Our Women’s Trauma Recovery Program in Colorado

Centered around mental health and wellbeing, our 30-, 60- or 90-day women’s residential recovery program offers a holistic approach to healing on 134 acres of farmland surrounded by Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. We also offer customized immersion retreats for women focused on healing the body, mind and spirit. Please contact dora@4winds.farm for pricing and to begin your custom program.

Whether our residents are seeking to recover from trauma, depression, anxiety, or just the stress of everyday life, we dissolve diagnostic categories by integrating the physical, psycho-emotional, energetic and spiritual aspects of our being.

Recover from Trauma. Heal the Body, heal the Mind.

Our customized programs for women’s recovery and wellness benefit those who are seeking a deeper understanding of co-occurring mental health issues, traumas, bipolar disorder and depression, anxiety, and lack of energy/vitality.

Our integrated holistic treatments for mental health do not require compliance to any one theoretical model or method of treatment. Each patient is evaluated with a full psychosocial and interpersonal assessment prior to treatment to determine a personalized approach to their recovery plan.

integrative Holistic Healing Therapies

Somatic Experiencing Therapy is a body-oriented modality that helps heal trauma and other stress disorders. Developed by Peter Levine, Ph.D., it is the result of the multidisciplinary study of stress physiology, psychology, ethology, biology, neuroscience, indigenous healing practices, and medical biophysics, with more than 45 years of successful application.

Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) sends cues of safety through specially filtered music. SSP engages a system of muscles and nerves that support social engagement, stimulating the vagus nerve. This opens the door for other therapies to become more accessible, impactful and accelerated. Connected by the vagus nerve, the state of our autonomic nervous system can influence how we feel, think, and behave. This connection is explained by Stephen Porges, Ph.D., whose Polyvagal Theory is widely accepted as a neurobehavioral scientific breakthrough and has revolutionized our understanding of the body’s response to stress and trauma

Compassionate Inquiry Therapy is a therapeutic approach that focuses on self-awareness and self-compassion. “The purpose of the Compassionate Inquiry is to drill down to the core stories people tell themselves – to get them to see what story they are telling themselves unconsciously; what those beliefs are, where they came from; and guide them to the possibility of letting go of those stories, or letting go of the hold those stories have on them … That’s what Compassionate Inquiry is.” ~ Dr. Gabor Maté

Brainspotting Therapy locates points in the client’s visual field that help to access unprocessed trauma in the subcortical brain. Brainspotting (BSP) was discovered in 2003 by David Grand, Ph.D.

Cold Water immersion Therapy (CWI) is a type of therapy that involves immersing your body in ice water for about 5-15 minutes. It's a type of cryotherapy, which is exposing your body to very cold temperatures for a short period of time. It can boost the immune system, treat depression, enhance peripheral circulation, increase libido, burn calories and reduce stress. Regular cold exposure can be effective in treatment of chronic autoimmune inflammation, CWI reduces hypercholesterolaemia by brown adipose tissue activation and has a positive effect on stress and anxiety regulation.

Life Coaching (IPEC certified coaches) life-changing personal transformations. Clients will learn growth tools and techniques to help uncover and understand their underlying energy levels, ability to move through limiting beliefs and fears, and create choice in how they think and feel.

Traditional Therapy we integrate traditional therapies such as Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a structured, goal-oriented type of talk therapy. It can help manage mental health conditions, such as depression and anxiety, and emotional concerns, providing techniques to help cope with grief or stress. Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) is also a type of cognitive behavioral therapy. Cognitive behavioral therapy attempts to identify and change negative thinking patterns and pushes for positive behavioral changes. DBT may be used to treat suicidal and other self-destructive behaviors.

Acupuncture and Customized Chinese Herbs, Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a complete medical system that has been used to diagnose, treat, and prevent illnesses for more than 2,000 years. TCM is based on a belief in yin and yang, defined as opposing energies, such as earth and heaven, winter and summer, and happiness and sadness. When yin and yang are in balance, you feel relaxed and energized. Out of balance, however, yin and yang negatively affect your health.

Chinese herbal formulas are a vital component of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and are based upon over 5,000 years of clinical experience and Chinese Herbology study. The effectiveness of these customized herbal formulas is directly correlated with the practitioner’s ability to prescribe the correct combination based on the pattern of disharmony diagnosis. Unlike over-the-counter herbs, these formulas are specially mixed for each individual and are often modified as the healing process progresses.

Equine, Yoga, Qigong, Fascial Release, Sound Healing and Outdoor Recreational therapies are offered daily and throughout the week.

Rest and Nourishment for Body and Mind

Private lodging, organic locally sourced meals, daily individual and group therapeutic and educational sessions are included in all trauma recovery programs women’s residential trauma recovery center in Glenwood Springs, CO.

In practicing complementary, alternative and integrative medicine, we seek to support the care of the resident’s existing physicians and therapists. If a specific condition is not listed here, we may still be able to provide the care required; if not, we will refer women needing help to the right place.

We Are Not

an in-patient mental health facility, nor do we take mandated clients from correctional facilities. All clients are admitted on a voluntary basis, and screened for their desire to recover their mental health and wellbeing.