You can think of an intensive therapy session as one that is longer than your typical 50 minute session.

In this intensive therapy session, more work is done in one session rather than having to schedule weekly sessions for an unknown amount of time.

Intensive therapy sessions allow us to work through your presenting concerns in a faster and more impactful way, which ultimately allows you to feel better in a shorter amount of time.

This will be individualized for each person but will follow a similar format.

In the beginning of our intensive therapy session, we will look at your present life circumstances including: stressors, relationships, triggers, coping skills, and levels of anxiety and/or depression.

Once we cover the present, we will then dive into the past and explore what will be the targeted focus of the intensive.

This is when the bilateral stimulation (EMDR) will begin and will continue until 30 minutes prior to the ending of our appointment.

Choosing to approach therapy with an intensive rather than weekly talk therapy can have several benefits:

• You want to feel and see results quickly

• You don’t have time to schedule weekly or even biweekly sessions

• You want to be prepared for an upcoming event that your trauma may be holding you back from enjoying or experiencing

• You want to move through what is holding you stuck so you can focus on what you want to

• It can be helpful financially to choose an intensive route rather than having a continuous therapy expense