Women's Mental Health Treatment | Grace & Emerge Recovery

Treating complex trauma, mental health challenges, and substance abuse at Grace & Emerge Recovery in Austin, TX, is a holistic approach involving a variety of evidence-based modalities. We recognize that every woman is unique, with her own strengths, challenges, and goals. To that end, every individual treatment plan is entirely customized, featuring curated modalities that will be most effective for her care. This mix can and will change over time, as each woman transforms. We want you to grow and evolve — and your treatment should, too.

What is Complex Trauma Treatment for Women?

Each of our program modalities is an effective, evidence-based approach to the treatment of deep-rooted complex trauma and its surface-level symptoms. Complex trauma care recognizes the widespread impact that complex trauma has on its victims and their family systems. For that reason, it is primarily focused on building trust, collaboration, and empowerment — even before the deep work of healing begins. Then, as treatment proceeds, complex trauma care maintains a commitment to minimizing retraumatization and fostering holistic well-being through appropriate interventions. For example, complex trauma yoga addresses the physical manifestations of complex trauma while increasing body awareness and reducing physical tension.

Ultimately, our complex trauma therapy for women gives women the safe space they need to do the work that will help them heal.

Group Therapy

Complex trauma-focused group curriculum
Discussions led by the counselor, therapist, or clinician to address each client’s specific needs
Curriculum derived from evidence-based treatment methods
Formats include lectures, Q&A, and general sharing
May incorporate handouts and writing assignments
Effective in creating a sense of safety, trust, and community

Individual Therapy

Conducted in-person and one-on-one
Designed to achieve treatment goals and objectives outlined in each client’s treatment plan
Collaborative process with the therapist to outline and achieve specific goals
Well-suited for developing self-awareness, self-confidence, and boundaries

Family Therapy

Involves all significant individuals in the client’s life
Sessions can be in-person, online, or over the phone using HIPAA-compliant technology
Offers flexibility to meet clients' specific needs — and those of their family system

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Employs acceptance and mindfulness to address negative thoughts and behaviors
Prioritizes acceptance before behavioral change
Helpful for those struggling with depression, anxiety, chronic pain, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and more

Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS)

Focuses on the “Self” and its multiple sub-personalities
Aims for balance and harmony among those sub-personalities
Promotes self-awareness, self-compassion, and empowerment

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Alleviates distress from traumatic memories
Facilitates the processing of traumatic memories toward adaptive resolutions
Evidence-based treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Somatic Experiencing (SE)

Treats complex trauma by redirecting focus to internal sensations
Reduces complex trauma responses by addressing physical complex trauma
Helps rewire the brain and replace maladaptive behavioral patterns
Benefits those suffering from depression, anxiety, and chronic pain as well as complex trauma

Attachment-Based Therapy (ABT)

Addresses thoughts and behaviors shaped by early attachment experiences
Aims to develop relational trust and provide a supportive environment

Narrative Therapy

Helps clients develop their own values and personal narratives
Detaches clients from shame and promotes living by new values
Can also be incorporated into CBT and family therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Assists in recognizing and addressing negative thought patterns
Particularly effective for clients suffering from anxiety, depression, substance use disorder, eating disorders, PTSD, and more
Enables clients to identify problems, generate solutions, and implement strategies
Focuses on alternative thinking, regulation of emotions, and reduction of harmful behaviors

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Teaches mindfulness and emotional regulation
Cultivates mindfulness and presence
Empowers clients to cope with stress and emotional distress effectively
Evidence-based care for anxiety, depression, complex trauma, suicidal ideation, self-harm, eating disorders, borderline personality disorder (BPD), and more

Substance Use Monitoring

Provides a system of accountability and tracks client progress
May incorporate drug testing, medication compliance monitoring, and more
Testing frequency determined by the client’s status, drug use patterns, and other factors
Effective tool for long-term recovery

12-Step Facilitation

Immerses participants in the 12-Step process
Blends clinical and 12-step perspectives to bolster recovery

Alumni & Recovery Support Services

Builds upon the principles of 12-Step fellowships
Aims to develop recovery capital — including both internal and external resources for navigating life on life’s terms

Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT)

A developmentally grounded, neuroscientifically informed framework that sequences therapeutic interventions, from sensory and regulatory to relational, according to each individual’s neurodevelopment and current brain state.

Emphasizes matching interventions to the client’s developmental level, ensuring treatments align with brain regulation and maturation patterns.

Designed to support integration across neural systems by guiding therapeutic choices based on neurobiological development and function

Brainspotting

A focused, somatically informed therapeutic method that identifies specific visual field “brainspots” to access and release sources of emotional or bodily pain, dissociation, or complex trauma
Functions as both a diagnostic and therapeutic tool, enhanced with bilateral sound, enabling deep processing of experiences outside conscious cognitive processing
Operates by engaging subcortical neurophysiological pathways while bridging deep brain and body systems to facilitate healing and resolution

NARM (NeuroAffective Relational Model)

A developmentally oriented, neuroscientifically informed clinical model designed specifically for working with complex trauma and developmental wounds
Integrates phenomenological, psychodynamic, and somatic approaches into a coherent therapeutic framework to address relational and attachment disruptions
Aims to restore client agency and self‑regulation by addressing identity and relational dynamics rooted in developmental wounds

Polyvagal‑Informed Therapies

Grounded in Polyvagal Theory (Stephen Porges), these approaches guide treatment based on understanding of autonomic regulation and the role of the vagus nerve in safety and social engagement
Employ interventions such as diaphragmatic breathing and rhythmical co‑regulation to shift physiological states toward calm and social connection
Focus on intentionally engaging clients’ social engagement systems through tone of voice, facial affect, and relationship cues to promote regulation and healing

Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy (DNMS)

An ego‑state therapy targeting complex trauma and attachment wounds by healing parts of self stuck in unmet developmental needs
Uses internal ego‑states, Nurturing Adult Self, Protective Adult Self, and Spiritual Core Self, to support and reparent wounded child parts, unearthing healing through internal attachment and emotional processing
Incorporates bilateral stimulation techniques at strategic points to enhance reconnection, reduce painful symptoms, and promote integration of internal parts for complex trauma healing

Psychodrama & PBSP (Pesso‑Boyden System Psychomotor)

Experiential, enactment‑based therapies using role-play, embodied movement, and dramatization to explore and process complex trauma-related emotions and relational patterns
Therapies involve clients enacting scenes, real or symbolic, to access and process internal dynamics in a safe, embodied way
PBSP specifically incorporates microtracking and psychomotor elements (bodily movement and somatic awareness) throughout enactment to support deep psychological and embodied processing

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Women's Treatment Modalities

For Complex Trauma, Mental Health Challenges, & Addiction