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Laura Karr, Somatic Therapy Intensives | AEDP IFS EMDR

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👑✨ It is time. (Rafiki voice) ✨👑

One year ago, in the middle of a season of burnout, stress, and loneliness, I decided to get myself a teammate. Enter: Prince Rumi Takiwatanga Mozart the 3rd. Mose for short. Born October 4th, and now officially a 1-year-old. 🎉

This little lion prince has been my true companion. He’s taught me about secure attachment, rupture and repair, and even helped me stick to routines I never thought I’d keep, because love makes us willing. 🐾💛

Mose loves chasing bugs, licking my nose, playing hide-and-seek, and reminding me that joy and chaos can exist side by side. He is impossibly soft, surprisingly strong, and manages to make me both laugh out loud and want to scream in the same breath.

This weekend we threw him a Lion King–themed first birthday party 🦁👑. Special shout-out to my sister @erin__hump for being the most patient photographer, for capturing our royal highness in his crown and bowtie.

Never underestimate the power of love for an animal. We aren’t meant to be alone and they truly help us heal. 💛

Happy Birthday, Prince MozaRumi. May your reign be long and full of good grub. 🐾✨

#HappyBirthdayMose #PrinceMozaRumi #LionKingParty #TherapistCat #UndoingAloneness

#sacredcatofburma #birmancat #sealpointbitman #purebred #birmania #sacredbirman by @lauramkarr

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Another intensive week is officially underway. 🌿

We’re so honored to witness these incredible women hold space and guide healing for this small group of individuals.

We keep our intensives intimate on purpose — because evidence-based research shows that therapeutic alliance and emotional safety in small groups enhance trauma recovery outcomes.

✨ A gentle reminder: trauma often happens within relationships — and it’s within safe, attuned relationships that true healing begins.

Here’s to a week of connection, courage, and most of all… genuine, lasting healing. ❤️‍🩹

Want to be apart of our next intensive?

🔗 Click the link in our bio to schedule your free intensive consultation

#IntensiveTherapy #TraumaHealing #EMDR #Somatic #Wellness #MentalHealth #Psychology taken in Breathe Counseling & Intensives by @lauramkarr

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Happy release day to Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing by @hillaryliannamcbride

This is the book I’ve needed.

Hilary has been my teacher and guide on discovering that there is goodness inside of me, I am worthy of love, and it’s okay to not only live in a body, but I can listen and trust my body. This was the greatest good news I didn’t know I was missing.

Understanding how my childhood trauma was re-created in a spiritual community was life-changing. Even though the system I was in was doing so much damage to me, it makes so much sense that I was unaware and stuck and stayed for so long thinking there was something wrong with me.

It takes courage to do the work of healing from spiritual trauma, and it takes even more to look at and be with the ways we may have also perpetuated spiritual trauma. I believe it’s worth it which is why I’m inviting you to this book and this work.

“May you know deep down inside that you are good and loved, may you know spaces and connections where you are nurtured, challenged, and witnessed, and may your pain be met with love and kindness, allowing you to meet the pain of others with love and kindness. May all of this be a part of our collective healing.”

May we all come to know and believe that we are good at our core. ❤️

🌱This book is for you if you’ve survived spiritual trauma.
🌱This book is for you if you help those who’ve survived spiritual trauma.
🌱It’s also for those of you who are leaders in religious contexts who want to understand how do we go so wrong and how do we do it differently moving forward.
🌱As well as for anyone who just wants to understand the pain of those they love.

It’s a must read - so grab your copy anywhere books are sold!

#holyhurtbook #spiritualtrauma #traumahealing #aedp taken in Breathe Counseling & Intensives by @lauramkarr

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The AEDP community has both cracked me open and provided a ‘transformational other’ for me on my journey.

I am deeply grateful to be in NYC for the AEDP conference this weekend - being IN IT TOGETHER with the most beautiful, brilliant, and authentic people.

As I walk in Webster Hall each day, I feel present, hopeful, and deeply connected. I believe in not only my healing, but my healing being a part of a collective healing. And this conference is helping me find my way.

#aedpconference #aedp #therapists #traumahealing #resilience #wellness #mentalhealth #nyc #anxiety #depression #authentic #embodied taken in Webster Hall by @lauramkarr

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🎉 Huge congrats to @karenpandomars & @dianafosha whose deeply important and brilliant book “Tailoring Treatment to Attachment Patterns” releases today!

This book is a manual for understanding attachment theory, the development of attachment patterning, and very specific breakdowns of how to work uniquely with each of them in therapy.

Karen and Diana have been two of the most influential teachers and trainers for me professionally, but also personally. For those of us who are helpers and healers holding space for folks with trauma and attachment wounding, it is essential to do our own work. This book provides a very clear map of common reactivities, how they show up in session, and practical interventions to help our clients heal in relationship with us.

I’m deeply grateful for this book and work of both authors - and I know my clients are too😉 Healing really is possible!

Grab a copy wherever books are sold and let’s all heal in relationship together! @norton.mentalhealth

#tailoringtreatment #attachmentstyles #traumahealing #therapistofinstagram #mentalhealthcommunity #newbook #booklaunch #aedp taken in Breathe Counseling & Intensives by @lauramkarr

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We were truly blessed to sponsor and participate in the Healing Trauma in Relationship workshop yesterday. It was an incredible time of connection, learning, and growth alongside local therapists.💚

A heartfelt thank you to Karen Pando-Mars for sharing her wisdom and expertise, and to Gateway Foundation for sponsoring this event alongside us, making this impactful gathering possible.

