Therapy Intensives
For women in Maine, Massachusetts, & DC
Personalized, immersive therapy experiences. 3-hour and 1-3 day
formats available. Find relief & experience change…fast.
Is traditional talk therapy just not
cutting it anymore?
You’ve done the work, built insight, and learned the usual coping skills, but your body still feels on edge. You find yourself being reactive or stuck in the same patterns that didn’t work for your own parents. Many of my clients come to me after years of weekly talk therapy, CBT, or short-term counseling and realize that understanding their trauma isn’t the same as healing it.
Therapy intensives are designed for people who desire deeper trauma treatment, nervous system regulation, and therapies like EMDR and Brainspotting. These are approaches research has proven work with how trauma is stored in the body and brain, greatly reducing or even mitigating some of the things you are currently experiencing. Therapy intensives allow for meaningful change that often isn’t possible in a standard 50-minute therapy hour.
You don’t have the time to devote to weekly therapy sessions
You’re seeking deeper, more concentrated healing
You’re concerned about opening up vulnerable parts of your story and then having to rush back into daily life without time to fully ground and integrate
Frequently Asked Questions
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Therapy Intensives are immersive, personalized therapeutic experiences designed to provide deep healing and growth over a concentrated period of time. Unlike traditional weekly sessions, therapy intensives offer extended, laser focused attention on removing barriers to improving your emotional well-being, giving you the space and time to explore, heal, and grow with the unwavering support of a dedicated therapist.
My therapy intensives are individually tailored to fit your needs to best support you in cultivating the changes you wish to see in your life. -
Each intensive includes the following:
Initial Consultation interview (1.5 hours) - This time is spent assessing for candidacy, as well as targeting unpleasant beliefs, body sensations, emotions, or images from which you are seeking relief. This will support us in identifying targeted treatment goals so we can be laser focused in our efforts.
Personalized treatment workbook, which includes assessments and resources that will help you prepare for your intensive. It also gives you a place to note your progress before, during, and after our intensive sessions.
Extended Therapy Session (3 hours to multiple days) - This is the treatment portion of the intensive experience. I will support you in meeting your goals through the use of the types of therapies we discussed in our initial consultation session. There can be times when it is evident a certain therapy is not working and we will need to take a different road. This will be explicitly discussed and your consent will be obtained before moving forward. These include resource building, ego-state work (also known as parts work), and Somatic Experiencing.
Post-Intensive Session (1.5 hours) - This session is a chance to see how things are settling after your intensive and to support you as changes begin to take shape. We’ll talk about what’s helping, what still needs attention, and what ongoing support might look like. You’ll leave with personalized resources and guidance tailored specifically to you.
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There is a good amount of research showing the value and efficacy of therapy intensives.
Research suggests that trauma-focused therapy delivered in an intensive format can help people experience relief from PTSD symptoms more quickly. Studies also show intensives reduce the frequency of clients prematurely dropping out of the therapeutic process due to being a more focused and immersive experience.
Learn more here and here.Research on intensive EMDR therapy shows that it can be both practical and effective with many people experiencing meaningful improvement in trauma symptoms over a relatively short period of time. Learn more here.
Intensive EMDR programs are also being studied as a safe and promising treatment option for people living with complex PTSD.
Learn more here.There are also practical benefits to the intensive format. Intensives allow for extended, uninterrupted time focused on healing and less time spent on weekly check-ins, managing day-to-day stressors, or repeatedly settling in and winding down at the beginning and end of sessions. This often allows more of the therapy time to be spent on the work that creates lasting change.
Learn more here and here.
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Therapy intensives offer more depth than traditional weekly therapy. Instead of working in shorter sessions spread out over time, an intensive creates dedicated space to focus fully on your goals. This allows us to follow the work where it naturally leads and support your nervous system through the entire process. My intensive clients find this to be much easier than starting and stopping each week.
My clients experience meaningful shifts more quickly and leave intensive sessions feeling more settled and grounded. They report experiencing deeper progress in a shorter period of time.
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The cost of a 3-hour mini intensive is $1000.
Full intensives which are 6 hours per day start at $2500.
