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EMDR Intensives

What is EMDR Intensive Therapy?

EMDR Intensive Therapy offers a more accelerated approach to healing compared to standard EMDR sessions. Instead of attending weekly one-hour counseling sessions, this method involves dedicating a substantial amount of time, such as 3 hours or even 3 days, to focused therapeutic work. This approach allows for a more concentrated experience of EMDR's benefits, without the interruptions between sessions. It facilitates a deeper exploration of issues and can help clients feel better faster.

How does it work?

Before starting the EMDR Intensive, we conduct a Pre-Intensive Interview to determine the goals for the session. This involves assessing your current life situation, including your support network, stress factors, coping mechanisms, and areas where you seek relief, growth, or change. The EMDR Intensive itself focuses on two main goals: 1) Reducing the impact of distressing experiences in your life, and 2) Enhancing the positive aspects. We achieve this through EMDR Reprocessing and supportive activities like grounding skills. guided meditation, and somatic methods. The focus of the session may vary depending on your personal journey, ranging from exploring early life relationships (such as attachment issues) to more future-oriented goals. This process is highly personalized. Following the EMDR Intensive, we hold a Post-Intensive Interview to discuss the most impactful aspects of the session and how you can integrate these insights into your life. I encourage sharing these revelations with important people in your life, so they can partner with you and celebrate your progress!

Why EMDR Intensives?

  • Accelerated Healing: EMDR Intensives can offer a more rapid healing process compared to traditional, spread-out therapy sessions. This format can be particularly beneficial if you are looking to work through their issues more quickly.

  • Focused Therapy: With longer, more concentrated sessions, you have the opportunity to delve deeper into issues without the interruptions that come with weekly sessions. This can lead to more profound therapeutic insights and breakthroughs.

  • Convenience: Are you really busy? For those with busy schedules or difficulties in attending regular therapy sessions, EMDR Intensives provide a way to receive therapy in a more compact time frame, making it a more convenient option.

  • Handling Significant Events or Traumas: If you have experienced a particularly distressing or traumatic event, an EMDR Intensive can provide a focused environment to address and process these experiences thoroughly and effectively.

  • Preparing for Life Changes: EMDR Intensives can be an effective way to prepare for significant life events or transitions, providing emotional and mental support to better navigate these changes, like getting married or having. a baby

  • Building on Previous Therapy: If you have had positive experiences with EMDR in the past, intensives can build upon previous therapy work, allowing for deeper exploration and further progress in your therapeutic journey.

  • Breaking Through Plateaus: If you feel stuck in your regular therapy sessions, an EMDR Intensive can offer a different approach to help you break through these plateaus and make further progress.

  • Personalized Approach: These intensives allow for a more tailored and personalized therapeutic experience, which can be more effective for your specific needs and healing processes.

EMDR Intensives help:

  • Survivors of sexual trauma

  • Painful childhood experiences

  • Recovering fro abusive relationships

  • Religious trauma & spiritual abuse

  • Medical trauma or chronic illness

  • Chronic Pain, including pelvic pain

  • Releasing shame

  • Neurodivergent and/or Highly Sensitive adults who want to process overwhelming or overstimulating experiences

What does an EMDR Intensive include?

Pre-Intensive Interview

A 90-minute session to determine the goals of the EMDR Intensive and prepare for the experience. We will identify the painful memories, beliefs, emotions, or images from which you are seeking relief.

Customized Treatment Program

The EMDR Intensive sessions take place virtually and are scheduled for 1-3 days for 3 hours each day. Includes targeted treatment and resourcing activities customized for you.

Personalized treatment workbook

The workbook includes assessments and activities to prepare for the Intensive. The workbook allows you keep a record of progress on your treatment goals before, during, and after our sessions.

Post-Intensive Interview

A 90-minute session to debrief the experience and reflect on areas of insight, relief, and transformation. Discuss your next steps for continued growth and healing.

Ready to kickstart the healing process?

Options & Investment

1 Day

Starting at $2250

  • 8 hour program

  • 6 face-to-face hours

  • Resources, assessments, & personalized treatment workbook

  • Weekday & weekend availability

2 Day

Starting at $3000

  • 11 hour program

  • 9 face-to-face hours

  • Resources, assessments, & personalized treatment workbook

  • Weekday & weekend availability

3 Day

Starting at $3900

  • 14 hour program

  • 12 face-to-face hours

  • Resources, assessments, & personalized treatment workbook

  • Weekday & weekend availability

Frequently Asked Questions

EMDR Intensives

  • What is EMDR Therapy?
    EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It is a form of therapy that helps people heal from trauma or other distressing life experiences. Experiencing trauma can affect the brain's natural ability to recover from distressing events. EMDR therapy is designed to resolve unprocessed traumatic memories through alternating eye movements, sounds, or taps. EMDR therapy has been extensively researched and has demonstrated effectiveness for trauma.
  • How can EMDR therapy help?
    Our brains have a natural way to recover from traumatic memories and events. While many times traumatic experiences can be managed and resolved spontaneously, they may not be processed without help. Stress responses are part of our natural fight, flight, or freeze instincts. When distress from a disturbing event remains, the upsetting images, thoughts, and emotions may create feelings of overwhelm, of being back in that moment, or of being “frozen in time.” EMDR therapy helps the brain process these memories and allows normal healing to resume. The experience is still remembered, but the fight, flight, or freeze response from the original event is resolved.
  • How does EMDR therapy differ from other therapies?
    EMDR therapy does not require talking in detail about the distressing issue or homework between sessions. EMDR, rather than focusing on changing the emotions, thoughts, or behaviors resulting from the distressing issue allows the brain to resume its natural healing process. EMDR therapy is designed to resolve unprocessed traumatic memories in the brain. Part of the therapy includes alternating eye movements, sounds, or taps. For many clients, EMDR therapy can be completed in fewer sessions than other psychotherapies.
  • What is the format and style of this group?
    These groups are didactic and interactive in nature, meaning that the facilitator (a Licensed Psychotherapist) leads and structures the group. Each week, the group facilitator, guides all discussions, and processes, by providing edication, answering questions, and teaching structured exercises, and interventions.
  • Do I have to speak in my group?
    Sharing is not required, however attendees are always given the opportunity to do so, if they yearn for emotional and intimate interpersonal connections.
  • Can I be anonymous?
    These groups are designed as an interactive experience in which participants learn how to connect with vulnerability while gaining insight into emotional needs. Participants have the options to utilize an anonymous Pseudonym faux name if they choose to do so. All participants are kindly asked to have their cameras on to add to the cohesive experience. Our encrypted platform is HIPAA compliant and has full confidentiality secure limited access to registered group attendees only.
  • Do I have to pay now?
    No. Cards are kept on file on an encrypted, secure platform in which are charged the week in which the cycle begins. *Payment plans are available
  • How do I register?
    First, we need you to please complete this brief pre-screening form so that we can reach out to you to schedule a free phone consultation to discuss the group of your choice. After the completion of the phone consultation, we will complete enrollment by sending you the consent forms. After all consent items are completed, you are registered and will receive all of the confidential schedule information and the virtual link to access the 8 – week group.
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