Family Workshops & Retreats
Generation Changers
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14 Peaks Inc, 395 Pitchfork Trail, Willow Park TX 76087
Let’s talk. This retreat travels! We can come to your location or plan a venue together.
Corporations, Churches, Schools
Do you need this retreat for 100 families or for 5 families. Let us customize this event to meet your needs.
We will come to your venue or help you in planning a venue. Selah Ranch is one of the venues we enjoy.
Individuals
What if this family reunion was a generation changer. Let us be a part of planning a reunion or a smaller generational gathers. We can customize to fit your needs.
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This retreat is based on the work of Stephen Porges, Dan Siegel, Peter Levine, and Dr. Aline LaPierre to learn about yours and your family's story. Learn what you need and what your family needs to feel safe. Did you know if your parents yelled at each other, or were divorced you might have a defensive response when you hear loud voices, or when someone threatens to leave?
What about blended families and adoption. Generational trauma can make it hard to feel safe with one another and defensive accommodations such as fight flight or freeze hijack the body. Being able to track ourselves, learning why have these reactions and why our family members have these reactions, can be life-changing.
Through somatic contemplations, experiential work, and family conversations, you will unravel the story of your life. Unraveling your family's story, combined with elements from neuroscience, can help you learn how to move through unresolved issues and traumas. It can help us feel safe with our family and have a connected, safe, exciting life!
Retreat venues will be in North Texas and surrounding areas. We encourage multiple generations to attend. This price does not include food or lodging.
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We will be exploring yours and your family's story through the eyes of neuroscience. What makes your family tick? What makes your family struggle?
Experiential activities such as learning to track yours and your family members nervous system will be interspersed, along with somatic contemplations. Learning to regulate your nervous system and your families will be explored through co-regulation.
Evenings consist of downtime as this is hard work. Occasionally we may gather at the fire, or have hot chocolate on the porch. The evenings are for recuperating and preparing for the next day. Relaxation is also important.
A FAMILY RETREAT
LAUNCHING THE NEXT GENERATION
Family Connection Retreat: Bridging Generations Through Storytelling and Healing**
Have you ever felt the urge to run when you're angry? Do raised voices make you feel like fighting or retreating? Does setting boundaries with your children leave you feeling sad or conflicted? Or perhaps you shut down during a disagreement or get defensive over simple requests.
These reactions are more than fleeting moments—they’re echoes of your life’s experiences and the generations before you. Our bodies carry the stories of our families, shaping how we respond to the world. Within a family, these stories often overlap, triggering emotions far greater than the situation at hand.
What if you could create a space to bridge the generational divide, fostering healing, understanding, and connection while paving the way for the next generation?
At 14 Peaks Counseling, we believe in the transformative power of connection—and the family unit is a beautiful place to begin. That’s why we’re inviting you to a one-of-a-kind retreat designed to help families of all generations understand and share their stories.
Imagine this…
Gathered around a fire pit, you listen to your father share his story—his childhood spent on a crowded back porch, walking home from practice because there was no family car. You hear your mother recount her life growing up with an abusive father and an absent mother. These stories, spoken aloud, offer insight into their lives while inviting you to share your own narrative.
At this retreat, there’s no pressure to respond, only to notice. How does their story make you feel in your body? What emotions rise as you listen? There’s no need to understand everything right away—simply being present is enough.
This is the first step in fostering awareness of where we come from, understanding the roots of our family dynamics, and creating meaningful connections across generations.
What You’ll Experience at the Retreat:
- YOUR STORY: A safe space to share your family’s life narratives.
- Somatic Awareness Exercises:Learn to identify and understand the physical sensations tied to your emotions and family stories.
- Connection Without Pressure: Listen with an open heart, free of judgment or obligation is just to listen.
This retreat isn’t just about storytelling—it’s about forging new narratives and celebrating the ones that bring us closer together. By understanding our roots, we can strengthen our branches and create a legacy of connection, healing, and resilience for generations to come.
Join us for this transformative experience and take the first step toward healing your family story—together.
Let’s sit, listen, and begin again. Together.
Scheduling a Family Workshop
Our programs are customized to meet your needs. We offer destination workshops where we meet your family at a destination.
It is powerful to include multi-generations in this educational journey. Often our patterns repeat and bringing in multiple generations can be very powerful in changing the next generation.
Family workshops are held several times a year. Healing in a group with other families can be very powerful.
A word from our founder
I have been offering retreats since I was sixteen when I learned the power of combining adventure and people. In those days it was often to bring together a sports team, building on the power of teamwork.
I have led canoe trips, backpacking trips, adventure camps, and rock climbing retreats, always with the goal to teach trust and bring people into connection.
One of my healing adventures was a 450 mile week-long race in Montana (see photo left) and then accelerated when I found Somatic Experiencing (SE). That is why I am so excited to bring you these retreats. Spending a weekend together, in nature, while writing your story is a wonderful path on the healing journey.
