It’s not that you don’t love each other.
It’s that your nervous systems are still at war.
To the one whose body knows before the mind can name it,
If you’re here, your body already knows. You’ve hit the edge of something big. The place where the old ache loops… but no longer fits.
You’ve done the ceremonies. The journaling. The therapy. The scripts. You’ve stayed in the conversation longer than most people ever would.
But your heart still aches.
Your body still guards.
Your love still trembles at the threshold.
Welcome. This is the place where we stop pretending that insight alone can heal what lives in the tissue.
Why What You’ve Tried Hasn’t Worked
Because mindset work doesn’t unravel the roots.
Because your body doesn’t speak affirmation—it speaks sensation.
Because no one ever taught you how to feel safe with love.
Here’s what happens instead:
- You overfunction when uncertainty arises.
- You go silent when intimacy gets too close.
- You intellectualize your emotions.
- You loop the same arguments, not because you want to—but because your nervous system has never known anything else.
This isn’t your fault.
But it is your moment.
If any part of this feels familiar… stay here.
Let your body read this next part.
Why This Work Lands When Nothing Else Did
You’ve likely tried:
- Talk therapy that didn’t touch the body.
- Coaches with charisma but no nervous system training.
- Workshops that left you high—but not integrated.
- Rituals that felt meaningful—but didn’t last.
Here’s why none of it changed the core:
Because it didn’t drop into the nervous system.
Because it didn’t create a felt sense of actual safety.
This does.
When Sarah and Daniel Came to Me…
They were quiet.
Tired.
Holding a shared grief neither had words for.
Their love was still there—somewhere—but buried under years of collapse and protection.
The first hour wasn’t about fixing. It was about listening—beyond the story.
By day two, their nervous systems had begun to uncurl. Their touch wasn’t frantic. It was reverent.
They didn’t just repair. They remembered.
Six months later, they don’t just coexist.
They co-create.
Their daughter now watches two adults who know how to rupture and return.
That’s what crossing the threshold can do.
Why Trauma Work Is No Longer Optional for Couples
Most couples aren’t fighting each other.
They’re fighting their nervous systems.
What looks like disconnection or conflict is often an old survival pattern—playing out in real time.
Love triggers what hasn’t been healed.
Here’s how trauma expert Gabor Maté explains it:
“Trauma is not what happens to you, but what happens inside you as a result of what happened to you.
Until we understand and heal that internal wound, we will unconsciously recreate it in our relationships.
We are wounded in relationship, and we heal in relationship. But most of us are not relating in the present. We are reacting from the past. The child in us is still running the show, especially in intimacy, where old attachment wounds surface most powerfully. Without awareness, we interpret our partner through the lens of our pain, misperceive their actions, and defend ourselves against love itself. The greatest gift we can give a partner is our own healing. Because until we do our trauma work, we are not in true connection. We are in survival.”
This is the root.
And this is where we begin.
Not with talk.
With the body.
With the somatic repair that makes real connection safe again.
What Colleagues Say
“Joanna Intara is a passionate, fiery woman, who in her search for deep healing has unlocked a clear path to true love, source energy, sacred sexuality, and soul-centered partnership.
Her compassion, integrity, and skillful precision help you soften your defenses and let go of unnecessary resistance. Her empathy is well-earned and supports you to feel that you have an ally in your experience of intimacy with yourself and your partner.”
Alison Greene-Barton
Psycho-Spiritual Therapist
What Is The Couples Trauma Threshold?
A 2-day immersion (in-person or virtual) for individuals or couples ready to:
Unwind trauma from the root
Rewire the nervous system for sustainable love
Feel intimacy without abandoning themselves
We don’t just talk about it. We feel it. Metabolize it. Repattern it. Liberate it.
Together, we cross the threshold.
If your heart feels hesitant and your body feels ready—follow your body.