This workshop served as a powerful reminder that while trauma often occurs in relationships, it is also within relationships that profound healing can take place. We are honored to continue expanding our knowledge to provide compassionate, trauma-informed care that fosters hope and healing for our clients. Here’s to growing and healing together! 🫂 taken in ISU Alumni Center, Normal, IL by @lauramkarr

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Laura + Karen go Live! ✨ Enjoy our transformance ✨

Getting excited for the Healing Trauma in Relationship Training on January 17th in Normal IL!

#undoingaloneness #aedp #therapist #counselor #healingtrauma by @lauramkarr

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Wishing you peace, hope, and healing this holiday season. ✨

From all of us at Breathe Counseling, thank you for allowing us to be a part of your journey. Here’s to a new year filled with growth and blessings. 🤍

Interested in working with Breathe Counseling? Let’s Connect 🌿
📞 309-831-9558
📧 hello@journeytobreathe.com
💻 www.journeytobreathe.com

#MentalHealth #Somatic #TraumaHealing #PTSD #EMDR #CentralIllinois #Therapist #BloomingtonIL #Counselor #Christmas #Holidays #NewYears taken in Breathe Counseling & Intensives by @lauramkarr

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🥂 Happy 5th Anniversary to @breathe.counseling !

🪩 I’m Celebrating 5 Years of getting to know and work with the founder + owner, Tonya Bassett! I’m remembering our first phone call about working together and that open house after she bought “The Breathe Lodge.”

✨ It’s been quite a journey the last five years, and I’m most grateful for getting to be a part of it all. Tonya has been such a wonderful friend, mentor, sensei, & chef! I’m cheering her + Breathe on for all that’s to come through her beautiful, beautiful business - which is so much more than that.

Cheers to Tonya + 5 years 🥂

#breath #healingwithin #centralillinois #therapyworks #traumahealing #somatictherapy #intensivetherapy Image of Tonya and Laura with arms around each other smiling at the grove and prairie office. taken in Breathe Counseling & Intensives by @lauramkarr

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Happy Autism Acceptance Month! 🎉

I’m going to be sharing about Autism during the month of April to bring awareness, encourage acceptance, and practice advocacy! ♾️

I have found both professionally and personally that many people do not know what Autism is… including Psychologists who diagnose, parents who raise, and folks who have been missed or misdiagnosed. 🧠

Follow along with me as I share some of the current research and literature about Autism Spectrum Disorder as well as lived experience from the Autistic community. ✨

If you are neurodivergent or love someone who is — I hope you will join me and engage in the conversation. Because it is life-saving. ❤️‍🩹

Follow for more @lauramkarr

#autismawarenessmonth #autismacceptancemonth #autismawareness #autismspectrumdisorder #actuallyautistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neuroaffirming #autistic #autismparent #autismspeaks #unmaskingautism #autisticadults #neurodiversityaffirming #neurodivergentwomen #autisticwomen #autisticpride #blackautisticpride by @lauramkarr

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✨ Meet one of our Trauma Healing Experts ✨⁠
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When you are struggling in life, the last thing you need is to feel judged or shamed. If this is your experience, or if you have been in counseling with little to no change, there is nothing wrong with you, and in fact, you have everything that you need inside of you to heal, grow, and transform. 🌱⁠
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Laura's own journey of healing informs the way she works with her clients, which is important because a therapist can only take you as far as they have gone themselves. This motivates her to find meaningful and the most effective ways to help people experience healing, wellness, and thriving. 🧠⁠
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Laura is passionate about staying updated with the current research and most effective ways to heal, regulate, and experience your most authentic + meaningful life. She knows that this is not only possible, but it is innately wired into you + your mind-body. 🤓⁠
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Laura's therapeutic approaches include accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP level 2), somatic + body based, Internal Family Systems (IFS level 1) and parts work, EMDR, attachment work, inner child, emotion focused therapy, and other trauma and experiential therapies. All the therapy is evidence-based, integrated from a polyvagal-informed perspective, and non-pathologizing. 🛋️⁠
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Laura offers to undo your aloneness, walk alongside you, and help you discover hope, embody safety, create change, and empower you to access the transformance within, so you can live your most authentic life. 💫⁠
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If you are interested in working with Laura, she offers Trauma Healing Intensive Retreats at the Breathe Lodge. This 5-Day Program is the best way to work with Laura. She also offers intensives for Individuals, couples, and families. 🌳⁠
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Click the link in our bio, visit our website or call today to schedule a consultation. 📲⁠
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#TraumaTherapy #Traumaintensive #HealingJourney #Empowerment #RewriteYourStory #GrowthAndResilience #Healing #TraumaHealing #AcceleratedHealing #anxiety #depression #cptsd #ptsd #somatic #wellness #polyvagaltheory taken in Breathe Counseling & Intensives by @lauramkarr

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I’m thrilled to announce and introduce you to my new business baby - Embodied Hope Therapy, LLC. I’m not quite ready to see new clients yet, but wanted to share my new name ( @embodiedhopetherapy ) and all my excitement with you! My private practice will be housed at the gorgeous Breathe Center in Heyworth, IL. If you’re interested in being on my waitlist you are welcome to email me at Laura@embodiedhopetherapy.com

Stay tuned for my official opening date, and thank you so much for being here. I believe that healing is possible and I am grateful for the opportunity of guiding people towards greater health and wholeness. Sending you all my love and support. ❤️

#traumatherapy #embodiedhopetherapy #privatepractice #counseling #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth #emdr taken in Breathe Counseling & Intensives by @lauramkarr

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