INTRODUCING STAR

FOR FIRST-TIME VISITORS

Personal Message from the Director

Why Take STAR

Your STAR Experience

The STAR Process

The Essence of STAR

What Graduates Say About STAR

The Value of a Personal Growth Retreat

STAR Staff

FOR THERAPISTS

Message from the Director

What Therapists Say About STAR

Inside the STAR Process

Why Therapists Choose STAR

STAR Staff

SPECIAL TOPICS

Addictions and Recovery

Attachment Disorder and Relationship Problems

Anger Management

Attacking Anxiety and Depression

Grief Recovery

Childhood Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress

Recommended Reading

Our healing is not an event, but a process. It requires our risking to turn within in order to grieve our wounds and mend our hearts, to heal our past and let go of worn-out patterns of survival which may have served us then, but no longer help. In order to do that, we need time, support, and a safe place. That’s what STAR provides. – Barbara Findeisen

STAR is a profoundly transformative 10-day personal growth retreat, a carefully structured program of accelerated self-healing and transformation.

The most thorough, in-depth program of its kind, STAR provides a safe and supportive environment where you can go as deep as you need to go to open the way to a life of joy, growth and self-actualization. At STAR, you can chart a new path to personal growth and wholeness.

Addictions and Recovery

Achieving and maintaining abstinence from compulsive and addictive behaviors can be a difficult challenge—it does not always come quickly or easily. STAR provides an innovative and intensive experience to complement and deepen 12-Step and other ongoing treatment programs. Explore the roots of addiction and bring greater depth and breadth to your recovery journey. Strengthen your ability to free yourself from addictive behaviors and destructive patterns. We do not accept people who are actively in their addictive pattern. For more information on STAR and recovery see Addictions and Recovery.

Adult Attachment Disorder

The number one reason individuals seek therapy is due to problems with relationships. These problems may surface at home, at work, or in partnerships, or as a generalized feeling of not belonging and never fitting in. The STAR program offers valuable tools for empowering participants to develop healthy relationships without sacrificing personal needs for self-respect and integrity. For more information regarding STAR for adult attachment disorder and relationship problems see Adult Attachment Disorder and Relationship Problems.

Anger Management

Underneath the anger, there is usually pain—pain from hurt, neglect, abuse, or abandonment. This is the fuel for the anger most people feel. There is a way to heal that pain, and that healing comes from within. At STAR, people are given the opportunity to connect with anger and learn to express it safely, finding ways to communicate the truth embedded in the anger with a better chance of being heard. For more information regarding STAR and anger management see Anger Management.

Attacking Anxiety and Depression

Anxiety and depression are rampant in our society, taking a huge toll on the lives of millions of people. For many of those people, there is a way out—a way to discover the source of those feelings and bring healing. Peace and a genuine joy in being alive can return to their lives. For more information regarding STAR and anxiety or depression see Attacking Anxiety and Depression.

Grief Recovery

The goal of grieving successfully is to experience the feelings of loss, sadness, anger, etc., and reach a stage of acceptance. Some go through just a few stages and reach acceptance, while others do not allow themselves to truly experience and work through their feelings. STAR provides a safe environment for people to fully surrender to their process; they can go deeply into their grief and stay with it as long as they need to in order to get relief from the overwhelming feelings of sadness, anger, fear, and guilt. For more information regarding STAR and grief recovery see Grief Recovery.

Stress Reduction

Trauma—Childhood Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

The fallout from physical, emotional or sexual abuse, assault, neglect, surgeries, accidents, natural disasters, or death of loved ones may have a debilitating impact on us. When supported by experienced and caring facilitators at STAR, participants find the courage to face and heal the pain, anger, fear, and grief that come with trauma. For more information on STAR for those with a history of trauma see Childhood Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Miracles happen at STAR.
If you’re ready to reclaim the deep joy
that a re-awakened spirit can experience,
call us today!