Sometimes, the hardest part of healing isn’t knowing you need support — it’s feeling like you’ve been carrying the same emotional weight for far too long.
Maybe there’s a specific experience that still feels close, even if it happened years ago. Maybe your mind keeps returning to the same moment, the same fear, the same “what if.” Maybe you’ve done a lot of work already… but something still feels unresolved.
Our EMDR Intensives are designed to help you move through that stuck place with depth, focus, and meaningful momentum.
An EMDR Intensive is a 4-hour, extended therapy session focused on healing and resolution around:
Instead of spreading the work across many short weekly sessions, intensives allow us to create a sustained window of time where deeper processing and relief can occur.
Traditional weekly therapy is an invaluable tool for maintenance and support. However, for deep-seated trauma and chronic stuckness, the standard 55-minute session can inadvertently create a “clinical ceiling.”
Just as the brain begins to access the deeper layers of a traumatic memory, the clock runs out, forcing the nervous system to close down before the work is finished.
EMDR Intensives remove the ceiling. By dedicating extended blocks of time to a single objective, we honor the natural pace of your nervous system rather than the constraints of an appointment book.
An intensive isn’t just more therapy—it is a different kind of therapy. This format allows us to move through the standard 8-phase EMDR protocol with uninterrupted momentum.
Neural Flow State: Extended sessions allow you to enter a “flow state” of processing. This sustained focus enables the brain to make connections between past experiences and present triggers that often remain obscured during shorter sessions.
Reduced “Re-entry” Fatigue: Weekly therapy requires you to open a wound, work on it for 40 minutes, and then quickly patch it up to go back to work or pick up the kids. Intensives reduce this repetitive tax on your energy, allowing for a more thorough cleaning of the wound in one go.
Resolution, Not Just Regulation: While weekly sessions often focus on managing symptoms, intensives are designed for resolution. We aren’t just helping you cope with the weight; we are helping you put it down.
An EMDR Intensive is not a temporary reprieve; it is a recalibration of your nervous system. By staying in the processing phase for an extended duration, we move beyond “managing” distress and toward a fundamental shift in how your body stores the past.
Our intensives are designed to facilitate:
Neurological De-escalation: We don’t just “lower” the volume of a traumatic memory; we aim to strip it of its physiological charge. The memory remains, but the “alarm system” in your body—the racing heart, the tightness in the chest—is deactivated.
Cognitive De-fragmentation: Breaking the cycle of “mental looping” and intrusive thoughts. We help the brain move a memory from the “active/emergency” file into the “historical” file, allowing it to finally feel like it’s in the past.
Somatic Reclamation: Shifting from a state of hyper-vigilance to a baseline of grounded safety. You move from “knowing” you are safe intellectually to feeling safe in your bones.
Internal Re-alignment: Replacing the persistent, negative self-beliefs born from trauma (“I am powerless,” “It was my fault”) with an earned sense of agency and resilience (“It is over,” “I am capable”).
This work is not about erasing the past—it is about reclaiming your present.
Trauma traps the nervous system in a loop of “then,” making it impossible to fully inhabit “now.” An intensive breaks that loop, allowing your brain and body to finally recognize that the danger has passed. You aren’t just moving on; you are moving forward with a nervous system that is finally at peace.
Before your intensive, you’ll meet with one of our senior EMDR-trained therapists for a 55-minute preparation session.
This session allows us to:
You won’t walk into deep work without a roadmap.
Your intensive is a dedicated, structured block of time focused on healing one specific area of distress.
Breaks are built in, pacing is collaborative, and the experience is carefully guided.
This is deep work — but it is not rushed work.
After the intensive, some clients feel complete resolution, while others benefit from additional integration sessions.
We offer follow-up 55-minute sessions to:
You will not be left to figure things out alone afterward.
Your EMDR Intensive is a focused, high-touch therapeutic experience designed to support meaningful progress in a dedicated setting.
The investment for this service is $1,200, which includes both the 4-hour intensive session and the 55-minute pre-intensive planning session with one of our senior EMDR-trained therapists.
