FOR THE SPOOKY, NERDY, MISFITTY, & PISSED
Life-Giving Relationships After Complex Trauma
Healing Traumatic Relationship Cycles, from Somatic Therapies to Systemic Change
FREE Series: Oct. 2026
Somatic Practices for Secure Relationships
Now more than ever, we need sturdy relationships that can weather storms. Come practice with us 🖤
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Heal. So we don’t have another generation of trauma passing itself off as culture.”
— Leslie Priscilla
Breaking cycles of generational & relational trauma, together
Having started off as a small, clinical practice specializing in domestic violence, relationships, and complex trauma, we’ve been devoted to the somatic + attachment science and practice of healing relationship patterns, from harmful to reciprocal.
As years went on, that devotion helped us see that we could no longer separate interpersonal relationship patterns from systemic patterns of power-over, exploitation, and disconnection that reinforce the very attachment cycles we’re trying to heal.
And as deep-feeling, neurodivergent folk who have an affinity for all things dark and macabre, we wanted a space where we could explore the deepest roots of relationship pattern healing in a way that meets our longing for depth, true belonging, living in reciprocity with the land, and lifting up our intuition, sensitivities, and ability to see in the dark 🦇
And now we’re a weird-friendly space where psychotherapy meets witches’ tea parties
We’re a community & a space that invites the deepest level of deconstruction from harm-based relationship patterns. A place where rigorous academic research meets systemic justice and returning to ancestral magic, we invite you into a very NON-perfectionist way of exploring relationship patterns based in reciprocity, consent, and power-with.
From psychotherapy to somatic book clubs, witches’ tea parties, trauma-informed burlesque retreats and more, we would love to help your twisted, dark, deep-feeling heart find the love and connection you crave.
*Our full “About” page is coming soon!
As Featured In
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Inner work is always necessary — but it leaves you at the level of the individual so can still leave you isolated. It still leaves you thinking that you’re this discrete creature in a disconnected universe. It does nothing to address the social causes that drive so much mental distress and mental afflictions.”
— Gabor Maté
Relationship Pattern Healing from the INSIDE Out
Services & Programs
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For the ones seeking more secure, reciprocal, live-giving relationship patterns after complex trauma (domestic violence, SA, IPV, high-control religion and on) 🖤
At RR&R, we’re invested in the deepest possible shift from harm-based to reciprocal relationship patterns. For us, this means deep-diving into both somatic and attachment patterns AND systemic patterns of power and control.
Our psychotherapy process, while focused on somatic and attachment methods, is held firmly within a systemic, liberation-focused context. We consider how our attachment patterns have been shaped by others, our wider communities, our political environments, the rupture from ancient, cultural ways of being in relation (especially for our white-bodied folk), and by an extractive relationship with our Earth.
To learn more about our specialties, philosophy, and booking process, meet us here 🖤
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If you’re seeking an LPC licensure experience that holds clinical treatment within a systemic, decolonized, and liberatory context, feel free to inquire about current openings: connect@elizabethdevaughn.com
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Have you always loved book clubs but crave going deeper? RLW is a justice-oriented book club that includes somatic + relational skills, journaling, rituals, and more to deeply embody relationship pattern healing from the inside out. Slow, trauma-informed, body-based and relational. Learn more here!
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Vamp Camp is such a fun, special space where we, in collaboration with our dear friend and renowned burlesque performer, Wayward Pixie, help you slough off layers of sexual and bodily shame through trauma-informed burlesque, character & makeup play, ritual, crafts, and more! Learn more here and see our latest event!
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I (Liz) dreamed up The ROAR to help our nervous systems begin gently gaining access to mobilization after chronic freeze, fawn, and overwhelm. Through gentle growling + boundaries practices, dance, and connection, we invite our wild, instinctual selves to come back online.
*Our ROAR program is currently on a pause, but sign up here to be the first to hear when we ROAR again.
Relationship Pattern Healing from the OUTSIDE In
Witches for Total Liberationᵀᴹ
Coming soon, WTL is our dedicated space for mobilizing toward systemic change, as we believe that inner healing is nothing if we don’t heal the systems that reinforce relationship patterns of power-over, exploitation, and disconnection. Somatic practices gatherings, book resources, sharing activism opportunities, culture & magic talk… join us soon!
Healing, Justice & Inclusivity Statement
What we stand for
We’re interested in the deepest roots of relationship pattern healing. We understand that this means looking at the systemic patterns that shape our attachment patterns, reinforcing ways of being in relationship that are centered in domination, exploitation, and disconnection. Read our full Justice Statement and more about our philosophy below.
Founder: Elizabeth DeVaughn, LPC-MHSP
Hi; I’m so glad you’re here. I’m a clinical psychotherapist, licensure supervisor, relationship + complex trauma specialist, and a survivor. I’m also in an interabled marriage, navigating neurodivergence, an HSP, cat-obsessed, a total liberationist (human + animal + planet liberation), an artist, and an avid hiker & crafter. Spooky, macabre, and deep-feeling to my core.
