YOU ARE FOR
TRUE
A memoir of healing, survival, and the voice that never gave up.
You were never created for hurt.
You were created to be loved.
This space is for the ones who are remembering.
For those who feel the ache of childhood wounds… and the quiet, sacred hope that healing is still possible.
For the women learning to listen to their inner voice.
For the therapists, mothers, seekers, and survivors who are finally asking:
What if I was never broken?
What if I’ve been true all along?
YOU ARE FOR TRUE
You Are For True is a poetic and personal memoir of healing from childhood trauma — told through the voice of True, the unbroken part within who never stopped believing.
Spanning the Sacred Ages of 0 to 18, True tells the story of what was lost, taken, or silenced — and gently returns to offer what was needed. Each chapter includes a Sacred Repair, where love, safety, and truth are given back to the parts that were left without them.
This book is an invitation to remember:
Even if no one told you then —
You were always worthy.
You were created to be loved.
And you still are.
SWEET WORDS
“Melanie’s journey shows what resilience, determination, and heart can accomplish. Her story is raw, real, and deeply inspiring, a reminder that our past doesn’t define us, it can fuel us! ”
“A must-read for anyone who loves stories of strength and perseverance!”
“This book is a powerful and inspiring read about turning hardship into hope.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
HI, I’M MELANIE
For over a decade, I’ve walked alongside women in their hardest stories as a trauma therapist. But You Are For True is the story of my own.
Writing it became both a reckoning and a repair — a way of listening to my younger self and to the voice I call True, the part of me that was never broken.
My hope is that in reading it, you’ll recognize pieces of your own journey. That you’ll feel less alone in the places that still ache. And more connected to the part of you that has always been for love, for light, and for becoming.
When I’m not writing or sitting with clients, I’m usually hanging out with my husband, making art in my journal, or in the middle of a creative mess I swear has meaning.
No matter what was taken, broken, or silenced — your light was never lost.
THIS BOOK IS MY INVITATION TO REMEMBER:
EVENTS & SPEAKING
Melanie shares stories and insights with warmth, honesty, and compassion — helping audiences connect to their own healing, resilience, and the part of them that is still whole.
Her talks weave together professional expertise and lived experience, offering a rare blend of psychological depth and soulful truth. Whether speaking to therapists, survivors, or creative communities, her message remains the same:
You were created to be loved. And you still are.
If you’d like to book Melanie for a speaking engagement, podcast interview, retreat, or event, please reach out & share some details.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR SUPPORT, CONNECTION, OR A DEEPER PATH TOWARD BECOMING
Not everything that helps us heal comes from therapy.
And not everyone who feels called to healing wants to become a therapist.
Some of us are survivors.
Some of us are seekers.
Some of us are both.
BELOW YOU’LL FIND TRUSTED OFFERINGS THROUGH THE TWO SPACES I HELP LEAD:
Healing Tree Women’s Counseling Center and the Center for Emotional Enlightenment.
Each offering was created to help you reconnect with what’s always been true about you:
You are worthy. You are needed. You are still becoming.
Healing Tree Women’s Counseling Center
Healing Tree is a trauma-informed group practice in Arkansas offering individual therapy, EMDR intensives, and women’s retreats.
If you’re looking for focused, personalized care…
If you want to go deeper into your own healing with a compassionate, skilled therapist…
We’d love to welcome you.
Therapy Intensives – Deep, customized healing work with a trauma-informed lens
You Are For True Women’s Retreat – TBA in 2026
A four-day retreat for women ready to come home to themselves through somatic healing, creative expression, and sacred repair.
You Are For True Too – Self-Development Group (Begins January)
A creative, guided experience for women ready to reconnect with their inner voice and begin remembering who they are.
Center for Emotional Enlightenment
The Center for Emotional Enlightenment offers advanced trainings for therapists and healing practitioners — and also creates transformational experiences for anyone called to do deep inner work and help others do the same.
If you’re a clinician, coach, or soul-guided helper…
If you feel drawn to leading groups, holding space, or becoming a guide for others on their path to healing.
This space is for you.
