Indigenous Holistic Wellness Updated March 2026 (scroll down)
Willow Abrahamson, MSW, LCSW, CCTP
Suhuuvii Donzia
Integrating Indigenous Traditional Knowledge & Clinical Expertise
Willow offers culturally grounded therapy, holistic healing, and provides expert Indigenous mental health consultation.
"I dance to honor my ancestors, celebrate life, heal my spiritual being, and as an affirmation of resilience. "
EMAIL: [email protected]
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A Clinician Rooted in Culture & Expertise
Traditional Names: Suhuuvii Donzia (Willow Rose) and Buha Wiyipa (Medicine Woman), reflecting her journey in life, given to her traditionally by Agai Dikka Elders.
She is a proud member of the Shoshone Bannock Tribes, with descendancy in the Colville Confederated Tribes, Coeur d'Alene, Crow, Cree, and Confederated Tribes of the Salish & Kootenai nations.
Willow Abrahamson authentically blends clinical expertise, deep cultural excellence, and ancestral wisdom. She is uniquely positioned as both a cultural insider and a licensed clinical professional, focusing on Indigenous mental wellness and cultural resurgence for her clients.
Therapeutic Approach:
  • Trauma-informed clinical practice.
  • Traditional ecological knowledge & tribal language preservation.
  • Somatic healing rooted in ceremony & land-based wisdom.
Impact & Advocacy:
  • National consultant, trainer, & mentor.
  • Transforms behavioral health services for Indigenous populations.
  • Advocates for systemic change, strengthening cultural identity and fostering intergenerational wellness.
Licenses & Certifications
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Idaho
  • Supervisory Capabilities
  • Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP)
  • Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) Certified- Rapid reprocessing and resolution
  • QPR Gatekeeper Instructor - Suicide Prevention
  • PROSPER- Suicide Prevention, Intervention, Crisis-Planning and Postvention Trained
Authentic Indigenous Healing: Plant Wisdom & Sacred Movement
Willow integrates time-honored Indigenous healing modalities into culturally-grounded therapy, offering holistic care that addresses mind, body, and spirit.
Plant Medicines & Traditional Knowledge
With a Cornell University Certificate in Medicinal Plants, Willow reclaims ancestral plant knowledge, bridging traditional botanical wisdom with modern science.
Carrying plant medicine healer bloodlines, she carefully studies and ethically applies this knowledge for spiritual uses and modern wellness.
As a Longhouse relative, Canoe family relative, ceremonial participant, Sun Dancer and active member of the Native American Church, her practice emphasizes:
  • Restoring ancestral plant knowledge for contemporary healing.
  • Ethical use of plant medicines for spiritual well-being.
  • Supporting physical wellness through reconnection with nature and traditional ecological knowledge.
Indigenous Dance and Movement
Drawing on the power of traditional dance and sacred movement, Willow facilitates profound healing experiences. These practices are integral to Indigenous cultures, offering pathways for emotional release, spiritual connection, and community building.
Her approach leverages movement for therapeutic benefit, including:
  • Facilitating emotional processing and trauma release through embodied practices.
  • Fostering spiritual connection and cultural identity through traditional dances.
  • Promoting physical wellness and self-expression in a culturally safe space.
Truly holistic care, addressing and supporting spiritual wellness.
Clinical Integration & Indigenous based Therapy
Grounding therapeutic practices in Indigenous ways of knowing and being to foster culturally safe healing spaces.
Indigenous Centered Healing
Her approach offers immersive experiences grounded in traditional knowledge, movement, and somatic healing. She cultivates a deep connection to land, ancestors, and community, fostering an environment where Indigenous clients can heal within their own cultural framework.
Integrated Clinical & Traditional Interventions
Willow integrates traditional wisdom into targeted therapeutic programs, providing pathways for deep healing.
Signature Interventions:
  • "When You Walk with Plants, You Never Walk Alone": TEK-based healing & connection, Zaande Dama Buhii-viit Mai.
  • "Muuhee-goi: Return from War": Indigenous trauma therapy focused on healing historical trauma.
  • "Indigenous Tea/ Buhii Bah": Collective resilience through talking circles and plant knowledge.
  • "Ne Suakande Maviizhiagande: Taking Care of My Wellness": Holistic personal & community wellness using culturally adapted evidence based therapies.
Advocate for Decolonial Practice
Dedicated to decolonizing therapy, Willow's practice is exclusively rooted in Indigenous epistemologies and frameworks. This commitment ensures safe spaces for healing, promoting cultural resurgence and championing Indigenous approaches across all care systems for youth, elders, individuals, and communities.
Consultation Services & Expertise
Willow offers comprehensive consultation services, leveraging her deep expertise in Indigenous knowledge and clinical practice to guide international, federal, state, and organizational partners.
Indigenous Mental Health Integration
Expert guidance on integrating Indigenous mental health frameworks within existing systems. Focus on decolonizing therapeutic practices and addressing historical trauma for diverse organizations.
  • Strategic planning for Indigenous mental health
  • Culturally congruent intervention design
  • Policy development & advocacy
Cultural Competency & Training
Provides specialized training and consultation on cultural competency for providers, educators, and organizations. Fostering a deeper understanding and respectful engagement with Indigenous communities.
  • Tailored cultural competency workshops
  • Curriculum development for Indigenous perspectives
  • Best practices for community engagement
Program Development & Evaluation
Consultation services for developing, implementing, and evaluating programs that are rooted in Indigenous epistemologies. Ensuring effectiveness, sustainability, and cultural relevance for various organizational needs.
  • Indigenous-led program design
  • Outcome measurement & impact assessment
  • Grant writing support for Indigenous initiatives
Willow also is part of Newe Style Indigenous Consulting, a multi-professional cultural resurgence education and advocacy collective.
Indigenous Resilience: Presentations and Workshops
Transformative healing rooted in Indigenous experience: land, culture, and community.
Cultural Knowledge Integration
Willow integrates Indigenous traditions from her Lemhi Shoshone, Bannock, Colville, Coeur d'Alene, and Interior Salish lineage into therapy.
Focusing on Indigenous Epistemology and Pedagogy, ecological knowledge, language, ceremonial ways, and land-based healing, she ensures culturally meaningful healing that strengthens Indigenous identity.
Reclaim spiritual connections via storytelling, and intergenerational teachings, fostering resilience and pride.
Somatic Healing
These workshops blend Indigenous dance (e.g., Jingle Dress Dance) with contemporary somatic therapy, raising awareness of their origins in medicine and healing. Participants gain practical tools for emotional regulation, trauma processing, and community connection.
Understand the cultural, spiritual, and therapeutic meaning of Indigenous movement, supporting personal and collective healing.
Willow utilizes Accelerated Resolution Therapy for blending Indigenous knowledge with modern trauma and reprocessing therapy.
Plant Medicine & Holistic Wellness
Willow combines Cornell training (Medicinal Plants Certificate) with ancestral botanical knowledge.
Workshops cover traditional plant medicines, ethical harvesting, and their integration for trauma and mental wellness.
Helping individuals and communities reconnect with plant relatives, teaching safe ways to incorporate traditional medicines into modern wellness practices.
Visit the websites below for more information on consultation and training.
Contact Information & Links
Visit the websites below for more information on consultation and training.

