7-Day Small Group Women’s Healing Trauma Retreat in Italy

Heal, Restore, and Renew in the Heart of the Italian Countryside

Retreat Highlights:

Exclusive experience with only 5 guests per retreat

One week of guided healing and personal transformation

Stunning location in the peaceful Italian countryside

Direct booking bonus: Free thermal spa pass for ultimate relaxation

Perugia – Rome – Florence Airports

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What You’ll Experience and Learn at This Healing Trauma Retreat

This retreat is designed to gently guide you back to your true, whole self. You’ll reconnect with your inner world, meet and care for the parts of yourself shaped by trauma, and learn how to integrate those experiences into a renewed sense of wholeness. Our goal is to help you build lasting awareness and practical tools that support your healing long after the retreat ends.

We combine somatic therapy, gentle yoga, therapeutic ceremonies, personalized sessions, bodywork, and group workshops—all within a compassionate, supportive community. This unique blend of approaches creates a safe space for deep healing and self-discovery.

During the retreat, you’ll learn how to release old patterns and trauma, reset your nervous system from chronic fight-or-flight, and cultivate presence in the here and now. This journey opens the door to living a more grounded, peaceful, and fulfilling life.

Meet the Team

Tess Hunneybell

Tess is the founder of Healing Trauma Retreat and owner of San Flaviano. With over 20 years of experience as a trauma psychotherapist and consultant, she brings expertise and care to every retreat. Participants often say her compassionate, personalized sessions have been life-changing.

I warmly invite you to a complimentary discovery call to explore whether this retreat is the right fit for you.

www.tesshunneybell.com

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Eszter Balázs

Eszter Balázs is a somatic therapist and yoga instructor who brings creativity and self-expression to each retreat group. Her sessions are a core part of the retreat experience, helping guests release trauma, build resilience, and rediscover a sense of inner peace.

Viktoria Varga

Viktoria Varga is a holistic healer and massage therapist who offers essential support throughout each retreat. Her calming presence and healing practices help create a safe, grounded space for participants. Viktoria’s sessions allow guests to reconnect with their bodies and gently release stored trauma.

Programme Details

Our 6-night, 7-day retreat is designed to gently support your trauma healing journey in a compassionate and nurturing environment. We focus on creating a safe space for recovery and self-discovery, ensuring you feel well-cared for—because healing is hungry work!

What’s Included:

Personalized trauma therapy sessions with Tess Hunneybell
Daily yoga, meditation, and breathwork
Healing trauma workshops
Somatic body practices
Guided mountain walks

You’ll also enjoy:

Three nourishing vegetarian/pescatarian meals daily
Unlimited drinks and healthy snacks
A luxurious afternoon at a local spa

Each activity is thoughtfully designed to promote relaxation and rejuvenation. You’ll learn how to reset your body, integrate past experiences, and develop practical tools to manage symptoms, build resilience, and reconnect with your body and the present moment.

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🌿 2025 Healing Retreat Dates 🌿

Each retreat begins on a Wednesday and runs for 6 nights. Maximum 5 guests.

May 28 – June 3 – Sold out.

June 11 – June 17 – Only 1 Place Available!

June 25 – July 1

July 9 – July 15

July 30 – August 5

August 13 – August 19

August 27 – September 2

September 10 – September 16

Only 5 places per retreat – book early to avoid missing out.

Who Should Join a Healing Trauma Retreat

Healing Trauma Retreats are for women who have experienced trauma, stress, abuse, or life’s many challenges. These experiences may leave you feeling stuck, disconnected, or unsure how to move forward.

If your past is affecting your present, this retreat offers a nurturing space and proven healing practices to help you begin your journey toward self-integration and true recovery.

This retreat is for women ready to embrace change, start healing, and reconnect with their authentic selves. Our gentle, compassionate approach may offer the support you’ve been seeking—especially if other methods haven’t worked for you.

Contact us for more information or book a free 30-minute assessment call to explore how this retreat can support you.

Comfortable

San Flaviano, Umbria, Italy

San Flaviano, Sellano, Perugia sits at the edge of Sibillini National Park, a protected woodland rich with diverse wildlife and lush greenery. At 840 meters above sea level, the fresh mountain air and tranquil surroundings create the perfect setting for peace, renewal, and deep healing.

About San Flaviano

San Flaviano is a peaceful, secluded former monastery with breathtaking views, surrounded by 50,000 acres of protected woodland. Its history stretches back to the 8th century, with parts of the current structure dating to the 10th and 15th centuries. Once a retreat for St. Francis and the Benedictines, it remains a sanctuary for rest and renewal.

Ancient Sacred Space

Although no longer a religious institution, San Flaviano retains its peaceful, serene, and secluded atmosphere. Its rich history and tranquil energy create the perfect setting for deep reflection and healing.

Italian Comfort

From locally sourced ingredients to meals prepared in our stone, oak, and steel kitchen, every aspect of the retreat reflects the essence of Umbria. Whether it’s the fresh, seasonal food or the pure mountain spring water, you’ll experience the calm and beauty of Umbria in every moment.

Choose your accomodation

Single Occupancy Room ensuite bathroom

All-inclusive Retreat €3,700

*EARLY BIRD 30% Discount €2,850

💳 Pay Deposit to Secure Your Private Room

Submit your 25% deposit (€712,50) below to reserve your place in your selected retreat.

