Story Work

Explore your story through art and writing with a Narrative & Art-Focused Trauma Care coach based in Saint Louis, Missouri, to heal from childhood trauma, break free from old patterns, and cultivate a life of inner rest. Taking virtual or in-person clients now.
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What is Story Work 

Did something beautiful shatter a long time ago, but never mended?

Story Work is deeply engaging the stories of our lives and understanding how those stories have influenced our identities, behaviors, bodies, and relationships with the help of a trained facilitator. The goal is to release, rewrite, and reclaim those stories in order to heal and live more fully.
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Who Story Work Is For

There is a child inside who needs you. 

Has childhood trauma impacted your ability to experience rest, delight, beauty, and kindness?
Are you repeating or noticing old patterns from your upbringing that are still present today?
Do you blame yourself for things that happened or feel hatred for your naivety and childlikeness?
Do you doubt your gut and emotions and find it hard to know what you need and want?
Does it feel challenging to access creativity, imagination, or hope for a better future?
Do you want to get to the root of your chronic health conditions or prevent them from forming?

What To Expect

Root-Level Care

Story work is a lot like gardening. It's getting to the root of your pain to bring healing and flourishment.

#1 
WRITE YOUR STORY

You will write a personal trauma narrative that happened between ages 4-18 years old with particularity, sharing the context of the events that happened before and after the shattering took place.

#2 
GROW IN COMPASSION

You will read your story aloud either one-on-one with me or in a group. Together, we will explore your story, emotions, and places where you feel stuck through questions, art, music, poetry, and body relaxation techniques.

#3 
HEAL IN SAFE COMMUNITY

You will have the opportunity to receive care, kindness, and support from others. In community, you will discover healing for the part of you that felt alone, unseen, and lacked adequate care in your story.
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Your Facilitator

Hi, I'm Lisa

(playful, present, wise)
I am a certified story work coach based in Saint Louis, Missouri, serving clients in person and virtually worldwide. When you bring your story to me, you will be met with honor, dignity, and kindness.  As a narrative and art-focused trauma care provider and registered nurse, I aim to offer root-level care and alternative approaches to heal from the chronic effects of trauma through beauty, creativity, and rest.

My approach to story work:
1. Move at your pace
2. Meet your pain with unwavering presence
3. Engage how your body holds trauma
4. Speak boldly and humbly on your behalf
5. Awaken play, creativity, and imagination
While I am a licensed nurse, I am not a licensed counselor. I cannot treat, diagnose, or manage symptoms outside of my scope. I will refer you to another provider if I sense that you need higher-level care.
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About My Training

The Allender Center

Narrative Focused Trauma Care builds on the foundational, lifelong work of Dr. Dan Allender in the realm of trauma and abuse recovery and his deep conviction that healing is not only possible, but is core to the gospel story unfolding within and around us. Learn more.

What's The Cost

Trauma has already cost you so much.

Money should not be a deterrent to healing. Please see below for a tiered, pay-what-supports-you pricing model.


  • Pricing Tier #1

    Individual Story Coaching

    $100/session
    This is for the person for whom basic needs are comfortably met, who has expendable income, and a job with salary and benefits (or works part-time or does not work outside the home by choice).


  • Pricing Tier #2

    Individual Coaching 

    $85/session
    This is for the person for whom meeting basic needs causes stress, though they are regularly attained. They have some debt, but it does not prohibit attainment of basic needs, and they have access to some savings.


  • Pricing Tier #3

    Individual Story Coaching

    $50/session
    This is for the person who desires healing but is frequently stressed about meeting their basic needs. Their housing is unstable and they do not have access to savings. They cannot afford to take time off work without incurring financial burden.

SIX MONTH PACKAGE

12 total sessions
1 welcome call
3 written stories 
(family of origin, formative, sexual harm)
3 stories revisited
4 guided art exercises 
A Blessing + Reflection
+ Grounding techniques & Resources for learning

ONE YEAR PACKAGE

24 total sessions
1 welcome call
6 written stories 
(family of origin, formative, sexual harm)
6 stories revisited
8 guided art exercises 
A Blessing + Reflection
+ Grounding techniques & Resources for learning
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Current Groups

 Heal & Become 

Women's Story Group

Heal & Become is a Narrative Focused Trauma Care group for women. If you're ready to reflect on your childhood and explore how your stories have shaped your life, this group is for you. You will engage formative stories through embodied writing, poetry, and expressive art—as well as any resistance you feel towards play, creativity, and rest in the process. I hope you’ll join me and Molly Crouch for this intimate group alongside 4-5 other women.
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"When we heal and make more room for growth in our nervous systems, we have a better chance of spreading our emotional health to our descendants, via healthy DNA expression."

- RESMAA MENAKEM

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