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Our therapists are trained in many treatment models and utilize different types of treatments depending upon your needs. Our therapists will help you reduce your symptoms and move toward long-term success. We follow traditional and modern approaches to assist your to find healing from your trauma. To do so, we conduct an initial assessment to get a better idea of how to help you. After the assessment is completed, the therapist determines whether you should participate in individual, group, or experiential therapy. And in some cases, the recommendation is to do more than one of these forms of therapy at the same time.
Clinical Assessments/Diagnoses
  • Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis, for adolescents and adult survivors of sexual trauma and exploitation
  • The typical assessment takes about 90 minutes and helps the therapist develop a plan for how the therapist helps the survivor
  • Our clinician conducting assessments determines the best techniques for the survivor to be successful in therapy. She will determine if individual, group, experiential or a combination of treatment services will be best for each survivor.
  • Approaches our therapists use have been proven to be most successful with trauma survivors. Some examples include Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) & Eye Movement & Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR). These fancy words simply means these non-invasive approaches are successful in helping survivors understand their traumatic experiences and help them grow beyond the trauma and give hope for a life of happiness.

To schedule an Assessment please click this link to send an email. Candace will then conduct a brief screening to determine who should conduct your assessment.
Candace Wheeler, MA, LGPC, NCC, Executive Director & therapist

Individual Therapy

• Individual therapy is 50 minutes 
• R1:99 uses the tri-phasic model for trauma recovery:
• Phase One - Safety and Stabilization
• Phase Two - Processing Trauma Memories
• Phase Three – Reintegration into Society.
Perhaps you are forgoing therapy because you have felt victimized by telling your story in the past and are afraid of being triggered again. We want you to know that we will never ask you to give a full narrative of your story. It is up to you to determine what you want to tell us and when. Because trauma is held in the body, expressive therapies are often needed in addition to psychotherapy.

During Phase One, we focus on helping you develop positive coping skills. These are usually done by combining Dialectal Behavior Therapy (DBT) with the expressive arts. We refer to this modality as DBT-informed expressive therapy. One does not have to enjoy making art for this modality to be effective because it’s all about the process. Most survivors find that by creating a visual it helps them retain their coping skills because just talking about them is usually not enough. Phase One is broken down into six modules: 
• Distress Tolerance
• Self-Compassion
• Acknowledging & Regulating Your Emotions
• Connecting Mind & Body
• Mindfulness & Relationships
• Being & Functioning in the World

​Phase Two is about processing trauma memories. Many survivors, if not most, never reach this phase. If they can learn to regulate their emotions, then they feel that they can manage their lives. If you suffer from nightmares, flashbacks, and other symptoms of PTS, then Phase Two is recommended. 

Phase Three is all about discovering who you are now that a significant amount of healing has taken place. 

Group Therapy

R1:99 offers psychotherapy groups throughout the year for survivors of sexual trauma. Groups are closed, have 90 minute sessions, and usually run for 8-12 weeks. To achieve full benefit, you will need to prepare homework assignments and participate in group discussions. This format offers you an opportunity to understand the cause of your pain, to learn to grieve and take responsibility for your healing, emotions, and behavior. 

Click here for a listing of psychotherapy groups being offered
Healing Conversations for Friends and Family of Survivors of Trauma
Honoring Our Voices
​Shelter From the Storm Click here for VA group and here for DC group
​​Coping With Stress in the Workplace
Expressive Therapy 
We now understand that trauma not only lodges itself in the brain but also the body. We have also learned that you "hold" your beliefs about yourself in your body. Expressive Therapy gives the you an outlet that allows you to benefit from music, writing, movement, drama and artistic expressions. 

R1:99 offers expressive therapy in individual and group formats.

Click here for a listing of expressive groups being offered.

Send an email to info@ R199.org to inquire about individual expressive therapies. 

​​Links to Expressive Groups

Our Funding Model

​Our highest priority is ensuring that every survivor of sexual trauma has access to the therapy and other social supports they need to heal. In order to remain financially sustainable so that we can continue to meet our mission, we do four things.
  1. First, our therapists offer their services at discounted rates.
  2. Second, we offer a sliding scale fee-for-services for those who qualify.
  3. Third, we raise community support from generous individuals in our communities, corporations, churches, and foundations.
  4. Fourth, if you are willing to pay the service fee on a credit card transaction, then the money we save is applied toward scholarships for those in need.
Every one of these approaches is essential and enables us to offer care for as many individuals as possible, based on the funds we receive. 

Payment for Services
​​Sliding Fee Scale Base Rates: ($150 Assessment; $100, Individual; $50, Groups)