When Love Is Survival / When Love Becomes Sanctuary
Before
❌ Conflict that repeats
❌ Shutting down or overfunctioning
❌ Sex that feels distant or dutiful
❌ Safety as a concept
❌ Talking it out endlessly
❌ Fear of being too much
After
✅ Repair that integrates
✅ Staying open without losing yourself
✅ Erotic connection that feels sacred
✅ Safety as a felt experience
✅ Moving it through your body
✅ Full expression as intimacy fuel
You'll Finally...
Experience safety not as an idea, but as a sensation in your body
Reveal and release the imprint behind your conflicts
Let go of freeze, fawn, flight, and fight responses
Learn to regulate in the middle of emotional storms
Reclaim a sacred, erotic, sustainable intimacy
Let love move through you again—without armoring or collapse
Integration Matters
You will receive a private, follow-up integration session to help you land the work in your life.
There are also opportunities to deepen into long-term support—if and only if your body says yes.
This isn’t about peaking. It’s about living what’s been awakened.
What This Is Not
❌ Not “just talk” therapy
❌ Not a euphoric weekend that fades by Monday
❌ Not spiritual bypassing or hyper-analysis
❌ Not surface-level coaching or regurgitated scripts
❌ Not for people who want to stay in their heads
My Vow to You
I will not fix you. I will walk with you.
I will not give you scripts. I will midwife your truth.
And I will hold you in the fire until it becomes light.
This is my vow. And I mean every word.
What You’ll Receive
✅ 2 full days of immersion (10 hours total)
✅ Deep diagnostic process to uncover the actual root
✅ Custom somatic practices to release trauma from your body
✅ Trauma-informed facilitation for nervous system repair
✅ Sacred rituals to dissolve old relational blueprints
✅ Erotic reawakening through movement and safe touch
✅ Intimacy mapping + tools for new connection pathways
✅ Full reintegration of desire with capacity
✅ A soul-rooted path forward
Included Bonuses
🌀 Pre-Immersion Questionnaire – for deeper awareness and inner clarity
🌿 Orientation Call – to ground, settle, and prepare your nervous system
🔥 Heart of the Mountain Renewal Ceremony – a sacred rite of release and reconnection
🎧 “Discover Your Heart: All The Way” Course – quiz, audio set, and soul-mapping workbook
📖 Mini Book: The Couples Trauma Threshold – When Rupture Ends Real Loving Begins – to weave everything together
🕊️ SPECIAL GIFT – One night of sacred sanctuary – held for you between our two days together If you’re coming in person, this is my heart’s gift—an evening to rest, integrate, and be fully held in the quiet center of your unfolding. A space where nothing is asked of you but presence.
Imagine This...
You wake next to your partner and feel… ease.
Your chest doesn’t tighten. Your body doesn’t brace.
You smile—because last night was sacred, sexy, real.
You navigate conflict with presence.
You feel heard. Held. Home.
Your nervous system is no longer the battlefield.
It’s your sanctuary.
You speak the truth. You listen with love.
You make love like your body is home again.
That’s what’s waiting on the other side of the threshold.
The Invisible Cost of Waiting
Every time you loop the same fight, your body registers love as danger.
Every moment you override your truth to keep peace, a deeper truth retreats.
This isn’t just emotional. It’s cellular.
The cost of staying in the cycle isn’t just time—it’s intimacy lost. Erotic connection numbed. Generational pain passed on.
You don’t have to keep paying that price.
Praise for This Work
"She is a tour de force when it comes to literally dissolving the root cause of your disconnection, in love, sex, and intimacy... Her wisdom, compassion, and sheer depth of knowing the inside terrain are not common. We are enjoying the soulmate love we always knew we were destined to have. The best investment we ever made."
Jim & Jennifer
“We hardly ever fight anymore. We’re able to discuss our feelings and any issues that come up in a way that is constructive, supportive, and creative. We’ve grown more as individuals and in our relationship than we ever thought possible.”
