Healing Within, LLC

👻 Happy Halloween from all of us at Healing Within! 🧡

Wishing everyone a fun-filled evening full of treats, laughter, and happy memories! Have fun, watch out for little ghosts and goblins, and most importantly, stay safe! 🦇🍬

Have a spooktacular Halloween! 🎃

Join us at 909 Marshall Street tomorrow at 11:30am! We will have a quick ribbon cutting and then our space will be open for you to explore. Light refreshments will be available too!

Even though it is last minute, Healing Within is excited to announce we are having a ribbon cutting ceremony this Friday October 30th at 11:30am! If anyone wants to come see the space it will be open or if you have any questions for us we will be there too. All are welcome!

During Domestic Violence awareness month, it is important to talk about why domestic violence is about power and control dynamics—and not just simply anger:

Anger can be present in domestic violence of course, but anger by itself does not explain domestic violence.

People experience anger every day without threatening, intimidating, isolating, humiliating, monitoring, or abusing their partners.

In an abusive relationship, the important question is often not “Why did this person get angry?” but “What does this person do when they want control, and what happens when the other person does not comply?”

Someone may use anger as a tool of control. Anger can be used to engage in behaviors that create fear, compliance, dependence, or submission in order to maintain control. They may attempt to control who they see, where they go, or what they wear. Monitor their phone, location, finances, or communications. Withhold money or access to transportation. Use children, pets, or finances as leverage. Accuse them of causing the abuse because they “made me angry.” Become increasingly controlling when the victim attempts to leave or become independent.

They may apologize afterward, only to repeat the behavior when control is challenged.

The anger may be real, but the abusive behavior is about control, its not because of or from the anger.

Anger-management skills may be useful for emotional regulation, but they do not address entitlement, coercive control, intimidation, beliefs about relationships, beliefs about themselves, and/or the use of abuse to maintain power in a relationship.

In an relationship with power and control issues, the pattern often becomes:
Partner asserts independence → the user of power/control experiences loss of control → abusive behavior occurs → partner changes their behavior to avoid the consequences → the person engaging in power/control then regains control again.

Over time, the victim/survivor may begin modifying their own behavior—not because they agree with the abuser, but because they are trying to prevent the next explosion, threat, punishment, or act of violence.

That is one reason domestic violence can be so confusing from the outside. The victim may appear to be “walking on eggshells,” while the abusive partner may appear calm or loving much of the time.

Healthy relationships allow two people to have different opinions, boundaries, needs, and choices without one person being punished for them.

Domestic Violence isn't about whether the person is angry every minute or even rarely-anger is not required for domestic violence. It's the larger pattern of power and control using behaviors that create fear, compliance, dependence, or submission in order to maintain that dynamic.

❗️❗️❗️Exciting News❗️❗️❗️
All of our providers at Healing Within are in network and accepting PHP, Three Rivers, Lutheran Preferred, and Traditional Medicaid in addition to self pay. Reach out with any questions or to get scheduled! (260) 255-5331.
www.healingwithinllc.net for information on each provider and services provided!

❗️❗️❗️New Services ❗️❗️❗️
Healing Within is excited to announce another brain-based treatment that is now available.

EMDR helps the brain reprocess distressing experiences so they feel less overwhelming and have less impact on you from day to day. Through guided eye movements, tapping, or other bilateral stimulation, EMDR can help reduce emotional distress and support healing from difficult life experiences. Contact us for more information!

You don’t need to have the perfect words. Sometimes, simply being present and willing to listen is the most important thing you can do.

If you’re concerned that someone may be in immediate danger, you can always take them to the nearest emergency room for help or call 911.

But if someone you know is struggling, here are some simple ways you can ask, listen, and support them. 🤍;

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Grateful for this opportunity and their interest in supporting our community's mental health! The Future Focused Program mentioned below is actually at Adams Memorial Hospital and is an absolute wonderful program (free of cost) to help youth ages 14-26!

At a recent Rotary meeting, Sarah Cearns of Healing Within spoke about the organization’s staff and the services they provide.
Healing Within provides trauma resolution and mental health services. Many of their staff are primarily generalists, with individual staff members also having specialized areas of expertise.

Cearns highlighted MDR as one treatment option, noting that it can be particularly helpful for PTSD and provides a non-verbal approach. Other services they can provide include traditional therapy, The Cortina Method, play therapy, accelerated resolution therapy, and consulting services.

Cearns also discussed the connection between the brain and body and what she described as a growing “state of avoidance.” She addressed the impact of increased screen use and the pursuit of quick dopamine hits on mental health, particularly among younger generations.
According to Cearns, mental health concerns have increased since COVID, and technology use can develop in ways that function similarly to an addiction.
Healing Within has applied for a Future Focus grant at the hospital with the goal of teaching children's social skills that they may not be developing because of increased reliance on technology.

Thank you, Sarah, for the work your team does, and for sharing it with Decatur Rotary Club.

This Father’s Day, we honor the fathers and father figures doing the quiet work—breaking cycles, learning emotional language, apologizing, staying present, and growing alongside their children. Healing often happens in relationships. 💙🩵💙