Intensive EMDR
The traditional model of weekly psychotherapy is shifting to meet the needs of migrating populatiosn Now more than ever, we need flexibility in how we get support.
Perhaps you’ve had a felt sense that something profound has yet to change, but you’re not quite sure how to shift all the way into a new experience of yourself with your current therapist. Maybe you now cognitively understand new things, yet your body is still confused, so you’re curious about how adjunct therapy can help.
Perhaps you’re needing help—and a lot of it—right now, and you don’t want to spend months in the traditional weekly model of therapy treatment to feel better.
Perhaps you’ve been meaning to get into weekly therapy for a while now, but your schedule has been so hectic and demanding that a weekly therapy appointment feels more overwhelming than supportive.
Perhaps you have an event in your life that keeps coming up; maybe you even re-live it often— and it keeps you stuck in the same patterns of thought and behavior
EMDR Therapy is Not Just for Trauma
EMDR intensives support the individual who just can’t seem to take the time away from life on a weekly basis to tend to their emotional health. Intensives allow for the client to just take a couple days “away” and “dig in” in a focused manner. The model allows the client to be proactive about their mental health, in an intentional and focused way.
EMDR is not just for trauma; it is also used for performance enhancement to excel in areas such as athletics, business, and relationships.
EMDR intensives are personalized treatment plans that allow you to skip the waitlist by giving you faster access to select spots and are designed to support your preferred schedule and timeline for your treatment goals.
Research on Intensive Therapy is Positive
Intensive application of trauma-focused therapy seems to be well tolerated in patients with PTSD, enabling faster symptom reduction with similar, or even better, results, while reducing the risk that patients drop out prematurely. Learn more here and here.
Intensive EMDR treatment is feasible and is indicative of reliable improvement in PTSD symptoms in a very short time frame. Learn more here.
An intensive program using EMDR therapy is a potentially safe and effective treatment alternative for complex PTSD. Learn more here.
The economy is compelling: even compared to other trauma therapy, the intensive format may decrease treatment time, because of time not spent on a) checking in at the beginning of each session, b) addressing current crises and concerns, c) focusing on stabilizing and coping skills that the client won’t need after trauma healing or d) assisting the client in regaining composure at the end of the session. Learn more here.
Your Intensive Includes
1. Pre-consultation Interview
Assess for candidacy, as well as target unpleasant beliefs, body sensations, emotions, or images from which you are seeking relief.
2. Personalized Treatment Workbook
Allows you to work on your treatment goals before, during, and after our intensive sessions.
3. A Customized Treatment Program
Using targeted treatment goals, therapy with Erika is done either in person or virtually, over two days with three 60-90 minute sessions each day.
4. Post-treatment Interview
Assess and support your adaption to positive changes from treatment.