About Motion to Rise™
I’m Stacy Bednar, MA, LPCC. I’ve spent 20 years as a licensed psychotherapist and more than seven years navigating post-separation legal abuse myself. I know how a hostile message, shifting accusation, or new filing can keep your body on alert long after you’ve left. I built Motion to Rise™ to help women recognize those patterns, regulate their nervous systems, and work with counsel from a clearer place.
Why this work exists
High-conflict separation is not over when you walk away. A hostile message can arrive while you are making dinner. A new allegation can leave you sorting documents late into the night. You may spend hours deciding what matters and what your attorney needs to know.
I built Motion to Rise™ because I know those moments from the inside. My clinical work helps me understand the body’s response to prolonged stress. My own experience taught me how hard it can be to think clearly while the pressure keeps moving. Coaching gives you a place to steady your nervous system, recognize the pattern, and prepare for conversations with counsel. It is practical, nonlegal support, separate from therapy.
Since 2007
Clinical experience
My background in psychotherapy informs a calm, regulation-first approach to coaching.
Stacy Bednar, MA, LPCC | Founder of Motion to Rise™
Lived experience and clinical depth
One focus
What makes Motion to Rise™ different
Motion to Rise™ combines clinical depth with lived experience of post-separation legal abuse. We do more than organize documents. We identify the pattern behind a new demand, practice regulation when your body goes on alert, and prepare a deliberate response or a focused question for counsel. This is coaching, not therapy or legal advice.
Who I work with
Individuals navigating high-conflict separation, high-conflict divorce, ongoing post-separation abuse, and litigation abuse.
Family law firms looking for defined, nonlegal consultation or a coaching referral option for clients.
You do not need to have every detail figured out before asking for support. We can start by identifying what is happening now and what would make the next step more manageable.
Practical support when the conflict keeps going
Regulate before responding. Make room to think before sending a message or making a decision. You make better decisions when your body is out of fight-or-flight.
Organize relevant information. Separate facts, questions, and priorities so conversations with counsel stay focused.
Prepare and follow through. Bring clearer questions to legal meetings and act on agreed next steps afterward.
Coaching is not therapy, legal advice, or representation. Attorneys direct legal strategy. I stay within a clearly defined nonlegal role.
For individuals
If you are bracing for the next message or trying to make sense of a sudden change in your ex’s position, we can look at the facts, the pattern, and the decision in front of you. I can help you prepare questions for counsel and practice a response that does not pull you back into the cycle. We can discuss whether individual coaching or Year One™ fits your situation.
For legal teams
I offer defined, nonlegal consultation on high-conflict client situations and can coach clients referred by a firm. The work may include recognizing recurring behavior, sorting relevant facts, and preparing questions for counsel. Scope, consent, confidentiality, and the division of roles are set at the start.
Why I built this
I knew the clinical language for trauma and coercive control. Then I lived through a prolonged high-conflict divorce myself. Knowing the concepts did not make the late-night messages, court filings, or parenting decisions easy. I built Motion to Rise™ for the support I needed then, while keeping clear boundaries around legal advice and therapy.
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