In-person in Orlando, FL
EMDR Intensives
Focused trauma treatment tailored to your needs. One and two-day formats available for accelerating change in a comforting environment.
An intensive format may be right for you if:
You want to dig into processing, but need your weekly sessions to focus on present day issues.
You have an upcoming event encouraging you to address past trauma head-on.
You prefer the convenience of teletherapy, but want truama processing to at least start in person.
You already find EMDR incredibly helpful, but day-today issues interfere. Intensives allow concentrated focus on EMDR by design avoiding the distraction of the concerns better dealt with in weekly sessions. EMDR can also make daily concerns less triggering and easier to deal with overall.
You’re seeking deeper, more concentrated healing.
You have been open to EMDR in the past and may have benefitted already, but haven’t quite processed some salient trauma or haven’t addressed it at all due to other issues. An upcoming life event or transition has made it clear that it is time to dig in and you want to clear it up to see what may be next.
You have benefitted from teletherapy, and have wanted to address truama with EMDR, but it feels daunting, awkward, or less-than-ideal online. While EMDR is absolutely effective in a variety of formats, intensives can make the experience more acccessible and effective for later work.
Perhaps you find it easier to relax in person, or find ways to distract from digging in to more difficult material during a 50 minute session. Maybe you are slow to warm up or life is too busy to feel safe with working on something so tough for a short period of time and then having to return to your daily responsiblities. The intensive format encourages relaxing into the process in a deeper way for sa longer period of time, with hours inbetween to rest and incorporate healing.
Healing on your timeline.
EMDR intensives can help you accomplish in one session what may take months or years of weekly sessions.
What is an intensive?
Unlike weekly sessions that last 50-55 mintues and occur only once or twice a week, EMDR intensives last 4-8 hours over the course of one or two days. These intensives allow targets to be processed in a more streamlined fashion and often can jumpstart the healing process considerably. We will prepare for the session content during sessions via teletharpy the weeks prior to set expectations and clarify goals. In my pradctice, these sessions occur exclusively in person and I offer them only once a month and in Orlando, FL.
We will schedule a Friday and/or the following Monday to meet and work through the targets discussed. The details can be flexible and discussed during sessions before-hand.
EMDR intensives use all the same EMDR processes and allow time for adding more specific work as needed such as parts related work, installations of positive future templates, and recent event protocls when appropriate. If you are already familair with EMDR, you will know what to generally expect and if not, we can disucss that well on advance in order to assure an intensive is right for you.
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Pre-Intensive Assessment
We will discuss your reasons ao engage in an intensive, if the process makes sense for your particualr situation, and set goals and expectations. We will also confirm timing, dates, length of the sessions, and address and concerns. If you are being referred to EMDR from a more traditional talk therapist for the intensive, we can discuss if you wish for me to provide a summary afterwards.
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Intensive
Session
We will start the session like a normal therapy session. The best part about the intensives is that there is no need to rush. We will address any other issues or concerns that may be lingering and then starting EMDR processing. We will take breaks as we need them and end with plenty of time for containing and assuring you leave the office as peacefully as possible.
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Post-Intensive Follow-Up
We will schedule at least two follow up sessions to discuss progress, gains, and next steps. Some people choose to return for another intensive in a few months. Others feel more comfortable tyo comtinue EMDR via teletharapy or work on day to day issues now that cetain targets are processed. If you are returning to a referrring therapist for traditional talk therapy, I will proivde a summary if that was agreed upon prior.
What you get:
✓ Evidence-based treatments
✓ Preparation & customized treatment plan
✓ Comfortable, inviting space with a therapist you trust
✓ Continued treatment for past wounds and present concerns
Your Options
Choose the right format for you.
Intensives are offered in two formats
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2 day intensives occur one Friday/Monday a month. We will meet Friday morning with a planned 4 hour session. We can break for lunch, but many people prefer to work straight through with a few 5-10 minutes breaks throughout. 10a-2p works well for many people, but starting later is also an option. I recommend flying in the night before it possible.
We will work on assuring a smooth transition out of session and then meet again Monday morning. This allows processing to have some effects between Friday and Monday and gives us the opportunity to address any issues and complete or continue processing. Due to the proximity of my FL office to Orlando, many people choose to spend the weekend relaxing knowing they are putting extra effort into their healing.
Investment: $1600 -
One day intensives occur on either a Friday or Monday and are scheduled for 6-8 hours. This is a more intense schedule and only recommended for individuals who are stable and have social support with them or live in the FL area.
Investment: $1200 for current clients
Advance your healing journey.
FAQ’s
Other intensive questions? I’ve got answers.
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EMDR is a methodology that allows a person to approach painful memories in a safe, calm, non-linear manner while reducing painful reactivity. Studies have shown memories processed with EMDR can move from activating the emotional centers of the brain to the memory centers, where they should be stored, causing less pain and distress. It is often combined with “ego-state” work to provide powerful tools to work on releasing the intensity and pain attached to a memory and shifting unhelpful (and often untrue) beliefs about oneself that have gotten stuck due to the pain of the past.
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Intensives are focused on trauma treatment using EMDR in a concentrated format. Traditional therapy sessions occur only once or twice a week and for less than an hour requiring a lot of starting and stopping of the process. Intensives allow for the process to proceed with fewer interruptions. The format also reduces the interference of daily problems that often take up a good deal of processing time in session.
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I evaluate all candidates for intensives and we will discuss the process in detail, address concerns, assess readiness, and openly discuss if the format is likely to help you in the ways you hope.
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Intensives focus on treating both “little t” and “big T” traumas that EMDR has been proven effective at addressing effectively in so many clients. Intensive EMDR sessions can be focused on both acute, intense traumatic incidents and chronic, painful injuries that lasted for years causing traumatic reactivity.
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Most of the preparation will happen in therapy sessions prior to meeting for the intensive. EMDR is a process that is best contained within the session. You can prepare for your intensive by getting a good night’s rest, even if you can’t sleep, eating well the day before, bringing some snacks and any comfort items that you would normally want during EMDR such as a fidget spinner, you favorite tea, or slippers for the office.
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Insurance will cover sessions prior to the intensive if it already covers your therapy appointments with me. I provide superbills for you to submit to your insurance for intensives, but it will likely only cover a portion of the expense. This can also be discussed in sessions prior to committing.
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I require 48 hours prior the start of the intensive to avoid a cancellation charge. Cancellation charges are $200 with less than 48 hour notice. Emergencies are evaluated on an individual case basis.