Mental Wellness
Confidential & respectful support for your well-being
Reception: 250-626-3911
Fax: 250-626-3357
The Mental Wellness Department at Niislaa Naay Healing House is here to support the emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being of the community.
Addiction Treatment Referrals
Trauma Processing
Attachment Repair
Mental Health
Grief and Loss Support
HARM REDUCTION SAVES LIVES
For harm reduction supplies, please contact the front desk: 250-626-3911
Harm Reduction Supplies include:
Safe Injection Kits
Safe Inhalation Kits
Safe Sex Kits
Piercing Kits
Pregnancy Kits
Menstrual Kits
Naloxone Kits
Fentanyl Drug Testing Kits
Safe Snorting Kits
We also offer Naloxone training if you need, just call to set up an appointment!
We also offer the following services:
Art Therapy for children, youth, and families.
External referrals to child psychiatry services for diagnostic testing.
External referrals to FNHA mental health benefits and treatment applications.
Administration and assistance with medications related to mental wellness and addictions.
Help with meal programs, harm reduction supplies and treatment centre applications.
Support in accessing OAT (Opioid Agonist Therapy) for opioid addiction treatment and follow-up support.
Connection with community partners and medical personnel to provide wrap-around care and case management.
Our team provides counselling services to Old Massett band members and their families.
Meet the Team
Shauna Huber
Mental Wellness Counsellor
250-626-7792
Shauna provides adult trauma counselling and somatic experience counselling for individuals or couples.
She offers virtual or in-person options for appointments.
Anna Loiskandl RN, BScN
Mental Health Clinician
250-626-7664
Note: Anna is currently on leave.
From 2015 to 2018, Anna lived and worked in Masset as a Registered Nurse at Northern Haida Gwaii Hospital. She then moved to Vancouver Island, where she spent several years on Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ lands (Victoria and North Saanichton). During this time, Anna gained specialized experience working with people facing mental health and addiction challenges, contributing to community medical detox and outreach teams. Most recently, she served as a Clinical Nurse Educator at a treatment centre focused on supporting clients with PTSD, addictions, and concurrent mental health issues. Anna is passionate about delivering safe, collaborative, and trauma-informed care from a holistic perspective.
ART THERAPY
Jessica is originally from Fort William First Nation in Thunder Bay Ontario. Her given name is Sagaate which translates to “sun rays”(pronounced Saw-Gaw-Tay). She is a member of the mukwa dodem (Bear Clan), her ancestry is Anishinaabe, Finnish, English and Irish—she previously lived on Haida Gwaii from 2017-2019 and is very grateful to be back and a part of the Niislaa Naay Mental Health team as the Family Art Therapist. Jessica has 14 years of counselling and art therapy experience and is registered with the Canadian Art Therapy Association, has Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), and specialized training with Sand Tray & Play Therapy, Eco-Art & Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts.
Jessica provides:
Individual and dyad art therapy, or talk therapy for children, youth aged 7-21
Culturally specific arts-based interventions (regalia making, sewing, beading, dream processing, or general arts etc.)
Resources and referrals to external mental health services and/or diagnostic assessments. Can provide Suicide Risk Assessments but must externally refer for diagnostic or psychiatric testing (i.e Autism, ADHD, OCD)
Family support through exploring parenting strategies, family art therapy sessions as needed
Wondering how you can be referred? Reach out to Jessica or Niislaa Naay directly to self refer, or you can be referred by another health professional or school staff member!
