Root Wellness Center
Formed in response to the growing need for affordable, communal, and culturally-sustaining mental health care in our community, the Root Wellness Center is the 501c3 non-profit entity of the Root Cause Collective working to build trauma-informed, therapeutic community as a means of mental health care.
Innovating Mental Health
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We believe connection to authentic community is a mental wellness practice intrinsic to communities of color. Our method connects the dots between evidence-based theories and mirroring cultural practices that have historically worked toward our healing.
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Nature teaches us that everything is interconnected. It's important our health care is too. Our method builds upon the power of mind/body/soul connection, and incorporates connection to nature as a source of mental health recovery, prevention and communal healing.
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In addition to treating mental illness, our method helps build the psychological, social, spiritual, and environmental awareness necessary to change the systems that keeps us from being well.
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You shouldn't have to be sick or in crisis to get help. We take a proactive approach toward mental health and wellness that combines preventative wellness strategies, evidence-based practices, and our client’s intuitive wisdom.
Help Our Vision Grow!
Board of Directors
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Dr. Melanie L. Harris
Wake Forest University
Director of the Food, Health and Ecological Well-Being Program
Professor of Black Feminist Thought and Womanist Theology
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Dakia Davis
Healing Journey Therapy & Consulting
Founder, Clinical Supervisor & Therapist
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Sonya Dunn
Wake Country Public Schools
5th Grade Teacher
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Blaque Robison
CEO & Founder of Visions OutLoud, LLC
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Danielle Sherman
Center for the Study of Social Policy
Senior Program Analyst