EMDR therapy +EMDR intensives for men and women in Columbus, Ohio.
Certified EMDR therapist in Columbus Oh and surrounding areas helping adult men and women heal from painful experiences such as childhood wounds, PTSD, perinatal trauma. Evidence based therapy with lasting results.
What painful experiences can EMDR therapy + EMDRs intensive can help with?
Mood related struggles - like anxiety, depression, phobias, life transitions, self esteem.
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Maybe you experienced racing heart, racing thoughts, trouble with interacting with others, fear of being rejected or a failure. Perhaps you feel sad, or down, trouble liking yourself. Sometimes life transitions leave us feeling sad or anxious.
Trauma related struggles- PTSD, childhood wounds, fear of abandonment, sexual abuse trauma, trying to raise kids while healing from your own trauma.
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Maybe you experienced a painful event in your past or more recently and you want a safe place to process it. Maybe you cant stop the intrusive thoughts. Are you feeling fearful people will reject you or leave you? Are you feeling like you’re too much or too sensitive? Perhaps you have never talked about your experience, and need a safe space to process.
Perinatal struggles - like birth trauma. an infant loss, miscarriage, NICU stays, post partum anxiety and or depression, parenting stressors.
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Maybe you just had a baby, and you are not feeling like yourself, perhaps the sadness and or anxiety keeps getting worse. Sometimes with postpartum depression or anxiety you can struggle with racing thoughts that keep you up at night or you have trouble resting. Maybe you experienced a traumatic birth or pregnancy/infant loss.
Dissociation and suicidal concerns
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Maybe you have trouble saying in the present moment, staying focused, trouble remember things or your past. Do you feel like you have brain fog more than you want? Maybe you lose track of time or feel disconnected from your body or life. Perhaps you have struggled with not wanting to be here but do not want to end your life.
Maybe you’ve been through something really painful, and it’s still affecting you. Or maybe a big event just happened, like a traumatic birth experience or a trauma/ stressful event and you want a safe place to heal. Or perhaps you have been struggling with repeating patterns in your relationships, or behaviors, and you want a change. Or perhaps you don’t feel good enough, and or feel like too much, feel like a burden or fears of abandonment. Or maybe you’re already doing weekly therapy, but you feel stuck and ready to break through. If any of this sounds like you, a EMDR therapy and/ or an EMDR Therapy Intensive could be a perfect fit.
What is included in a EMDR intensive?
1. Pre intensive interview/ session:
A 90-minute session to determine the goals of the Therapy Intensive and prepare for the experience. We will identify the painful memories, beliefs, emotions, or images from which you are seeking relief.
2. Customized Treatment
The Therapy Intensive sessions take place at the office or virtually, and are scheduled on a Friday for either, 90 minutes, 3 hours or 6 hours. Includes targeted treatment and resourcing activities customized for you.
3. A post intensive follow up session
A 90-minute session to debrief the experience and reflect on areas of insight, relief, and transformation. Discuss your next steps for continued growth and healing.
I will help you..
heal from painful memories. feel more calm and connected, let go of guilt and shame, and feel excited about life again.
Frequently Asked Questions for EMDR intensives
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Therapy Intensives are perfect for people that are ready for relief now. If you’re ready to see things change in your life and your relationships but you don’t want to wait for that to happen next year - a Therapy Intensive may be right for you. If you have a specific topic, trauma, or stressor that you want support with - this can be the focus of your Therapy Intensive. The dedicated time will be customized specifically to you and your goals
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Therapy Intensives are more effective and efficient than normal 50-minute therapy sessions. Typically in a 50-minute session, there are at least 5-10 minutes of “check-in” at the start of the session and usually, 5-10 minutes spent on “closing up” or “checking out” at the end of a session - Leaving only 30-40 minutes for deep therapeutic work. Therapy Intensives are different. A 3-hour Therapy Intensive allows for 2.5 hours of depth work. That’s the equivalent of five 50-minute sessions or more than a month of therapy - in a single day!
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Great question! This depends on your goals for the Therapy Intensive. Some goals can be reached in a 1 3 hour session, or 1 full Day Intensive (6 hours), but other goals are more complex and may require a few more sessions of 90 plus minutes of therapy. I can help you determine the number of days that would work best for your therapy goals.
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Absolutely! Therapy Intensives work very well as an adjunct therapy. I would ask that you sign a Release of Information so that your current therapist and I can collaborate/coordinate to best serve you.
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With the Intensive application of trauma-focused therapy seems to be well tolerated in patients with PTSD, enabling faster symptom reduction with similar, or even better, results, while reducing the risk that patients drop out prematurely. Learn morehere and here.
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.
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EMDR Intensives give you the results you would get from months of therapy in a much shorter period of time. If you add up the cost of weekly therapy, an EMDR Intensive is actually more cost effective. Instead of waiting months, you can get the same results in a few days.
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A 50% non-refundable deposit is due at the time you book your Therapy Intensive. The remaining 50% is due on the day of the Intensive Session.
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Great question. This really depends on the individual, sometimes this is true and sometimes not. With an EMDR intensive, if you start to feel “worse”, we have to the freedom to pause and ground/ reset, before moving forward. With the time constrains with hourly sessions, we dont always have that freedom and it can feel like you are ending the session before things get better.
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Let’s schedule a time to talk! I’m happy to answer any questions and explore your unique situation to see if a Therapy Intensive may be helpful for you.
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You can reach out and schedule a consult call for us to chat and get you on the schedule.
Options and Investment
I offer three options for EMDR intensives, On Fridays.
90 minute sessions
Cost: $300
3 hour sessions
Cost: $600
full day sessions ( 6 hours)
Cost: $1200
The intensity and focus of an intensive mean you can skip the usual “stop-and-start” of weekly sessions. Without the weeklong gaps in between, you’re able to go deeper and make faster progress. This time is all about you, so whether it’s a 90 minute, 3 hour or 6 hour block of time, you’re dedicating space to truly focus on yourself.
Getting deeper faster, can help give you relief you want.
This isn’t just time-efficient—it’s deeply transformational The time you spend on this intensive can translate to real change in your everyday life, bringing you closer to the goals that matter most to you.
For a few hours or a whole day, you could set aside all other responsibilities: unplug, take time off work, time away from the kids. It’s like a personal retreat with therapy as the center, designed to help you feel better faster and make real, lasting changes.
Note: Therapy Intensives are not covered by insurance. Please know that the insurance company requires a diagnosis code as a reason for treatment.
Are you ready…
to feel calm, confident and in control of yourself again?