Counseling Intensives

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Counseling Intensives offer a focused, time-limited, goal-oriented approach for individuals who want dedicated space to work more deeply on a specific concern. By setting aside an extended period of time, we are able to explore patterns, underlying experiences, and areas of distress without the limitations of a traditional weekly session.

For some clients, this concentrated format can provide greater continuity and momentum, particularly when addressing trauma, attachment wounds, grief, recurring emotional patterns, or a concern that feels ready for deeper attention. Rather than repeatedly stopping and restarting the work from week to week, an intensive allows us to remain engaged with the therapeutic process for a longer period of time.

Each intensive is personalized to the individual and may incorporate EMDR, biofeedback, ego state work, attachment-focused approaches, and other therapeutic modalities as appropriate. The goal is not to rush the healing process, but to create enough time and space for meaningful exploration, insight, and movement toward change.

A Counseling Intensive is not intended to be a retreat or simply time away. It is an opportunity to intentionally turn inward and devote focused attention to yourself, your story, and the areas of your life that may need care. Many clients value the opportunity to step outside the traditional therapy hour and engage in the work with greater depth, clarity, and intention.

A Counseling Intensive allows us to spend extended time together over consecutive days, with your scheduled time reserved specifically for you. This format offers more continuity than traditional weekly therapy and can be especially helpful when you want focused time to work on a specific concern without repeatedly stopping and restarting the therapeutic process.

For clients using EMDR, an intensive format may also allow more time to stay with the therapeutic work and move through identified targets in a focused and intentional way.

Counseling Intensives May Be a Good Fit If You:

• Want a more concentrated format than once-a-week therapy
• Are ready to address early developmental trauma or attachment wounds that continue to affect daily life
• Have an irregular or unpredictable schedule
• Live in an area where trauma-informed or integrative therapists are difficult to access
• Prefer to work with a therapist outside of your local community
• Want dedicated support around a recent or significant life challenge

Clients often appreciate how much space an intensive provides for insight, reflection, and meaningful therapeutic work. At the end of the intensive, we will determine together what follow-up care, if any, would best support your continued healing.

Counseling Intensives are not the right fit for everyone. Sometimes slower really is faster. The goal is never to rush the healing process, but to create the conditions that best support your individual needs, readiness, and natural pace of healing.

Counseling Intensives are typically scheduled for a minimum of two consecutive days, although many clients benefit from three or four days, and some may need five or more. After an initial phone assessment, we will discuss whether an intensive is appropriate for you at this time and determine a recommended length based on your goals, history, and current needs.

Because every person’s story and nervous system are different, it is not always possible to predict exactly how much time will be needed. The pace of the work may be influenced by the number and complexity of past experiences, attachment disruptions, periods of neglect, and the ways your brain and nervous system learned to adapt and protect you—often long before you had the language or awareness to understand what was happening.

For some clients, one intensive may be sufficient for the area they want to address, while others may benefit from additional intensive work or follow-up sessions over time. Our goal is not to force the process or “clear” everything within a set number of days, but to create enough focused time for meaningful therapeutic work while honoring your individual pace, readiness, and needs.

Cost will depend on the number of treatment days.  

Fee: $200 for initial assessment and $200 per hour of the intensive. 

Most intensives are 2 days, 5 hours each day.

Any further appointments will be $200/hour.

You'll also be responsible for your travel-related costs.

Insurance does not yet cover this service.

Payment will not be processed until time of service, at which time you can pay by debit or credit card, Health Savings Card, cash, or check.

If an intensive is scheduled and you do not cancel within 48 hours, there will be a 50% charge (for example, if the intensive is 5 hours, you will be charged for 2 1/2 hours). 

Not included: travel, meals, lodging and incidentals. Please plan accordingly