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Culturally Anchored Mental Health & Resilience for Latino/a Families

Sanando Juntos (Healing Together)

Sanando Juntos is an evidence-based, 10-session psychoeducational curriculum designed to help Latino/a families heal from stress, navigate immigration-related trauma, and build resilient homes. Delivered directly in the community by trusted promotores de salud, Sanando Juntos breaks down the stigma around mental health by combining proven psychological tools with our richest cultural values.

Why Sanando Juntos?

Sanando Juntos meets families where they are. By utilizing a Popular Education (Educación Popular) framework, we train community leaders to facilitate safe, non-clinical spaces where parents can process grief, master stress-reduction techniques, and strengthen family bonds without fear or judgment.

Many Latino/a families in Oregon navigate profound stress—including family separation, trauma from immigration enforcement, and acculturative barriers—without access to affordable, culturally responsive mental health care.

Core Pillars

Key Curriculum Highlights

Designed specifically for Latina families in Oregon to foster emotional wellbeing and family strength.

Evidence-Based & Culturally Grounded

Peer-Led Accessibility

Actionable & Practical

Whole-Family Impact

Integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Informed Care, and Structural Family Therapy with core values like Familismo, Personalismo, and traditional wisdom (dichos).

Delivered by bilingual promotores de salud and parent leaders—eliminating language barriers, legal fears, and clinical intimidation.

Features a 6th-grade literacy-level workbook packed with interactive tools like the Lotería de las Emociones, somatic grounding exercises, and the Semáforo de la Disciplina for positive parenting.

Equips parents to manage their own emotional burnout while protecting their children from intergenerational stress and improving youth-parent communication.

Program At-a-Glance

Duration

Format

Cost

10 Weekly Sessions (90 minutes each)

In-person/ online small groups (Schools, Community Centers, Faith Organizations)

100% Free for participating families (Includes childcare & materials)

Target Audience

Facilitators

Latino/a parents and caregivers (Specialized focus on mothers affected by partner separation/ICE enforcement)

Mental Health Providers, Certified Promotores de Salud & Community Health Workers

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