You don’t have to open and close your story one hour at a time. There is another way.
3–5 days | Burlington County, NJ
6 hours of therapy daily at bucolic homestead
Whole body nervous system healing.
Learn to thrive and claim your creative and powerful self.
My immersive trauma retreats offer a deep, sustained journey into mind, body, and spirit — set in a natural environment designed to support your nervous system from the moment you arrive.
Rather than opening and closing your story each week, you will be held in an extended, unfolding process — free to explore your healing without the constraints of a traditional session. Over the course of several days we weave together somatic therapy, mind and body mapping, creative arts, nature therapies, and more, following the thread of your experience wherever it leads.
Each retreat is shaped around you. Before we begin, we will work together to clarify your intentions and ensure the container feels safe, supportive, and right for where you are.
You have an old wound or story that you want to relate to differently
You have talked about your trauma but you are still stuck and ready for more
You long to live fully and freely in your body
You desire a whole person approach to healing; mind, body and spirit
You want a solo experience or maybe your family needs to heal together
You are open to travel and a cozy get away
You have the capacity and desire the opportunity to process your trauma for long stretches of therapy
You value a time and cost effective approach to healing
$1500 a day
An immersive therapy retreat gives you time to stay with your process — held over multiple days, moving through your healing with depth, intention, and real momentum. Working across mind, body, and spirit, we weave together your story, regulate your nervous system, and reconnect you with your creative, authentic self through parts work, somatic movement, creative arts, and nature therapies — built entirely around you.
$1800 a day
Whether you’re navigating a transition, working through a rupture, or longing for more ease and closeness — this retreat meets your family where you are and helps you move forward, together. A family therapy retreat combines storytelling, play, movement, art-making, sand tray, attachment, and parts work, I hold space for each person to express themselves, to see and be seen, and for your family to grow and heal as one.
$175 an hour
Have you worked with me before? A mini therapy retreat might be right for you. A Mini Retreat is a three-to-six hour immersive experience for those who have already worked with me. Whatever is calling you back, I will meet you where you are and craft the experience around what you need right now.
Let's settle your nervous system and get all those important questions answered.
The cost of a solo immersive therapy retreat with me is $1500 per day.
A Family immersive retreats are $1800 a day.
This includes 6 hours of therapy per day, various materials, tea and snacks.
Mini Immersive Retreats are $175 an hour.
VCAP funding is available for some victims of sexual trauma in Pennsylvania, reach out to learn more.
I can help you arrange add-on services such; as massage; from outside professionals and are charged separately.
Each day you will have access to 6 hours of therapy between the hours of 9am-4pm.
There will be various tools, toys and art materials available for your use.
You will have access to a walking trails, a flowing river, a homestead setting and during growing season a you-pick farm.
There will be snacks and tea available during the day.
The retreat space is equipped with a microwave and tea pot so you can heat lunch up during the day.
I will also provide a list of local body workers and healers should you choose to supplement you experience with their services.
There are a number of Airbnb and hotel options. The options range from city dwellings if you choose to stay in Philadelphia, to small town and rural. I will provide a list in your initial welcome packet.
There are a number of grocery stores and restaurants with in a 15 minute radius. I will provide a list in your initial welcome packet.
Airports in order of proximity:
Philadelphia International
Newark International
JFK
Train stations in order of proximity:
Suburban Station and 30th Street Station Philadelphia, PA
Trenton, Trenton NJ
Travel to your local accommodations and the healing yurt are very easily achieved through Uber, Lyft or renting a car.
There is a public transportation option to the yurt that requires some walking.
More detailed travel plans can be discussed upon scheduling.
Yes, many people who come to work with me have therapists they see for regular work. Sometimes it is their ongoing therapists who make the referral for an immersive therapy retreat or for somatic work specifically. After the Immersive Retreat clients return to their primary therapist. A primary therapist can also help prepare you for your immersive therapy retreat and provide support upon your return home.
Absolutely, I have had people attend from out of state and from out of the country. See the planes, trains and automobile section to get a sense of what airports and train stations are the closest.
The length of your retreat will be determined at your intake after we discuss your specific needs and goals.
I am so glad you asked.
You hit one of those free consult buttons on the website.
I will reach out to confirm you are scheduled for the consult.
If you want to go forward we will schedule your intake at the end of the consult. An intake can take 2 to 3 hours and the cost of an intake is $250. The intake is very important in determining if an Immersive Therapy Retreat will be a good fit for you at this time.
You will receive paperwork to fill out. You will send it back before your intake and then we will be able to move forward with your intake.
We hold the intake. If it seems like a good fit then the Immersive Retreat is scheduled and a time slot is reserved for you with a 50% payment.
You will receive a welcome email to help get you ready for your intensive.
You will arrive for your Immersive Therapy Retreat on the scheduled day. The credit card on file will be charged on the morning of the first day of your retreat.
Sunset over Philadelphia
Lots of wildlife on site
Beaver dam
Healing yurt