The teaching in this retreat uses the original “Circle of Truth” paradigm, created by Wellspring’s Cofounder and President, Tova Kreps, LCSW, and used successfully in Wellspring’s trauma recovery programs. Learning to “work the circle” will train you to be resilient, helping you to recover from the specific topics you bring to this retreat to address and to prepare you to bounce back more easily from future challenges you may face. The “Circle of Truth” includes six steps to guide you through processing negative life events. The steps may seem simple, but they can take hours to months to work through. The great advantage of them is that they help you know where you are in the process, so that when your emotions are messy or your recovery seems illusive, you can have confidence that you are making progress and have guidance and hope for next steps.