Why CWTH

The death of George Floyd on May 25th 2020, gave me a pause to think about the work of healing and creating the enabling environment that could be sustainable for community members to seek respite from the violence they are experiencing on a daily bases. The formation of CWTH and its relevance especially during this time of Covid-19 virus taking hold of every fabric of our society is crucial. The rate of isolation cases, that may led to suicide has increase in many communities that are seeing a high rate of Covid-19 deaths. CWTH will work to bring people together to address community inequalities, sharing healing stories and building resilience among community members.

CWTH Core Values

A collective voice that is supported by CWTH Capacity building and leadership skills that advances participants knowledge of wellness at the community level. Integrating appropriate technologies to support community healing.

Our Mission

CWTH mobilizes and leverages on available resources, knowledge, technology, and innovation to support, nurture, and empower individuals and communities to heal from the trauma, or the pain of suffering experience on a daily bases through out communities.

OUR VISION

CWITH envisions a community space supported for those sufferings in silence to seek professional help in healing from the trauma of abuse, neglect, violence through their own transformation.

The hub will provide greater access to treatment and support services to families experiencing mental-ill health and addiction. With extended operating hours including weekend and holidays, services offered at the Hub will include Assessment, Care planning, Treatment, well-being support, education and training. The Hub will include Cultural Healers to come together and drive mental health services improvement through a Learning health care system, there by transforming mental health support and care to make it accessible, flexible and culturally responsive.

Esther W Muturi

Esther W Muturi is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker. She specializes in counseling of trauma related disorders and PTSD, anxiety, depression, stress, coping with life changes etc. Has experience and provides trauma informed care, Narrative Exposure Therapy, Christian Counseling, CBT, Culturally Sensitive Therapy.

Bili Banjoko MA, LMFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Gambling Addiction Treatment Provider
Progressive Individual Resources, Inc.

My areas of interest include;trauma, grief and loss and pathological gambling. I am particularly passionate about working with people of diverse cultures and backgrounds. I believe multicultural counseling competency is an essential tool for helping multicultural clients. I also believe that gaining insight into a person’s beliefs, culture, and tradition contributes positively to the therapeutic process. My favorite saying is “ We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey”. -- Kenji Miyazawa . I am committed to helping people embrace their pain, connect with it and find the best possible solution to deal with their pain.

Dr. Richard Oni

Dr. Richard Oni is the Founder of CWTH and the brain behind the community value to bring people suffering from trauma to talk and address their pain. Dr. Oni's experience has span for over 30 year, promoting community healing and wellness individuals and communities.

Services at The Hub

Services at the community wellness hub will include but are not limited to, range of mental health services, intellectual development disability, IEP for students, substance used disorders and cooccurring gambling addition, and other ancillary services as needed. The Hub will be staffed with seasoned mental health practitioners and professionals, case managers, Licensed alcohol and drug counselors, cultural healers and offer dedicated network of lay practitioners who will provide basic mental health services at the community level. Other level of staff work in the hub, will be the youth and the young adults. All services/ programs in the Hub will be accessible, flexible, affordable and culturally responsive to the users.

THE HUB IS OPENED TO EVERYONE

The Hub will not turn anyone away for lack of fund. We are all in this together, so come on in

Services/programs under the Hub will include the following:

• Family services
• Respite Care – Our caring respite staff/ coordinator will offer a regular three-hour block care to do things that are helpful for the person and their care support. This could be companionship at home while a care support goes out or getting out and about in the community. We can also assist families to look into other options for in-home respite.
• Parenting program – The Hub offers flexible parenting support to respond to the needs of the families including parenting groups one-on-one consultations and online training and support.
• Play connect group – This service/program is for children with autism or autism- like characteristics and their families. During play group sessions, parents, care support and children participate in a variety of play activities and experiences suited to the needs of the children.

Up coming workshop/events

Our work is for community healing. We use a grassroots approach to support our work. CWTH has applied for 501c3 tax deductible status with IRS. Your donations will see us work to bring healing and hope to communities suffering from all forms of violence, neglect and abuse in our communities.