Miguel Flores Jr.
Mr. Flores is a Licensed Independent Substance Abuse Counselor in the State of Arizona, a Certified Sex Offender Treatment Specialist, and certified by National Board of Forensic Counselors. He is a proud member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and Tohono O'odham Nation, a husband, father, artist, traditional healer, counselor, teacher, community leader and advocate. He is Chairman for The Arizona Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention (University of Arizona/Northern Arizona University) and a member of the Community Advisory Board for Arizona Cancer Center. He also serves as Chairman of the Community Action Committee for American Indian Research Center for Health (University of Arizona); a member of National Institute of Health (NIH), All of Us (AOU), Precision Medicine Initiative, Participant Engagement Board, AOU Native American Community Advisory Board, member of the AOU National Program Steering Committee, member of NIH Research Access Board, member of NIH Bio Specimen Policy Task Force Committee, as well a member of the Tribal Advisory Committee for the Southern Arizona Tribes for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Indian Health Services (IHS).
He has a 32-year career in providing behavioral health services, Spiritual Leadership, and Traditional Medicine for The People. As the CEO of Holistic Wellness Counseling & Consultant Services, He is able to coordinate a team of traditional healers, acupuncturist, counselors and artists to provide a holistic healthcare.
Mr. Flores provides prevention, outpatient, residential, and aftercare services to patients using a holistic Native American model of treatment using the Medicine Wheel. Which teaches culture and healing of the: Body, Mind, and Sprit and the understanding that also depends upon individual experiences of connectedness with the human, community and with the natural world that supports it.