EMDR Intensive

Concentrated therapy to accelerate healing & growth.

Unhurried time to process trauma and heal negative beliefs

Does it feel like weekly 60 minute therapy simply hasn’t been enough to help you live the life you want?

Through other methods of therapy you might have experienced the following:

  • You understand new insights intellectually but struggle to use them emotionally and physically in your daily life?

  • You find yourself overwhelmed by a hectic schedule, making weekly therapy appointments feel burdensome or even impossible?

  • You might be frustrated by long waitlists for traditional therapy options?

  • You are seeking rapid and intensive support to address your needs effectively?

  • You have preference for deep-dive therapeutic approaches, which allow more to be covered in an intensive than in a standard therapy session?

Revamping traditional weekly therapy to fit your individual needs.

EMDR Intensive FAQs

  • EMDR Intensives are personalized treatment plans that allow you to skip the waitlist by giving you faster access to select spots, and are designed to support your preferred schedule and timeline for your treatment goals.

    EMDR Intensives allow the opportunity to progress through your symptoms and concerns in a more succinct and focused way without the interruption of a 50-minute session. Sessions during the Intensive would be 3-4 hours per day (1.5 to 2hrs at a time) for multiple days.

    An intensive format may decrease overall treatment time because of time not spent on:

    • checking in at the beginning of each session

    • addressing current crises and concerns

    • focusing on stabilizing and coping skills that clients won’t need after healing

    • assisting clients in regaining composure at the end of the session because this is built into the work and at times not even needed

  • Before we get into the Intensive (the part where you’ll engage in EMDR), we’ll meet for a Pre-Intensive Interview to determine the goal(s) of the time we’ll have together. We will look at what your life looks like now (what things are currently stressful in your life, what does your support system look like, how do you cope when you’re overwhelmed with big emotions and uncomfortable physical sensations), and places that you want relief, growth, or to take a big step forward.

    During the Intensive we simultaneously work on decreasing the pain you’re feeling while also increasing your ability to connect with more enjoyable feelings, thoughts, and memories. We do this with deep-level brain processing with EMDR, and learning which specific coping strategies work best for you.

    Depending on where you are in life and your goal(s) for the Intensive, we may spend time processing relationships and events of your past or present, or your worries for the future. This process is very personal and customized to you.

    After the EMDR Intensive, we’ll meet for a Post-Intensive Interview to reflect on what you processed and learned, what was meaningful to you, and how do you let these new insights and shifts permeate into more of your life moving forward.

    • You want to experience deep therapeutic work that can change your life quickly.

    • You had a painful or uncomfortable experience that is still impacting you today.

    • You have some time off of work or school, and you want to use some of your time for a mental spa day.

    • You have done EMDR before and found it helpful for healing and moving through life without feeling weighed down.

    • You want to prepare yourself for a big life event (a wedding, moving somewhere new, becoming a parent, starting a new job or school).

    • You already go to weekly therapy and you feel stuck or on the verge of a break through. You may want to do an Intensive as a supplement to your weekly therapy.

  • Weekly therapy typically includes:

    10-15 minutes of checking in from the last session

    20-30 minutes of EMDR processing

    10-15 minutes of closing the session. You might spend a month working on one specific stressor, costing around $1,000 for the 4 weekly therapy sessions.

    But realistically, stuff comes up between sessions, you don’t want to work on processing the next session, and session focus week-to-week might shift significantly.

    So you might actually be in weekly therapy for multiple months ($1,000 x’s # of months) and still not feel fully resolved in the thing causing you stress right now.

    Intensive therapy typically includes:

    10-15 minutes of checking in, establishing session focus

    160-210 minutes of EMDR processing

    10-15 minutes closing the session

    You might fully resolve one or multiple stressors within half a day, costing around $1500 for the 2-3 hours of EMDR processing is equivalent to at least double that amount of talk therapy sessions so you’re doing more work, in less time, needing less therapy overall.

    • You feel better, sooner.

    • You spend less on symptom-managing medications (that weren’t really working anyway).

    • You don’t have to keep taking time off of work or paying for childcare to attend your sessions.

  • Personalized EMDR intensives are half-day to whole-day programs that include a customized treatment plan specific to your goals. Fees are based on your needs and program design, and are communicated ahead of time in accordance with the No Surprises Act.

    Intensive sessions are typically $200-hour, and may be eligible for partial reimbursement using out-of-network benefits.

    One Day EMDR Intensive package which include 6 Hours of concentrated therapy (intake session, 3hr intensive session, 1hr integration session) start at $1,200.*

    Half Day EMDR Intensive Package which include 3 hours of concentrated therapy (Intake session, 2hr intensive session, 1hr integration session) start at $600.

    I offer free consultations to discuss your needs and interest in a personalized intensive program including discussion of different hour needs for intensive that fits your schedule.

    *For current clients looking to add on therapy intensives to their care, please note your rate may be different.