Chasm Retreat Sessions
What is a "Chasm Retreat"?
I have a profoundly deep familiarity with the work I do...not from my training and education, but from my personal journey with it. I have ventured into the energetic territory of complex wounds and have gotten to see and feel their appearance, and how they are engrained into our bodies. I described witnessing this as a "chasm" in the system, with various dendrite-like spikes and complexities that veer out into the rest of our energetic body and physical body. I later came to find well renowned leaders of this field, specifically in IFS (Parts-work) also describing complex wounds as chasms.
So we are onto something here, with what we are discovering about wounds and healing. The nature of complex wounds, or complex trauma can be quite challenging to work with, as these wounds developed over time and became deeply engrained in who we have become. How do we untie these knots? I am humbled to tell you...that there is no quick or easy fix. Though, there is a beautiful journey we can take with this. Our wounds can be our teachers and our portals into a deeper connection with Self and Source than we have ever known.
This experience and knowing the nature of complex wounding has led me to develop a unique approach. Through a mixture of various modalities, we will address the energetic nature of this chasm within you... as well as the cognitive and emotional elements that this chasm is comprised of. We will use a bit of art therapy to draw out your chasm and label what is living on each section of the chasm (often veering off into various "spikes" of this dentine-like structure). By the end, there is ideally a sense of completion and a deep understanding. You are able to step back and literally look at it on paper to make sense of it.
From the sounds of this work, you can probably tell that there is no way to do this in a typical therapeutic hour session. If you cannot afford to do it all at once, we can strategize around breaking this up into chunks and containing/compartmentalizing the work at the end of each session to re-open it next week... but this is more ideal. Once you are aware of such a wound within you, you may be suffering. No need to drag that suffering on for weeks or months or years longer than necessary. There is no guarantee that you can be completely healed from a complex wound by attending a personal chasm retreat, though it is entirely possible. My personal journey with complex wounds has highlighted to me that it comes in "chunks." I will arrive at core moments of healing and believe that it is fully healed, but it may be triggered in a new way at some point, presenting another layer to work through. I invite you to accept this journey with its ups and downs and embrace the beauty in that.
Chasm retreat work with me is 1:1 therapy, very individualized to address your needs. We will only schedule to do this if you are very clear on your intention of what we are working on. This can be a great way to get a lot of personal work done in one day, especially if the issue at hand is something that has been causing turmoil in your life.
We go for as many hours as needed. I charge my regular sliding scale rate:
For sliding scale, first choose the category that honestly sounds like you: Financially Struggling, Financially Comfortable, Financially Abundant, or Wealthy
You can then pay within the sliding scale of your category. Prices are per hour:
Financially Struggling: $80-120
Financially Comfortable: $120-160
Financially Abundant: $160-200
Wealthy: $200-500
If I take your insurance, insurance will cover the first hour.
Leave me a voicemail or text to inquire to schedule: 860-550-3157
EMDR & Brainspotting Intensives
Why an intensive?
Because I am aware that some people do not want to commit to yet another weekly engagement in their already busy lives. Though, within that busy life, they are recognizing they have traumas and anxieties that are disrupting their peace and/or the peace of their loved ones. So let's find one full day to address this. If you are looking to process various single incident traumas, EMDR is great for that. We can do that back-to-back with short breaks in between for integration. We can also use Brainspotting (BSP) as needed, which can be more versatile. We can get into addressing some fears, anxieties, somatic sensations, and perhaps some complex trauma with BSP, though some of this work may call for continued sessions. If we keep the focus on healing from single incident traumas, there is much relief to be had through EMDR.
We go for as many hours as needed. I charge my regular sliding scale rate:
For sliding scale, first choose the category that honestly sounds like you: Financially Struggling, Financially Comfortable, Financially Abundant, or Wealthy
You can then pay within the sliding scale of your category. Prices are per hour:
Financially Struggling: $80-120
Financially Comfortable: $120-160
Financially Abundant: $160-200
Wealthy: $200-500
If I take your insurance, insurance will cover the first hour.
Leave me a voicemail or text to inquire to schedule: 860-550-3157
