Why insight alone isn’t enough—and what actually creates change.
You can understand your patterns, name your wounds, articulate your story, do the workbooks, attend the trainings…..and still feel stuck.
It’s clear there’s a missing piece in the personal growth journey many of us are on—the piece that, if we understood it, could unblock the most free, embodied, whole versions of ourselves.
Join us for this free, 75-minute masterclass to discover the missing layer of personal growth and to learn how working with unconscious protective patterns can demystify our struggles and create real, lived change in our lives and work.
“Insight explains the pattern. Integration changes it.”
This masterclass gets beneath mindset work, surface awareness, and intellectual understanding to reveal the deeper inner dynamics shaping behavior, emotions, and relational patterns.
It’s not about fixing what’s “wrong” with you or shaming how you’ve been doing things. It’s about understanding what’s been trying to protect you—and learning how to work with it in truly effective ways.
To support this, we will introduce a grounded, compassionate, and psychologically informed approach to growth—one that works with the nervous system, protective strategies, and unconscious patterns rather than trying to override or analyze them.
You’ll learn:
Why insight, awareness, and “knowing better” often fail to create real change
A new way of relating to triggers, resistance, and inner conflict
How unconscious patterns and protective parts shape behavior, choices, and emotional responses
What working with the unconscious (aka shadow work) actually is—and what it isn’t
Why lasting change happens only through integration—and how to step into greater integration in your own life and work
WHAT YOU’LL EXPLORE
WHO IS THIS MASTERCLASS FOR…
THERAPISTS & MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Most therapists are highly trained in insight-oriented models—understanding narratives, identifying patterns, and offering cognitive and relational frameworks. And yet, many are not formally trained in working with unconscious, protective, and shadow-based dynamics—the very mechanisms that often keep clients stuck despite years of awareness.
This masterclass introduces shadow work as a crucial missing layer for true integration—one that supports therapists in working more effectively with resistance, recurring patterns, emotional reactivity, and parts of the psyche shaped by survival rather than choice.
This is not a replacement for clinical training.
It is a complementary, depth-oriented lens that enhances therapeutic work by helping clients move from insight into embodied, integrated change.
COACHES & FACILITATORS
If you guide others through transformation, this masterclass strengthens your ability to work skillfully with resistance, emotional blocks, and unconscious patterns—without pushing, fixing, or bypassing protective strategies. You’ll gain language and perspective that deepens your capacity to support real, sustainable change.
THOSE COMMITTED TO DEEP PERSONAL GROWTH
If you’ve done the workshops, read the books, and gained insight—but still feel something essential is missing—this masterclass offers a grounded next step. You’ll learn how to work with the parts of you that formed in survival, not failure, and begin creating change through understanding and integration rather than force.
FACILITATORS
Suzanne Hanna
LCSW-R
Suzanne Hanna is a licensed psychotherapist, author, and transformational guide with over 30 years of clinical experience, specializing in trauma recovery, depth psychology, and embodied healing. She is the founder of The Wilderness Walk™, a trauma-informed framework that integrates shadow work, experiential practices, and nature-based wisdom to support profound personal and professional transformation. Suzanne facilitates life-changing journeys for individuals and groups navigating pivotal life transitions, initiations, and healing thresholds. She also trains therapeutic shadow coaches, equipping therapists, coaches, and healers with advanced tools to work skillfully with trauma, unconscious patterns, and the body’s innate intelligence. Her work is grounded in decades of clinical practice and shaped by lived experience, including a 1,000-mile solo walk across the country undertaken as a radical act of healing, reclamation, and self-trust. Known for her depth, integrity, and reverence for the human psyche, Suzanne does not offer quick fixes or surface solutions.
Andrea Arledge
Master Therapeutic Shadow Coach
Andrea Arledge is a former Registered Nurse turned Certified Master Shadow Coach and Soul Messaging Mentor for spiritual women, healers, and heart-led practitioners who are ready to stop hiding, embody their truth, and be seen—for who they really are. With one foot in the mystical and the other in the practical, Andrea blends shadow work, energy healing, intuitive development, and soul-aligned strategy to help you clarify your message, own your brilliance, and show up visibly in your business—without selling out your soul. She brings depth and direction to the table, holding space for the parts of you that have been silenced while helping you craft a message that actually resonates. A certified Reiki Master Teacher, holistic nutritionist, numerologist, yoga teacher, copywriter, and Master Shadow Coach, Andrea’s toolkit is vast—but it’s her presence that changes everything.
Ash Schoep
Master Therapeutic Shadow Coach
Ash Schoep is a master shadow work coach, systems thinker, and leadership facilitator with a track record of building programs and teams that thrive. With an educational foundation in psychology and organizational leadership, she has led strategy and development for startups, global nonprofits, and higher education institutions across the U.S. and abroad. Ash specializes in supporting entrepreneurs, facilitators, and mission-driven organizations to build values-aligned systems without losing the heart of their work. She brings clarity to complexity, helps teams stay connected during growth, and mentors leaders to step into influence that is both grounded and generative. A lifelong student of both systems and soul, Ash bridges structure and transformation — helping individuals and organizations evolve with integrity and purpose.