Stone House Associates

04/04/2025

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

I believe that together, we can make a difference. Read more below.

What if together we worked to address the root causes of such violence?

02/10/2025

This short video acknowledges the scope of sexual violence in our country while highlighting a non-profit organization that for 20 years has been working together to create effective solutions to combat the problem.

Ordinary people can make an extraordinary difference, as demonstrated by this group of passionate and diverse professionals who developed and continue to deliver highly effective violence prevention and trauma recovery programs to their communities and beyond. The Safety Team programs have been proven effective in significantly reducing one’s risk of violence while also promoting a sense of confidence, agency, empowerment, well-being, and healing.

Quite simply, they are changing the world, one empowered person at a time.

Dr. DiBlasio, founder of Stone House Associates and co-founder of The Safety Team is featured in this film. She strongly believes in The Safety Team’s mission: “Together we prevent violence, heal trauma, foster resilience, and build safer communities.”

To learn more, visit TheSafetyTeam.Org or contact Dr. DiBlasio.
https://youtu.be/TcxUyNSkLKw

https://stonehouseassociates.com/2025/01/fostering-safety-in-an-unsafe-world-violence-prevention-and-empowered-healing/

01/05/2024

Our newest blog post: Be the Squirrel! (hint: it's about resiliencing.)

I have always loved words. I love to read them and sometimes to write them. Words are powerful. I love words so much that I have been known to occasionally make up my own. I say these word creations so casually that sometimes people—just for a split second- –think that these words exist beyond m...

06/28/2023

Bravo, Christina! Christina is instrumental in co-leading our innovative trauma recovery program in collaboration with The Safety Team.

This week for our feature with The Safety Team, we'd like to take the opportunity to showcase Christina Allard!

Christina Allard, PT (she/her) is a co-founder and lead instructor for The Safety Team (TST), whose mission is to prevent violence, foster resilience, heal trauma and build safe communities. Christina, who recently earned her black belt in Kempo-Jujitsu, is a licensed Physical Therapist specializing in pediatrics and school-based therapy. She has pursued additional training in trauma and its impacts on development and behavior and uses this expertise to develop movement strategies for emotional regulation in young people.

Christina is skilled at helping people find the power within their body and at adapting ESD techniques to accommodate varying needs or physical injuries. Wherever she goes, Christina brings her calm confidence, wisdom, patience and humor.

We are incredibly lucky to have her as a member of The Safety Team! www.thesafetyteam.org

Let's honor and congratulate Christina on her recent accomplishment!

06/19/2023

Check out this podcast episode! The topic: Violence Prevention and Trauma Recovery. Highly relevant given current events.

This interview features Stone House Associates' Dr. DiBlasio and physical therapist Christina Allard and their innovative work for The Safety Team.

Our own Dr. Chalmer, along with educator Judy Alexander interview Christine and Christina.

Have a listen!

Our guests today are co-founders of The Safety Team, an organization in Vermont with the mission, “Together we prevent violence, foster resilience, heal trauma, and build safe communities.” We talk about their work teaching empowerment self-defense to women. Both of our guests, Christine DiBlasi...

04/27/2023

Thank you, Safety Team, for your innovative work in the field of trauma recovery and violence prevention.

03/19/2023

https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/in-depth/news/2023/03/19/christine-diblasio-vermont-usa-today-women-year/69796444007/
I am both humbled and grateful for this honor--which represents TEAM effort (The Safety Team). Together, we have done amazing things for the last 20 years in the fields of violence prevention, trauma recovery, and cultural change. Thank you to all who have supported us--in any way--Thank you, thank you, thank you. The Safety Team

This South Burlington psychologist with a fifth-degree black belt in martial arts is named USA TODAY's Women of the Year honoree from Vermont.

10/24/2022

Check out our newest blog post, featuring the wonders of nature and our brand new, beautiful website!
https://stonehouseassociates.com/2022/10/why-all-the-nature-photos-on-our-new-site/

Photo credit: Tom Brassard

By Christine DiBlasio, Ph.D. Stone House Associates is very excited to launch our brand new, completely redone website! It features new content, new photos, and an updated layout! While it was hard to let go of the former trusted and true website, we LOVE the look and functionality of the new one. ...

10/11/2022

https://stonehouseassociates.com/
Our new website is LIVE!

Still some tweaks to be made (always), but the major work has been completed!

07/02/2022

We were thrilled to have the hosts of the NOTICE THAT and BEYOND TRAUMA podcasts talk to us about our innovative trauma recovery and violence prevention programs--both of which blend psychoeducation with mindful movement under conditions of safety to foster connection and healing.

Thank you for helping us share this information with a broad, international community of MH practitioners and clients!
https://stonehouseassociates.com/2022/06/beyond-trauma-healing-through-mindful-movement/

See more here: https://emdr-podcast.com/the-safety-team-self-defense/

Our own Dr. DiBlasio, as well as two additional members of The Safety Team were delighted to be interviewed on two international podcasts: Notice That and Beyond Trauma. These podcasts featured The Safety Team’s trauma informed programs for both violence prevention and trauma recovery–all of whi...

02/24/2021

01/24/2021

These are tough times.....you are not alone.

If you’re thinking, “Oh, I just need to suck it up,” stop. What you’re feeling is real. Here’s how to cope.