Therapy Intensives
Focused EMDR Intensives & Immersive Sessions for Deep Healing
Offered online across British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & The Yukon
For when something big needs space to move.
You may be feeling the urge to go deeper—to process a stuck memory, resolve something unfinished, or return to your body after a long time away.
Maybe you've had a recent psychedelic or spiritual experience and need help anchoring it. Maybe you're preparing for a significant life change—or something inside simply feels ready. But weekly therapy hasn’t offered enough space to meet it fully.
Therapy intensives are a spacious, contained, and attuned way to go deeper—when your system is ready for focused transformation.
What is a Therapy Intensive?
A therapy intensive is a 2 or 3-hour session that offers a focused, immersive space to explore something meaningful
Whether that’s a core memory, unresolved trauma, a spiritual experience, or an emerging transition.
This isn’t a crash course or a retreat. It’s a slow, attuned container where we follow what’s alive—emotionally, somatically, and relationally. You’ll have time to settle in, track your internal experience, move through what’s ready, and return grounded.
Clients often describe it as “three months of therapy in a single day.”
Why Choose an Intensive?
You may be drawn to a therapy intensive if weekly sessions haven’t felt spacious enough—or if something inside is asking for deeper attention.
Something feels ready to move. Whether it’s a memory, emotion, or inner part, you can sense that something is rising—and want to meet it with presence and care.
You’re navigating a transition. Loss, parenthood, endings, spiritual openings, or identity shifts can stir complex emotions that need more time and space to process.
You’ve had a powerful experience. Whether psychedelic, spiritual, or somatic, you’re seeking support to ground, make meaning, or metabolize what emerged.
A pattern keeps repeating. You’ve done the work—but something still feels stuck. Intensives allow us to move deeper into the root of longstanding patterns with more focused attention.
The Cornerstones of How I Work in Therapy Intensives
Spaciousness
Intensives offer the time your system needs to settle, unfold, and integrate. There’s space to truly land, listen inward, and follow what’s ready—without the pressure to “get somewhere” quickly.
Collaborative Process
This work is co-created. I bring tools, presence, and curiosity, while you bring the wisdom of your inner system. We shape the process together, moment by moment.
Trauma-Informed Pacing
Together, we follow the cues of your body and nervous system, not urgency or overwhelm. Safety and attunement come first, always—and nothing gets pushed past what feels manageable.
Integration-Oriented
No matter what we are working with, our focus is on helping your system digest and embody what emerges—so the shifts you feel are real and sustainable.
Depth Before Direction
Rather than fixing or forcing, we follow what emerges—sensations, emotions, parts, or memories—and allow meaning to reveal itself gently, in the right timing.
Embodied Presence
We weave in somatic awareness throughout—so your mind, body, and inner system stay connected as you move through challenging or tender terrain.
EMDR-Focused Intensives
Many clients come for EMDR-focused work—whether for single-incident trauma, childhood memories, or themes that feel "stuck."
This format allows us to:
Identify and target key memories with more space and clarity
Gently move through emotional blocks without feeling rushed
Support your system with ample time for grounding, regulation, and integration
All EMDR work is adapted to your pace. We'll use resourcing and preparation tools beforehand to ensure you feel supported and safe.
What Your Intensives Might Include
Every intensive is customized to your goals, intentions, and nervous system capacity. This is not a rigid protocol—it’s a responsive, attuned process shaped by what you bring and what emerges in the moment.
Depending on your focus, we may integrate:
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EMDR & Somatic Work
With extended time for resourcing and processing, EMDR and somatic therapy can unfold safely and completely. We follow what your body holds and release what’s ready, allowing the past to loosen its grip on the present.
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Inner Child Healing & Parts Work
Longer containers give us space to explore your internal world and the relational field between us. Through IFS, NARM, and attachment repair, we can meet younger parts, rebuild trust, and create new relational experiences in real time.
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Meaning, Ritual & Transition Work
For life thresholds—grief, endings, new beginnings—intensives offer room for symbolic rituals and integration practices that help mark and metabolize change. These moments become embodied, not abstract.
What to Expect From a Therapy Intensive
Therapy intensives unfold in four intentional phases:
1. Initial Consult
We’ll begin with a free 20-minute consult to explore your focus and determine if this format is a good fit for your goals, needs, and nervous system capacity.
2. Preparation
If we decide to move forward, you’ll book a dedicated 60-minute prep session. This allows us to clarify your goals, strengthen internal resources, and ensure your system feels grounded and supported before we begin.
3. Immersive Session
Your intensive can be 2 or 3 hours in one sitting, or two days (4–6 hours total). We’ll move at a trauma-informed pace—guided by your body, not urgency—with breaks woven in to support regulation and integration throughout.
4. Integration
You’ll receive aftercare reflections and a 60-minute follow-up session to support what emerged. This helps the experience settle, deepen, and translate into daily life. Some clients return to weekly therapy; others take time to let the process unfold.
FAQs
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It depends. Some clients use intensives as a standalone, while others use them to complement ongoing work—especially during transitions or breakthroughs.
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No. New clients are welcome to book intensives. We'll start with a consult to ensure it’s a good fit.
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Yes—EMDR is often the focus. We'll ensure you're well-prepared and resourced before doing any trauma processing work. I also draw from somatic, parts-based, and attachment-focused approaches based on your needs.
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A full intensive package is $1,500 for 3 hours or $1,200 for 2 hours. This includes your 60-minute prep session, the intensive itself, and a 60-minute follow-up integration session. Shorter intensives are 2 hours; I no longer offer 90-minute formats.
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I don’t bill insurance directly, but I provide detailed receipts you can submit for reimbursement.
Some plans may cover part of the intensive, though not all will reimburse for extended sessions (like 2–3 hours). I recommend checking with your provider to confirm what’s covered.
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There’s no long-term commitment. Some clients book a single intensive; others choose ongoing sessions or return for periodic deep dives. You’re always in choice.
I’d love to hear from you
If something in you is stirring—an insight, a memory, a shift—you don’t have to navigate it alone.
Therapy intensives offer a focused space to meet what’s ready with care, depth, and support.
Book a free 20-minute consult to explore if this is the right fit.
Let’s make space for what’s asking to unfold.