Offering EMDR intensives in Columbus Ohio. Offering in person at my Dublin, OH, Office and Tele Health options available all over the state of Ohio.
What Are EMDR Intensives?
They are longer EMDR therapy sessions that help you move forward with healing faster due to not stopping in between sessions each week. They create more space for healing at your own pace.
What is EMDR? How do I know it’s a good fit for me?
EMDR is an 8 phase approach to therapy. EMDR help us get stuck memories, beliefs, or images unstuck with bilateral stimulation.
EMDR helps individuals process past events, in the present, to help the future.
The 8 phases are:
History taking
Resourcing / Coping skills
Assessment
Reprocessing / Desensitization
Installation of positive beliefs
Body scan
Closure
Re-evualtion
EMDR intensive can help with:
Anxiety
depression
self esteem
pre verbal trauma
PTSD
CPTSD
life transitions
birth trauma/ NICU Stays
Infant loss
a perinatal struggle - including pregnancy and beyond
parenting stress/ reparenting trauma
childhood trauma
a phobia
dissociations concerns
chronic suicidailty
Maybe you’ve been through something really painful, and it’s still affecting you. Or you’ve got a big event on the horizon—a wedding, a new job, becoming a parent—and you want to be mentally and emotionally ready. Or maybe a big event just happened, like a traumatic birth experience or a trauma/ stressing 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 maybe you’re already doing weekly therapy, but you feel stuck and ready to break through. If any of this sounds like you, a 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.
Who can benefit from an EMDR intensive?
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.
Why should I do an EMDR intensive over my regular 53-60 minute session?
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!
How many intensives should I schedule?
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.
If I have a primary therapist, can I still see them while I do an EMDR intensive?
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.
FAQ’s
What does the research say about EMDR intensives?
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.
IS an EMDR intensive really worth my time and money?
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.
When are payments due?
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.
I have heard that with EMDR therapy, it can get worse better it gets better. Is that true?
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.
What if I am interested in an EMDR intensive but not 100% sure yet?
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.
How do we get started?
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?