EMDR Intensive Therapy
Ready to stop the emotional rollercoaster that is affecting your everyday life and relationships?
Are you tired of struggling with:
Rapid mood changes, frequent anger, or questioning yourself?
Dealing with relationship struggles with your partner or children and feeling like your “stuff” keeps getting in the way?
Constantly dealing with co-worker issues or difficulty communicating with the people most important to you?
Feeling like you are living each day in survival mode and not really living your life?
Then EMDR Intensive therapy may be an option for you to decrease these struggles to start living your life!
EMDR intensive therapy might be right for you if:
You're seeking a focused and accelerated approach to addressing trauma or distressing life experiences.
You've been struggling with symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, depression, or other trauma-related conditions.
You’ve tried other types of therapy that didn’t seem to help much or you are looking for an additional resource to supplement your current therapy process.
You’re looking for a concentrated therapy format that allows for deeper processing with quicker results compared to traditional therapy approaches.
You have a limited timeframe. Accomplish in a matter of hours what you’d accomplish in weekly therapy for 6 months.
What is EMDR Intensive Therapy?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy is a specialized treatment approach designed to address trauma and distressing life experiences.
This focused process helps reprocess distressing information, allowing the brain to integrate and resolve the emotional impact these experiences have had on your life.
EMDR intensive therapy typically involves extended sessions over consecutive days or weeks to allow for deeper processing and quicker results.
This intensive format provides a concentrated and transformative experience, accelerating healing and promoting psychological well-being to help end the emotional rollercoasters.
What to expect in an EMDR Intensive
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Comprehensive Assessment
The assessment will collect history contributing to your intense emotios and identify the targets for EMDR processing.
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EMDR Processing
This step wil provide concetrated time to process the targets identified in the assssment to reduce symptoms and reprocess distressing memories.
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Individualized Plan
We will create an individualied plan of care for the following days afer an intensive.
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Follow Up Session
A follow up session will be provided to follow up on progress and any remaining questions or concerns.
Half Day
Half a day intensive therapy is great for people who may already be in therapy looking to significantly reduce their symptoms to keep moving through your healing journey. This may also be great for individuals with a recent significant stressful even such as a minor accident.
2-3 hours l $500
Full Day
One to three days of intensive EMDR therapy is great for individuals to reduce symptoms and effectively process trauma experiences. This includes an initial assessment, 5-6 hours of therapy per day, an individualized are plan and a follow up session.
One day l 6 hours l $1200
Three days l 18 hours l $3600
Want to dig deeper on the science behind EMDR?
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Brynhildsvoll Auren, T. J., Gjerde Jense, A., Rendum Klaeth, J., Maksic, E., & Solem S. (2021) Intensive outpatient treatment for PTSD: a pilot feasibility study combining prolonged exposure therapy, EMDR, physical activity, and psychoeducation, European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12:1, 1917878
Greenwald, R., Camden, A. A., Gamache, N., Lasser, K. A., Chapman, R., & Rattner, B. (2020). Intensive trauma-focused therapy with victims of crime, European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 1-9.
Hurley, E. C. (2018). Effective Treatment of Veterans With PTSD: Comparison Between Intensive Daily and Weekly EMDR Approaches, Frontiers in Psychology, 9(1458), 1-10.
Smyth-Dent, K., Fitzgerald, J. & Hagos, Y. (2019). A Field Study on the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol for Ongoing Traumatic Stress Provided to Adolescent Eritrean Refugees Living In Ethiopia, Psychology and Behavioral Science International Journal, 12(4), 1-12
Van Minnen, A., Voorendonk, E. M., Rozendaal, L., & de Jongh, A. (2020). Sequence matters: Combining Prolonged Exposure and EMDR therapy for PTSD, Psychiatry Research, (290), 1-6
Van Pelt, Y., Fokkema, P., de Roos, C., & de Jongh, A. (2021). Effectiveness of an intensive treatment programme combining prolonged exposure and EMDR therapy for adolescents suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder, European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1), 1-9
Woudenberg, C. V., Voorendonk, E. M., Bongaerts, H., Zoet, H. A., Verhagen, M., Lee, C. W., van Minnen, A., & De Jongh, A. (2018). Effectiveness of an intensive treatment programme combining prolonged exposure and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for severe post-traumatic stress disorder, European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 9(1), 1-10
Zepeda Méndez, M., Nijdam, M. J., June ter Heide, F. J., van der Aa, N., & Olff, M. (2018). A five-day inpatient EMDR treatment programme for PTSD: pilot study, European Journal of Psychotraumatology, (9)1, 1-10