Breaking Free Together Retreat
May 6–8, 2026 • Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Stockbridge, MA
Healing trauma bonds for women and mothers with children
A trauma bond retreat supporting women trauma bonded to the Pathological Lover & supporting Protective Mothers who are navigating this journey with children trauma bonded to the coercive control/narcissistic abuser - the Predatory Parent.
A Safe Place to Heal — With Expert Guidance + Relational Support
This transformative retreat brings together protective mothers who have known the confusion, fear, and isolation of trauma bonds. Through compassionate guidance, evidence-based tools, and a supportive community you'll gain personal power and understanding in your own experiences of coercive control and your children's experiences of coercive control.
DR. CHRISTINE COCCHIOLA, DSW, LCSW
Creator of The Protective Parenting Program and author of FRAMED: Women in the Family Court Underworld and the author of the children's book, Every Moment of Everyday. She will help you:
- Understand how abusers maliciously fracture a child's attachment (MFA) to their protective parent.
- Understand how trauma bonds affect children and attachment.
- Build protective, evidence-based strategies that support your child.
- Navigate family systems where attachment injuries may have been weaponized against you.
Dr. Cocchiola 's guidance is rooted in her expertise as a coercive control informed clinician advocating for victims for over 4 decades. Additionally, she understands the harms inflicted by the predatory parent.
DR. NADINE MACALUSO, LMFT, PhD
Author of Run Like Hell: A Therapist’s Guide to Recognizing, Escaping, and Healing from Trauma Bonds — will help you:
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Understand how trauma bonds form and why they are so hard to break.
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Recognize the relational and neurobiological patterns that keep you stuck.
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Dissolve the cognitive dissonance that thrives in trauma relationships.
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Begin reclaiming your sense of self through practical, nervous-system-aware healing.
Dr. Macaluso’s approach blends decades of clinical expertise with lived experience, helping you cultivate clarity, safety, and inner freedom.
🌿 Your Kripalu Experience
Beyond the therapeutic workshops, you’ll have access to Kripalu’s restorative environment in the beautiful Berkshire Mountains:
- Daily yoga and mindful movement classes
- Kripalu YogaDance®
- Sauna, fitness spaces, and lakefront access
- Nourishing, wholesome meals designed to support physical and emotional regulation
This retreat is designed to support your whole self — mind, body, and spirit — as you build resilience and safety beyond survival.
Or Choose to Commute
Commuter Registrants please call: 413-448-3500
👥 Who This Retreat Is For
Anyone suffering coercive control and whose children are suffering coercive control. Whether you are currently in a trauma bond, preparing to leave, or already engaged in recovery efforts, this retreat offers:
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A trauma-informed container of safety and support
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Tools to navigate cognitive, emotional, and nervous-system patterns
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Connection with others who truly understand the complexity of trauma bonds
Strategies to learn how to support children coercively controlled.