EMDR Intensives
Experience the Tides of Transformation
Serving adults virtually throughout Alaska and Virginia
Maybe you’re here because the challenges of military life have left you drained, overwhelmed, and lost in a fog that refuses to clear.
This weight impacts every aspect of your life – work, relationships, and your own sense of self.
Traditional therapy hasn’t provided the relief you crave, and weekly sessions are beginning to feel like a slow boat on a vast, never-ending sea.
Brief sessions that reopen old wounds and then carrying on with your daily life is overwhelming and expose you to further emotional vulnerability.
If your schedule is unpredictable or you can’t fit in weekly therapy, and you’re tired of “band-aid” options, EMDR intensives might be the right fit for you. These condensed sessions offer a more efficient and cost-effective way to navigate the waters of therapy. It’s time to set sail toward the world of EMDR intensives.
What are EMDR Intensives?
EMDR intensives are a concentrated form of EMDR therapy designed to accelerate your healing journey. It offers a transformative approach that goes beyond traditional therapy, which can take several months or years to see significant progress, requiring a long investment in money, time, and energy. EMDR intensives offer an immersive experience for you to address your specific challenges, find faster relief, and promote lasting change.
Benefits of an EMDR Intensive
Imagine diving deep into the healing process, moving beyond “band-aid” solutions to find lasting relief, inner peace, and regain control over your life. Traditional 60-minute sessions can leave unresolved wounds exposed, heightening symptoms. EMDR intensives offer target-focused, deeper, and accelerated therapy for sustained healing, addressing core issues.
Impact of EMDR Intensives:
- Accelerated Healing: Reprocess distressing memories and symptoms to address issues in less time for faster relief and progress.
- Emotional Management: Support in handling intense emotions, reactions, and negative thoughts, helping you regain balance and take charge of your life.
- Condensed Prep Sessions: More efficient preparatory sessions to streamline the therapy process.
Flexibility: With my entirely virtual practice, you can engage in therapy from anywhere within the states I’m licensed in. Enjoy the convenience of therapy from home or even during a personal retreat, without needing to visit an office.
Why choose intensive therapy?
- Flexible scheduling to fit around unpredictable commitments
- Intensive sessions reduce the need for frequent appointments
- Efficient therapy that fits into a busy lifestyle, helping manage stress and emotional burden
- Focused support for trauma, promoting quicker recovery and adjustment
- Tailored to your specific needs/goals, ensuring a personalized and effective therapeutic experience
- Provides a space to process traumatic experiences, reducing the risk of burnout and maintaining mental health
Other Questions
EMDR intensives are extended sessions (2+ hours with breaks) that provide a deep dive into your healing journey, helping you achieve your goals and experience a fuller sense of living in a shorter timeframe.
Unlike traditional weekly therapy, intensives provide extended, focused work. After our meet-and-greet consultation to determine fit, we start with a pre-intensive intake to assess suitability and make recommendations. We may then begin with a few hourly preparation sessions. Once ready, you can schedule intensives for a single day, weekend, consecutive days, or weeks. These intensives are designed to be completed within 1-4 weeks, based on the agreed-upon treatment plan. This flexible format offers a personalized experience tailored to your needs, schedule, and goals.
Currently, I offer virtual intensives, allowing you to embark on your healing journey from the comfort of your home or any location of your choice in Alaska and Virginia.
Phase 1: Navigating the Waves – Exploring EMDR and Consultation
Complete a pre-screened form and schedule a free consultation to see if we are a good fit and address any questions or concerns.
Phase 2: Toes in the Tide – Assessment and Preparation
During this phase, we are dipping our toes in the water and will conduct an assessment to assess candidacy, address any concerns or questions, and plan next steps, including possible prep sessions, resources, and possibly scheduling the intensive session.
Phase 3: Deep Dive – Intensive Session
Intensive session(s) involves delving into the core traumatic experiences we chose to target in our planning and processing them thoroughly using EMDR therapy and other trauma-informed approaches.
Phase 4: Resurfacing Strong: Post-Intensive Follow-Up and the Waves of Progress
Schedule a follow-up session to assess progress, discuss changes and insights, and establish a mental health maintenance plan moving forward.
EMDR intensives offer support to those who:
- Don’t want to wait weeks, months, or years for progress.
- Prefer to deep dive in and work in bigger chunks.
- Are unable to fit EMDR therapy into their weekly demands.
- Are feeling triggered and overwhelmed in between sessions after talking about their trauma.
- Are a busy parent or a working professional.
- Travel often.
- May be in talk therapy but are looking to work on a specific issue to then return to their primary therapist.
- Are grappling with the impacts of traumatic experiences.
EMDR intensives may not be suitable for:
- Those with certain medical conditions.
- Severe mental health issues or uncontrolled dissociation.
- People who are currently experiencing severe crisis or instability in their lives.
- Recent suicide attempt or hospitalization
- Unstable home situation, work, and/or social support.
- Acute addiction or substance dependency.
- Those who are uncomfortable with intensive therapeutic experiences (longer sessions) may wish to explore other options.
If you’re still unsure, I offer meet-and-greet consultations to help answer any questions or concerns.
You can learn more about EMDR, my approach, and find other FAQs here.
Types of Customized Intensive-Focused Packages
*These are options & recommendations but can be customizable to fit your unique needs
Your Intensive Includes:
Developing your individualized treatment plan
A personalized treatment workbook
Unlimited access to secure chat and online journaling feature
(expect 1-2 responses within 24 business hours)
Reserving your scheduled appointments
Welcome Kit
The Investment
EMDR intensives offer a cost-effective way to invest in your mental health by condensing therapy into a shorter period for profound results. While typically self-pay and not covered by insurance, insurance may cover the Pre-Intensive Intake, prep sessions, and follow-up sessions.
If we decide to work together, we’ll schedule a pre-intensive intake and complete the deposit. This covers your treatment plan, EMDR toolkit, unlimited secure chat access, and appointment reservation.
A credit card on file is required, and payment is due at the time of service. We accept all major credit/debit cards, including HSA/FSA cards and Care Credit. Assistance with out-of-network billing, financing, and payment plans is available.
The Investment Rates:
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Meet & Greet/Consultation
(20 min) FREE -
Pre-Intensive Interview/Intake
(90 min) $200 -
Hourly Rate for Intensives (2-3 hour block) and Follow-up (prep/post-intensive) sessions $175/hr
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*e.g. a 3-hour block costs $525, which breaks down to $175 per hour
*Military/Veterans may qualify for 100% financial assistance via The Headstrong Project. Please inquire to see if you qualify.
*Self-pay discounted rates are provided for First Responders, Active Duty military and TRICARE members.
Research Supporting EMDR Intensive Therapy
Research on EMDR intensives is limited but growing. Studies have shown promising results regarding the effectiveness and efficiency of this approach. Research suggests that this approach can be a valuable and efficient option for individuals seeking trauma-focused therapy. Here are some linked studies: