Work with Dr. Kristy Vanacore
We Begin Where you Are
Worried? Overwhelmed? Navigating conflict? Seeking a better way?
We begin with where you are, look at the larger picture and determine the next right step together, in person or virtually.
How We Work Together
Stepping back to see the patterns.
FROM SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT TO ROOT-CAUSE WELLNESS
My root-cause approach considers the interplay among emotional health, nervous-system regulation, relationships, family systems, sleep and circadian rhythms, nutrition, movement, stress physiology, immune and inflammatory processes, gut health, environmental influences, lifestyle, learning, and development.
What Sessions Feel Like
Our work is:
→Collaborative, not prescriptive
→Practical, not abstract
→Grounded, not overwhelming
Each session weaves together:
→Insight and understanding
→Nervous system regulation
→Embodied practices
→Real-life application
Comprehensive Wellness Sessions
Individualized, whole-person support for children, teens and adults.
Comprehensive Wellness Sessions
These sessions offer a space to explore what is happening beneath and around the symptoms—not only emotionally, but within the nervous system, body, relationships, environment, daily rhythms, and larger context of your life.
Depending upon your needs, our work may draw from psychology, nervous-system and somatic practices, family systems, mindfulness, lifestyle and wellness foundations, movement, and other integrative approaches.
For children • teens • adults
PARENT & FAMILY WELLNESS
Because supporting a child often means supporting the system surrounding them.
Parent and Family Wellness
Parent and family work may address parenting stress, emotional regulation, communication, family dynamics, transitions, attachment, recurring patterns, and the ways our own histories can influence how we parent and relate.
The goal isn’t perfect parenting. It’s greater understanding, connection, capacity, and the creation of healthier patterns within the family—now and across generations.
Family Wellness Mapping™ & Circle of Care™
When there are many pieces and you’re not sure how they fit together.
Family Wellness Mapping™ and Circle of Care™
Family Wellness Mapping™ offers families an opportunity to step back and look at the whole picture.
Together, we explore your child’s or family’s emotional, behavioral, developmental, educational, relational, physical, and environmental landscape; identify patterns and areas that may need greater attention; and create a personalized roadmap for moving forward.
This can be particularly helpful when you’ve seen multiple providers, received conflicting recommendations, or simply find yourself asking: Where do we even begin?
When helpful, this work may extend into my Circle of Care™ model, bringing greater continuity among the family, medical providers, therapists, schools, specialists, and other professionals already involved.
Family Wellness Mapping™ helps us see the whole picture; Circle of Care™ helps us connect the people within it.
Educational Advocacy & Consultation
Helping families understand and navigate the educational landscape.
Educational Advocacy & Consultation
With a background in both clinical and school psychology, I help families make sense of educational, emotional, behavioral, and developmental concerns that may be affecting a child’s experience at school.
Support may include consultation around school concerns, IEPs and 504 Plans, meetings and advocacy, educational planning, and collaboration with teachers, schools, physicians, therapists, and other professionals.
The goal is not simply to help a child get through school, but to better understand what they need in order to learn and thrive.
Workshops, Retreats & Community Programs
Bringing wellness into the places where people actually live, learn, work, and gather.
Workshops, Retreats & Community Programs
I offer educational and experiential programs for parents, families, schools, healthcare practices, organizations, businesses, and communities.
Programs explore topics such as nervous-system wellness, parenting, stress and resilience, whole-person health, emotional well-being, embodiment, relationships, family wellness, and sustainable ways of living and working.
Offerings range from talks and workshops to retreats, ceremonial circles, experiential programs, and customized collaborations.
SELECT WORKSHOP TOPICS
Parenting & Family: Regulation as the Foundation of Parenting • Behavior Is Communication • Connection Before Correction • Breaking Generational Patterns • Raising Resilient Children
Children & Teens: Anxiety in Children & Adolescents • Emotional Regulation & Nervous System Literacy • Stress, Perfectionism & Performance Pressure • Supporting the Adolescent Brain • Beyond the Diagnosis: Understanding the Whole Child
Whole-Person Wellness for Adults: The Family Nervous System • Sleep, Light, Movement & Daily Rhythms • Nature as Medicine • The Overwhelmed System • Food, Mood & the Brain • Living With Chronic Illness * Mastering your Health for Life * Hormones and Health * Life Changes
Schools & Education: The Whole Child Learns • When Bright Children Struggle • School Anxiety & Avoidance • Supporting Neurodivergent Learners • Trauma-Informed & Nervous-System-Informed Education • Educator Wellness]
Courses & Self-led Learning
Learn, explore, and practice wherever you are.
Courses & Self-led Learning
Courses and digital resources make the teachings and practices of Rewilding Wellness® accessible beyond private sessions and in-person programs.
Explore psychology, nervous-system wellness, parenting, embodiment, whole-person health, relationships, personal growth, and practices for bringing greater awareness and well-being into everyday life.
I offer workshops, courses, professional training, parent programs, retreats, and experiential gatherings for schools, healthcare practices, organizations, professionals, families, and communities.
Programs can be customized for the needs of each group and span topics including nervous-system health, parenting and family relationships, child and adolescent well-being, whole-person health, stress and resilience, education, embodiment, andRewilding Wellness®.
Signature Programs
Programs may be offered as individual workshops, multi-part series, parent circles, professional development, student programming, retreats, or customized school and community initiatives.
Rewilding Wellness®: Rooted Wisdom to Rise Well
An experiential exploration of the conditions that help human beings regulate, repair, reconnect, and flourish.
Rewilding Parenthood™
Programs supporting parents in nervous-system awareness, connection, conscious parenting, and transforming inherited family patterns.
SOAR Empowered Kids & Teens™
A empowerment program cultivating resilience, emotional intelligence, self-awareness, confidence, and mind-body wellness in children and adolescents.
Mastering Your Health™
A whole-person approach to vitality and well-being through foundational pathways including nervous-system health, sleep, nutrition, movement, emotional wellness, relationships, and daily rhythms.
The Rooted Teen Resiliency Program™
An integrative program helping adolescents develop nervous-system literacy, emotional regulation, resilience, identity, and practical tools for navigating modern adolescence.
Education Rewilded™
Professional development and programming for educators and school communities integrating whole-child wellness, nervous-system awareness, relational health, resilience, and trauma-informed education.
Rewilding Wellness Retreats
Immersive experiences centered around embodiment, connection, personal growth, nature, and the restorative practices of singing, dancing, storytelling, and silence.
Testimonials
and am learning to love myself.
It’s Okay to Not Know
I am here to listen and help with moving forward. You don’t need to know which approach you need before contacting me. We will talk about what is happening, what you’ve tried and what you’re hoping might change.
