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EMDR Intensives

Do you need deep healing but have limited time? EMDR intensives offer a focused and immersive experience to process trauma and anxiety at a much faster pace. Ideal for individuals who want to make rapid progress or need to address long-standing issues, these intensive sessions can help you break free from emotional patterns in a short period of time.

Customized virtual EMDR intensives over the course of a few weeks to a few months to experience deep shifts.

 You know it intellectually but not emotionally.

Your body is still reacting despite how much you try to rationalize with it.

EMDR intensives can help because they…

  • Have a clear and customized treatment plan focused on what most needs attention for you to find relief or get unstuck.

  • Give you dedicated, distraction-free time to really focus on your healing.

  • Are more focused than traditional talk therapy and can produce rapid resolution of trauma over just a few sessions.

  • Make space for you to go deep, as you don’t have to worry about being ready to jump back into the demands of “real life” after 60 minutes.

  • Can be more efficient than weekly therapy, as a smaller percentage of time is used opening up and then containing and closing the session.

  • Can facilitate growth that often takes months to experience in weekly hour-long therapy sessions.

  • Can be an excellent adjunct to weekly therapy. Your intensive can be a place where you attend to a core issue or past event, and your weekly therapist can provide continuity of care before and after, as you integrate what you have gained from your intensive.

    What You’ll Gain from an Intensive:

    • Accelerated Healing: Over the course of several hours or days, we’ll dive deep into your emotional experiences to release stored trauma, anxiety, and negative beliefs.

    • Focused Support: Intensive therapy provides concentrated support, allowing you to work through challenges faster and gain significant relief.

    • Customizable Schedule: I work with you to design a schedule that fits your needs.

Research shows intensives work.

Intensive EMDR therapy seems to be well received and show similar, or even better results than weekly therapy, while reducing the risks of ending the healing process prematurely. Learn more here and here.
  • When EMDR was first developed by Francine Shapiro it was developed within 90-minute sessions or more. Unfortunately insurance companies limit sessions to 60-minutes. I have found that 60-minute EMDR sessions can feel more overwhelming to individuals due to the repeated opening and closing of distressing material and slowing shifts over the course of many months or years, as opposed to weeks or days. That is why I began offering intensives.
  • Intensive EMDR treatment is feasible and is indicative of reliable improvement in PTSD symptoms in a very short time frame. Learn more here.
  • An intensive program using EMDR therapy is a potentially safe and effective treatment alternative for complex PTSD. Learn more here.
  • The economy is compelling: even compared to other trauma therapy, the intensive format may decrease treatment time, because of time not spent on a) checking in at the beginning of each session, b) addressing current crises and concerns, c) focusing on stabilizing and coping skills that the client won’t need after trauma healing, or d) assisting the client in regaining composure at the end of the session. Learn more here.
EMDR and somatic therapy for anxiety, panic, self-esteem, highly sensitive people, phobias, in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Beacon Hill, Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Frequently asked questions about emdr intensive sessions

FAQs

  • EMDR Intensives are extended EMDR sessions of 2+ hours. These extended sessions allow more time to settle into the work and experience profound shifts within the nervous system. Rarely do we get to settle in and longer sessions allow a spaciousness and depth that cannot be found in hour-long weekly therapy.

  • You are are ready to deep work to move through what is keeping you stuck. Maybe you find the weekly too slow or not fitting for your schedule or lifestyle and you want to feel relief faster. You know you enjoy space carved out to do deep healing work. You want a customized support program and personalized and committed attention from your practitioner on your specific challenge area.

    During our intake with one another we will determine if this format is a good fit for you.

  • Each EMDR Intensive program will be personalized to you. It is not a one-size-fits-all. We will begin with one 90-minute intake/assessment session and then we will determine the best intensive structure for you (often this looks like four 2-hr long sessions over the course of a few weeks to a few months. Then we will wrap up with one 90-minute follow up session to summarize learning and growth and determine next steps. Each intensives includes a personalized workbook that will be a resource for you before, during, and after the intensive work is complete.

    Learn more.