Nathan & Daria
"My husband and I started working with Joanna as the communication between us was not good and we struggled with challenges of daily life, and my pain issues. Joanna set us on a new path with her gentle nature and very knowledgeable interventions. She made us feel safe and comfortable, therefore we were able to open up and share more of ourselves. Joanna offers excellent support and great guidance on how to improve yourself and deepen your relationships and she is genuine and experienced as well on spirituality. Through this work, my relationship with my husband has deeply improved. He has become more open minded and accepting of me, others, daily life in general, and much more able to share in groups. I attribute this to the level of comfort there is in working with Joanna. My husband George and I highly recommend Joanna to others because she is very experienced, knowledgeable, gentle, effective, caring and spiritually inspiring. We think that others will greatly benefit from working with her because she not only listens, but is an active part of the work which is holistic and fresh (not just talking around challenges)."
Alicia & George
"Dear Joanna, It would be impossible to express how profoundly transformative our experience with you was. You took us far beyond mere repair to new depths of joy and intimacy in our relationship. Your unique blend of widely divergent disciplines and perspectives, combined with your very natural warmth and insightfulness created a safe, healing and productive space for us. As we go through the many chapters of our life together, we’ll continue to think of you with great fondness and gratitude. Lots of Love."
E & J
"Joanna is one of the most insightful, wise women I know. She can see patterns clearly and is great at helping one map their way to creating the life they want. Rigorous honesty, deep compassion and honest self appraisal are qualities Joanna possesses. I truly appreciate the growth work we’ve done together."
Kassandra Child
"Joanna is gifted. She is present. She listens. She hears my words. She has a knack for choosing which words to follow, and together we follow where they lead. And the trauma process has it’s positive transformative way with me."
David Levingston
"I can give rave reviews about working with Joanna Intara. She touches into the sacred with the same depth that she tracks your story and then delivers you out the other side. I love this woman! First Class Lady."
Caroline Muir
"In a nutshell, we ♥ Joanna and can’t recommend her enough! We got married, our best friends got divorced and agreed it was critical to make time and space for building strength in our relationship and prevent what we saw happening with our friends from happening to us. After we started working with Joanna, it wasn’t very long before she had shown us an even deeper level our relationship that we didn’t even know was there. It was ultimately, very empowering and very rewarding. She drew us toward our most intimate fears, and then gave us a safe place to confront them. She was graceful at addressing each of us as individuals and us as a couple. Joanna gave us insights and tools that allowed us to work at that level with her and on our own. We are so happy to have taken the time to invest in our relationship and we feel so lucky to have had Joanna as our mentor and guide. Every day we utilize the skills that she taught us. We feel very strong, happy and fulfilled in our relationship because of our time with Joanna."
P & P
"If your marriage or relationship is in trouble, RUN, do not walk toward the one-of-a king marriage and relationship healing work with Joanna. We tried so many other things, normal therapy, meditation, law of attraction, online coaching programs and classes, and while we loved each other, we seriously considered ending our marriage. We’ve never met anyone like Joanna who does this work; she is a tour de force when it comes to literally dissolving the root cause of your disconnection, in love, sex and intimacy, and even though we are both highly intelligent, there are realms of the unseen and unspoken that Joanna has access to that BLEW us away and accelerated our healing, dramatically! Thank God we found her when we did. Her wisdom, compassion and sheer depth of knowing the inside terrain are not common, and she actually made it fun and playful. We are enjoying the sweetness of the soul mate love we always knew we were destined to have, and it’s sustainable at long last. The best investment we ever made for our lives!"
Jim & Jennifer
Who This Is For
Individuals or couples ready to go all in on healing the root
High-achieving, emotionally intelligent souls stuck in old loops
Those longing for sacred intimacy and sustainable love
Anyone ready to lead from their body not just their brain
Who This Is Not For
❌ Those looking for quick fixes or passive solutions
❌ People who are unwilling to feel their emotions in the body
❌ Anyone who insists on staying in the head and avoiding sensation
❌ Those who want to intellectualize their way to healing
❌ People seeking standard talk therapy, surface tools, or generic scripts
❌ Those who are not ready to let go of control and drop into trust
Logistics & Details
➡️ 2-day immersion (Mon/Tues, Wed/Thurs, or Fri/Sat)
➡️ 5 hour block two days in a row (with built-in integration)
➡️ In-person in Da Nang, Vietnam or virtual via Zoom
➡️ Private or small group formats available
Availability
This is not mass-produced work.