Shared Twin 80m2 Mezzanine, 2 bathrooms

All-Inclusive Retreat €3,245

*EARLY BIRD 30% Discount €2,495

💳 Pay Deposit to Secure Your Shared Twin Room

Submit your 25% deposit (€623.50) below to reserve your place in your selected retreat.

Retreat Cancellation & Refund Policy

We understand that life happens, and sometimes plans change. That’s why we offer a flexible cancellation policy for all Healing Trauma Retreat bookings.

Refund Terms:

100% deposit refund – Cancel 30 days or more before your retreat start date
50% deposit refund – Cancel 15 to 29 days before your retreat start date
No refund – Cancel within 14 days of your retreat start date

To protect your investment, we strongly recommend purchasing travel insurance that covers unexpected cancellations.

“I have walked away feeling more at home in my body, less afraid of the world and with a renewed sense of hope” Daisy Australia

I have struggled with my mental health for no obvious reason my entire life, seeing various psychologists and professionals along the way but by far this retreat has been the most impactful in helping me get clarity and a path forward.

As someone who was reluctant to go on a “trauma” retreat due to no obvious one traumatic incident, I can confidently recommend this experience to anyone that has experienced a shakey sense of self, anxiety or depression. The way Tess explains things sits somewhere between a therapist and a friend, her extensive knowledge and experience means that she can adapt and change her method/tools she provides based on what is most effective for you – the whole experience is highly personalised to ensure you are working in a way that serves you most effectively.

It’s really difficult to sum up everything in one testimonial but I have walked away feeling more at home in my body, less afraid of the world and with a renewed sense of hope that life isn’t going to play out for me as I once thought it would.

The combination of professional psychologist sessions and the morning/evening movement and connection to body – and the freedom to opt in and out as we needed – made this retreat a non “woo-woo” and profoundly transformative experience that honestly she should be charging a lot more for.

If you’re someone who therapy once a week isn’t working for, someone who has never done a retreat before and is looking for something more on the real side than the spiritual side – I highly recommend booking in to fast track your mental health improvements.

Grateful doesn’t even cut it.

Daisy xx

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“Tess Hunneybell is totally unique!.” Emily, U.K.

Tess Hunneybell is totally unique!
I feel truly blessed to have crossed her path as it changed the course of mine. Having the opportunity to spend time under her guidance and hospitality put me in the safe space I desperately needed to be. She created an environment of peace, tranquility and positivity that was so necessary to move forward with my life. Her wisdom, knowledge and guidance gave me the tools to step forward with confidence.
Tess’ larger than life personality, life experiences and humour makes sure there will never be a dull moment! Thank you Tess for inviting me into your beautiful home.

“My family are genuinely impressed with my development” Ellie, USA

I am not sure what expectations I had of the retreat before I attended. I just knew that I was overwhelmed, grieving, and broken. It turned out that Tess can genuinely transform you within those 7 days.

Yes, the monastery is utterly beautiful. Fifteenth-century frescos, ancient brickwork, soaring ceilings, and a sense of peace. The accommodation is sweet, humble, honest, and in keeping with the period of the site. There are multiple beautiful vistas to enjoy and the sounds of the birds across the horizon are truly deafening. You’ll have fabulous yoga lessons and visit some stunning little villages.

But it is Tess that you really go for. The depth of her knowledge, experience, and expertise is priceless. She took three very overwhelmed women in my week and left us lighter, more positive, and in control, than we were when we arrived. Her 121 sessions are hard to describe but brilliantly, inexplicably powerful. You sort of become more empathetic towards yourself.

I have come away cleansed of my habitual stresses and traumas and equipped to at least meet future stresses full-on.

My family are genuinely impressed with my development and I’m incredibly thankful for the week I spent there. It was not always comfortable. The work was hard. But Tess is completely in control of her skills and ability and will astound you if you lean in.

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“I could have never anticipated the huge positive change I went through in just a week.” Anita, Switzerland

I went to the retreat with some serious childhood trauma I wanted to deal with. The combination of trauma release, yoga classes and psychotherapy sessions was a unique combination that tapped right into what I needed. The retreat turned out to be what it advertised and more: Tess Hunneybell, the retreat’s host and therapist is brilliant, highly professional, kind and extremely experienced. The supporting staff were the best all-rounders you could wish for: if they weren’t giving yoga lessons they were cooking delicious food, or keeping the house clean, or simply supporting the process with their kind and uplifting presence. And to top it all off: this all takes place in the beautiful and calming setting of the Umbrian countryside in Italy, in Tess’ private residence which is a beautiful medieval former church and abbey. I really couldn’t have asked for more. I came to to retreat expecting to have worked on childhood trauma, but I could have never anticipated the huge positive change I went through in just a week. I felt so much lighter and literally have been losing weight since the retreat. Several people around me have been asking where I went coming back looking so relaxed yet more energetic than ever before. Tess and her supporting staff, the retreat structure and setting were conducted with highest standards and professionalism. The retreat gave me everything I hoped for and more. Anybody going here will be treated kindly, respectfully and safely guided through whichever circumstances/issues/traumas they enter the retreat with.

Have more questions?

Contact me today to ask! A 30-minute assessment is free, and further services are available for €115 per 75 minutes.