Because of the extended time, preparation, and specialized nature of this work, EMDR Intensives are not billable to insurance and are offered as a private-pay service. If additional support is beneficial following your intensive, follow-up sessions are scheduled separately as standard 55-minute appointments and may be eligible for insurance billing, depending on your plan.
We are always happy to help you understand your options so you can move forward with clarity and confidence.
This format is specifically engineered for those who are done with “managing” their symptoms and are ready for a definitive shift. An EMDR Intensive is a high-leverage intervention if you are navigating:
The “Unfinished” Memory: You have a specific event—a loss, an accident, or a betrayal—that still feels “live” in your body. Even years later, the sensory details remain sharp and the emotional charge hasn’t faded.
Acute Foundational Shocks: Processing a single-incident trauma that has knocked you off your baseline, where a rapid return to “self” is a priority.
The Loop of Rumination: You are exhausted by the mental “treadmill” of intrusive thoughts or “should-haves” that talk therapy hasn’t been able to quiet.
Persistent Somatic Anxiety: Your body maintains a state of high alert or “bracing” tied to a specific past experience, even when you know—intellectually—that you are safe.
The Efficiency Gap: You recognize that your progress in weekly therapy has hit a plateau, and you want to bypass months of incremental work to reach a place of deep, integrated resolution.
While intensives are powerful, they are not designed for every situation.
An EMDR Intensive may not be appropriate for:
During your pre-intensive session, we will thoughtfully assess whether this format is clinically appropriate and in your best interest.
Our priority is always safety, pacing, and sustainable healing — not rushing the process.
You don’t have to keep carrying the same emotional burden.
If there is a specific experience or area of distress you feel ready to work through, an EMDR Intensive may offer the focused support and momentum you’ve been looking for.
Reach out today to schedule your pre-intensive planning session and learn whether this approach is right for you.
The cost of the 4-hour EMDR Intensive is $1,200.
Because this is an extended, specialized service, insurance does not cover the intensive block itself. Payment is private pay and due in advance.
Yes. While the intensive session is not billable to insurance, the surrounding care often is.
We’re happy to help you understand what to expect and answer billing questions before you begin.
Before your intensive, you’ll meet with one of our senior EMDR-trained therapists for a preparation session.
During this appointment, we will:
You will not be asked to jump into deep work without a thoughtful foundation.
We’ll guide you through preparation during your pre-intensive session, but in general, we recommend:
Breaks are built into the session, and we will move at a pace that feels steady and supportive.
Yes — absolutely.
Your comfort and regulation are a top priority. We incorporate breaks throughout the 4-hour block so you can:
This is focused therapy, but it is never meant to feel overwhelming or rushed.
Our office space is intentionally designed to feel cosy, warm, calm, and safe.
We want you to feel cared for from the moment you arrive. Your therapist will be attentive to your comfort throughout the session, and the environment will support deep work with a sense of steadiness and ease.
EMDR Intensives are often helpful for people working through:
The intensive format allows for deeper momentum than weekly sessions sometimes provide.
That’s such a normal question — and an important one.
For many people, an intensive feels worth it because it offers something that weekly therapy sometimes can’t: focused time, deeper momentum, and meaningful movement in a shorter window.
If you’ve been carrying a specific memory, experience, or emotional loop for a long time, an intensive can provide:
That said, intensives are not about forcing healing quickly — they’re about creating the right conditions for deeper processing and resolution when the timing and focus are right.
During your pre-intensive session, we’ll help you thoughtfully assess whether this investment makes sense for your needs and goals.
Not always.
While intensives can be powerful, they may not be appropriate for:
Your therapist will help assess fit during the pre-intensive session to ensure this approach is both safe and clinically appropriate.
Many clients experience meaningful relief and progress after the intensive, but healing is also a process of integration.
If needed, we offer follow-up sessions to:
You won’t be left without support once the intensive is complete.
Because EMDR Intensives involve a significant block of dedicated time and clinical preparation, we have a structured scheduling policy.
We appreciate your understanding, as this time is reserved specifically for you and cannot easily be filled on short notice.
The first step is scheduling your pre-intensive planning session with one of our senior EMDR-trained therapists.
From there, we’ll collaborate with you to determine whether an intensive is the right next step and create a plan that feels supportive and personalized.
Reach out today to begin.