This is soul work.
I only open a few spaces each month to protect the integrity of this experience.
If your body is whispering yes, trust it.
Thresholds don’t stay open forever.
What Happens After
The work doesn’t end when the immersion does.
You’ll receive a follow-up integration session to support what’s been stirred, cleared, and awakened.
Many clients choose to deepen. Some rest and integrate.
You’ll leave with a body-based knowing of how to return.
To connection. To eroticism. To truth. To self.
Because transformation without integration becomes trauma in disguise.
We don’t let that happen here.
If You’re Feeling the Yes, You Might Be…
Breathing differently right now
Feeling a mix of fear and clarity
Tearing up while reading this
Remembering a version of you that’s never been given this chance
Already checking your calendar, knowing you’ll message me
Are You Ready to Cross The Threshold?
If your chest just softened… that’s the yes.
If something in your belly says “this is it,” trust it.
Let’s make your body the safest place love has ever lived.
Because your body already knew.
You were never broken. Just waiting to be met here.
I’ll meet you there.
With devotion,
"Joanna is one in a million. Joanna Intara has a depth of perception of humans that is rare. She is likewise committed and skillful in helping people become free of their karmas so they might express more fully their innate creativity, beyond the confines of trauma and limitation. She is one in a million.”
Stuart Sovatsky
"She is a trustable visionary to help us all see the places in which we have built boundaries to love. Rumi tells us it is not our job to seek for love but to seek the boundaries we have built against it. Joanna Intara is a magical paradox. Her deeply compassionate gaze and thoughtful loving attention could easily fool you into thinking that her loving maternal presence lacks sharp cutting spiritual insight – and a fierce determination to take men, women, and couples through the darkest and most terrifying aspects of themselves and their love relationships. As in all great leaders, it is within this paradox that her true brilliance is revealed. Warmly and generously creating a space of loving trust, yet never holding back when it comes to staring right into the scariest places and saying “yes, bring it” – she is a trustable visionary to help us all see the places in which we have built boundaries to love."
Wendy K. Yalom
"I trust her and her considerable skills implicitly. She is a gift to those of us who seek a fuller life. I trust her and her considerable skills implicitly. If you have the opportunity to work with her, do so. You will not regret your decision."
Rick Geggie
"Joanna is one of the most insightful, wise women I know.
Joanna is one of the most insightful, wise women I know. She can see patterns clearly and is great at helping one map their way to creating the life they want. Rigorous honesty, deep compassion and honest self appraisal are qualities Joanna possesses. I truly appreciate the growth work we’ve done together."
Joanna is one of the most insightful, wise women I know. She can see patterns clearly and is great at helping one map their way to creating the life they want. Rigorous honesty, deep compassion and honest self appraisal are qualities Joanna possesses. I truly appreciate the growth work we’ve done together."
Kassie Welch
"Joanna has such a gift for showing us how to listen to the voice within. Joanna has such a gift for showing us how to listen to the voice within, how to see with a new perspective, and most importantly she encourages us to accept and love ourselves for who we are — just as we are. I feel so blessed to be a part of this journey of waking women. She encourages us to accept and love ourselves for who we are — just as we are."
L. P
"What an invaluable investment of my time and energy! Joanna provides a safe, sacred space for incredible transformations to occur, and what’s more, she offers steady, unwavering support, topics, and ruminations that encourage the awakening process to continue… I wish such an experience for all women on the planet. What an invaluable investment of my time and energy."
