Phase One sets the foundation for the healing journey at Beautiful Feet. As it comes up, trauma is addressed in a safe and healthy environment. Daily living skills are taught and practiced, checklists are given, and a community is being built. This phase deals with pain as it presents itself, intentionally moving towards the pain so that healing can occur. We apply new coping skills in place of avoidance or running.

A woman will face her trauma and map a new future. After establishing safe coping skills and understanding their identity in Christ, the resident will delve into the deeper emotional and traumatic situations from her past. This phase is marked by exploration, insight, grieving, deep levels of hurt, unforgiveness, forgiveness, and safe family reconciliation. She begins to see how her past trauma was damaging and alienating.

A resident is emotionally connecting with joyful living. She is exercising healthy coping skills while becoming productive and active in her community. Past trauma is not forgotten, but now, having created a fulfilling life in the present, she can practice healthy relationships, jobs, and activities. A woman becomes capable of developing meaningful life goals and the ability to accomplish them. She casts off her old self, embracing her new identity in Christ, becoming a victor, no longer a victim. In this phase, the resident is moving towards independence and is excited to graduate.