RR&R was born from my 13-year clinical practice helping folks navigate domestic violence & create more secure relationship patterns after a lifetime of complex trauma. More personally, I wanted to create a space that I always craved, one where the healing could go layers deeper than somatic skills and into my ancestral trauma. Also, a space where making mistakes & getting it wrong is valued (my poor, exhausted inner over-achiever), and where healing centers community… plus crafts, play, and all things spooky. Welcome in 🖤
*Full “About Me” page is coming soon. For now, read more about my training, experience, philosophy, and more on our Psychotherapy page.
Our clients are re-writing relationship patterns
They’re also kooky, spooky, and fiery; we’re obsessed. If you’re anything like our clients, you might be:
On a deliberate journey of healing relationship patterns born from complex trauma (domestic violence, SA, IPV, high-control religion, purity culture, systemic oppression, and any relationship system that shaped your nervous system into chronic overwhelm, fawn, freeze, over-giving, disconnection, or fight/flight
Deep-feeling, sensitive, & longing for relationships that can hold depth, complexity, and true belonging that is NOT based in performance, perfection, or pressure to get it right all the time (imagine relationships where you can just be)
Brain-crampingly hypervigilant of repeating relationship patterns… “Is this a red flag, or my old trauma?”
Afraid of passing patterns along to your kids
Searching for an approach that blends somatic, root-cause trauma healing with an orientation toward collective justice, systemic liberation, and cultural trauma healing
Spooky, macabre, and an affinity for all things dark and strange, you might be craving a path that meets your need for depth, ancestral & ancient magic, and reconnection to the Earth, the seasons, and your wild, “four-footed” nature
We See You.
You’re if Morticia, Ms. Frizzle, & RBG had a baby
If you’re healing generational patterns and survive summers with horror flicks, join our free series, Somatic Practices for Secure Relationships, and receive all recordings as a free gift!
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Vamp Campᵀᴹ
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Trauma-informed burlesque, play, ritual, crafts, & more to help you slough off sexual/bodily shame. Come play! 🍭✨
Therapeutic Specialties
Clinical & Therapeutic Areas of Focus and Specialized Training
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When you’re no stranger to feeling constantly off-balance, confused, isolated, hypervigilant, and always in the wrong in relationships.
Hi, this is Liz, founder of RR&R. For 13 years, I’ve specialized in helping folks navigate the many layers and faces of power-and-control relationships.
This can look like many things, just a few of which include:
learning about the intricate dynamics and tactics of abuse
discovering what a “regulated nervous system” looks like inside an abusive relationship vs. within other relationships
processing the unique nuances of healing while in an abusive system
rediscovering your own voice, self-trust, and sense of autonomy and choice
grappling with the question, “can they change?”
creating different relationship patterns moving forward (if you choose + are able to leave)
If you’re looking for more personalized, 1:1 help, see our psychotherapy page for more information and to schedule a free consultation.
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The layers and nuances of creating new relationship patterns are our jam. If your relationship patterns were shaped by complex trauma, repatterning can look like a lot of things, including:
Being able to set (and keep) boundaries
Creating new relationship patterns with your family of origin
Creating new patterns for your kids / breaking generational cycles
Being able to be present in relationships
Helping the nervous system understand that reciprocal and power-with relationships are safe
And the list could go on. See our psychotherapy page for more information and to schedule a free consultation.
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Along with other types of complex trauma, a large number of our clients have also faced oppression within religious culture. We support our clients with a number of areas, including:
Repairing complex trauma specifically within a systemic religious, spiritual, or spiritual group / cult context
Deconstructing old ideas and paradigms about spirituality
Sifting through the relationship between fundamentalist religion and other types of systemic oppression
Finding your unique spiritual path or truth
Feel free to check out our psychotherapy page for more information and to schedule a free consultation.
Somatic, Relational, Justice-Oriented Book Club for Spooky Book Nerds
Read Like a Witchᵀᴹ
Love book clubs but want to go deeper?
The ROARᵀᴹ
Wild Beast Embodiment & Summer Dance Parties
Return to your wild instincts. Create more safety & availability in your body to set boundaries and reduce overwhelm. Move, dance, ROAR.
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Remember you are water. Of course you leave salt trails. Of course you are crying. Flow.
P.S. If there happens to be a multitude of griefs upon you, individual and collective, or fast and slow, or small and large, add equal parts of these considerations: that the broken heart can cover more territory. That perhaps love can only be as large as grief demands. That grief is the growing up of the heart that bursts boundaries like an old skin or a finished life. That grief is gratitude. That water seeks scale, that even your tears seek the recognition of community. That the heart is a front line and the fight is to feel in a world of distraction. That death might be the only freedom. That your grief is a worthwhile use of your time. That your body will feel only as much as it is able to. That the ones you grieve may be grieving you. That the sacred comes from the limitations. That you are excellent at loving.”
― adrienne maree brown, Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
If you would be Morticia Barbie, we have a free gift for you.
Thank you so much for spending some time with us! If any of this has resonated with your spooky, deep-feeling soul, we invite you to join us in our free Fall gathering series: Somatic Practices for Secure Relationships. Keep the recordings as our gift. Hope to gather with you soon!