For Therapists & Clients
What is a 'Power To Heal' Course?
🎯 A opportunity to learn and apply mental, verbal and physical self-expression and self-protection skills
Participants develop comprehensive self-defense skills that encompass mental strategies, verbal boundary-setting, and physical protection techniques.
🤝 A trauma-informed space held by an experienced female-male instructor team and a clinical social worker
Our courses provide a safe, supportive environment facilitated by a professional team with extensive experience in trauma-informed care.
🎭 A series of simulated threats and confrontations, delivered in a safe and supportive environment
Practice realistic scenarios in a controlled setting to build confidence and skills for real-world situations.
💪 An opportunity for your clients to confront and overcome challenges and expand tolerance
Experience their nervous systems working for, rather than against, them and absorb new life-skills that build their confidence and self-respect.
A Powerful Adjunct To Individual Therapy
🔍 Awareness and threat assessment skills
Help clients learn to strengthen their intuition and make choices about the situations they encounter.
🗣️ Verbal Self Defense Skills
Help clients set clear boundaries and address threatening situations before they escalate.
👊 Physical Self-defense skills
Help clients 'break the freeze' and experience their power.
💬 Strategies for Interpersonal Communication in Relationships
Help clients learn to recognize and address communication problems in relationships in real time.
🧘 Self-Care in real time
Allow clients to learn and apply self-care techniques in a controlled, supervised setting while they practice being part of a supportive social safety net.
🤗 An Empowering Sense of Belonging
Previous clients with Complex Trauma found that they bonded with their course mates over their abilities rather than their "victimhood" and maintained those connections long after their courses end.
Learn more - Research & Evidence
- Hollander, Jocelyn. (2018). Empowerment Self-Defense. 10.1016/B978-0-12-805389-8.00011-6.
- Rosenblum GD, Taska LS. Self-defense training as clinical intervention for survivors of trauma. Violence Against Women. 2014 Mar;20(3):293-308. doi: 10.1177/1077801214526048. PMID: 24742869.
- Pinciotti CM, Orcutt HK. Rape Aggression Defense: Unique Self-Efficacy Benefits for Survivors of Sexual Trauma. Violence Against Women. 2018 Apr;24(5):528-544. doi: 10.1177/1077801217708885. Epub 2017 Jun 5. PMID: 29332512.
- Brecklin LR, Middendorf RK. The group dynamics of women's self-defense training. Violence Against Women. 2014 Mar;20(3):326-42. doi: 10.1177/1077801214526044. Epub 2014 Mar 13. PMID: 24626767.