About Motion to Rise
Trauma-Informed Support & High-Conflict Strategy
for Women and Legal Professionals
Hey there!
I’m Stacy Bednar. Psychotherapist, coach, and high-conflict strategist.
I help women and legal teams stabilize in the middle of high-conflict chaos and move with clarity, strength, and strategy.
For over two decades, I’ve supported people through uncertainty, upheaval, loss, trauma, and major life transitions. Today, my work stands at a unique intersection where emotional safety meets strategic clarity — especially for those navigating high-conflict divorce or post-separation abuse.
Why Motion to Rise Exists:
High-conflict divorce is not “just divorce.”
It’s destabilizing, disorienting, exhausting, and often unsafe.
Attorneys are trained in law — not trauma.
Therapists are trained in trauma — not high-conflict legal dynamics.
Most people going through a high-conflict divorce fall through the cracks of both systems.
I created Motion to Rise to bridge that gap.
This work exists for:
-women trying to survive the psychological warfare of a toxic marriage or divorce
-legal teams supporting clients experiencing coercive control or litigation abuse
-families impacted by chronic emotional destabilization
-people who are trying to stay steady under circumstances designed to disrupt them
You don’t need toxic positivity or surface-level motivation.
You need grounding.
You need structure.
You need a trauma-informed guide who understands both the emotional storm and the legal battlefield.
You’ll get that here.
Where My Work Comes In:
A Bridge Between Trauma & Family Law
My background is clinical, but my specialty is built around one truth:
High-conflict divorce requires a different kind of support.
I help:
women experiencing narcissistic or coercive control
clients dealing with DARVO, gaslighting, manipulation, or post-separation abuse
legal teams needing stabilized, prepared, credible clients
families impacted by emotional reactivity and chronic conflict
survivors who feel overwhelmed, confused, or afraid of what comes next
I don’t practice therapy across state lines.
I don’t give legal advice.
What I offer is something both systems desperately need:
Trauma-informed stabilization + strategic support that strengthens emotional safety and legal readiness.
I help clients:
regulate their nervous system
understand high-conflict patterns
communicate in ways that align with legal strategy
document in patterns judges understand
prepare for mediation and testimony
show up composed, credible, and clear
This support stabilizes clients and strengthens the cases attorneys are trying to build.
Why Women Trust Me:
You’re not losing your mind.
You’re not “too emotional.”
You’re not broken.
You’re reacting to a situation intentionally designed to destabilize you.
Women come to me when:
they no longer trust their instincts
their partner’s behavior makes no sense
the legal system feels overwhelming or retraumatizing
the emotional chaos becomes too heavy to carry alone
they need clarity, safety, and a plan
I’ve lived what you’re living.
I understand the fear, confusion, panic, and exhaustion, because I’ve been there.
I know how to help you stabilize, regain your power, and rise from survival into sovereignty.
Why Legal Teams Trust Me:
Family law firms partner with Motion to Rise because:
I stabilize dysregulated clients
I reduce crisis calls, spirals, and emotional emergencies
I teach clients communication patterns that judges respect
I prepare clients for mediation and testimony
I translate coercive-control patterns into workable context
I reduce the emotional labor placed on attorneys
I help clients present as credible, grounded, and composed
I support cases involving narcissism, coercive control, and post-separation abuse
I don’t replace therapy.
I don’t replace legal counsel.
I strengthen the effectiveness of both.
Why I Do This Work:
I didn’t create Motion to Rise to inspire people.
I created it because life demanded it.
There are moments that split your life into “before” and “after”:
divorce, illness, betrayal, trauma, loss, sudden change.
I’ve lived all of those moments myself.
I’ve walked hundreds of people through theirs.
And I know something with absolute certainty:
You don’t have to suffer through this alone — and you don’t have to stay where you are.
Motion to Rise exists to help you:
find your footing when you can’t see the path
anchor yourself when everything feels chaotic
steady your emotions so you can make clear decisions
rebuild your strength, identity, and intuition
rise again — not because life gets easier, but because you get stronger
Here, you won’t find fluff or false encouragement.
You’ll find grounded guidance, honest conversations, and practical ways to rebuild your life while it’s still in motion.