Healthy Relationships After Trauma

February 18th - March 25th, 2026

Every Wednesday from 5:15pm - 6:30pm Mountain Time

Embody Studio, 225 E. 8th Street Unit A, Durango, Colorado

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You don’t have to do this alone. Support, connection, and choice are central to this group.

What This Group Is About

Healthy Relationships After Trauma is a trauma-informed, in-person group for women who want to build healthier, more fulfilling relationships—starting with their relationship to themselves.

This group is designed for women who feel stuck in familiar patterns of overgiving, disconnection, anxiety, or self-doubt in relationships. Many participants are navigating the long-term effects of emotional neglect, developmental trauma, abuse, loss, assault, infidelity, divorce, or other painful experiences. Even when life looks “fine” on the outside, something inside still feels unsettled.

Rather than focusing only on talking through experiences, this group supports healing at the nervous system level. Through embodied, integrative practices, you’ll learn how to cultivate self-compassion, recognize your needs, strengthen trust, and relate to others from a place of greater safety and clarity.

You’ll also be held in community. Trauma can be isolating, and healing often happens more deeply when we’re reminded we’re not alone. This group offers a supportive, women-centered space to practice connection, boundaries, and presence—without pressure to share more than feels right.

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What Makes This Experience Unique

This group is co-facilitated by Barbara Ferri, LCSW, and Amber Valdez, an intern therapist at Solum Life Therapy, providing added support, presence, and nervous system awareness throughout each session. This group blends trauma-informed therapy with holistic, experiential practices to support whole-person healing:

  • Sound healing to calm the nervous system and restore balance

  • Therapist message support in-between sessions to practice what you’re learning

  • Guided meditations to support presence, regulation, and inner safety

  • Journaling practices to deepen insight, clarity, and self-trust

  • Supportive community to foster connection, validation, and shared healing

Sessions are held in person in Durango, within a setting that supports grounding, embodiment, and nervous system regulation.

If you’re ready to move beyond survival patterns and cultivate relationships rooted in trust, safety, and authenticity, this group offers a supportive next step.

Join us in Durango and explore a more connected way forward.

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We move slowly, with care. You’ll never be asked to share or participate beyond what feels safe for you.

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A Message from Your Guide…

Hey Everyone,

I’m so grateful that you are considering my Healthy Relationships After Trauma group as part of your wellness journey. I am proud of the group offering I’ve created. I’ve included all of the best methods for generating more peace within yourself and in your relationships. I’ve always been a collective thinker. I love that people can come together to share, support, and find healing with each other. This is something I wish I had access to in the earlier stages of my own healing journey. I am authentically connected to what I will share with you in this group because I’ve been there too. It’s taken a lot of commitment to myself, and accepting help from others to become the partner that I am proud of today. If you want to connect with others, learn, and grow, this group is for you!

I look forward to connecting with you,

Be well, Barbara

If this feels meaningful, you’re in the right place.

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Is this Group Right For You?

Take a moment to read each statement slowly.
Notice what you feel in your body as you do.

If one or more of these feels true, this group may be a supportive next step.

  • You’ve experienced trauma or emotional neglect and now struggle to feel safe, seen, or secure in relationships.

  • You grew up in a family where your needs were minimized, emotions were ignored, or conflict showed up as yelling, shutdown, or silence.

  • You find it hard to regulate your emotions, extend compassion to yourself, or trust your inner experience.

  • You often over-give in relationships and feel disappointed, resentful, or alone when support isn’t reciprocated.

  • You want more fulfilling, connected relationships—at work, in romantic partnerships, with family, and in friendships.

  • You long to connect with others who have similar experiences and value healing in a supportive, women-centered space.

  • You feel ready to explore new ways of relating to yourself and others, at a pace that feels respectful and safe.

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    Self Discovery

    You will explore how trauma has changed the way you are in relationships to others, how you think about yourself, and how these behaviors were created to keep you safe.

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    Harness Emotion

    You will learn that all emotions whether big or small are part of being human. You will practice reconnecting with your body and what it is trying to communicate with you, and you will practice responding vs. reacting.

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    Communication

    You will explore the continuum of communication styles and what works best in getting your needs met. We will discuss how to create and know your personal values and boundaries so that you feel more confident in relationships.

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    Connection

    You will explore what connection means to you, how you know when you’re in connection to others, and how to foster connection in your life. Connection can be scary for those who have experienced trauma. You will develop insights and tools to help you feel safe in relationships.

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    Sound Healing

    You will experience and learn ways to use sound and vibration to help regulate and calm your nervous system. Through expert sound baths, your mind and body will learn to feel grounded.

 FAQs

  • The total cost for all 6 sessions is $400, paid before the start of the group.

  • In-Person at Embody Studio in Durango, CO.

  • Attending all 6 sessions is the best way to take full advantage of the group and see change.

  • This is a closed group, which means that you will not be able to start after the first session.

  • Absolutely, not. Sharing your personal story is your choice. If you feel ready, there will be opportunities to share, but there will not be any pressure to.

  • No, Solum Life and Embody Studio will provide yoga mats, bolsters, tea, and a light snack. Each participant will receive a journal at the beginning of the program.

Join Now!

Now that you’ve read what this group will bring to your life, you feel ready to join. You are ready for healthy relationships in your life.