Empowered Wellbeing is a Complex Trauma and Addiction Recovery Support Practice that has been offering more than 14 years of Integrative and Holistic Care and Support including…
Parts Work (TIST, IFS, EFIT, and IPNB), Somatic Methods and Expressive Arts Process Work
Grief, Shock and Trauma Recovery Models (DBR)
Somatic Support for Working through Trauma and Related Expressions (CranioSacral, SensoriMotor, Certified Somatics Lab, some Zero Balancing…)
Neuroscience, Polyvagal and Attachment Theory Based Care
Liberatory and Intersectional Feminist Framework
Relational and Compassion Based Frameworks
Functional and Integrative Mental Health Education and Support
Vitalist, TCM and other Ethno-Herbalism; Energy Work
Meditation, Mindfulness, Traditional Healing Ways, Balanced Mind Meditation Principles
Critical Media Studies Framework for Degrooming
What services are offered
Weekly Ongoing Sessions for Individuals — click here to request an intro free 15 min info call
One Time Intensive Sessions for Individuals, Partners, Families or Groups — click here to request an intro free 15 min info call
Consultation and Mentorship for other Helping Professionals — click here to request an intro free 15 min info call
One Time Intensive Consultation Sessions and/or Trainings — click here to request an intro free 15 min info call
Who might seek our services
Folks seeking support for recovery from effects of childhood or adult sexual trauma, colonial and imperial trauma, poverty trauma, workplace and institutional trauma, narcissistic abuse trauma, and intergenerational and lateralized trauma
Folks seeking support with complex or chronic mental health conditions or the mental health component of other chronic health conditions; we may offer care as part of a collaborative team — please ask if interested
Folks seeking Couples, Partners and Families co-creative equitable collaboration support via a Collaborative Intersectional Framework — please feel free to join the waitlist, spaces open back up in June 2025
Those seeking to develop or strengthen practice as an active Bystander (supportive person and presence) and/or co-advocate in situations with imbalanced power dynamics and power over abuse
How do we work
via Integrated Parts Work (IFS, TIST, EFIT); Neuroanatomy based (DBR, CranioSacral, IPNB, PVT, NMT…) shock and integrative trauma recovery models; SSP (Safe and Sound Protocol) and Brainspotting, Grief Education, Meditation Support
with a Decolonizing Oriented Intersectional Framework and accompanying relational support (RLT, CI, EFIT, Simplicity Parenting; Ancestral and Lateral Community Care; Progressive Parenting and Education Support (Student Directed Pedagogy Based, Council in the School, NVC and IFS applied); Vitalist, Peruvian and TCM Herbalism and Functional CAM Mental Health Support; Ethno-Integrative Support
What do Sessions Look Like
They are typically held via Zoom or another video platform, or Signal, WhatsApp or Phone if that is more accessible.
Weekly sessions are usually scheduled for an hour, with options to extend the time if needed and as time is available.
Clients are encouraged to have what relatively comforting items they can make available with them during session, sometimes it can be a piece of fabric, the words of a poem or song they like or lean on, sand tray items, painting or drawings items, space to move, stuffed animals, or nothing. Some folks like to be in nature when we meet, some like to be inside, and some may cohabit with others or are in the midst of protests, actions, in between survival moments … so they make space for sessions where and as they can. Some folks like to have a journal to take notes in, water bottle and a handkerchief or tissues, if these are available. The most important thing is to bring oneself, and we go from there.
Then based on how a person works best, sessions may be verbal, somatic, arts based, in the language of math…whatever supports a person to express and connect with their own mind/conscience is where we start and then we apply processes for support, such as: parts work, non dominant handwriting, movement based trauma recovery work, Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), nature of mind work, ancestral and intergenerational trauma recovery processes…etc.
The practitioner supports with facilitation of the process and clients also learn over time how to do these processes for themselves, as learning is social and relational in many ways. Sometimes the practitioner will take time with clients, if they’d like it, and breakdown what process was done and how it worked, so clients can take those insights and practices with them.
Further breakdown of services:
Some communities supported are:
Adults Healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse
Adults Healing from Intergenerational and Historic Trauma
Adults Healing and/or Recovering from Addictions, including food, alcohol and process addictions
Adults Seeking Professional Support as they work the 12 Steps and 16 Steps
Adults seeking support with Anxiety, Depression and/or Grief
Adults seeking support with Narcissistic Trauma Recovery: Colonial, Institutional, Interrelation and Workplace Abuse/Mobbing
Adults seeking support with integration of Social Justice Informed Compassionate Communication (NVC), Parts Dialogue (TIST, EFIT and IFS), Meditation, Energy Work and Yogic Principles in the midst of hegemonic empire trauma
Parents, Community Support Professionals and Caregivers seeking support to provide ongoing care with secondary and other ongoing trauma, grief and compassion needs
Case Consultation for Health Care Professionals and Helping Professionals in other fields — Integrative and Intersectional Lens
Support for recovery from Codependent, Grandiose, and Narcissistic Relational Dynamics
Dismantling Exceptionalism, Racism and Chauvinism through Self Inquiry, Compassionate Engagement and Cross-Cultural Fluency Work
Degrooming from propaganda and mind control, as part of recovery from trafficking, fascistic nation-state or cult violence projects
Support with:
Acute and Complex Trauma: including Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Intergenerational Trauma, Racialized Trauma, Narcissistic Abuse Trauma
Complex Trauma Dissociation Care via these models: primarily TIST, DBR, PVT, EFIT, IPNB and IFS
Grief Support (Acute, Complex, Ambiguous…)
Addiction
Anxiety
Depression
Equity and Power related Mental Health Impacts
Chronic Health related Mental Health Challenges
Functional Neurological Mental Health Needs (as Allied CAM Care)
Personality Disorders/Character Structures
Relational Support (partners, couples, families, groups…)
Complex Mental Health Presentations
Applying Traditional Healing Ways, Principles and Practices
If you’d like to know the ingredients of our practice… some frameworks/models etc. offered are:
Trauma Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST); Deep Brain Re-orienting (DBR); Internal Family Systerms (IFS); Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB); Nonviolent Communication (NVC); Mindfulness, Meditation and Yogic Principles from Traditional Studies; Polyvagal Theory and Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)…and more
Vitalist and Traditional Chinese Herbology, Functional and Integrative Mental Health Frameworks
Grief and Addiction (including 12 Step supportive) Care and Education Models
Social Justice and Intersectional Feminist Frameworks
Current Fellowships/Externships some staff are trained/engaged in include:
Psychiatry Redefined Two Year
Herbalism Clinical Practice
Peruvian Medicine Immersion One Year
Disclaimer: We do not diagnose or offer prescriptions of any sort, as we are not a licensed healing arts provider. We provide services in accordance with CA SB provision for not licensed naturopathic care. If you have any questions, please feel welcome to ask.
We offer an Intersectional Feminist and Liberatory Framework of support and identify as WOC, BIPOC and GM. Please feel free to ask about this if interested to know more.
We are updating this website. Please feel free to check back for updates.
photo credit Henry Be via Unsplash