Clinical Presence Creative Resilience

Somatic & Arts Therapy Retreat For Trauma Practitioners:Join us to find renewal & reconnection in your practice; reclaim your creative self

You hold profound space for others' pain. But who holds space for you?

As a trauma practitioner, you witness the depths of human suffering daily. Your body absorbs the weight of your clients' stories, leaving you feeling depleted, disconnected, and creatively blocked.

You've done your own therapy. You understand countertransference. You practice self-care. But still, something feels stuck — a heaviness that talking about doesn't quite shift.

You long to feel alive in your body again, to reconnect with the creative spark that drew you to this work, and to practice from a place of sustainable presence rather than depletion.

This retreat offers something different: embodied transformation through the integration of somatic therapy and arts-based practices. Here, you'll experience firsthand the healing modalities you may use with clients, while being held by facilitators who understand the unique challenges of trauma work.

What Makes This Retreat Different

• For Practitioners, By Practitioners: We understand the specific toll of trauma work because we live it too. This isn't generic self-care — it's professional renewal designed for those who hold therapeutic space.
• Embodied + Creative Integration: Experience the powerful synergy of somatic therapy and art therapy, accessing parts of yourself that cognitive approaches alone cannot reach.
• Professional Development That Transforms: Learn techniques you can integrate into your own practice while experiencing profound personal shifts in your relationship to your work and yourself.
• Intimate, Confidential Cohort: Connect with fellow trauma practitioners in a space that honors both professional boundaries and authentic vulnerability.

The Experience

Somatic Therapy Sessions

Release vicarious trauma stored in your body through neuroscience-backed movement practices. Experience how your nervous system can shift from chronic hypervigilance to regulated presence.

Arts Therapy Workshops

Reconnect with your creative self through guided art-making that bypasses cognitive defenses and accesses deeper wisdom. No artistic experience required — just willingness to explore and all experiences are simple and safe to take back to your practice.

Integration & Reflection

Process your experiences with fellow practitioners who truly understand the complexities of this work. Share insights, challenges, and discoveries in a confidentially-held space.

Nature Immersion

Allow the healing power of the natural world to support your nervous system regulation and creative renewal.

What You'll Walk Away With

• Embodied Self-Regulation Practices: Somatic techniques you can use between sessions to prevent burnout and maintain presence with challenging cases.
• Creative Expression Methods: Arts-based interventions to deepen your work with trauma clients, especially those who struggle with verbal processing.
• Professional Community: Connections with fellow trauma practitioners for ongoing peer consultation and support.
• Renewed Relationship to Your Work: A felt sense of why you chose this path, freed from the weight of accumulated secondary trauma.
• Sustainable Practice Framework: An embodied understanding of how to hold space for trauma without absorbing it into your own system.

Who This Retreat Is For

This retreat is designed for licensed or registered trauma practitioners including:

• Psychotherapists & Counselors working with trauma
• Somatic practitioners seeking to integrate creative modalities
• Art therapists wanting to deepen somatic awareness
• Clinical social workers in trauma-focused practice
• Psychologists specializing in PTSD or complex trauma
• Program managers and leaders in the field of mental health

You should have established clinical experience working with trauma and be in good standing with your professional licensing board.

Investment in Your Professional Sustainability

All-Inclusive Price: $2199.00 (Early Bird $1999.00 to April 15th)

Includes full retreat experience, accommodations, meals, CEU credits, and all materials.

This is an investment in your ability to continue doing this sacred work without sacrificing yourself in the process.

Itinerary

Day 1: 12th June Friday

3 pm: Arrive & Check- In
3:45 pm: Meet & Greet
4:15 pm- 5:30 pm Session 1: Opening Circle: Embodied Intentions
6 pm- 7 pm: Dinner
7 pm - 8 pm: Session 2: Therapist’s Body: Relational Container for Client Trauma

Day 2: 13th June Saturday

7 am- 7:30 am: Session 1 : Restoring Your Nervous System with Somatic Yielding & Embodied Breath
7:30 am- 8:30 am: Breakfast
9 am- 11:30 am: Session 2: Embodied Impacts of Complex Trauma on The Trauma Practitioner
11: 30am - 11:45 am: Morning Tea
11:45:- 12:45 pm: Session 3 : Resourcing Your Somatic Container
12:45 pm: Lunch
2 pm- 4:30 pm: Session 4: Self- Regulation Through Creativity. Connection and
Movement
4:30 pm- 5:30 pm: Session 5 : Mindfulness and Micro-Movements in
Creative Recovery
6 pm- 7 pm: Dinner
7:30 pm: Session 6: By the Fire

