A Place to Arrive in Lancaster, PA:
Intensive somatic and trauma-informed therapy
You’ve learned how to keep showing up. Here, you’re invited to slow down, feel into what’s been held too long, and make space for what wants to emerge.
You’re the one others rely on.
Whether you’re showing up in scrubs, a uniform, or a therapy office, people count on you. You stay composed under pressure. You keep calm in the chaos. You hold space for others, day after day.
You’ve learned how to show up for others, for work, for life’s demands. You’ve cultivated steadiness, even when the inside felt braced or weary.
But when you’re finally off the clock, it’s a different story.
Your body stays alert. Your mind won’t slow down. You might feel irritable, shut down, or disconnected from others, and even from yourself.
You may be:
Exhausted but unable to rest
Quietly overwhelmed by things that “shouldn’t” bother you
Avoiding the feelings you don’t have time or space to process
Feeling like you have to hold it all together, even when you’re falling apart inside
Wondering why the coping skills that help your clients or patients aren’t helping you
You are not broken.
You are not broken. You are whole, even in the parts that ache, restlessly carry tension, or barely get to breathe.
These sensations are not personal failure. They are your nervous system telling a story of long-held stress and care.
You don’t have to keep doing this on your own.
I’m Vanessa. My work is for people who are used to carrying responsibility. People in caregiving, leadership, and helping roles who rarely get uninterrupted space to pause, exhale, and listen inward.
In our work together, we slow things down. We follow the body’s cues. We create a private, spacious container where what’s been held for a long time can begin to shift, not through force or fixing, but through attunement, safety, and enough time.
I offer focused, immersive therapy experiences, including EMDR intensives and ongoing individual work, supported by somatic and attachment-informed approaches. My role is to hold the structure, pacing, and care so your system can do what it already knows how to do: reorganize, integrate, and rest.
Exploring additional ways to support your nervous system?
Meadow Grove Counseling and Embodied Wisdom Institute share one office suite and a commitment to supporting our community’s well-being. They are separate offerings with different scopes.
Meadow Grove Counseling focuses on providing trauma-focused psychotherapy. Embodied Wisdom Institute offers non-clinical wellness-focused experiences, such as Qigong and sound practices, offerings that promote nervous system support outside of therapy.
You’re welcome to explore what feels aligned for you. For more information about the offerings at Embodied Wisdom institute, visit the EWI website.
Trauma-Focused & Nervous System-Supported Care
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Embodied Intensives:
A contained, spacious experience designed for deeper processing that transcends the usual 50-minute frame. This is time to arrive fully, offering room for insight, regulation, and integration.
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Therapeutic Pathways:
EMDR, Somatic Experiencing™, Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) and Internal Family Systems (IFS) work collaboratively to support your body’s wisdom, not just your narrative.
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Expressive & Somatic Supports:
Sand therapy, guided introspective practices, and body-based options are woven into intensives and ongoing therapy alike, because your system tells the story that words sometimes can’t.
How It Works
You deserve care that honors your timing and your story.
Our work begins with a free consultation, where we explore what you’re hoping for and whether this space feels like a good fit. From there, we’ll collaborate on a care plan that meets you where you are, whether that’s a one-time intensive, ongoing therapy, or a combination of both.
Meaningful Change
You don’t have to wait for a crisis to start tending to yourself.
You’re allowed to take up space, slow down, and explore what healing looks like on your own terms.