
COUNSELING AND BRAIN WELLNESS SERVICES, LLC
Melanie Mahady, LMHC, EMDR Consultant/Education Credit Provider
Our group intensives are guided by The Sacred Place Method™—a faith-integrated blend of EMDR, IFS, and Inner Healing that helps you connect with God’s peace, release emotional burdens, and restore calm to the heart.
Your Journey Begins Here
These Faith-Integrated EMDR + IFS Intensives are created as sacred spaces for healing, restoration, and connection with God’s gentle presence. Each intensive weaves together the science of trauma processing (EMDR), the compassion of parts work (IFS), and the spiritual depth of faith-based inner healing. Within a safe and structured environment, participants are guided to slow down, listen inward, and allow the protective layers around the heart to soften. These experiences offer an invitation to release burdens, restore clarity, and awaken to peace, truth, and renewed hope.
Each intensive offers a unique theme and rhythm—some centered on heart restoration, others on grief release, inner child healing, or renewal of hope. All are grounded in safety, compassion, and spiritual connection.
If you feel a stirring to begin your own healing journey, you’re invited to explore the upcoming offerings below. Spaces are intentionally limited to preserve the depth and intimacy of the experience.
This experience is ideal for women who:
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Feel emotionally numb, guarded, or disconnected after betrayal, loss, divorce, or trauma.
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Sense that “something deeper” needs healing beyond talk therapy.
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Long to integrate their faith with emotional restoration.
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Carry old wounds that still shape how they relate, trust, or feel worthy of love.
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Desire to meet God in their healing—inviting His presence into places that have felt hidden or heavy.
***No previous EMDR or IFS experience is needed. Each person participates at their own pace, guided with care and confidentiality in a small, supportive group setting. This intensive is grounded in biblical principles of healing, renewal, and truth, while honoring each participant’s unique spiritual framework. Clients are invited to connect with God as they personally understand Him—allowing their individual faith, imagery, and relationship with the Divine to guide the healing process.***
What the Intensives Entail:
Each Faith-Integrated EMDR + IFS Intensive is thoughtfully structured to provide safety, depth, and sacred connection throughout the healing experience. Participants move through a gentle, guided process that honors both the science of trauma healing and the presence of God’s peace.
Healing from Emotionally Abusive Relationships
An In-Person Sacred Place Method™ Women’s Intensive
July 11, 2026
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM at the Greenhouse in Boca Raton, Florida
Investment: $350 includes workbook, refreshments, and the Anchored and Restored Kit
Have you found yourself walking on eggshells… questioning your reality… feeling emotionally exhausted, disconnected, or like you’ve lost pieces of yourself along the way?
Emotional abuse can leave deep wounds in the heart, nervous system, identity, and relationships. Many women carry the effects long after the relationship ends — anxiety, shame, hypervigilance, self-doubt, fear of conflict, emotional numbness, difficulty trusting themselves, and feeling stuck in survival mode.
You do not have to heal alone.
This gentle, faith-integrated in-person intensive is designed to help women begin restoring safety, clarity, and connection through the Sacred Place Method™ — an approach integrating nervous system support, EMDR-informed healing, parts work, and secure attachment restoration in a safe and compassionate environment.
During this healing experience, you will be guided through:
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Sacred Place Method™ resourcing and regulation skills
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G-TEP EMDR-informed group healing tools
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IFS-informed parts awareness and self-compassion skills
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Nervous system regulation and emotional grounding
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Healing shame, confusion, and emotional overwhelm
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Reconnecting with your voice, identity, and inner peace
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Gentle faith-integrated healing support rooted in safety and compassion
This experience is designed to be gentle, grounded, and deeply supportive. You will not be pressured to share personal details or relive painful memories in front of others. Instead, you will be guided through structured healing exercises that help create safety, connection, and emotional restoration at your own pace.
What to Expect
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A peaceful and supportive in-person environment for women
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Guided experiential exercises and reflection
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Gentle trauma-informed facilitation
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Practical tools to continue your healing journey beyond the intensive
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Opportunities for nervous system regulation, grounding, and connection
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A compassionate, faith-integrated approach honoring your story and healing process
Whether you are currently in an emotionally abusive relationship, recovering from one, or recognizing patterns from the past, this intensive was created to help you feel supported, seen, and no longer alone in your healing journey.
You Were Created for More Than Survival
Healing is possible.
Your voice matters.
Your heart matters.
There is hope for restoration, clarity, peace, and deeper connection within yourself and with God.
Space is limited to create a more intimate and supportive healing experience.
Reserve your place today and take the next step toward healing and restoration.
Identity Restoration
A Sacred Place Method™ Online Women’s Intensive
Thursday July 30, 2026 6:30pm - 9pm ET Zoom
Investment $197 Includes Identity Restoration Workbook
So many women silently carry painful beliefs formed through trauma, rejection, emotional abuse, abandonment, shame, disappointment, or painful life experiences:
I’m not enough.
I’m unwanted.
I’m too much.
I’m unlovable.
I have to earn love.
I’ll never change.
God is disappointed in me.
Over time, these beliefs can begin to feel true — shaping the way we see ourselves, relationships, and even God.
