Women’s ReStory® Trauma Intensive
What: 4 Day Women’s ReStory experience for female survivors of trauma
When: TBA
Where: Fort Collins, CO
Cost:
You are not alone.
Isolation. Confusion. Shame. Those who have experienced trauma are all too familiar with these words. And yet the dynamics of trauma for women compounds these categories into even deeper and lonelier valleys. The Women’s ReStory® Trauma Intensive experience encourages participants toward an intentional engagement of all aspects of trauma and abuse.
Join us for a 4-day women’s specific healing journey designed to invite you back to yourself and awaken you once again to the true nature God designed for you. This is not a women’s retreat where you merely sit and listen to speakers and hope to glean some tips and techniques. No, this is a rich story experience architected for you to engage and encounter yourself, God, and one another in healing and restorative ways.
Led by Tracy Johnson, Storywork Supervisor at ReStory Counseling and Founder and Editor-in-Chief of RedTentLiving.com, and Chris Bruno, LPC, Founder and Clinical Director of ReStory Counseling and Chief Visionary of Restoration Project, this specialized experience is limited to 6 women who know they want more.
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Explore the impact of your story of harm in a healing context
You are not alone. Step away from the everyday into a relational and kind environment where you can engage the holy work of healing your story along with other trauma survivors.
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A time to reflect on how your trauma has shaped your life
With teachings and group discussions, as well as one-on-one storywork coaching, you will receive high-level care that invites you to ReStory your life and find the freedom you’ve sought.
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Space for togetherness, space to yourself
Each participant is responsible for finding their own lodging, thus providing necessary space to retreat, rest, and process. We can make hotel recommendations if needed.
Women’s ReStory® Trauma Intensive Counselors
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Chris Bruno
Founder and Clinical Director of ReStory Counseling, Licensed Professional Counselor and founder of Restoration Project
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Tracy Johnson
Storywork Supervisor with ReStory Counseling and Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Red Tent Living
Frequently Asked Questions
This unique Women’s ReStory® Intensive experience is limited to 6 participants.
Includes all teaching, group experience, one-on-one storywork coaching, and materials.
Total Cost Per Participant:
**$500 non-refundable deposit required to secure your spot. Payment plans available.
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The ReStory™ Women’s Intensive experience is designed for women who want more — more freedom, more hope, more restoration. As a prerequisite, all participants must be currently working with a Restoration Counseling ReStory™ Practitioner in order to provide support and care both before and after the intensive.
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We will begin promptly with dessert and drinks at 7:00 p.m. on the first evening, and will end no later than 10 am on the last morning. Our time together will be structured with teaching and group processing, individual counseling, time for personal reflection, and space to rest and play.
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Chris and Tracy provide all teaching, leading discussions, and story-engagement. As we continue to train other members of the ReStory team, we invite an apprentice to join us for the experience. They will provide one-on-one coaching opportunities, as well as containment and commitment to hold every individual and couple in prayer, thought, and support.
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For those outside Colorado, fly in and out of Denver International Airport. You are welcome to rent a car or take the Groome Shuttle from the airport to your lodging in Fort Collins. Directions to the intensive location will be provided for those who would like to drive. If you are local to Fort Collins, we strongly encourage you to find lodging away from home. This provides you the privacy and space to process the experience without the potential of defaulting back into your normal responsibilities and routine.
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A series of pre-intensive assignments will be sent to you to help prepare for our time together. All participants are strongly encouraged to read one of the following: Dr. Dan Allender’s Wounded Heart or Healing the Wounded Heart, Trauma and Grace by Serene Jones, or The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk.
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In our experience with sexual abuse and trauma recovery, it is important to engage both men and women in the journey toward healing. If the statement “what is broken in relationship is healed in relationship” is true, healing requires relationships with both. Chris and Tracy each have years of experience working with women in their trauma stories, and bring a dynamic to the work that is fun, kind, disruptive and healing.
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Individual work is extremely important to explore your story of trauma and abuse. And, while much can happen in your personal counseling, God has designed community to be a place of healing and restoration. To experience a group of women who have walked similar paths, and to encourage one another toward a new story, is powerful and unique.
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Possibly. We want to ensure you have the preparation and support of a qualified counselor. Not all counselors are trained in storywork and trauma/sexual abuse recovery. Please contact us if this is the case, and we will make a case by case determination.
Women’s ReStory® Intensive Application
*Dates/Cost TBA
The Women’s ReStory® Intensive is a uniquely designed space for women to explore their stories of trauma and/or sexual abuse. It is not a starting place for this exploration, but serves as a powerful supplement to already-existing counseling and story-work in a woman’s journey toward healing. As a result, we are very intentional about reviewing each application, and interviewing each applicant to make sure we can provide you a transformational experience. Please complete the application form below, and we will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible! Thank you!