My day-long retreats expand the container of a typical hour-long in office session. Your session is crafted to your individual needs to include the healing modalities of:

 

• Process paintingTherapeutic Writing 

• Somatic Movement

• Somatica Sex and Love coaching

• Human Design Coaching

• EMDR ( Eye Movement Desensitization )

• Accelerated Resolution Therapy

• Somatic Experiencing.

• Psychedelic assisted therapy ( ketamine and cannibis )

• Eco-therapy (ocean and trees)

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Set against the backdrop of the Santa Cruz, you start your day with movement and yoga on the beach, a day-long process painting and/or writing in outdoor setting of an Airbnb while being gently supported by trained trauma-facilitators.
The day includes a 1-1 EMDR ( Eye Movement Desensitization ) and Accelerated Resolution Therapy session customized to your personal needs.
Maximum Number of Retreat-ants:3

WHO YOU ARE​​​

• You need a more spacious, continuous block of time to work instead of the hourly confines of weekly sessions

• You respond well to nature, the ocean and the outdoors as a way of grounding and processing trauma.

• You hear yourself best through scaffolded writing and visual prompts instead of conversation and talk therapy.

• You respond intuitively to art, metaphor and expressive therapy as a means of healing.

• You prefer visual/written expression instead of talk therapy.

• You prefer working the trauma through your body instead of talk therapy.

• You want to explore trauma without talking about it 

• You have limited time and resources for long term weekly therapy.

• You are interested in a more introspective retreat of self exploration instead of an interactive group workshop.
  
  OUR TIME

• 9am Yoga/Movement on the beach

• 10-11am  Group intentions and grounding

• 11-3pm  Painting and/or writing ( with lunch break ) includes 

  1-1 session with therapist.

• 4-6pm Group witness 

   

  OUR TOOLS

• Yoga and Movement

  Integrating yoga and movement we start the day grounding the on the sand.
  Source: Somatic Experiencing
   

• Process Painting

  Unlike traditional painting, process painting focusses more on the EXPERIENCE of putting paint on paper, color and image as a means of healing and exploration. Witnessing and therapeutic inquiry will be provided by myself and another facilitator
  All levels of artistic expression and experience are welcomed.
  Source: Process Painting

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• Theraeputic Writing 
  In the vein of Natalie Goldberg's writing practice, exploratory prompts will be offered with the intention to ground, explore and clarify your work.
  Source: Natalie Goldberg Writing Practice
   

• Group Container
  In this retreat, the intimate 5 person group (3 participants ) will be used solely as a witness and mirroring container rather interactive group work. Retreat-ants have the option to articulate intentions, present findings and concretize the takeaways from the day with consent.
  
  YOU WILL GET

•  A chance to explore, clarify and articulate a piece of trauma work

• A chance to explore it through the mediums of art and writing

• A clearer sense of where it is stored in your body.

• A chance to track, move and resource it in real time.

• A chance to transform and change it through the modality of EMDR and ART.

• A chance to be witnessed and supported through the whole process. 
  
  COST 

• $400/hour + painting/writing/group therapy plus indiv. therapy

• $2400

• Individual hour billable to insurance

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