Root Cause Collective

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Garner, NC—The Root Cause Collective is a group of mental health professionals that use an integrated approach to mental health and wellness, particularly for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) communities. It was created to meet the growing need for affordable, culturally-responsive health care in communities of the African diaspora. We offer nature-based programs that support the physical, mental, sexual, spiritual, parental, and reproductive health of our community.

Older Adults

The Whole Body Health & Wellness Cohort is part of our Mental Health and Wellness Cohort program. This program offers trauma-responsive mental health and wellness cohorts to counter pathological mental healthcare ideologies and practices that focus on individual responsibility rather than unjust social conditions. These cohorts help remove financial barriers to quality care by building a “natural therapeutic community” that centers participants’ cultural wisdom, heritage, and communication styles, while also providing the knowledge and resources necessary to mediate the negative impacts of social risk factors on mental health. To date, the project has already provided pilot cohorts, at no cost, to over 150 participants.

250 Roaring Creek Drive

Garner, North Carolina, 27529

Rev. AW Shields

Executive Director

Root Cause Collective

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