Therapy Intensives

WHY EMDR  INTENSIVES?

• You don’t have enough time to go to weekly therapy because of your job, your family responsibilities, or it feels more overwhelming to go every week.  
• Something has happened that requires that you need help right now, and you don’t want to spend months doing weekly sessions or sitting on a waiting list.
• You have a chunk of time available to do therapy work for a short period, such as maternity leave, summer break, annual leave, university holidays, and would like to address a good amount right now. 
• You want to do try to do a large amount of therapy work before an approaching deadline like having a baby, moving homes, going on vacation, starting a new job, and more.
• You have done EMDR before, but notice that 50 minutes are not enough time to process your memories. 
• You feel stuck in your life because of an event, memory or negative thoughts that keep creeping in. 
• You can attend  EMDR intensives as an addition to your traditional counselling and continue to work with your original therapist.

HOW DO EMDR INTENSIVES WORK?

In our intake, we will talk about:

1) symptoms you would like to alleviate

2) your history that contributes to the symptoms 

3) your areas of being triggered

4) memories or experiences that still need attention and soothing 

We then will build some resources for taking breaks and safety measures when the processing gets overwhelming and how to take breaks. Then we will process  the experience(s). 

If you have experiences multiple traumas or have a complex trauma history, it will most likely take multiple intensives to be able to process these experiences. Intensives are mostly focused on singular traumatic events (reoccuring thoughts, emotions, patterns of behavior). 

OPTIONS FOR EMDR INTENSIVES

Option 1

• 60- minute intake session
• 3h for 3 days in same week

$2420 Total

After booking, I will hold the dates for your intensive for one week. By that time, I need completion of your paperwork in the client portal. You will be charged a non-refundable deposit for half the amount of your total intensive cost.

Option 2

• regular 90-minute sessions 
• length depending on client's needs

$290/ 90 minutes

Fees for regular sessions are payable upon completion of the session. 

I offer free 15-minute consultations where we can discuss the ins and outs and answer any questions you might have.

WHY COUPLES INTENSIVES? IS THIS FOR US?

• You want to experience strong therapeutic work that can change your relationship quickly.
• You are planning for a Babymoon where you want to focus on connecting with each other, and strengthen your communication abilities.
• You have done couples therapy before and found it helpful for understanding your partner.
• You want to prepare yourself for a big life event (the birth of a child, a wedding, relocation, a new job, etc.)
• You already go to weekly therapy and you feel stuck or on the verge of a break through. You may want to do an intensive as a supplement to your weekly therapy.

WHAT AN INTENSIVE CAN HELP WITH 

• Understanding each others emotion better and how to communicate them.
• Understanding your partners responses and insight into your partners history.
• Learning about bids and rituals for connection.
• Strengthening strategies in times of distress. 
• Experiencing a shift in responses to conflict and repair attempts. 
• Feeling like your partner is more emotionally available, responsive, and engaged.

STRUCTURE OF COUPLES INTENSIVES

1) Intake w/Couple (60 minutes)

We will explore the reason for coming to therapy, some history and background of your relationship so I get to know you in your relationship better.

2) Two Individual Sessions w/Each Partner (60 minutes each)

I will talk to each of you about your personal and relationship history.

3) Intensives 

Sessions are scheduled 2 hours at a time over two days.

Sample Schedule:  

Day 1:

9-10am intake

10-11am individual session

11am-12pm individual session

12-1pm BREAK

1-3pm session

Day 2:

10am-12pm session

12-2pm BREAK

2-4pm session

COST

2 Days - 9 hours of therapy across the two days

$2,900

After booking, I will hold the dates for your intensive for one week. By that time, I need completion of your paperwork in the client portal. You will be charged a non-refundable deposit for half the amount of your total intensive cost.

Couples intensives are not for everyone. In the following cases, intensives are not going to be possible:

Couples in which one or both partners have an active addiction. 

If there is an ongoing affair.

If you and your partner do not have the same goal for therapy, this isn't a good format for you. An Intensive isn't the place to decide if you want to work on the marriage.

If being in the same room for a long time is too triggering or you haven't been able to be in the same space without being civil in a period of time.

If there is active intimate partner violence. If this is the case, please reach out to me and I will provide you with local resources. 

I offer free 15-minute consultations where we can discuss the ins and outs and answer any questions you might have.