EMDR Intensives are a more flexible model of therapy to provide you with the support you need quickly and effectively. EMDR intensives are focused personalized treatment plans that zone in on specific goals. My goal as an Intensive EMDR Therapist is to help you get relief faster and more efficiently, so that you can get back to living your life instead of spending months or years in therapy. 

Perhaps you have been making progress with your primary therapist but you are noticing that the cognitive shifts and the emotions or body sensations still seem stuck. This can be frustrating and confusing. EMDR Intensives can help to un-stick those feelings that don’t make cognitive sense. We can work together in collaboration with your primary therapist to pinpoint what we need to focus on with EMDR to remove those roadblocks and keep your progress flowing.

Perhaps your schedule does not allow for weekly therapy appointments, or you just don’t have space for spending months of time in therapy to address your treatment goals. EMDR Intensives can bring relief quickly when you need it most.

Feel better faster, sounds great, right? So, how does it work?

EMDR Intensives are extended sessions (3 hours each session). This allows us sufficient time to dive deep into the issues and get a lot of work done in one session before sending you on your way. When we can do this for two, three or four sessions that’s MONTHS of traditional 1-hour weekly therapy sessions progress within just a few days time. 

EMDR Intensive Program Offerings 

EMDR Intensive Programs are specialized to meet your needs. 

Typically an EMDR intensive program consists of 2 – 4 intensive (3 hour) sessions.

What is included in an EMDR Intensive Program?

• 90 minute intake appointment (virtual)
• 3-hour EMDR intensive appointment 2-4x (in person or virtual)
• 30 minute follow up appointment (virtual)

What can we address during an EMDR intensive programs?

During 2-3 days of EMDR intensive sessions we can often address:

• Very specific traumatic events
• Recent traumatic events (within the past 6 months)
• Other significant events that currently cause you distress. 
• Accelerated resourcing and coping skills development 

During 4 days of EMDR intensive sessions we can often address:

• More extensive or persistent traumatic events
• Some specific goals with complex trauma 
• Negative cognitions / beliefs
• Parts work (IFS informed) and EMDR with a specific goal in mind

Complex Trauma Deserves Specialized Attention

How do EMDR intensives look different for treating complex trauma (CPTSD)?

Typically, with clients who want to heal complex trauma (CPTSD) through an intensive model we likely need more time than 2-3 sessions. 

• This is where customizing the program to YOUR specific needs is most important. At the end of the 90-minute intake appointment, we have a pretty good idea of how many intensive sessions will be needed to address your ideal therapy goals.
  
  
• 90 minute intake appointment (virtual)
• 3-hour EMDR intensive appointment 3-5x (in person) For complex trauma this is a starting point
• 2-hour EMDR intensive appointment 2-4x (in person), 
• 30 minute follow up appointment (virtual)

What is different during an EMDR intensive program working with complex trauma (CPTSD)?

When working with complex trauma, we are likely also tending to early attachment wounds and parts of self who have worked in certain ways for a very long time to help you survive. For EMDR to be effective, we must first use parts work (IFS, ego state, etc) to ensure that we have cooperation and consent from all parts of self before starting to use EMDR to target the vulnerable memories that those parts hold. 

During the first three intensive sessions we are spending most of the time resourcing, establishing trust, doing IFS-informed parts work and getting your entire system ready to do EMDR reprocessing. 

Having the three hour sessions on the front end of the process really allows for us to have sufficient time to create the foundation needed for all parts of self to be receptive to the EMDR reprocessing. 

Then, we are able to move into the reprocessing phases of EMDR while continuing to integrate attachment and IF informed parts work. Once we get momentum here, that's typically when we shift to the two hour long sessions instead of three. This also allows for more customization and pacing of the work that matches your needs best. 

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