Healing Within is a life-changing trauma healing program.
Trauma lives not just in the mind, but in the body—often beyond conscious awareness. Healing Within offers an integrated approach that combines talk therapy with body-based practices to help you process and release trauma at its root.
Healing Within Overview
Walking through an integrated system of treating trauma’s effects on both the mind and the body.
Equipping
We help you to acquire the right education and tools to overcome the impact of the trauma your facing.
Healing
The end result is a reconnecting to your body, your families, and the world around you.
Trauma Healing Program
The five-day program is designed to help you address the emotional pain from past and present wounds along with the repetitive behaviors and detachment that follows a traumatic experience. The Trauma Healing Program is a group experience that provides education along with creative tools to support healing.
Although each person’s traumatic experience is unique, there is a shared response of trauma which includes loss of connection to our mind and body, our family and the world around us.
A safe space is created at the The Trauma Healing Program to understand our wounds, create a strong connection with our herd and design our own healthy idea of what we want life to look like moving forward.
- Begin or continue the process of recovery from trauma in a safe place
- Understand core wounds that drive unhealthy relationships and self-defeating behaviors
- Understand symptoms related to trauma along with ways to reduce the frequency and intensity of those symptoms
- Design and create a self-care plan for moving forward in your journey
Individual Intensive
Our individual intensive is a four-day customized program designed to provide a space for healing past wounds while fostering hope for today and each day moving forward. Individuals will address their particular issues while focusing on their particular goals with no group work. Intensives create a safe space for the mind and body to be removed from the demands of life which is not afforded in weekly one on one therapeutic sessions. Creating this space will allow you to uncover unhealthy patterns, feelings, and beliefs that are impeding your life.
During an individual intensive the participant will work individually with Ms. Bassett and her team.
The Individual Intensive will help you:
- Identify the trauma source
- Discover the impact of trauma on the mind and the body
- Explore and understand family of origin and generational influences
- Understand the role of shame in your journey
- Re-frame your journey to that of grace and gratitude
- Reconnect with self
- Identify tools to regulate emotions and resolve conflict
Couples Intensive
The Couples Intensive program is a specialized program designed for one couple only to work exclusively with two highly skilled, experienced therapists for 4 days. The program is created to meet the specific needs of the couple based on in-person or telephone assessments. The program will assist couples in identifying the link between the present situation and past difficult life experience(s), respectful and loving communication, healthy conflict resolution techniques, barriers that hinder growth, and healthy intimacy and sexuality. Couples Intensive is designed to facilitate connection, intimate sharing, practice, and healing. At the close couples will possess a deeper and more intimate understanding of their relationship and tools to continue their journey.
The Couples Intensive program will provide education, along with group and couples therapy to:
- Identify core relationship wounds;
- Improve communication;
- Model forgiveness;
- Renew intimacy;
- Develop essential tools for continued healing.
Family Intensive
Family Intensive is a 4-day intense therapeutic program designed to address the challenges facing today’s family system. Each family is uniquely designed with its own dynamics and complexities that can create conflict, communication barriers, and obstacles in achieving intimacy. The family intensive is for families of three or more members, including children 10 years or older, as well as adult children. This program is designed for your family exclusively.
The Family Intensive program will provide your family with education and family therapy to:
- Identify and examine the unique family dynamics
- Identify and address the core issues;
- Develop healthy boundaries;
- Strengthen communication;
- Incorporate conflict resolution techniques.
A Day to Breathe (1-Day Intensive)
Trauma is a part of life. Many of us try to suppress, numb, or avoid the pain from our trauma wounds because it feels like too much, or we don’t have enough support to tolerate it. Unfortunately it comes out sideways if we don’t tend to and heal it. The good news is: We were made to heal and wired to connect. This 1 Day Intensive provides a safe therapeutic container in the midst of nature for you to experience life-changing education, opportunities for connection, experiential therapy that is accelerated and transformational, and much more than just a 50-minute talk therapy session.
This is a 1-day intensive, with full or half day options. Registration begins at 9:00 am and the program concludes by 4pm. Fee includes all sessions, resources, and meals. Call or email for upcoming dates at 309-831-9558 or [email protected]
- Therapeutic connection with others in a small group setting
- A Soul Journey Experience
- Movement practices to get the energy flowing
- Education on trauma and the nervous system
- A tranquil place for reflection
- Practical tools to befriend and regulate your nervous system
- Somatic and Body-based resources and strategies you can take with you and employ immediately
- Fabulous food to nourish your body, mind, and spirit
- Fun and laughter that is just as essential as the tears
Frequently asked questions
What is an intensive therapy retreat?
An intensive is a focused, immersive therapeutic experience that condenses months of traditional therapy into a short period (typically 1–4 days). It’s designed to accelerate healing by removing daily distractions and engaging in deeper, uninterrupted work.
How is this different from regular weekly therapy?
Traditional therapy often happens in 50-minute sessions over many weeks. Intensives allow for extended time to go deeper, integrate body-based and experiential modalities, and achieve meaningful breakthroughs in a short time.
Who are intensives for?
Intensives are ideal for individuals, couples, or families looking to heal from trauma, improve relationships, or work through long-standing emotional patterns. They are especially beneficial for those who feel “stuck” in traditional therapy or want faster, deeper results.
What kinds of issues do you address?
We work with trauma (developmental, complex, PTSD), anxiety, grief, relationship and attachment wounds, family conflict, spiritual disconnection, emotional regulation, and more. Each intensive is personalized to your unique goals.
What does a typical day look like?
Each day includes multiple therapy sessions, breaks for integration, optional somatic/body-based work, nature time, and personalized support. Your schedule is customized to support your nervous system and therapeutic goals.
What types of therapy are used?
We integrate trauma-informed approaches such as EMDR, somatic experiencing, inner child work, attachment repair, experiential therapy, parts work (IFS), and mindfulness. All practices are tailored to your needs.
How long is the intensive?
Depending on the format you choose, intensives range from 1-day options (full or half day) to multi-day experiences (typically 3–4 days for individuals, couples, or families).
Who leads the retreat?
All intensives are led by licensed trauma therapist Tonya L. Bassett, LCSW, CADC, CTT, who has over 20 years of experience and developed this program to help clients heal deeply and holistically.
Is this a group retreat?
No. These are private, one-on-one (or one-family/one-couple) intensives. You’ll work exclusively with your therapist in a safe, confidential environment.
Can I come with a partner or my family?
Yes. We offer specialized Couples Intensives and Family Intensives tailored to relational healing, communication repair, and connection. Families typically include three or more members, including children 10+ or adult children.
Do I need to be in weekly therapy to do an intensive?
No. Some clients come from a therapy background, while others begin their healing journey with an intensive. We do recommend ongoing support before or after, and we can help with referrals.
Where is the retreat located?
Our intensives are held in a private, calming space immersed in nature in the Midwest. Directions and details are shared upon booking.