EMDR Intensives for Trauma and Attachment Healing

An EMDR intensive is a longer-format therapy session designed for focused trauma work. Instead of meeting for 50 minutes, getting settled, beginning the work, and then having to stop just as your system starts to engage, we use a larger block of time to move through preparation, processing, stabilization, and closure with more continuity.

This can be especially helpful when trauma, attachment wounds, or emotional patterns feel too layered for short sessions alone. We are not throwing you into the deep end and calling it bravery. We move at a pace your nervous system can actually tolerate, with careful attention to readiness, consent, and stabilization throughout the process.

EMDR intensives are not for everyone. They are often a better fit for people who need focused, intentional trauma work and have enough stability to engage deeper material with support.

You may be a good fit for an intensive if you:

• Feel stuck in weekly therapy and want a more focused structure
• Have a specific trauma target, attachment wound, or pattern you want to work on
• Struggle with the stop-and-start rhythm of weekly trauma work
• Have a busy schedule, travel demands, or limited availability for weekly sessions
• Want EMDR therapy that includes preparation, pacing, processing, and integration
• Are willing to engage the work honestly without forcing yourself past your limits

During the consultation process, we will talk through whether an intensive makes sense for you. Sometimes the right answer is an intensive. Sometimes it is weekly EMDR therapy, extended sessions, more preparation, or a different level of support. The goal is fit, not pressure.

Weekly therapy can be very effective, especially when someone needs steady pacing, relationship, repetition, and time to build trust. But some trauma work needs more room than a standard session can provide.

When trauma work is spread across shorter sessions, a lot of time can be spent catching up, getting grounded, finding the thread again, and then closing everything down just as the work starts to open. For some clients, that rhythm is fine. For others, it keeps the work fragmented.

An intensive gives us more time to stay with the process. That can allow for deeper preparation, more focused EMDR work, more careful stabilization, and more integration before the session ends. The point is not simply to go faster. The point is to work as directly as your system can tolerate without overwhelming it.

I am easygoing in the room, but focused in the work. No one needs a therapist wound so tightly they squeak. I use humor, metaphors, and plainspoken explanations when they help, because trauma work is hard enough without making the process feel more mysterious than it needs to be.

Underneath that style is a structured, trauma-informed approach. My work is built around a framework I call Psychoarchitecture, which helps us track what is happening in your nervous system, what is overwhelming you, what skills or resources are needed, and what kind of pacing makes deeper work possible.

Part of my role is helping build enough capacity around the work so you are not just white-knuckling your way through trauma processing. When the work feels like too much, we slow down, adjust, stabilize, and work with what your system can actually hold. Good trauma therapy should be direct, but it should not be reckless.

EMDR intensives are offered in multi-hour blocks and may take place over one or more days, depending on your needs, goals, readiness, and schedule. This format is an investment of both time and resources, designed for focused, intentional trauma work rather than open-ended weekly therapy.

A 3-hour focused EMDR intensive starts at $800. A full-week immersive intensive includes 30 hours of work and costs $7,000. Other session lengths and structures can be discussed during the consultation process so we can determine what is clinically appropriate and sustainable.

Before scheduling, we will clarify the structure, fee, expected length, and whether an intensive is the right fit. 

If you are considering an EMDR intensive, the next step is a free consultation. We will talk through what you are looking for, what has or has not helped before, and whether an intensive, weekly EMDR therapy, extended sessions, or another option makes the most sense.

No pressure. Just clarity about what kind of trauma work may fit where you are now.