Day 3: 13th June Sunday

7 am- 7:30 am: Session 1: Art & Bilateral Drawing
7:30 am- 8:30 am: Breakfast
8:45 am- 10:30 am: Session 2: Working with Embodied Counter-transference
10:30am : Check Out
11: 15- 12 pm: Session 3: Somatic Presence & Processing
12 pm: Lunch
1 pm- 3 pm: Session 4: Exploring Self-Directed Art Making as Self- Supervision
3 pm: Closing

Meet Your Facilitators

Haritha — Haritha is a Trauma - Trained Therapist, Somatic Movement Facilitator & Strength Coach. Using a blend of trauma-informed body and movement-based modalities, Haritha supports children , young people and adults with trauma to find safety & embodiment in their body, regulate their nervous system and heal from the impacts of trauma. Haritha also works with children, young people and adults with complex trauma using client centred play, art and movement modalities.

Haritha holds her qualifications in Master of Counselling (UQ) and Master of Psychology . She is a Somatic Movement Facilitator (Master Functional Trainer & Movement Restoration Coach).

Taraka — Taraka has been working as a social worker and art therapist with those from trauma backgrounds since 2012 in refugee settings, DFV recovery services, and currently in Child and Youth Mental Health. Taraka has trained in trauma recovey and her education includes: Bachelor of Education (Vis Arts/Eng), PGD Experiential and Creative Arts Therapy, MSW and MA (Therapeutic Practice).

Together, we bring 21 years of combined experience in trauma treatment and facilitating transformative professional development experiences for therapists.

Exact schedule subject to change based on group needs and organic flow

Continuing Education Credits

This retreat offers 16 CEU credits for [relevant licensing bodies]. Detailed learning objectives and documentation provided upon completion.

Realistic Expectations

• This Is Deep Work: You may experience emotional release, creative breakthroughs, and shifts in how you relate to your practice. Come prepared to be moved.
• Not a Vacation: While the setting is beautiful and you'll have plenty of rest time, this is an intensive professional development experience that requires full engagement.
• Continued Integration: The real work continues after the retreat. We'll provide tools and support for integrating your experiences into daily practice.

What This Retreat Is NOT

• Personal Therapy: While healing happens, this is a professional development experience, not a substitute for your own therapeutic process.
• Skills-Only Training: We integrate practical techniques with embodied experience. If you want purely cognitive learning, this isn't the right fit.
• Quick Fix: Sustainable change takes time. This retreat plants seeds and provides tools, but ongoing practice is essential.
  

Ready to Reclaim Your Creative, Embodied Self?

You became a trauma practitioner because you believe in the possibility of healing. Now it's time to extend that same belief to yourself.

Limited to 14 participants to ensure intimate, high-quality experience.

FAQs

*Cancellation Policy: Refund given 60 days before retreat. 50% refund 30 days before retreat. Non-refundabale 29 days before retreat - you may find a replacement if this happens. Please reach out and let us know the barriers to attendance. Each person is case by case.

*Accomodation: Individual Accomodation. Rooms are comfortable and most have exceptional views.

*Free Time: free time after meals allows time to rest, reflect, explore forest and have personal treatements.

*Treatments: O'Reillies offers massage and spa treatments at Lost World Day Spa. Please ensure you book these before arrival. Spa bookings are not included in the price of the retreat. The spa is open Friday/Sat 9-6pm & Sun 9-5pm Check spa menu on link below. Enjoy!

https://oreillys.com.au/lost-world-day-spa/

*WIFI Access is available

*Food: If you have dietary restrictions (vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, dairy free or lactose free etc) please make note of this upon registration. It helps get your food selections correct at catering end.

*Travel to O'Reillies is guests' responsibility, however with consent contact details with fellow attendees may be made to allow you to collaborate on transport if requested.

*What should I bring?

Recommended items:

• Comfortable clothing & swimmers (for cold plunge pools, spa or stunning Infinity Pool overlooking the Lost World Valley)
• Weather-appropriate outerwear and sunscreen
• Personal toiletries
• Reusable water bottle
• Journal & pen
• Any required medications

Register for your ticket on this page to attend. Spots are limited and often fill quickly.

*Payment Plans - available. Please email embodyprofessionalpractice@gmail.com about this.

Questions? Email us at embodyprofessionalpractice@gmail.com or schedule a brief call to discuss whether this retreat is right for you.