Trauma, Anxiety, and Self-Esteem Therapy
for Women in MI & WA

Intensives are an accelerated form of therapy that allows you to feel better faster. Instead of meeting weekly for 50-60 minutes, intensive sessions last for 4 hours for 2-3 days.

Intensives have targeted treatment goals with a personalized treatment plan. The focus of the Intensive is on diving deeply into an issue in a safe, supportive environment. During the Intensive, we will use Brainspotting and EMDR, which are powerful brain-body therapies that focus on bridging the gap between the “thinking” brain and the “emotional” brain.

Intensives offer the opportunity to resolve or lessen troubling symptoms and concerns at their core without the limits of the traditional therapy hour. Length of overall time in treatment and cost of therapy may decrease because time isn’t spent on:

• checking in at the beginning of session
• addressing stress in your day-to-day life or “the crisis of the week”
• developing coping skills you won’t need after your symptoms are resolved
• help you regain composure at the end of session

First, we’ll meet for a 30 minute video consulation call and we’ll go over any questions you might have, what you want help with in treatment, and determine if intensive therapy is a good fit for your needs. If we decide to move forward, we’ll schedule a Pre-Intensive Assessment.

During the Intake Assessment, we’ll create your personalized treatment plan and identify what we’re going to focus on during our time together. We’ll also talk about what your life looks like (the problems you’re dealing with, how do you cope when you’re overwhelmed by emotions and body sensations, what your support system looks like) and where you want to see change, relief, or growth.

On our Intensive Days, we’ll work to decrease the emotional pain you experience while also increasing your ability to feel confident and empowered using Brainspotting and EMDR, powerful brain-body therapies that allows us to reach deep parts of the brain.

Some people choose to process experiences in relationships, past events, current problems, or worries about the future. Your treatment plan will be personalized to you and what you hope to achieve.

After our Intensive Days, we’ll meet for a Post-Intensive Aftercare session to reflect on your experience, identify what was helpful to you, and explore how to integrate your new insights into your life moving forward.

A Therapy Intensive can help with a whole host of issues, including:

• PTSD or traumatic experiences
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Negative self-talk or limiting beliefs (IE: “I’m not good enough.”)
• Grief, loss, or change
• Racial or generational trauma
• Childhood abuse or neglect
• Sexual assault or domestic violence
• Accidents, illness, or medical trauma
• Persistent or longstanding issues
• “Stuckness”

An intensive offers the opportunity to increase confidence or significantly decrease the painful symptoms (such as negative beliefs, intrusive memories, nightmares, disturbing emotions or body sensations). Participating in a 2-3 day intensive creates impactful change more rapidly than weekly therapy. During our initial consultation, we’ll identify which format is best suited for your needs.

Although significant healing is possible in a 2 or 3 day intensive, Complex PTSD (CPTSD) may require additional treatment time. Many of my clients with CPTSD choose to continue trauma work through monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly intensive days.

Intensives can be scheduled online (via Zoom) or in person at your location (Michigan only). Intensive sessions are similar to a personal retreat. Some clients prefer to book a hotel room to limit distractions and ensure they can truly focus on their healing during the intensive. It is important to allow time outside of sessions be unscheduled or filled with self-care activities such as massage or acupuncture, exercise, being in nature, or creative expression.

Intensives are a premium service. As such, higher fees are charged because they require more work, energy, and schedule flexibility.

My fee is $150/hour and packages start at $1,650 for a 2 Day Intensive. 50% of the fee is due at the time of scheduling and the other 50% is due prior to your first Intensive Day. Packages are non-refundable.