Julia Francis
"Thank you for the remarkable and transformational journey we've been on - you really have a gift...! I just want to thank you for the remarkable and transformational journey we've been on - you really have a gift. When I think about talking to someone on grief, it's not just about someone who knows the five steps of grief, but someone, a great therapist, who really walks with you right in the middle of it. Thank you for the remarkable and transformational journey we've been on - you really have a gift..."
Lindsey
"Thank you Joanna for being so loving and for always being there for me. I have known and worked with Joanna Intara for many years. She is one of the most brilliant people that I know and I trust her explicitly. There is something incredibly unique about this wonderful woman in the way she looks at life and the way she works with others. Her insights are absolute gold and have helped me to change my life for the better. Everyone I have recommended to Joanna over the years has been greatly helped and, now, sing her praises just like me. It feels great to have someone so intelligent and intuitive in my life to turn to when I need guidance. - For my sake and for those I love. Thank you Joanna for being so loving and for always being there for me."
Laura de Leon
"Joanna is highly trained and intuitive. Joanna is highly trained and intuitive. She understands her own humanity and divinity, and is thereby able to help others explore and find their connections to each. Joanna is very grounded and personalizes all of her interactions. Her powerful wisdom and messages are delivered through a gentle approach that makes others feel safe and supported. She is as ready to do the work as you are."
Jayme Cellitioci
"Joanna is a first class therapist!
She is compassionate, kind, caring and an amazing person ! Joanna is a first class therapist and I encourage anyone looking to change your life for the better to contact her for help!"
She is compassionate, kind, caring and an amazing person ! Joanna is a first class therapist and I encourage anyone looking to change your life for the better to contact her for help!"
John Barragan
"Joanna has an astute knack for quickly and intuitively getting to the heart of one’s spiritual and emotional ailments. I have gained an incredibly potent and liberating tool in my quest for mental stability. Joanna has an astute knack for quickly and intuitively getting to the heart of one’s spiritual and emotional ailments and bringing those who work with her to a place of awareness and self-acceptance, thus setting the stage for positive change and transformation. I would highly recommend her as a guide if you are interested in making these kinds of changes in your life and – more importantly – in your perspective towards life!"
R. S.
"I wholeheartedly recommend Joanna Intara to anyone seeking lasting healing and a better quality of life. I have referred many clients to her in the past and they have all reported being deeply satisfied with the results they have enjoyed in working with Joanna. I wholeheartedly recommend Joanna Intara to anyone seeking lasting healing and a better quality of life. She embodies a highly evolved empathic ability and the dedication that she brings to her work."
Jeff Wright
"She embodies inspiring presence which was an invitation to my mind, body, and spirit. Joanna embodies a consistent positive, inspiring presence which was an invitation to my mind, body, and spirit. It is always a gift to meet another ‘soul traveler’ with the same commitment to everyone’s highest and best. She goes beyond the ‘foo foo’ spirituality that most people reach, and is purposeful in supporting others’ awakening. The gift she offers, “Awakened Courage Mini Course” contains a compelling outline for practice for developing spiritual self awareness. These techniques are arriving at a time where the paradigm-shift, human condition, and need for true guidance and leadership are being experienced on all continents – and all of humanity is awakening to the need for actualization, karmic repair, and personal responsibility. Joanna Intara offers an enlightened path conversation that will guide her clients and fellow practitioners in taking responsibility for the spiritual self – along with the self that exists only in the physical world. Congratulations, Joanna, on a fine contribution to the spiritual realm: speaking for the soul is a noble and necessary endeavor."
Penina Polokoff
"I love this woman! First Class Lady! I can give rave reviews about working with Joanna. She touches into the sacred with the same depth that she tracks your story and then delivers you out the other side. I love this woman! First Class Lady…!"
Caroline Muir
"I want to thank Joanna from the bottom of my heart. I want to thank Joanna from the bottom of my heart: her work and her fierce compassion coupled with gentleness and a huge heart have made me more of who I am and who I am becoming."
