Built from a whisper…

Sozo House didn't begin with a business plan. It began with a word that kept showing up, a house that was barely standing, and a conviction that the people who care for everyone else deserve somewhere safe to land.

A calling that arrived before we were ready for it…

In 2017, Brook encountered a single word she didn't know — "sozo." Within one week, it surfaced four times from completely unconnected sources. When she looked it up, she found it was an ancient Greek word meaning to save, to heal, and to make whole — not just spiritually, but in every dimension of a person's humanity.

In 2022, she and Aaron found a small house in Downtown Rogers — crummy, needing everything, but full of potential. They bought it with the retreat in mind. That first winter, before the remodel had even begun, they opened the doors to an unhoused neighbor so he could stay through the cold. The house was already doing what it was built to do.

The following Spring, they started pulling back the layers, they found what so many future clients would recognize in themselves. Layers of wallpaper holding the walls together — hiding termite damage. Carpet pulled up to reveal original hardwood floors, beautiful and intact, just needing someone to see them.

"The foundation was gone — the whole house being held up by a rotted joist and the point of a large stone. It looked fine from the outside. But underneath, it needed everything."

That's the story of a lot of people who walk through our door. They've been holding it together for a long time. They look fine from the outside. But underneath — in the places no 50-minute session ever quite reached — there's something that needs tending. Something beautiful waiting to be uncovered.

Sozo House was built for exactly that work.

Meet the Team

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    Brook Smith

    Founder, Executive Director, Counselor

    Specialties: trauma, couples (betrayal, intimacy, stronger marriages), grief, ministry leaders, first responders, childhood trauma

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    Iris Negron

    Counselor

    Specialties: Play Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Trauma, EMDR, Parents (Baffling Behavior Training), Caregivers, Bilingual (English, Spanish)

  • A smiling bald man with a short beard wearing a white polo shirt standing in front of a wooden door with decorative carvings and a mirror. The background reflects a sunny outdoor scene with trees, buildings, and a fence.

    Aaron Smith

    Operations Manager

    Specialties: Civil Engineer, handyman, creative solutions, dad jokes, smoked ribs

“We tried traditional therapy off and on for years and it was just not working. Progress was slow and we were about to call it quits. Doing an intensive saved our marriage! Having the time to linger really gave us momentum, and I felt like I was really understood without judgement. We left feeling closer than we had in a long time. We hope to return again one day just to experience more depth in our relationship!”

— Anonymous Client

“You think you’re coming for therapy (which, I did), but I got so much more. Brook and her team went above and beyond what I expected to receive. Highly recommend anyone to come here if they need a confidential place to get help.”

— Anonymous Client