EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence based trauma treatment that helps the brain reprocess distressing memories, emotions, moments, negative beliefs, and emotional patterns so they no longer feel as triggering, overwhelming, or impactful to you.

We use bilateral stimulation (which activates the right and left centers of the brain) - like eye movements, tapping, and/or sound - to help the brain “digest” stuck experiences and build new, adaptive beliefs.

It’s not about reliving trauma or old memories, but creating new pathways of safety, self-trust, and emotional regulation.

While originally developed for PTSD, EMDR is also highly effective for:

• Anxiety and chronic stress

• Attachment wounds and relationship issues

• Low self-worth and inner criticism

• People-pleasing and perfectionism

• Burnout and emotional overwhelm

• Life transitions or grief

• Childhood experiences that still feel unresolved

• Body image issues

You don’t need to have a single “big trauma” for EMDR to be helpful. It’s often the smaller, repeated moments of disconnection or invalidation that leave the deepest imprint - and EMDR helps you shift those patterns at the root.

To learn even more about it, read more here

Traditional therapy typically takes place in 50-minute sessions. While that format works well for many people, it can sometimes feel limiting - especially when you’re just beginning to access something important. You might hit a breakthrough or emotional opening… and then time is up. The process pauses, and you wait another week to re-enter it.

Intensives are different.

Instead of working in small increments, we create a spacious, uninterrupted container where your healing becomes the sole focus. There is time to go deeper - without feeling rushed, cut off, or fragmented.

With longer sessions, your nervous system has the opportunity to fully settle, process, and integrate. We’re not squeezing meaningful work into a tight window. We can move at the pace your body and mind actually need.

Intensives also allow us to intentionally build resources before diving into deeper processing. That might include:

• Grounding and stabilization skills

• Nervous system regulation work

• Mindfulness and somatic practices

• EMDR preparation or reprocessing

• Time for reflection and integration

Because intensives are personalized and customized, we have flexibility. If you want more time practicing skills, exploring specific relational patterns, or deepening into a particular memory or theme - we can. We’re not confined by the clock.

For many clients, this format creates meaningful momentum that can take months to reach in traditional weekly therapy.

Intensives are best suited for individuals who are ready to focus deeply on one or two meaningful areas - whether that’s a specific trauma memory, a recurring relational pattern, or the chronic over-giving, hyper-responsibility, and self-abandonment that’s left you exhausted and resentful.

You don’t need to be “fully healed.”
You don’t need to have everything figured out.

But you do need to feel emotionally stable enough to engage in deeper, sustained work.

Intensives are not designed for active crisis stabilization or situations where safety is uncertain. They are most effective when you have a baseline ability to regulate and a desire to move beyond insight into embodied change.

You might be a strong fit if:

• You’re the strong one - but underneath, you feel depleted

• You over-function in relationships and struggle to receive support

• You intellectually understand your patterns, but your nervous system still defaults to bracing, fixing, or fawning

• You feel stuck in resentment, self-doubt, or chronic guilt

• You want to rebuild self-trust - not just understand why you lost it

• You’re ready for focused momentum rather than incremental weekly progress

Whether we’re targeting trauma reprocessing through EMDR or interrupting the over-giver cycle and rebuilding self-trust at a nervous system level, intensives create the space to go deeper - and integrate what shifts.

We’ll determine together during your consultation whether this format feels aligned and supportive for you.

Intensive therapy is offered on a private pay basis and is not covered by insurance or eligible for out of network reimbursement.

Focused Intensive (6–8 hours total)
Starting at $1,750

Deep Healing Intensive (9–12 hours total)
Starting at $3,200

Extended Multi-Day Intensive (15–20 + hours total)
Starting at $5,500

The final investment depends on the number of hours, whether we meet virtually or in person, and any additional integration or booster sessions you choose to add.

Full pricing details are reviewed during your consultation so you can choose the structure that best fits your needs.

When you book an intensive, I reserve a significant amount of dedicated time exclusively for you. This includes:

• Holding extended session hours

• Reserving private office space for in-person intensives

• Preparing personalized materials and treatment planning

• Clearing my schedule so I can show up with full presence and capacity

Because of the time, preparation, and energy required to thoughtfully plan and hold an intensive, a 50% non-refundable deposit is required to secure your dates. This protects the time we are setting aside and allows me to prepare fully for your work.

The remaining balance is due by the day of your intake session.

Payment plans may be available for multi-day intensives upon request. All details will be reviewed together during your consultation to ensure the structure feels clear and supportive.

That’s absolutely okay. Many clients participate in intensives while actively working with another therapist!

Intensive therapy can complement your ongoing weekly work by allowing you to focus deeply on a specific stuck point - whether that’s trauma processing, a relational pattern, or a persistent over-giving cycle that hasn’t fully shifted.

Rather than replacing your current therapy, an intensive often creates focused momentum that you can continue integrating with your primary therapist afterward.

With your written permission, I’m happy to coordinate care or provide a brief summary to your therapist to support continuity and integration.

If you do not currently have a therapist and would like ongoing support after your intensive, I’m happy to provide referrals - or we can discuss whether continuing to work together feels clinically appropriate.

No. EMDR, IFS, and somatic work is are the integrative modalities I offer, but it is not required!

I often use EMDR in intensives because the extended format allows enough time for proper preparation, processing, and integration - something that can feel limited in a traditional 50-minute session. However, EMDR is not the right fit for everyone, and we will always choose the approach that feels most supportive for you.

If your focus is something like codependency, people-pleasing, perfectionism, anxiety, or rebuilding self-trust, we may instead spend time:

• Identifying the roots of these patterns

• Understanding how your nervous system learned to over-function or fawn

• Practicing regulation and somatic resourcing

• Engaging in mindful self-compassion work

• Exploring attachment dynamics

• Role-playing boundary-setting and relational repair

Even when we are addressing trauma, EMDR is not the only path. There are many effective, trauma-informed approaches we can use.

What makes intensives powerful is not just the modality - it’s the depth and continuity. The longer format allows us to stay with breakthroughs instead of stopping mid-process.

It gives us time to practice new skills in real time and to build nervous system capacity, rather than just talking about it conceptually.

Your intensive will be tailored to your goals, history, and readiness. We will decide together what approach feels most aligned.