TEAO MISSIONS & VALUES

OUR MISSION

To catalyze a healing paradigm shift in Canada

by offering trauma-responsive, embodied, culturally rooted care that centers justice, community, and collective transformation.

OUR CORE VALUES

EMPOWERMENT & AGENCY: We honour each person’s right to reclaim their voice, story, and healing journey.

TRUTH, INTEGRITY & COMPASSION: We commit to honesty, accountability, and compassionate presence in all relationships and systems we touch.

HOLISTIC & EMBODIED HEALING: We recognize trauma lives in the body, spirit, and community — our practices integrate psychotherapy, somatic care, ancestral knowledge, and peer support.

COMMUNITY & COLLECTIVE CARE: Healing is relational. We create spaces rooted in interdependence, connection, and belonging.

CULTURAL HUMILITY & DIVERSITY: We embrace the fullness of cultural, racial, spiritual, and ancestral identities. We act with equity, inclusion, and justice at the centre.

JUSTICE & SYSTEMIC ACCOUNTABILITY: We acknowledge that trauma is not only individual but systemic. We commit to disrupting oppression and co-creating equitable systems.

THE ROOTS OF TEAO

"Transforming Mental Health Care in Canada, One Community at a Time"

Visit Our Story of Collective Care page to learn more about TEAO’s vision.