Focused time for the healing that matters most.
Focused, time efficient therapy for high functioning professionals and couples who want meaningful progress without committing to ongoing weekly sessions. Choose a 90 minute intensive or a half day with a restorative break built in.
Deep work, on your schedule.
Built for full calendars
Instead of fitting therapy into a lunch hour every week, intensives concentrate the work into focused blocks of time planned around your career and commitments.
An alternative to ongoing therapy
For those who would rather not commit to long term weekly sessions, intensives offer a focused, contained way to work on what matters most.
Room to go deeper
No stopping just as the work begins to open up. Longer sessions leave space to go deeper, build momentum, and close with care.
Choose your intensive
EMDR Intensive
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. Focused trauma processing with a trained EMDR therapist, in a longer format that allows space to prepare, process, and settle before you leave. Ideal for professionals who want to address what is holding them back without months of weekly appointments.
- Sexual trauma
- Relationship trauma and betrayal
- Narcissistic abuse
- Grief and loss
- Vicarious trauma from witnessing others' pain
- First responders and helping professionals
- Past experiences that still feel present in your body or relationships
- High achievers whose success hides anxiety, triggers, or burnout rooted in the past
Couples Intensive
Dedicated time for partners to slow down, understand each other, and repair, informed by the Gottman Method.guided by Encounter centered Couples Therapy (EcCT), a model inspired by Imago Relationship Therapy.drawing on the Gottman Method and Encounter centered Couples Therapy (EcCT), a model inspired by Imago Relationship Therapy.
- The same arguments that never seem to resolve
- Rebuilding trust after infidelity or betrayal
- Feeling more like roommates than partners
- Conversations that turn into criticism, defensiveness, or shutting down
- Busy dual career couples who rarely get uninterrupted time together
- Navigating a big transition such as marriage, a new baby, a move, or an empty nest
- Couples considering separation who want clarity before deciding
- Premarital couples who want a strong foundation
Who we support
EMDR can help when difficult experiences stay stuck in the mind and body, showing up as triggers, intrusive memories, irritability, numbness, or trouble sleeping. Intensives are especially helpful for people whose roles or schedules make weekly therapy hard to sustain.
Experiences we help with
- Sexual trauma and assault
- Relationship trauma and betrayal
- Narcissistic and emotional abuse
- Grief, loss, and traumatic loss
- Vicarious and secondary trauma
- Critical incidents and trauma on the job
- Accidents and medical trauma
- Childhood and intergenerational trauma
- Anxiety and burnout rooted in past experiences
People we often support
- First responders, including police officers, firefighters, paramedics, and dispatchers
- Healthcare workers, nurses, and physicians
- Therapists, social workers, and other helping professionals
- Military members and veterans
- Educators and school staff
- Attorneys, executives, and high functioning professionals
- Caregivers carrying more than they show
Vicarious trauma
When your work means witnessing other people's pain, it can leave its own mark. Vicarious trauma, also called secondary traumatic stress, can show up as exhaustion, detachment, hypervigilance, or carrying images from work long after the day ends. An EMDR intensive offers focused space to process what you have absorbed, so you can keep doing the work you care about.
For first responders
Rotating shifts and unpredictable schedules can make weekly therapy hard to keep. Intensives can be planned in focused blocks around your rotation, giving you dedicated time to process critical incidents and the stress that builds over a career of showing up for others.
Two lengths, one standard of care
Extended time for focused work. A strong starting point or a meaningful addition to ongoing therapy.
A deeper block of time with a mid session break to rest, hydrate, and reset before continuing.
Rates and current availability are shared during your consultation. Free rescheduling and no cancellation fees, subject to therapist availability.
What your time looks like
Every intensive is tailored to you. Here is a gentle picture of how a 90 minute session and a half day might unfold.
EMDR Intensive
EMDR is a structured, research supported therapy that helps the brain reprocess distressing memories so they feel less charged in the present. It follows eight phases. Phases one and two happen during your consultation and preparation, so your intensive time is spent where it matters most.
History and Treatment Planning
We learn your story and identify the memories, triggers, and goals to focus on.
Preparation
You build grounding and calming skills so processing feels safe and contained.
Assessment
We identify a target memory and the image, belief, emotions, and body sensations connected to it.
Desensitization
With bilateral stimulation such as eye movements, tapping, or tones, the memory is processed until it feels less distressing.
