Why choose an EMDR Intensive?

  • Provides focused, uninterrupted therapy that can be as effective as several weekly sessions.

  • Structured to be trauma-informed and paced to your needs, ensuring emotional and nervous system safety.

  • Ideal for clients who prefer deeper work in a shorter period due to scheduling, travel, or life demands.

  • Can be scheduled on weekends.

What to expect

  • A typical session lasts 4–6 hours, with breaks included.

  • Sessions are scheduled over 1 to 2 consecutive days, depending on your goals and availability.

  • Each session is individualized, tailored to your specific experiences and therapeutic needs.

  • Post-session integration and optional follow-up sessions are recommended to support ongoing progress.

To Get Started, you can Book a Complimentary 1-hour Introduction & Assessment Session

All EMDR intensives begin with a brief introductory discussion to discuss your goals and ensure the approach is a good fit for you. This is followed by a 45-minute assessment and psychoeducation session, After the initial assessment, a full intensive can be scheduled.

EMDR Intensives.

EMDR intensives are longer, individualized sessions designed to help you work through trauma, phobias, or challenging behavioral patterns in a concentrated and safe way. Lasting 4–6 hours each day, and often scheduled over 1–2 days (which can include weekends), these sessions provide focused time for processing, stabilization, and skill-building. This approach can help you make significant therapeutic progress more quickly than traditional weekly sessions, supporting your healing efficiently while pacing the work to your needs.

Who can benefit?

  • Individuals dealing with trauma or complex trauma

  • People struggling with phobias, anxiety, or persistent patterns of behavior

  • Those who want to accelerate progress and make therapeutic breakthroughs in a shorter time frame

How it works

  • Assessment & Goal Setting – Each intensive begins with a detailed clinical assessment to understand your history, current symptoms, and therapy goals. This helps ensure the session is tailored to your needs.

  • Building Safety & Stabilization – Before processing trauma, the focus is on establishing emotional and nervous system safety, teaching grounding, coping strategies, and resources to support you throughout the session.

  • EMDR Processing – Once safety is in place, the work engages in structured EMDR processing using bilateral stimulation to help your brain integrate distressing memories and reduce symptoms.

  • Integration & Psychoeducation – The session includes ongoing psychoeducation, reflection, and stabilization techniques to help you process experiences safely and support long-term healing.

  • Pacing & Breaks – The session is carefully paced with breaks as needed, ensuring that intense material is handled in a manageable and trauma-informed way. Sessions begin with an assessment, brief check-in, and stabilization, ensuring you feel safe and supported.

  • The bulk of the session focuses on EMDR processing, which involves structured bilateral stimulation to help your brain integrate and resolve stuck or distressing memories.

  • Psychoeducation and coping strategies are integrated throughout to support nervous system regulation and long-term stability.

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