The Heal & Thrive Method
12 Week 1:1 Somatic Coaching Program with Hands-on Complex Trauma Recovery & Chronic Illness Support
The Heal & Thrive Method is a 3 month 1:1 somatic coaching container designed to equip you with in depth knowledge and science-backed tools for complex trauma recovery and chronic illness/pain support. This program is also meant to help you build a life that feels fulfilling and purposeful in the midst of the oftentimes challenging healing process, with all its ups and downs, uncertainty, and quite often - grief.
I come to this work as a trained practitioner but even more importantly, as a fellow human who deeply understands the challenges of navigating a history of trauma and chronic illness/pain simultaneously. I created this program not only so that you would be equipped with the tools to navigate these experiences with much more ease, but also that you would feel less alone in the process. It can often be very difficult to find other people who truly understand this experience, and this program is designed for me to facilitate as someone who truly gets it, and who has a deep desire to help you cultivate internal hope and healing in our work together.
Continue through this page for more information on this program as I answer some of the most frequently asked questions! Or if you're feeling ready, I'd invite you to click on the button below to fill out an application, and I can then email you to answer any questions and send you a link for a free 30 minute Discovery Call where we can chat and see if this program might be the right fit for you at this time.
What is included in the 12 week program?
This program consists of 45 minute live zoom calls once per week for 12 weeks! It will include a lot of teaching and implementation on all the healing modalities listed on the "My Approach" page (and much more!), as well as time at the end of every call for Q&A, where we dive deep into how to apply everything you're learning to your everyday life and specific areas where you're struggling or feeling stuck. As a trauma-trained practitioner, it is so important to me that the pace throughout the 12 weeks is gentle, not overwhelming, and tailored to exactly what your nervous system feels comfortable with and needs in this particular season of your life.
This program also consists of 12 very practical worksheets and many somatic (body-based) exercises that will aid you in regulating your nervous system and starting to feel much safer in your mind/body... and you can practice these at home each day! I will also be available for 1 email check-in per week to help deepen your understanding of the material covered and further assist in practical application to your life.
The program psychoeduction will focus on:
1. Understanding and regulating your autonomic nervous system
2. Understanding and healing prolonged, complex, early developmental, and chronic illness/medical trauma(s)
3. Creating a strong sense of internal safety after living with daily intense emotional overwhelm (anxiety, panic, hopelessness, terror, etc.) and/or chronic illness and chronic pain
4. Building relational safety through understanding attachment styles and why you relate to yourself, others,, and the world the way you do
5. Reconnecting with your younger parts and learning why and how your childhood experiences still live on in your body today (and how to start to heal them)
6. Learning how to set consistent boundaries in your life to feel a much greater sense of ease, freedom, and adventure in every area
7. Understanding where your thoughts and emotions are coming from and how to work with them (not against them) to feel better and more in control of your internal experiences
8. Designing a life that fully supports your mind/body recovery through staying within your window of tolerance and getting to know and love your truest, most authentic self
This program is for anyone who is on the recovery journey from complex trauma, chronic illness, or both. Trying to heal from one or both of these conditions can be so isolating, difficult, time consuming, and lonely to say the least. So having the proper tools, support, and connection on this journey can be absolutely invaluable.
When we've endured years or even an entire lifetime of complex traumas, chronic illness/pain symptoms, physical injuries, early developmental trauma, etc. - it can start to seem impossible to feel any level of safety or calm in our minds and bodies on a day to day basis. We may notice that we're starting to feel consistently overwhelmed in our thoughts/emotions, in our environments, in our bodies (and physical sensations), and in our relationships as a result.
This program is for anyone who would like to reduce the levels of stress/overwhelm in any of these areas (or all four!). And the way towards building that inner sense of safety, calm, and presence is not through talking alone - but rather through working with the nervous system and your body's stress physiology directly. Gaining the knowledge and trauma-informed skills in these areas will allow for you to gain tremendous agency and fulfillment in your life in the midst of the difficulties of living with and recovery from trauma, illness, or both.
Who is this program designed for?
What makes this program different?
Over the past decade I have immersed myself in so many different fields of study for my own healing, including psychology, mental and emotional health and well-being, cognitive behavioral courses, brain retraining, life coaching, trauma-informed coaching, Somatic Experiencing, Polyvagal Theory, EFT, Somatic Attachment Work, Somatic Touch Work, IFS, Parts Work, Traumatic Stress Studies, Early Developmental & Complex Traumas, Nervous System Regulation courses… the list goes on.
A few of the modalities were very helpful on my journey, but sadly most weren't as effective and served mainly as band-aid approaches. It was overwhelming and time-consuming to find the modalities that helped me to heal while consistently dealing with symptoms of complex trauma and chronic illness/pain. This led to creating a program that includes the most effective trauma healing modalities that get to the root cause(s) of mind/body unsafety, so that others do not have to search for a decade to find relief like I did.
This program is an extremely holistic approach that includes six major trauma-healing modalities to help you finally build safety in your body, thoughts/emotions, relationships, and the environment/world around you. As you start to feel safer and have more ease in these four areas, it will give you the clarity and ability to design your life around what your mind and body need, while also giving you an immense sense of connectedness and purpose along the way. This program is designed to do just that!
What are the next steps to see if this is a right fit for me?
Oftentimes when we’ve experienced a prolonged history of illness or trauma, it can feel extremely vulnerable and scary to step out and ask for help. It's important to me to name that I highly value your feeling safe when interacting with me, and that you are able to get the exact right help and support you are looking for.
If you are thinking about working with me but are unsure if it’s the right fit, I’d invite you to fill out an application by clicking the link below. Once I receive it, I will send you a link to schedule a 30 minute complimentary Zoom call with me. It's a 100% no pressure call just to get to know one another, answer any questions you may have, and see if somatic work could support you at this time. Or if you prefer, feel free to send me any questions you may have through the Let's Connect section on the bottom of this page - I am always so happy to answer them. It would be an honor to meet you and I hope to talk with you soon.