Installation
A more adaptive, positive belief about yourself is strengthened.
Body Scan
We notice and clear any remaining tension or sensation in the body.
Closure
Every session ends with grounding so you leave feeling settled.
Reevaluation
When we next meet, we review your progress and decide what to focus on next.
A focused session
Arrive and ground
A gentle check in, a review of your goals, and a grounding exercise to prepare.
Focused processing
Assessment, desensitization, installation, and body scan with your chosen target.
Closure
Grounding, reflection, and simple care to carry into the rest of your day.
A deeper day of processing
Arrive and settle
Check in, review your plan, and strengthen your calming resources.
Processing
Begin work on your first target through assessment and desensitization.
Restorative pause
Step away to rest, hydrate, and have a light snack.
Deepening
Continue processing, install a new belief, and complete a body scan.
Closure and integration
Grounding, reflection, and a plan for the days ahead.
Couples Intensive
The Gottman Method draws on decades of research with couples to strengthen friendship, manage conflict with care, and build shared meaning. Many couples complete a relationship assessment beforehand so your time together is focused.
A focused session
Arrive and connect
Check in together and name what you each hope to leave with.
Guided work
Coached conversations to understand a recurring conflict or painful moment, and practice new ways of talking and listening.
Repair and next steps
Close with appreciation and a few simple practices to bring home.
A deeper day together
Arrive and connect
Set goals together and review insights from your relationship assessment.
Understanding the pattern
Explore how conflict unfolds between you and what each of you needs underneath it.
Restorative pause
Time to rest, hydrate, and reset before continuing.
Repair and rebuilding
Process a regrettable incident, deepen friendship and fondness, and practice repair.
Bringing it home
A clear plan with rituals of connection to keep the momentum going.
Developed by Hedy Schleifer, a longtime Imago Relationship Therapy trainer, EcCT is inspired by Imago and the philosophy of Martin Buber. It centers on three invisible connectors: the Space, the Bridge, and the Encounter. Partners take turns crossing the bridge to visit each other's world with full presence and curiosity. Schleifer found that traditional 50 minute sessions were often not enough for couples to truly connect, which makes this approach a natural fit for intensive work.
A focused session
Arrive and slow down
Settle in, connect with presence, and set an intention together.
The encounter
With guidance, one partner crosses the bridge to visit the other's world, listening deeply and reflecting back.
Reflection
Share what you noticed and choose one way to carry the connection home.
A deeper day together
Arrive and slow down
Settle in and prepare the space between you.
The first crossing
One partner visits the other's world through guided, present listening.
Restorative pause
Time to rest, hydrate, and reset before continuing.
The second crossing
Partners switch, so each person has the experience of being fully seen.
Integration
Reflect on the encounter and create a plan for staying connected.
Thoughtfully paced from the first call
Consultation
A brief call to talk through your goals and make sure an intensive is the right fit.
Preparation
Intake forms and, for EMDR, a readiness screening so your time can be planned with care.
Your intensive
Focused, guided work at a pace that feels safe, with a break built into every half day.
Integration
We close with grounding and a clear plan for what comes next, whether weekly therapy or another intensive.
An intensive may be right for you if you
It may not be the right step yet if you
- Are in crisis or need immediate safety support
- Are still building grounding and coping skills for trauma work
Not sure? That is exactly what the consultation is for. If you are in crisis, call or text 988.
Frequently asked
Does insurance cover intensives?
Intensives are private pay. We can provide a superbill you may submit to your insurance for possible out of network reimbursement, and you will receive a Good Faith Estimate before scheduling.
Can I do an intensive if I already see a therapist?
Yes. Intensives can complement ongoing therapy, and with your permission we are glad to coordinate with your current therapist.
Is a longer EMDR session safe?
Every EMDR intensive begins with a readiness screening. Your therapist makes sure grounding skills are in place and paces the session with care.
What happens during the half day break?
Time to step away, rest, hydrate, and have a light snack before returning to the work.
Do both partners attend the couples intensive?
Yes. Couples intensives are designed for both partners to attend together.
What if I need to reschedule?
Life happens, so there are no cancellation fees for intensives. You can reschedule at no cost, subject to therapist availability, and your payment simply moves to your new date.
Let us find the right fit.
Reach out to schedule a consultation and learn about current availability.