A Sanctuary for Those
Carrying More Than
Their Share.
An intimate 8-week integration circle for high-functioning people who understand their trauma intellectually—but still feel it in their body.
What Is the Integration Circle?
This is not a support group.
It is not a lecture series.
The Integration Circle is a guided, clinician-facilitated experience built around The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk. Over 8 weeks, a small group of 8 participants moves through the book's core concepts together—not as a book club, but as a practice.
Each session pairs the science of the book with a somatic or grounding exercise, so that what you read becomes something you actually experience in your body. Because that is where healing lives.
This is not passive. It is not individual therapy. It is something between the two—a structured container where intellectual understanding becomes embodied integration.
"The body keeps the score: if the memory of trauma is encoded in the viscera, in heartbreaking and gut-wrenching emotions—then our treatments must target not just the mind, but the body."— Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
Fit & Readiness
Who This Circle Is For
You might be ready if...
- You've read (or tried to read) The Body Keeps the Score and recognized yourself in it.
- You understand your trauma intellectually but something still won't shift.
- You want to know what your body has been trying to tell you for years.
- You're done trying to heal in isolation.
- You're willing to be uncomfortable for a season in exchange for something lasting.
- You already have at least one grounding skill you can use when things get heavy.
You might wait if...
- You are in active crisis or acute destabilization.
- You have no current individual support (therapist, counselor, or psychiatrist).
- You're not yet able to sit with discomfort without significant risk to your safety.
- You're looking for individual therapy rather than a group experience.
Not sure? Take the free Trauma Integration Checklist to assess your readiness.
Download the Checklist →The Structure
Eight weeks. Four phases.
Rooted in the science of The Body Keeps the Score
The Brain
How trauma reorganizes the mind. We explore what actually happens neurologically when the body experiences overwhelming stress—and why "just thinking differently" rarely works on its own.
The Body
Somatic awareness and the window of tolerance. We learn to read the body's signals before the mind has caught up—and practice the grounding skills that bring us back to safety.
The Story
Narrative and integration. We begin to hold the full story—not to relive it, but to reorganize it. Language and meaning-making become tools for the nervous system.
The Path Forward
Nervous system regulation and sustainable integration. We build a personal toolkit and a plan for continuing the work beyond the circle—without losing the ground we've gained.
Your Investment
Full 8-week cohort · $75 per session
- Pre-group 15-minute fit call
- 8 weekly 90-minute sessions
- Digital resource guide
- 8 participants maximum
"This is not for everyone. That is exactly the point."
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Your Guide
Stacy Reynolds
I have spent years sitting with people who are exhausted—not from lack of trying, but from carrying more than any one nervous system was meant to hold alone.
I built the Integration Circle because I kept watching people read this book in isolation. They would underline every page, see themselves in every chapter, and then close it—still stuck. The knowledge was there. The shift wasn't.
A group changes that. When eight people sit together and say "me too" to the same paragraph, something the brain cannot do alone becomes possible: integration.
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapy Associate and LCDC-Intern in the state of Texas, working under the clinical supervision of Lisa Powell, Ph.D., LMFT-S. My practice, Brain & Heart Healing, PLLC, is located in Abilene, TX, where I work at the intersection of the legal system and the healing process.
This group is a psychoeducational offering and is not individual therapy.
Questions
September 12, 2026 · 1:00 PM · Abilene, Texas
Eight seats.
One continuous path.
Applications are reviewed personally. Stacy responds to every inquiry within 48 hours. There is no automated waitlist—just a real conversation about whether this is the right next step for you.
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Brain & Heart Healing, PLLC
Stacy Reynolds, M.MFT · LMFT-Associate #205804 · LCDC-Intern #72791
Supervised by Lisa Powell, Ph.D., LMFT-S · (325) 232-3626
500 Chestnut Street, Suite 203, Abilene, TX 79602
(325) 261-3663 · stacy@brainandhearthealing.com
This is a psychoeducational integration group and is not a substitute for individual clinical therapy or crisis intervention.
If you are in crisis, please call or text 988.
Regulated by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council (BHEC).
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