Our internal data shows that our clients experience significant relief from some of their symptoms within the first 30 days, if they participate in EMDR, Community work and do the somatic and cognitive methods we teach.

After 60 days clients experience a further reduction in symptoms. After 90 days clients feel a marked difference from when they came into the program, reporting better sleep, less anxiety and more feelings of connections with others.

This is a common concern. As trauma certified mental health professionals, we are trained to help clients look at their past in small, digestible ways that do not overwhelm their nervous system for sustained periods of time. Our goal is to guide you to minimize the symptoms of trauma (insomnia, anxiety, depression, etc.) without overwhelming you. We teach you to listen to your nervous system and pay attention to your thoughts so that you can pause when needed along the healing path.

The Whole Health Lab is designed for anyone who wants to minimize the symptoms of trauma and toxic stress from their lives. We designed the program for women who need a digital/virtual learning platform and who need to learn in short bursts due to their busy schedule.

While your instructors are trauma-trained and trauma certified, the Whole Health Lab program does not constitute therapy. This program can be taken as an adjunct to 1:1 talk therapy or on its own.

While there are 1:1 components each month, emerging research on trauma and toxic stress (van der Kolk, 2015) shows that healing is more effective with tools that go beyond talking. We implement the latest research to provide somatic/body-based tools, EMDR, group connections, physical and spiritual health tools as well as sleep hygiene, nervous system exercises and cognitive skills to reprogram you brain.

Traditional talk therapy is often cognitively based and relies on talking. Emerging evidence has indicated that talking about our trauma actually can deepen the neuropathways of the trauma and is not as effective as combining somatic (body) practices, community, neuropsychology and spirituality.

Our program takes the most effective healing practices from psychology, medicine, neuroscience and spirituality and delivers them in bite size, understandable and actionable content while allowing you to set your own pace.

Yes, we don’t encourage you to share more than you are comfortable with. Research shows that talking about your past traumas extensively can retrigger us and cause more damage. It is important to acknowledge the past trauma (not publically) but it is not necessary to share your trauma with groups of people, or with anyone you do not feel ready to share with.

Yes, each month you receive a 15 minute 1:1 check in where a trauma trained mental health coach goes over your individual program, your symptoms and answers any questions you might have. We also provide group EMDR, group community platform for communicating and weekly group events to connect and get questions answered, support or share some of your wins.

We use clinically effective tools that are from the fields of neuroscience, psychology, occupational therapy, conflict studies, spirituality and psychobiology. We use polyvagal theory, somatic experiencing, EMDR, EFT, IFS, meditation and art-based methods to help clients reconnect to themselves, their Higher Power and others.

We combine the methods that have been highlighted by the research in these fields, particularly looking at the meta studies that have been conducted and utilizing a bottom-up approach to help clients recover from the symptoms of trauma and toxic stress.

EMDR is a revolutionary way of reprocessing traumatic memories iwthout verbally sharing the details of the trauma. Research shows that it is 8x as effective as one talk therapy session. EMDR lasts about 45-55 minutes and is given 3-5 times per month.

Group EMDR is done over Zoom and is private and confidential. You do not talk to any of the other group members and the trained mental health professional guides you through the process by having you use drawings (that you do not share with others) to process some of the issues you want to work on.

The protocol for group EMDR was first used in large cities that had experienced natural disasters. It is safe, effective and confidential.

Trauma is an event or pattern of events that fundamentally changes the way you view the world. It also changes your nervous system, causing it to get stuck in either sympathetic or dorsal states, which cause long term physical and mental damage. Trauma also changes the way you view yourself and causes a decrease in self-worth.

Toxic stress is a result of the trauma that has been unresolved. This term comes out of the ACES study in the 1990’s conducted by Kaiser Permanente and identifies that childhood adverse events that are not repaired lead to physical health issues, such as heart and lung disease, auto-immune disorders and other medical problems.

Essentially, the ACES study also looked at van der Kolk, et all calls trauma and came to the definitive conclusion that without resolving trauma, people will have negative health outcomes.

We are confident in the change The Whole Health Lab can bring to your life, and we are committed to your success.

If after 90 days you’ve done the work and don’t feel the program is right for you, you can contact hello@mendingtrauma.com for a refund.