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Our mission is to provide a comprehensive, customized, intensive four-week day program offering individual, groups, and family therapy including the utilization of evidenced-based healing solutions such as EMDR and Trauma Stage Processing.

Bodywork

14 March 2023
Clients who participate in a customized healing program may benefit from trauma-informed bodywork.  Clients often ask if bodywork is the same ...

BREATHWORK

14 March 2023
When a rabbit encounters a predator, its breath pattern changes dramatically: it will begin holding its breath or hyperventilating. Humans respond ...

Family Constellation Work

26 October 2022
The very foundation of self and our relationship to the world are shaped in our early family systems, whereas infants we begin to configure an inte...

Disordered Eating

26 September 2022
Disordered eating is not a diagnosis, instead it is a way to describe irregular eating behaviors. Eating disorders have a specific and narrow crite...

Reiki

26 September 2022
Reiki is a form of alternative therapy that originated in Japan. It's based on the belief that energy flows through all living beings and that disr...

Life Coaching

26 September 2022
Life coaching can improve your life in several ways: Clarity and Goal Setting: A life coach can help you gain clarity about what you want in life ...

Balance Life and Relationships

22 September 2022
Our very popular customized 5-day intensives are designed to help you bring your life and relationships back into balance.  Your program will ...

The Grief Recovery Method ® Grief Support

01 July 2022
The Grief Recovery Method® Grief Support The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses Myths about grief: Time he...

EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING (EMDR)

25 January 2022
Have you heard someone refer to EMDR therapy and wondered if it’s something you should consider?  Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessin...

Grief Help Santa Ynez Valley

02 November 2021
Are you looking for help processing grief or loss?  Bereavement is a word that is interchangeable with grief.  To experience grief is not...

Customized Healing Tools

22 September 2021
I think of a client’s customized healing program as an invisible tool belt.  It fits the client as loosely or as snuggly as they need it to be...

Holiday Stress Management Tips

22 September 2021
The Healing Center Staff Shares Their Holiday Stress Management Tips Kristi -- During the holidays, I try to balance all the extra social activiti...

Pandemic Pointers Santa Ynez Valley

07 September 2021
We thought it might be done by now… Many of us thought this pandemic would be fully resolved by now. We thought our lives would be back to some se...

Caregiver Burnout Santa Ynez Valley

23 August 2021
Providing care for someone who is unable to care for themselves is a demanding job.  In most cases, care is provided to a friend or family mem...

20-day Intensive Healing Program

22 July 2021
Our next 20-day Intensive Healing Program Starts on September 13th! social social social social social The program helps you connect ...

Nightmares Santa Ynez Valley

16 July 2021
NIGHTMARES Nightmares are most common with children under the age of 10, and are often triggered by reading a scary book, watching a scary movie, ...

The Shared Crossing Pathway Intensive Workshop

23 June 2021
Sponsored by Family Counseling and Trauma Healing Center Learning and guidance—at any stage of life—that prepares one for a conscious, connected, ...

Support Santa Ynez Valley

13 June 2021
SUPPORT HELP Do you feel adrift and that you can’t find the right support or encouragement that you need?  Are you looking for a holistic way...

Art Therapy Santa Ynez Valley

09 June 2021
Art therapy is appropriate for all ages and often leads to increased confidence, self-awareness, and self-esteem.  Improved communication, con...

Trauma Healing Center Testimonials

02 June 2021
“Thank you so much for everything you have done for me and my family.  I truly believe I wouldn’t be alive without your intervention and suppo...

Mental Fitness Santa Ynez Valley

31 May 2021
MENTAL FITNESS HELP Are you having difficulty concentrating? Do you feel like you sometimes can’t finish a sentence? Are you bombarded by negative...

Complex PTSD Santa Ynez Valley

25 May 2021
Complex PTSD Help Are you looking for help with Complex PTSD in the Santa Ynez Valley?  The Trauma Healing Center can help you find peace wit...

Depression Counseling Santa Ynez Valley

25 May 2021
Depression Help Are you or a loved one suffering from depression?  Have you lost interest in your hobbies and/or relationships?  Has con...

Santa Ynez Valley Trauma Help

18 May 2021
Trauma Help Have you suffered a traumatic experience and are struggling to process or move forward with your life?  Trauma can present itself...

Addiction Help Santa Ynez Valley

13 May 2021
Addiction Help Are you struggling with addiction?  Addiction help is here.  Right here in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley.  The Tra...

What Attachment-Focused EMDR is and How It Works for Complex Trauma

28 April 2021
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma treatment modality developed by Francine Shapiro in the 1980s. The ...

The Shadow of Addiction

20 April 2021
30 years ago I found myself hiding in my pantry looking frantically for a little bit of alcohol to stop the shaking. My life looked fine on the o...

Family Counseling and Trauma Healing Center Newsletter

17 March 2021
Keep updated on Family Counseling and Trauma Healing Center, events, news and special offers. To subscribe to The Family Counseling and Trauma Heal...

A New Life of Recovery

05 March 2021
Family Counseling and Trauma Healing Center offers a full range of services to help addicted individuals, their families, colleagues, and friends t...

What Being an Emerging Adult Means for Our Mental Health

05 March 2021
Real talk - Adulting is hard! Life can be overwhelming: from arguing with your parents, navigating dating apps, finding a job you enjoy that also p...

Trauma & Addiction

05 March 2021
Interventions facilitate the road to recovery for the individual and the family. There can be healing, hope, and a new way of living for all those ...

EMDR Therapy

05 March 2021
EMDR therapy seems to have a direct effect on the way that the brain processes information. Normal information processing is resumed, so following ...

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