A group of qualified professionals works together to offer collaborative, superior full-circle care. The beauty of the Collective is in having several opportunities of care and offerings for healing under one roof. The discovery process of deciding where to begin will start with Lacey, our Director of Care, who helps you discern what offerings are best suited to your needs.
Welcome to The Retreat House! We’re so glad you’re here. Our desire is to offer you thoughtful and intentional care. To do that well, I’ll work alongside you to listen to your story and understand your needs, then connect you with the right practitioner and care plan.
Not sure what you need? That’s actually a beautiful place to begin. Together we can discover the next steps toward healing and restoration.
If you’re ready to begin that care journey, or if you already know who you’d like to meet with, just send me an email! I look forward to walking with you in full-circle care.
-Katy
Director of Connection
Meet our Spiritual Directors
Britney Christie
Certified in Spiritual Direction and Formation, Certified Enneagram Coach, Certified Change the World Christian Coach, Personality and Relationship Coach, International Ministry & Missions
Britney co-founded Be Free Revolution, with Lacey Stluka, and has over 15 years of international ministry experience. Through her own inner work came an outpouring of desire for others to connect with God, themselves, and others. As she began BFR Local, she saw a great need for others to understand their unique wiring and potential. She was passionate in wanting to create an environment for others to come away and meet with God. She loves walking with couples and individuals to learn new, healthy patterns and forms of communication.
Areas of Expertise
Relationships and marriage
Understanding one's wiring and true self
Personality Work
Living in your true potential, life transitions
Sherry Varughese
Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, Specialization: Trauma-Informed Systemic Therapy; trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT) & EMDR; currently training in Spiritual Direction
Sherry integrates faith with evidence-informed clinical practice, using an experiential approach through empathetic response, emotional validation, and nonjudgmental curiosity. Drawing from over two decades of ministry and a decade of trauma-informed practice, she creates compassionate, culturally sensitive spaces for individuals and couples. She is trained in EMDR, attachment theory, parts-work, and nervous-system-informed approaches. Sherry helps clients explore how past experiences shape present-day responses and equips them to navigate the lingering effects of trauma and shame. Sherry is currently training to become a Spiritual Director and is passionate about helping transform fractured stories into integrated, redemptive relationships with God, others, and themselves.
Sherry specializes in helping those from diverse cultural backgrounds as well as those navigating childhood or religious trauma, depression, anxiety, grief, and relational conflict.
Areas of Expertise
Trauma
Attachment
Emotional Regulation
Shame Resilience
Stress, Anxiety, Distress Tolerance
Relationships & Conflict
Grief
Spiritual Guidance
Carroll Lane Parsons
Certified Spiritual Director and Enneagram Coach
Carroll Lane has spent nearly ten years as a Spiritual Director, sitting quietly in sacred spaces, companioning others as they tune their hearts to the whispers of God. Shaped by her background in hospice care, she holds a deep reverence for the still, grace-filled moments where truth and transformation meet. As an Enneagram coach, yoga instructor, and artist, she brings creativity and embodiment into the spiritual journey, helping others uncover new pathways to wholeness and peace. Carroll Lane invites others to bring their whole selves into the journey of spiritual formation, grounded in the belief that each person is deeply loved by God and called into a life of greater freedom, truth, and grace.
Areas of Expertise
Discernment and Desire
Grief and Transitions
Embodied Prayer Practices
Women’s Spirituality
Identity and Wholeness