Intensive Sessions, whether they use EMDR Therapy by itself or in combination with other therapies, are very different from traditional weekly therapy. An Intensive Session is a longer session and is scheduled as needed rather than weekly. Lengths range from a 2-hour Mini-Intensive, to a Half-Day Intensive, up to three days depending on your needs and goals. They are a chance to dive deeply into whatever issues are getting in your way, and then find new ways to hold and work with these issues. An Intensive Session is a mental wellness retreat that we customize to your needs. Learn more…

All Intensive Sessions are aimed at making big changes in your life. EMDR Intensives use EMDR Therapy as the only intervention and can range from a half day to two full days. Trauma Resolution Intensives go a step further and incorporate Brainspotting and Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE)™. These Intensive sessions last at least two full days and may be expanded into longer sessions if needed.

• People who want faster results than they’ve gotten in traditional therapy – days rather than months.
• People who don’t have time on a weekly basis to go to therapy.
• People want to address core issues and get deep and lasting results.
• People who have difficulty managing symptoms in-between weekly sessions and want to get to the underlying causes of the symptoms.

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Many life experiences bring people to Intensive Session Treatment:

• Recent traumatic incident or a single incident – car accident, witnessing or experiencing public violence
• Multiple traumatic experiences, including chronic childhood trauma
• Traumatic medical experiences
• Loss of a child
• Struggling with life decisions such as changing careers or ending a relationship
• Many, many others

Every person has a different experience in Intensive Sessions, because each person brings unique life experiences and needs. To help measure and understand the changes that happen with your Intensive Session, we use a few online assessment tools. You complete these before the Intensive, one week after, and again at 3 months after the session. This helps us see changes in mood, behavior, attitude, and motivation.

Costs vary depending on the service and length of session. Please see the About Money page for the full listing of fees.

The things we do in an Intensive Session will vary depending on the length of the session and the goals you’ve chosen. Check out the Intensives Session Daily Plan to get ideas about what your Intensive will be like.

Several things are possible after we finish up our Intensive work together. Toward the end of the session, we develop an Aftercare Plan for you which may include continuing with a weekly therapist. It’s also possible to schedule some short checkins in the coming weeks or another Intensive Session at some point in the future if needed.

The scheduling process starts with a free 20-minute consultation on the phone or on secure video. If we decide we’re a fit to work together, we’ll schedule a 50-minute Intake Session where I will get a better understanding of your goals and needs and also help you prepare for the Intensive. We’ll schedule the Intensive Session at that time.

You can schedule your free consultation by using my secure client portal, calling or emailing, or using the Contact Form on this site.

There can definitely be sticker shock when looking at the costs of intensive treatment initially. Consider the number of hours of therapy, and you’ll see that the hourly rate is comparable to weekly therapies. While there are no guarantees for results of intensive treatment, many people find that they are able to move through much more material in this amount of time compared to what they are able to work through in weekly sessions. This is because we are not starting and stopping, with long pauses in-between. We go there and stay there until you come out the other side.

Online Intensives last between 3 and 21 hours, so your technology setup is important. Here’s a list of what you’ll need…Tech for Intensives