Madeleine Wober
"I wholeheartedly recommend Joanna and am so grateful for the presence that she’s had in my personal journey. I have felt safe with Joanna, I feel held, I feel seen; and in delving into deep transformational work, those are some of the qualities that I look for in a space-holder and a practitioner, in someone to be on that journey with me. I wholeheartedly recommend Joanna and am so grateful for the presence that she’s had in my personal journey and that she will have in your journey as well."
Lara Sodergren
"She is astute and can sense what other people are thinking and feeling. I follow Joanna on Instagram and fb and I know her personally for more then a decade. I love her work and always wanted to leave her feedback. Joanna is very effective psychotherapist who is able to express herself, and tell you her own life journey. She is astute and can sense what other people are thinking and feeling. She shows warmth and acceptance, empathy and love. Her work is unique, deep, open , and she is the best!"
Geraldina Zim
"I owe a lot of true happiness to Joanna. I have been going to Joanna on and off for 12 years. She has gotten me through so many tough times in my life. Bad relationships, deaths, family drama. She has really given me the tools to cope with the rollercoaster called life. I feel so much more grounded and I am truly happy in my life. I owe a lot of that true happiness to Joanna for keeping me focused on my dreams and knowing I can make them happen. It’s not an easy road by any means, but if you are willing to put in the work, she’ll be there to guide you."
Brenda Long
"I was so impressed with her ability, and I really believe she has a special gift. All of us face times of pain in our lives, and if you’re facing that now and especially if it’s been an ongoing issue, consider taking her Cycle Breaker program – you will find that you come out of it a different person and you’ll be able to rebuild a happy, joyful and energy-filled life. I highly recommend Joanna – she’s the real deal!"
Janis Pettit
"I am amazed at the changes within myself. Joanna, Once again I am thinking of you with a grateful heart. I am amazed at the changes within myself that I have experienced through my own process of introspection and work. I could never have taken this journey without you by my side – as a guide, witness, mirror to my struggle and hope. Thank you for your gentleness, your patience. I continue to wonder at the gift of myself which you supported me to find over the last several years. This deeper connection with my soul, my spirit, has led me to a wonderful relationship and a future marriage–what a joy! I am grateful that you never ceased to care for me nor challenge me to find, and create, the life my heart desires. I feel very blessed to have the skills, the patience and the openness that has grown from my time with you. Namaste."
Jenny Girard Malley
"She is soft spoken, beautiful and quite inviting. In being guided through difficult waters with Joanna, I have gratitude for the fact that she has restored my confidence in being who I really am. After being encouraged to address issues of burnout, my solution was to join her group and community for women. One aspect of being part of a Joanna’s group is validating the fact that we need not travel alone: the power to inspect your innermost feelings, while giving those feelings a voice creates a moment to feel like someone has your back. Joanna is generous about everyone having their say, and is subtle in moving things along. The gift that she has for attending and nurturing the feminine aspect of humanity is soft spoken, beautiful and quite inviting. I began to reconnect to my true self and I now use my voice to ask for support with my responsibilities, which allows me the opportunity to refill my vessel, and offset burnout."
Joyce Burks-Fitzhugh
"You are a potent healer and a brilliant spiritual guide. In 2007 an intuitive told me that in 2 years I would meet a woman who would be worth her weight in gold. She was 3 years off. You’ve helped me unearth the dangerously dehydrated baby-gasping sprouts of my own spiritual compass. For me in this life, that is priceless. Thank you for so gracefully handling and seeing the intensity, crises, fragility, and drama for what it really was. Now, I have loads of work, financial uncertainty, and trial and error as I design a non-conformist life according to my own terms and priorities – while actively working to reveal what value I can give to others. Not to mention combating my ego along the way. I’m scared shitless, so I’m on the right path. You are a potent healer and a brilliant spiritual guide. The breadth and depth of your wisdom, the size of your heart, and the creativity in your flexible toolbox are a fierce combination. You’ve opened my consciousness to universal principles and ancient teachings that I was oblivious to or didn’t know to apply. I feel so blessed. Thank God there is no turning back now."
