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Oak Mountain Outdoor Health Care (OMOHC) advances an intergenerational trauma-informed, nature-based healthcare model grounded in Natural Systems Theory. Intergenerational trauma refers to the transmission of stress, trauma, and maladaptive health patterns across generations without direct exposure to the original traumatic events. These patterns are shaped by relationships, environments, cultural and historical forces, and systemic inequities.

OMOHC integrates nature-based experiences with intergenerational trauma-informed care to expand traditional trauma frameworks beyond the individual, incorporating family systems, environmental context, and systemic barriers. The primary goal is to increase intergenerational self-awareness, improve mental and physical health outcomes, and interrupt cycles of inherited stress and chronic illness.

Using Bowen Family Systems Theory and related tools (e.g., Differentiation of Self Inventory, Transgenerational Script Questionnaire), OMOHC focuses on strengthening self-differentiation the ability to balance autonomy and relational connection. Higher levels of self-differentiation are associated with improved emotional regulation, healthier relationships, and reduced transmission of stress to future generations.

Nature serves as a therapeutic and regulatory environment that enhances self-reflection, reduces shame-based cycles common in traditional treatment, and supports neurological, behavioral, and potentially epigenetic change. Experiential learning in nature helps individuals recognize and consciously redefine inherited identity roles and family narratives rather than unconsciously reenacting them.

OMOHC’s work aligns with edge science and fine-mapping research priorities relevant to NIH, NIMH, and NIEHS, particularly in the study of environment–health interactions, stress physiology, and chronic disease prevention. The organization emphasizes:

➡ Phenomenological research to examine whether increased self-differentiation reduces the impact and transmission of intergenerational trauma.

➡ Grounded theory research using intensive 10-day nature-based expeditions to study treatment efficiency, effectiveness, and scalability.

➡ Evaluation of how nature-based interventions improve neural pathways, emotional regulation, and long-term health behaviors.

Our 10-day expedition model offers a high-intensity, low-disruption intervention, requiring only one week away from work while potentially delivering meaningful preventive and chronic-care benefits for individuals, employers, and insurers.

OMOHC situates intergenerational trauma within the broader context of social determinants of health, recognizing that limited access to healthy environments, education, and care increases chronic disease risk. By reducing systemic barriers and expanding access to inclusive nature-based care, OMOHC aims to improve health equity and prevent re-traumatization within healthcare systems themselves.

Through co-production and cross-sector collaboration (individual, community, and public service levels), OMOHC seeks grant funding to establish best practices and scale nature-based intergenerational trauma-informed care across healthcare and hospital systems. The long-term objective is to influence organizational, policy, and environmental change that prevents the perpetuation of systemic injustice and intergenerational illness.

Chronic diseases, many driven by preventable behavioral and environmental factors, are the leading causes of death, disability, and healthcare spending in the United States. OMOHC’s model reframes prevention and chronic care by integrating environment-first design, systems theory, and trauma-informed practice, offering a scalable approach to improving intergenerational mental, physical, and relational health while reducing long-term healthcare costs.

Trauma does not begin or end with one individual.
It travels through families, systems, policies, and environments.

I’m launching a new course on Intergenerational Trauma, exploring how trauma is transmitted across generations and how we can interrupt those patterns through relational, systems-based, and prevention-focused approaches.

Ideal for clinicians, healthcare professionals, educators, and system leaders seeking deeper, upstream solutions beginning with understanding how trauma is transmitted across generations and how it can be interrupted.

This course explores:

✔ The science of intergenerational and transgenerational trauma

✔ Neurobiological, relational, and epigenetic pathways of transmission

✔ How family systems, culture, and social environments shape health outcomes

✔ Practical frameworks for assessment, prevention, and healing

✔ Why environment-first and relational approaches matter in trauma recovery

Rather than focusing solely on pathology, this course reframes trauma through a systems, relational, and prevention-oriented lens, equipping participants to work upstream before suffering becomes catastrophic.

Whether you work in mental health, healthcare, education, public policy, or community leadership, this course offers tools to better understand the invisible inheritance shaping behavior, health, and relationships.

This course is grounded in:

✔ Trauma-informed systems (not just trauma-informed individuals)

✔ Public health and population-level prevention frameworks

✔ Value-based care principles: upstream intervention, outcome accountability, reduced downstream utilization

✔ Intergenerational and epigenetic research

✔ Family systems, environmental context, and social determinants of health

Rather than treating trauma as an isolated clinical event, this course reframes it as a systems-level transmission process one that directly impacts health outcomes, utilization patterns, workforce burnout, and intergenerational health equity.

Participants will gain:

✔ Practical frameworks for assessment, prevention, and early intervention

✔ Tools aligned with quality metrics, long-term outcomes, and whole-person care

✔ Language and models applicable across healthcare, public health, education, and community systems

Healing the future starts with understanding the past.

In value-based care and public health, outcomes don’t begin at the point of diagnosis, they begin long before symptoms appear.

Enrollment now open
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Because sustainable health systems begin with understanding what has been carried forward and how to change it.