“Revolution begins with the self, in the self.... We'd better take the time to fashion revolutionary selves, revolutionary lives, revolutionary relationships.”
- Toni Cade Bambara
Why Groups Matter
Most of us were never meant to figure life out alone.
So many of the struggles people carry - shame, anxiety, self-doubt, disconnection—grow in isolation. When our pain stays hidden, it tends to harden. But when it is spoken, witnessed, and met with understanding, something begins to soften.
Group spaces offer that kind of experience.
In a healthy, well-facilitated group, you’re not just talking about your life - you’re being seen inside it. You begin to notice the patterns you carry, the roles you’ve learned to play, and the ways your nervous system has adapted to get you through. And instead of being judged for those adaptations, you’re met with curiosity, compassion, and reflection.
In groups, people often discover:
The parts of themselves they felt ashamed of are deeply human
Connection helps the nervous system settle and feel safer
Growth happens faster when it’s shared and witnessed
Authenticity is easier when others are being real, too
There’s a particular kind of courage that grows in group settings. Not the loud, performative kind - but the honest kind. The kind that says, “This is where I’m actually at,” and lets that be enough.
And from a systems perspective, this matters.
When one person begins to soften, the relational field changes.
When the field changes, new patterns become possible.
That’s the ripple effect.
Not just individual healing - but shifts that move through families, relationships, and communities over time.
Upcoming Groups & Workshops
A Couples Intensive Experience
Most couples don’t struggle because they don’t love each other. They struggle because they get stuck.
Stuck in reactive cycles.
Stuck in shame.
Stuck in old family patterns.
Stuck in conversations that go nowhere.
This couples intensive is designed to help you interrupt those patterns and move toward deeper intimacy, better sex, and a more sustainable kind of love.
Rather than the stop-start rhythm of weekly therapy, this immersive format allows us to slow down, map your relational patterns, and work through them in real time. Together, we’ll identify your vulnerability cycle — the predictable dance that leaves both partners feeling misunderstood — and begin shifting it with both validation and challenge.
Using integrative, evidence-based approaches drawn from attachment science, Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT), narrative therapy, trauma-informed conjoint work, and sex-positive relational models, we will:
Map the emotional and relational patterns driving conflict
Identify the role of family-of-origin and cultural narratives shaping your expectations
Address shame and defensiveness that block connection
Strengthen emotional safety and secure attachment
Rebuild sexual intimacy with openness and consent-centered communication
Bridge the tension between closeness and autonomy
Create a shared “love blueprint” for the relationship you actually want
We also attend to trauma when it’s present. Intimate relationships and trauma recovery are deeply connected. When needed, we integrate structured, conjoint approaches that support both nervous system regulation and relational repair.
This work is direct, compassionate, and honest. It invites both partners into accountability — not blame — and helps you see the larger system you’re operating within rather than getting stuck arguing about the surface issue.
Sex is not treated as an afterthought here. Desire, pleasure, autonomy, and erotic connection are essential parts of relational health. All couples are welcome — including LGBTQIA+, kink, and ethically non-monogamous partnerships.
By the end of the intensive, you will leave with:
A clear understanding of your negative cycle
Tools to interrupt escalation
Practical communication strategies
A shared relational vision
Renewed emotional and physical connection
Love doesn’t sustain itself on chemistry alone. It requires skill, courage, and intention.
This intensive gives you the tools to build something deeper — and make it last.
When the World Feels Like a Dumpster Fire
When everything feels loud — the news cycle, conflict, parenting stress, burnout, uncertainty — your body carries it.
Not because your nervous system is “broken.”
But because you are responding to real conditions in the world around you.
This breathwork series uses guided circular breathing practices to help you reconnect with your body’s natural capacity for regulation — without pathologizing stress or reducing your experience to a single theory.
Together, we will:
Release stored emotional tension
Increase your capacity to stay present with intensity
Explore the relationship between breath, sensation, and meaning
Practice regulation as a relational and embodied skill
Build resilience that honors both personal and systemic realities
This work is grounded in somatic awareness, trauma-informed practice, and an understanding that bodies are shaped by context — cultural, relational, historical. Regulation is not about “calming down” to tolerate injustice. It’s about building steadiness so you can respond with clarity rather than collapse or reactivity.
Sessions are guided, intentional, and structured with safety in mind. No prior experience is necessary; only a willingness to breathe and be curious about what arises.
You will be invited to share as a group for the final 20 minutes of our time together.
Details: 6pm - 7:30pm Every Other Tuesday Beginning April 7, 2026
(4/21, 5/5, 5/19, etc.)
A Group for Women Rebuilding After Divorce
Divorce is not just a legal process.
It’s an identity shift. A nervous system shift. A relational shift.
And too many women walk through it alone.
Divorced Moms Rising is a small, intentional group for women navigating life after separation — whether the ink is barely dry or you’re still finding your footing years later. This space is designed to support you as you rebuild your voice, stabilize your nervous system, and reclaim your sense of self.
This isn’t a venting circle (though your feelings are welcome).
It’s not legal strategy (though we understand the legal stress).
And it’s not about blaming your ex.
It’s about strengthening you.
In this group, we focus on:
Regulating your nervous system during co-parenting stress
Understanding the relational patterns you’re unlearning
Rebuilding confidence and decision-making clarity
Setting boundaries without guilt
Supporting your children through transition
Navigating identity, sexuality, and independence post-divorce
Reclaiming joy without apology
You’ll be witnessed. You’ll be challenged. You’ll be supported.
Group work matters because healing happens in relationship. When women sit together and tell the truth about what they’re carrying, something shifts. Shame softens. Isolation decreases. Strength returns.
This group is grounded in relational, trauma-informed, and systems-based work. We don’t just focus on what happened in the marriage — we look at the broader context shaping your story and help you move forward with intention.
Details
12 weeks
Small group format
In-person at a beautiful downtown space (Pine & Prism)
Includes one individual session
Interested in a future group or workshop?
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