Jordan Queior
"If she has come to your life, you must ready for something, simply listen to her words in your heart.
It’s amazing how Grace brought Joanna and me together; connecting so deeply and without even having met me once in person, by simply looking at my picture and birth-date she gave me deep, concise and helpful guidance. 'I'm letting go of all the layers that are false. ' This is so much in sync with what I was already doing, without knowing why. And then, realizing I was not doing anything at all! Since then, I've been watching and letting go of resistances in all forms is easier. During the 2016 Satsang season with Mooji, there were instances where I could feel these words of her guiding me. With Mooji showering his Grace and love every moment and Joanna’s love, this time has been absolutely flowing for me, where it could have been painful for someone else. Her loving-ness, openness, and genuine will to assist are pure and immense. Just like Masters like Mooji or Osho say, listen to the words not by mind but in your heart, I resonate with that. If she has come to your life, you must ready for something, simply listen to her words in your heart."
It’s amazing how Grace brought Joanna and me together; connecting so deeply and without even having met me once in person, by simply looking at my picture and birth-date she gave me deep, concise and helpful guidance. 'I'm letting go of all the layers that are false. ' This is so much in sync with what I was already doing, without knowing why. And then, realizing I was not doing anything at all! Since then, I've been watching and letting go of resistances in all forms is easier. During the 2016 Satsang season with Mooji, there were instances where I could feel these words of her guiding me. With Mooji showering his Grace and love every moment and Joanna’s love, this time has been absolutely flowing for me, where it could have been painful for someone else. Her loving-ness, openness, and genuine will to assist are pure and immense. Just like Masters like Mooji or Osho say, listen to the words not by mind but in your heart, I resonate with that. If she has come to your life, you must ready for something, simply listen to her words in your heart."
Shivani Gala
"I find her to be a very rare, extraordinary healer in her emotional depth and insight!
Joanna is one of the most kind, transparent, warm and ferocious women I've had the privilege to know. Her character, warmth, and passion for emotional wellness and integrity are head and shoulders above most, especially in the vast field of therapists and healers. She possesses a unique and deeply held trust and capacity with herself, to the degree that you can feel yourself in the presence of a woman who has done the very deep work of full integration. As a survivor myself of severe trauma and abuse, I know, and deeply revere, healers who hold the much needed capacity to support the intensity and velocity of our unhealed parts. Joanna is one who not only holds this capacity, but she immediately offers a magnanimous wisdom that precedes her in everything she does. I find her to be a very rare, extraordinary healer in her emotional depth and insight, and I consider myself blessed beyond measure to have come to know and love her and her incredible gifts."
Joanna is one of the most kind, transparent, warm and ferocious women I've had the privilege to know. Her character, warmth, and passion for emotional wellness and integrity are head and shoulders above most, especially in the vast field of therapists and healers. She possesses a unique and deeply held trust and capacity with herself, to the degree that you can feel yourself in the presence of a woman who has done the very deep work of full integration. As a survivor myself of severe trauma and abuse, I know, and deeply revere, healers who hold the much needed capacity to support the intensity and velocity of our unhealed parts. Joanna is one who not only holds this capacity, but she immediately offers a magnanimous wisdom that precedes her in everything she does. I find her to be a very rare, extraordinary healer in her emotional depth and insight, and I consider myself blessed beyond measure to have come to know and love her and her incredible gifts."
Lori Santo
"She’s intuitive, knows how pinpoint where the issues are, and is so supportive along the way. I’ve known Joanna for over five years. We initially met in passing through similar friend circles, but then I started following both her website and FaceBook page after learning we had some things in common. As we became friends and I really got to know her, I was always struck by how much she listened, empathized, and took a true interest. Not only in me, but to everyone around her. Although Joanna hasn’t been my personal therapist, she has offered me tremendous insight in very personal matters. She’s intuitive, knows how pinpoint where the issues are, and is so supportive along the way. I truly value her friendship."
Cassia Crall