What to Expect in an Intensive

 

An EMDR Intensive is a focused, personalized therapy experience designed to help you make meaningful progress in a shorter period of time than traditional weekly therapy sessions. Intensives provide dedicated space to address trauma, anxiety, distressing life experiences, negative beliefs, or other emotional challenges without the interruptions that can occur between weekly appointments.

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Prior to, or in the beginning of your intensive, we'll spend time understanding your goals, history, and areas of focus so that your experience is tailored specifically to your needs. Throughout the intensive, you'll be guided through evidence-based EMDR therapy in a supportive, compassionate, and structured environment designed to promote healing and lasting change.

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As part of the intensive process, you'll receive a personalized workbook created specifically for you. This workbook serves as a guide before, during, and after your intensive, helping you clarify goals, reflect on insights, strengthen coping skills, and integrate the work completed during our time together. Many clients find that having a customized resource enhances their experience and provides continued support as they move forward in their healing journey.

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Whether you're seeking relief from trauma, anxiety, PTSD, or long-standing emotional patterns, an EMDR Intensive offers an opportunity to engage in deeper therapeutic work with the time, focus, and support needed to create meaningful transformation.

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Break-down of What Sessions Will Look Like

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4 hour intensive Structure:

Assessment & Goal Setting: 45–60 min

Preparation & Resourcing: 30 min

EMDR Processing: 90–120 min

Integration & Closure: 45–60 min
 

(15 minute break worked in as appropriate)

 

Structure

Assessment & Review: 60 min

Preparation & Resourcing: 30 min

Processing Block 1: 90 min

Break: 15 min

Processing Block 2: 90 min

Break/Lunch: 30 min

Processing Block 3: 60 min

Integration & Closure: 45–60 min

 

 

 

6-Hour EMDR Intensive

 

Ideal For:

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• Religious trauma recovery

• Multiple distressing experiences

• Anxiety and chronic stress

• Shame and guilt

• Negative self-beliefs

• Burnout

• Relationship patterns​

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Structure

 

Component Time

Assessment & Review: 60 min

Preparation & Resourcing: 30 min

Processing Block 1: 90 min

Break: 15 min

Processing Block 2: 90 min

Break/Lunch: 30 min

Processing Block 3: 60 min

Integration & Closure: 45–60 min

 

2 Day Intensive:

Day One

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Assessment Review & Preparation: 60 min

Processing Block 1: 120 min

Break: 30 min

Processing Block 2: 120 min

Integration & Closure: 60 min

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Day Two

Reevaluation & Check-In: 30 min

Processing Block 3: 120 min

Break: 30 min

Processing Block 4: 120 min

Future Template & Integration: 60 min

The two-day format offers a deeply immersive healing experience with space for both processing and integration.

 

3 Day Intensive

 

3-Day EMDR Intensive (6 Hours Per Day)

 

Day 1: Assessment, Preparation, & Initial Processing

 

Focus: Understanding your history, identifying treatment targets, building resources, and beginning trauma processing.

 

• 90 minutes – Comprehensive assessment and treatment planning

• 15 minutes – Break

• 90 minutes – Preparation, resourcing, and stabilization skills

• 60 minutes – Lunch break

• 90 minutes – EMDR processing of primary targets

• 15 minutes – Break

• 60 minutes – Continued processing, integration, and closure

 

 

Day 2: Deep Processing & Core Beliefs

 

Focus: Addressing trauma memories, negative beliefs, emotional triggers, and interconnected experiences.

 

• 90 minutes – Check-in and EMDR processing

• 15 minutes – Break

• 90 minutes – Continued processing of trauma targets

• 60 minutes – Lunch break

• 90 minutes – Processing of additional targets, themes, or core beliefs

• 15 minutes – Break

• 60 minutes – Integration, grounding, and closure

 

 

Day 3: Integration, Identity Reconstruction, & Future Template

 

Focus: Consolidating gains, strengthening adaptive beliefs, and creating a roadmap for continued healing.

 

• 90 minutes – Check-in and final trauma processing

• 15 minutes – Break

• 90 minutes – Continued processing and adaptive belief installation

• 60 minutes – Lunch break

• 90 minutes – Future template, identity work, and values-based healing

• 15 minutes – Break

• 60 minutes – Integration, aftercare planning, and closing session