From Tears to Triumph: A Healing Retreat at The Abbey

The Tears to Triumph trauma retreat is a three-day clinical and faith-based program located in Springfield, Ohio. Over the course of three days, you’ll be guided through a series of eight workshops and three group events by Kelley Gunter – licensed social worker, life coach, speaker, and author. As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Kelley has experienced the hopelessness and self-destruction that can result from not healing sexual trauma. After embracing a powerful healing journey and maintaining her own sobriety for over six years, Kelley has started helping others navigate their way out of the same darkness that once threatened to strangle the hope out of her life.

About the Retreat

Whether you’re healing from childhood trauma, trauma experienced as an adult, or simply ready to dive into other wounds and create your best life, the Tears to Triumph trauma retreat features multifaceted workshops designed to help you not only heal, but leave with insight and tools to use going forward. In these eight workshops, you’ll be able to address issues related to unresolved trauma such as long-term baggage and why it weighs you down, low self-esteem and how to improve it, faulty foundations and how to rebuild them, replacing survival skills with healthy coping skills, unresolved grief and why embracing the grieving/mourning processes (Yes! They’re different) are so important, and methods of breaking free from the painful past and why you cannot just, “let it go.” These workshops culminate in a final special event that honors and releases your pain, celebrates your hard work, and focuses on the brighter future you’re creating.

Limited Availability

Due to the intensive nature of the workshops and the effort involved in healing from emotional trauma, there are only six spots open for each Tears to Triumph trauma retreat, so you’ll want to make sure to check out the calendar and book your spot before your preferred dates are taken. As of now, this event is only running from June through August with limited dates in each.

Where You’ll Stay

While you’ll need to make your own travel arrangements, lodging and food are included in your weekend package. Our event is hosted in a renovated church that now functions as a love-filled private residence with six guest bedrooms. Lovingly referred to as The Abbey, this warm and inviting location is one that radiates peace and exudes the perfect ambiance for healing and self-reflection.

We ask that all guests arrive by 5pm on the Thursday of their chosen weekend and stay until Sunday morning. Even for attendees who live locally, spending the full weekend at the retreat location is essential, as it allows you to step away from the distractions of day-to-day life, fully embrace the healing process, and focus on what’s important – you!

What’s Included

Our weekend package includes the cost of food, lodging, and all of the materials needed for our program. These intensive programs also include small group time and coaching from Kelley, who uses her thirty years of clinical expertise and recovery experience to help guide you through the processes of healing.