed
Intergrated & Interdisciplinary Teams
A CAM™-Informed approach expands your understanding of how you as the provider identify and implement treatment, interventions, and support relative (client) goals. As an interdisciplinary team, we bring together professionals from diverse disciplines to collaborate interdependently within a unified framework. This integrated approach allows us to create comprehensive care plans that harness the collective expertise of the team, ensuring the delivery of holistic and effective treatment. In contrast, multidisciplinary teams operate in parallel, each discipline working separately to develop their own care plans. At HIR Wellness Institute, we believe that true innovation and impact arise from synthesizing knowledge and practices across disciplines to create a coordinated and cohesive treatment model.
Advancing The Practice, Process, & Pedagogy of Community Mental Health
At HIR Wellness Institute, we are pioneering a revolutionary approach to the practicum and internship experience for helping professionals. We center learning in action, integrating real-world experience into field placements through our Community Activated Medicine™ (CAM™) Advanced Training clinic. This innovative model enables future mental health professionals to engage directly with community needs, ensuring their education is grounded in practical application and impactful service delivery.
​By redefining the internship experience and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, we are shaping the future of mental health care—training the next generation of professionals to deliver compassionate, culturally responsive, and action-oriented service to those in need.
Training in the Community
At HIR Wellness Institute, we are pioneering a revolutionary approach to the practicum and internship experience for helping professionals. We center learning in action, integrating real-world experience into field placements through our Community Activated Medicine™ (CAM™) Advanced Training clinic.
This innovative model enables future mental health professionals to engage directly with community needs, ensuring their education is grounded in practical application and impactful service delivery.​By redefining the internship experience and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, we are shaping the future of mental health care—training the next generation of professionals to deliver compassionate, culturally responsive, and action-oriented service to those in need.
Join our growing network of community partners!
We invite you to explore how your school or organization can be part of our impactful CAM™ Internship Program and help shape the next generation of mental health professionals. By joining our network, your students will gain hands-on experience in a transformative environment that goes beyond traditional clinical training. Our program offers the opportunity to engage with the Community Activated Medicine (CAM) Framework™, a holistic, healing-informed approach that supports survivors of violence and historical trauma.
Our CAM™ internship program provides students with invaluable exposure to real-world challenges and the opportunity to work alongside experienced professionals in a community-centered setting. Students will develop critical skills in trauma-informed care, relational health, social-justice, and community wellness, while also being trained to address the root causes of systemic and intergenerational trauma.
If you're interested in offering your students a meaningful and innovative internship experience, we welcome you to schedule a tour or learn more about how your school can place students at our site. By partnering with us, your institution will be directly contributing to a healing movement that empowers both students and the communities they serve.
Let’s work together to inspire, train, and support the next wave of compassionate, skilled mental health professionals.
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