But healing is not simply learning to “think positive” or repeat affirmations. True transformation happens when the heart, nervous system, emotions, and deeper parts of ourselves begin to fully experience truth as safe, real, and believable.
This online Sacred Place Method™ intensive was created to help women move beyond simply knowing truth intellectually… into genuinely believing and feeling the truth about who God says they are.
Through a gentle, faith-integrated approach combining Sacred Place Method™, G-TEP EMDR-informed healing tools, nervous system regulation, and IFS-informed parts work, women will be guided into deeper healing, emotional connection, and identity restoration from the comfort of their own home.
During This Intensive You Will Experience:
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Sacred Place Method™ resourcing and attachment-based healing
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G-TEP EMDR-informed tools to help release painful emotional burdens
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IFS-informed skills for understanding wounded parts with compassion
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Healing experiences designed to strengthen safety, peace, and connection
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Identifying old beliefs and lies rooted in trauma, shame, fear, or rejection
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Replacing survival-based beliefs with truth grounded in God’s love and identity
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Gentle experiential exercises to help truth move from the mind into the heart
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Nervous system regulation and emotional grounding skills
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Faith-integrated healing focused on safety, compassion, and restoration
This intensive is not about striving harder or forcing yourself to believe something different. It is about creating space for healing experiences that allow truth to become emotionally real and deeply rooted within you.
What to Expect
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A safe and supportive online environment for women
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Guided experiential exercises and reflection
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Gentle trauma-informed facilitation
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No pressure to share personal details publicly
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A compassionate and faith-integrated approach honoring your story and healing journey
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Practical tools you can continue using long after the intensive ends
You Are Not Who Trauma Said You Were
You are not defined by rejection, abuse, shame, fear, or survival patterns.
There is hope for healing.
There is hope for restoration.
There is hope for reconnecting with the truth of who you were created to be.
Come experience a deeper journey of healing, identity restoration, and connection with God’s heart toward you.
Begin Your Identity Restoration! Reach out today!

Faith-Integrated EMDR + IFS
A sacred, trauma-informed space to slow down, release what weighs on your heart, and invite God’s gentle presence to restore peace and clarity. Guided imagery, EMDR G-TEP processing, and compassionate parts-work integration support meaningful healing in a single, focused day.
What the Day Includes (3 Healing Hours):
• A beautifully designed companion workbook for reflection, prayer, and take-home practices.
• Guided imagery and “Sacred Place” installation to create safety and connection with God.
• Evidence-based EMDR G-TEP for gentle, contained processing—without sharing personal trauma details.
• IFS integration/tools (parts awareness and compassion practices)—not full IFS therapy.
• Prayerful, invitational group sharing around healing themes, not trauma narratives.
• Closure exercises for calm, connection, and grounding before ending the day.
Begin Your Healing Journey! Click Below to submit an inquiry form. You will hear a response within 48 hours detailing next steps with your welcome packet.
Spaces are limited to preserve depth and care.
Click to inquire and reserve your place and begin your journey toward heart restoration.
These intensives are grounded in biblical principles and honor each participant’s personal relationship with God. Practices are invitational and paced for safety; they are not a replacement for ongoing therapy or crisis services.

Have you ever known truth in your mind… but struggled to fully feel it in your heart?
Many women silently carry painful beliefs shaped by trauma, rejection, emotional wounds, shame, disappointment, or difficult relationships:
I’m not enough.
I’m too much.
I’m unseen.
I’m unlovable.
I have to earn love.
I’ll never truly change.
Over time, these beliefs can begin to feel more real than the truth of who God says you are.
This gentle, faith-integrated intensive was created to help women slow down, breathe deeply, and experience healing in a safe and supportive environment — moving beyond simply knowing truth intellectually into genuinely believing and feeling it to be true.
Through the Sacred Place Method™, EMDR-informed healing, IFS-informed parts work, nervous system support, and guided faith integration, women are gently guided toward deeper emotional and spiritual restoration.
This is not about striving harder or forcing yourself to “think differently.”
It is about allowing your heart to experience safety, connection, peace, and truth in a way that becomes deeply rooted and transformational.
During this experience, you will be guided through:
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Healing experiences designed to strengthen peace, safety, and connection
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Identifying old beliefs rooted in fear, shame, rejection, or survival
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Reconnecting with the truth of your God-given identity
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Gentle nervous system regulation and grounding practices
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Compassionate parts work to help wounded areas feel seen and supported
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Faith-integrated healing experiences centered on God’s love and presence
Imagine beginning to no longer just say:
“I am loved.”
“I am worthy.”
“I am safe.”
“I am chosen.”
…but actually beginning to feel those truths deeply within your heart.
You Were Created for More Than Survival
There is hope for healing.
There is hope for restoration.
There is hope for reconnecting with the woman God created you to be.
Come experience a sacred space for healing, truth, peace, and identity restoration.
Register Today and begin redefining you!
Spaces are limited to preserve depth and care.
Fill out the form below to reserve your place and begin your journey toward heart restoration.
These intensives are grounded in biblical principles and honor each participant’s personal relationship with God. Practices are invitational and paced for safety; they are not a replacement for ongoing therapy or crisis services.
