Intensives

EMDR & IFS

How does an Intensive work?

Preparation Session

We meet for an initial 50-minute Preparation session to discuss your goals for the EMDR or IFS Intensive.  We collaborate to create a customized treatment plan based on your goals and identified trauma, complete assessments, review your Intensives workbook, and create resources for a smooth and safe experience.

Intensive Session

Intensive Sessions are each 3 hours long and are designed to provide more space to process, with appropriate breaks and resources incorporated, and more deeply and accelerate your healing process. You can choose to schedule 1-3 intensive sessions at a time (I don’t recommend more than 3 in 1 week), schedules depending. 

Integration Session

Integration sessions are optional, but highly recommended. We will meet for a follow-up 50-minute session to reflect on the shifts and changes that you have experienced, and identify ways to integrate these shifts more thoroughly into your life going forward.  We can check in on what work still needs to be done and discuss how you’d like to move forward with your treatment.

  • Intensives are a purposeful format for trauma processing that combine several individual sessions into one. Intensives are typically 3 hours long, where trauma work is highly focused, to provide you with intentional time and space to thoroughly heal in a safe way without interruption. I provide both EMDR Intensives and IFS Intensives.

    For successful Intensives, a prior Preparation session(s)* is required, and an Integration session** is strongly encouraged. This is to assure safety, containment, and to best honor the work you do.

    Clients are also provided an Intensives Workbook as part of preparation to ensure a smooth and safe process.

    *A Preparation session(s) is to create a customized treatment plan based on your goals and identified trauma, complete assessments, and to create resources for a smooth and safe experience.

    **An Integration session(s) is to enhance what you learned in the process, and determine further steps if needed.

    Number of Preparation & Integration sessions needed may vary per person, and will collaboratively be decided between us. These can be individually scheduled at my standard session rate.

  • This alternative option may be helpful for individuals who:

    • Have busy lives and/or limited time for weekly therapy

    • Have awareness of their emotions & body sensations when thinking about something stressful or traumatic

    • Feel “stuck” at a point in traditional talk therapy

    • Are overall stable in their lives, and are well-resourced, but have one specific area in which they feel stuck.

    *** Intensives aren’t a suitable option for everyone. We must respect all parts of you, especially the parts of you that may not feel ready to process the identified trauma. Appropriate screening and a collaborative discussion will help us decide together what the best option may be for you. ***

  • Each experience is highly personalized based upon your needs, but generally includes:

    • A free consultation call to determine if Intensives are the best option for you

    • A comfortable, safe environment to engage in the work.

    • Tea, water, snacks, and time for breaks to support you during the session.

    • As appropriate, incorporated somatic exercises, grounding, and resourcing to enhance your experience and maintain safety.

  • Yes, I offer adjunctive therapy. Let’s connect to determine what type of Intensive is right for your client. I offer 1-3 day intensives (3 hours each), after which your client can return to you for ongoing regular therapy.

  • Intensive Half day (3 hours): $600

    • Includes trauma processing as well as scheduled breaks for grounding, water/tea/snacks and resourcing.

    • A 50% non-refundable deposit is due at the time of booking your Intensive to secure your spot, and the remaining 50% is due at the time of the scheduled Intensive.

    Preparation & Integration (50 min): $185

  • For Intensives: There is a 2 week cancellation policy: Any cancellation within 2 weeks of the scheduled Intensive Session and all no-shows will result in full charge without refund.

    For Preparation & Integration sessions: There is a 24-hour cancellation policy: Any cancellations with less than 24-hours notice and all no-shows will result in full charge without refund.

    There is a 2-week cancellation policy: Any cancellation within 2 weeks of the scheduled Intensive will result in full charge of the Intensive without refund.

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