A 50% deposit is required at the time of booking. This deposit is non-refundable. The remaining balance is due on Day 1 of the intensive.
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By booking the intensive, you have purchased this time and it is yours unless you cancel at least 2 weeks prior to Day 1. You will be charged the total amount of the intensive package if you cancel the intensive within 2 weeks of Day 1.
You’re in the right place.
Therapy intensives can help you accomplish in one session what may take months in traditional therapy.
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Pre-Intensive
Assessment
This is where we slow things down and spend some time understanding what’s bringing you here, what you’ve already tried, and what your nervous system needs in order to feel safe enough to do meaningful work. We’ll work together to clarify goals, identify what types of therapies will be used, and create a plan that is uniquely yours so the intensive feels intentional rather than overwhelming. It’s okay if you don’t have everything figured out when you come into this session. That’s why we work as a team!
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Intensive
Session
This is the main event! Extended sessions allow us to move beyond the day to day stressors and into the deeper patterns that keep showing up in your life. There’s no need for rushing or stopping just as things get meaningful. We’ll work at a pace your nervous system can handle. I’ll support your process by using the agreed upon approaches such as EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and parts-work. These evidence-informed therapies support lasting change. Many clients describe this phase as focused, safely immersive, and greatly relieving.
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Post-Intensive
Follow-Up
A follow-up session takes place about 2 weeks later and gives us the opportunity to reflect on what you noticed has shifted or settled for you. We will also make sense of any other changes you’ve noticed since the intensive session. We’ll spend some time talking through next steps, which will include ensuring you are linked up with a therapist for ongoing support and understand how to care for your nervous system as it continues to recalibrate. I want you to feel supported and clear on what your next steps will be.
How does a therapy intensive work?
Consider this…
Megan (Traditional Weekly Therapy)
Cost: $2,400 for 12 weekly sessions (45 minutes each)
Megan is a high-achieving professional and mom to a toddler. On the outside, she manages everything in her life including work, parenting, and relationships. But internally she finds herself feeling constantly tense, overwhelmed, and emotionally exhausted. She notices herself becoming reactive under stress, struggling to rest, and slipping into patterns she swore she would never repeat.
She wants to:
Heal unresolved trauma that still lives in her body
Feel calmer and less reactive under stress
Respond to her child from a state of calm presence instead of overwhelm
Break generational patterns before they’re passed on
Experience real relief rather than focusing on insight and skill building
She doesn’t want more coping strategies. She wants real, lasting change.
But with the demands of daily life, therapy often feels rushed and fragmented.
Weekly Session Reality:
1 therapy session per week, 45 minutes each
Time needed to mentally transition into session after a full day
Time needed to regulate and prepare to return to responsibilities
Sessions often focus on immediate stressors, parenting demands, or exhaustion
Average time available for deep trauma processing:
About 20–25 minutes per session
Total deep processing time over 12 weeks:
About 3–4 hours of meaningful therapeutic work
What this experience is like for Megan
She begins to open something important… then time runs out.
Her nervous system activates… then she has to pause, stuff everything back down, and leave.
A full week passes before she can return to the work.
She sees progress happening, but it is slow and in pieces.
Meanwhile, daily life keeps moving:
Parenting decisions still feel emotionally charged
Stress responses still feel automatic
Old patterns still show up when she’s tired or overwhelmed
She’s committed to healing, using positive coping skills, and changing patterns that don’t support who she wants to be, but it’s hard to build momentum when the work starts and stops every week.
Megan (One-Day Therapy Intensive)
Cost: $2,500 for one dedicated 6-hour intensive
Megan sets aside one protected day to focus fully on what she truly wants to change versus trying to find a spot in her schedule week after week for a therapy appointment.
Her goals are the same, but now the structure supports them.
For the first time, she has uninterrupted space to work toward those goals without rushing, pausing, or restarting.
Intensive Therapy Reality
One dedicated 6-hour therapeutic experience
Time for the nervous system to fully settle before deep work begins
Sustained trauma processing without interruption
Built-in pacing, breaks, and grounding
Time for integration before returning to daily life
No weekly reset.