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Newe Style Events & Cultural Workshops

Promoting holistic healing and enhancing growth through creativity. Led by enrolled tribal members who carry ancestral wisdom forward through authentic Indigenous knowledge and interactive cultural experiences. NeweStyle.Org Indigenous Holistic Wellness Phone: 509-631-0344 Email: lacey@newesty

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Indigenous Behavioral Health Framework By Willow Abrahamson LCSW

by Willow Abrahamson LCSW, Indigenous Clinician. This comprehensive framework explores the intersection of Indigenous knowledge systems and behavioral health practices. It emphasizes critical importance of cultural safety and alignment of traditional knowledge in serving Native American communities

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Sacajawea Byway: Familial Ancestors VisitIdaho.Org
Famous Jingle Dancers: powwows.com

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Famous Jingle Dress Dancers

Of the couple thousand dancers who are traveling the Powwow trail this Summer, here are a few Jingle Dress dancers who have gained National prominence in %

Seminole Tribal Fair: Visitor Perspective
Gathering of Nations
Grounded in 7th generational teachings.

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Paving the way and building strong foundations for all our Future Generations. | Willow Abrahamson LCSW

Indigenous Healing and Liberation: centering Indigenous knowledge, and the four sacred winds of knowledge, sent to all directions in Creation. Building a pathway for our next seven generations, using #CriticalConsciousness , #IntellectualSovereignty, and #PoliticalIntelligence, imperative skills towards our liberation. Sending prayers in all 4 directions. Through the intent in spirit- prayers sent up, through my center- prayers sent for love and protection, and through mother earth below, and a

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Reclaiming our ceremonies and our values is how we heal from intergenerational trauma| Willow Abrahamson LCSW

Colonization tried to sever our connections. Resurgence is our act of reweaving them. By reconnecting to our lands and laws, we are rebuilding the family and community systems that are the foundation of our identity. This is not a metaphor; it is our spiritual practice. It is our therapy. Reclaiming our ceremonies and our values is how we heal from intergenerational trauma because it restores what was taken: our sense of belonging, purpose, and inherent worth. Our ways of knowing are not alterna

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Historical Trauma & Healing our Youth

Boots to the ground working on intergenerational/ transgenerational/ trauma and decolonial interventions. Indigenous Clinician. Trauma informed, harm reduction, patient centered, liberation, restorative justice, EVIDENCE BASED practice informed, Reservation-based, Ceremonially-grounded Indigenous Clinician. Not a student, not theorizing around, not just talking bout it, but being about it. Indigenous clinical excellence and traditionally based interventions, grass-roots TEK integration practice

Recent events:
Healing Through Traditional Artforms
Workshops that blend ancestral teachings with hands-on creative practice, offering participants tangible connections to Indigenous wisdom. Each experience is designed to promote self-reflection, holistic balance, and cultural understanding.
Self-Love Earring Workshop
This workshop teaches Native cultural knowledge about shells, embedded with traditional teachings of self-love. Participants create shell earrings as tangible gifts for self-reflection and to honor their life's journey.
Sacred Circle Necklace
A workshop on holistic balance aligned with Indigenous teachings of the Sacred Circle. Participants create culturally significant necklaces while learning to maintain balance and connection to all living things.
Beaded Medicine Bag
Learn about the significance of traditional medicine pouches while creating a decorated buckskin pouch. Embedded lessons on personal strength provide holistic empowerment.
Traditional Regalia & Cultural Items
Ribbon Skirts, Shirts & Wing Dresses
Full-day workshop presenting historical overview of traditional clothing. Learn about solidarity, unity, and self-expression while constructing garments to wear at ceremonies and significant life events.
Star Quilt Workshop
Explore Indigenous teachings about symbolism and values in design. Requires intermediate sewing skills. Each participant creates a star quilt as a reminder of self-care, well-being, and achievement through mindful creation.
Breast Plate Making
Learn the historical Indigenous context of breast plates and their significance. Focus on self-worth, resilience, and aspirations. Participants share ancestral stories and create male or female breast plates as symbols of warrior spirit.
Traditional Choker Making
Workshop on choker history and the importance of Native voices in singing and speaking. Learn that as culture-bearers, we should introduce ourselves in our tongue, sing tribal songs, and share narratives.