Integrated Practices for Healing Trauma: a Group for Those with a History of Trauma
The effects of trauma can have a significant impact on both the body and mind and on our daily lives. The Integrated Practices (IP) groups use current trauma theory to explore the neurobiological and relational effects of trauma. Although we know the effects of trauma can be various and pervasive, in this group we honor that another experience is possible.
Integrated Practices (IP) Part 1
In IP 1, group members will learn practices that can help them develop an increased capacity to work with painful traumatic experiences, and an increased awareness of internal experience in the present moment. Practices will include: mindfulness, meditation, tracking sensation in the body, boundaries, and self-compassion.
In this group, we will not be sharing the details of trauma stories; we will be focusing on experience in the present.
Upcoming Sessions
Tuesdays, starting September 19, 2023
Therapist: Michelle Horner, Psy D
12-week group
6:30-8:00 pm
Meets in-person at 4700 N Ravenswood Ave
Sliding Scale Fee
This group is open to participants of all gender identities
COVID-19 Precautions: Proof of vaccination will be required, masks will be optional in group
Call CCIH Intake at 773-754-7441 ext 2000 to join the waitlist for the next IP Group
Integrated Practices (IP) Part 2
In IP 2, we will continue to deepen into the practices learned in the first group. Group members will develop an increased capacity to work with painful traumatic experiences and an increased awareness of internal experience. There will also be updates based on what we are learning in the ever-evolving world of trauma-informed treatment. As in the first IP experience, we will not be sharing the details of trauma stories, staying focused on experience in the present.
Upcoming Sessions
Thursdays, starting March 16, 2023
5:30pm-7:00pm
Therapist: Meghan Reilly, LCSW
Meets in-person at 4700 N Ravenswood Ave
Sliding Scale Fee
All Gender Group: Cis women and men, trans women and men, gender non-binary and nonconforming folks who have completed the first IP/BSE series are welcome.
Contact Meghan Reilly at meghan.reilly@theccih.com if you are interested in joining this group.
Articles on Integrated Practices
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Tuning In To Ourselves This New Year
Society often prioritizes external measures of progress, improvement, and success. We are surrounded by cultural messages and images of achievement. Aside from the occasional memoir, we are rarely exposed to the steps and setbacks along the way. Seldom are we exposed to the internal experience attached to external outcomes. We are unlikely to challenge what…
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Starting Small: Building Capacity for Present-Centered Awareness
A history of trauma can make it difficult to feel present. Often in an effort to stay safe, our mind and body pull us into our past or become hyper-vigilant about our future. Though these strategies are adaptive and often helpful in surviving traumatic experiences, when they become habitual we can be left feeling out…
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COVID-19, Essential Trauma Concepts, IP-Integrated Practices for Healing Trauma Groups, Trauma-Informed ServicesIntegrated Practices in the Time of Coronavirus
In the 10 years I have been facilitating Integrated Practices (formerly Becoming Safely Embodied) group, before this past March I had not considered providing them online. I have run groups consistently throughout these years as a part of my practice and I am deeply connected to this aspect of my work. Due to the…