No emotional whiplash of opening and stopping.
No competing demands pulling attention away from the work.
Average time available for deep trauma processing:
About 4–5 hours of meaningful therapeutic work
Plus an additional 90 minute follow up session to further support integration and determine next steps in her healing journey
Total deep processing time:
Equivalent to months of weekly therapy all completed in one focused, supported day.
What this experience is like for Megan
Her body has time to settle enough to fully engage.
Patterns become clearer because the work is continuous.
Processing completes instead of pausing mid-way.
She leaves with:
A noticeable reduction in emotional intensity
Greater internal calm and stability
More capacity to respond instead of react
A felt sense that something has genuinely shifted
Instead of managing symptoms, she begins resolving what created them in the first place.
What this means in daily life
Parenting feels more grounded.
Stress feels more manageable.
Triggers feel less powerful.
Her nervous system has more room to breathe.
She’s not just understanding herself better, she’s experiencing herself differently.
You do not have to keep managing what you are ready to resolve
The Core Difference
In 12 weeks of weekly therapy, Megan may receive about 2.5–3 hours of deep trauma processing.
In one therapy intensive, she receives 4–5 hours of focused processing in a single supported experience.
One approach spreads healing across time, while the other safely accelerates it with intention and laser focus.
Why many motivated women choose intensives
Because they are ready to:
✔ Use their limited time intentionally
✔ Heal what’s affecting how they show up as mothers and partners
✔ Break generational cycles while their children are still young
✔ Experience meaningful change sooner rather than later
✔ Invest in care that matches the depth of what they’re carrying
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Rather than spending part of each session ramping up and winding down, a three-hour intensive gives your body the time it needs to feel safe, regulated, and receptive. This is often where real change happens.
Working in an extended block reduces the emotional whiplash of opening something important, pausing it for a week, and then restarting. This continuity often leads to clearer insights, stronger shifts, and a greater sense of forward movement.
A three-hour format allows space to process, reflect, and ground before the session ends, helping changes feel more stable and usable in everyday life rather than rushed or overwhelming.
Investment: $1000 -
Following the initial assessment session, we will schedule our intensive.
We meet for 3 hours in the morning, break for an hour, and return for 3 hours in the afternoon.
With sustained time, we can explore how past experiences connect to present-day reactions, behaviors, and beliefs, allowing for clearer understanding and faster resolution of what’s been keeping you stuck.
A full-day intensive includes built-in pacing, breaks, and regulation so you can do meaningful work while still feeling steady, supported, and able to return to daily life with a greater sense of ease.
Investment: $2500
A 50% deposit is required at the time of booking. This deposit is non-refundable. The remaining balance is due on Day 1 of the intensive.
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Multiple day intensives are 2 or 3 days in length and include 6 hours of therapy each day.
Following the initial assessment session, we will schedule our intensive. Multiple day intensives are generally scheduled within the same week.
Working across multiple days gives us the opportunity to address core experiences, process what comes up, and then build on that progress in a thoughtful way which leads to deeper and more lasting change.
Instead of spacing work out over weeks or months, multi-day intensives keep the healing process moving forward. Clients are then better able to connect the dots, shift long-standing patterns, and experience relief more quickly.
With time built in between sessions for grounding, rest, and reflection, your nervous system has space to settle and absorb the work. This makes the changes feel more stable and sustainable rather than rushed.
2 Day Intensive Investment: $3500
3 Day Intensive Investment: $4500A 50% deposit is required at the time of booking. This deposit is non-refundable. The remaining balance is due on Day 1 of the intensive.
Choose the right format for you
It’s important to have choices! I offer intensives in a few different durations to satisfy your budget, needs, & goals.
What you get when you participate in a therapy intensive:
✓ Evidence-based treatment options including EMDR, Brainspotting, somatic experiencing, and parts-work that bridge the gap between brain and body
✓ Customized workbook & road map that help us get laser focused on what we want to see change and how we plan to make that happen
✓ A partner on your journey to healing because this is not a road that needs to be traveled alone
Imagine finally getting to…
Resolve deep wounds that have quietly shaped how you see yourself, your relationships, and your life.