Break Free from Trauma with EMDR Intensives
Living in the grips of unresolved trauma can feel suffocating. The constant triggers, the emotional weight, and the impact on your daily life can be overwhelming.
But it doesn't have to be this way.
Discover Relief Through EMDR Intensives
Our EMDR Intensives offer you a dedicated, safe space to process your trauma over an intensive two-day period. Unlike traditional therapy sessions spread out over weeks or months, these intensives provide a focused, immersive approach for profound healing.
Is This for You?
You might resonate with these feelings:
Frustration: Disappointment that you're not "moving on" from your trauma as quickly as you'd hoped.
Constant Overwhelm: Feeling easily triggered, impacting both your personal and professional life, leaving you in a state of constant overwhelm.
In-Between Survival: Struggling to cope in the gaps between therapy sessions, especially after delving into traumatic experiences.
Strained Relationships: Seeing your relationships suffer because your trauma impedes your ability to feel secure and safe around others.
It's time to reclaim control over your life and emotions. Our EMDR Intensives are designed to provide you with the tools and support needed to break free from the impact trauma.
What are EMDR Intensives?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), is a structured therapy approach that guides individuals to briefly revisit traumatic memories or challenging situations while simultaneously undergoing bilateral stimulation. This unique process has been linked to reducing the intensity of emotions and the vividness associated with these distressing memories.
Extensively studied and proven effective, EMDR therapy is a validated psychotherapy method known to aid individuals in their recovery from trauma, symptoms of PTSD, depression, and anxiety.
In essence, Intensive EMDR encapsulates this therapeutic modality in a concentrated and focused timeframe. Our compassionate therapists prioritize your narrative, symptoms, and, most importantly, your personal journey toward healing. With Intensive EMDR, the focus is entirely on you, aiming to facilitate significant progress within a condensed period.
Let’s Get Started!
info@azaniaccc.org
(202) 505-2544
Washington, DC
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.
We offer EMDR Intensives structured in two days formats. These condensed sessions are designed to provide you with substantial therapeutic progress in a shorter period.
Convenience and Flexibility
With our Intensives, you can either do away with or greatly reduce the need for regular weekly sessions. This allows you to avoid disruptions to your work schedule or the necessity of arranging continuous childcare. Instead, you can focus on concentrated healing during a more condensed time frame.
Cost-Effective Approach
While the upfront costs for Intensive EMDR might appear higher, the shorter duration of therapy often leads to substantial savings over the course of treatment. By minimizing the number of sessions required, you not only save time but also reduce overall expenses.
Immediate Relief, No Waitlists
One of the significant advantages of opting for EMDR Intensives is bypassing the often lengthy waitlists for qualified practitioners. By choosing an Intensive, you gain immediate access to experienced therapists, ensuring quicker relief from distressing symptoms and a faster path towards healing.
Experience the Advantages of EMDR Intensives
Meet your EMDR Therapist
Erika Philip lives in Washington DC, where she serves as the founder and Executive Director of Azania Counseling (LLC) and Azania International (501c3), with her husband of 23 years and three teenage children. She recently moved from Miami where she worked for 15 years in an Afro-Caribbean urban neighborhood. For over two decades, she has devoted her life to domestic and international places with high levels of poverty, including Rwanda, Uganda, and Ethiopia, doing community organizing, consulting, training, therapeutic, and relief work. For the last eight years, she has dedicated her professional efforts to refining her abilities as a proficient trauma therapist.
Erika has earned her bachelor's degree in International Studies and her graduate degree in Mental Health Counseling. Her expertise lies in supporting survivors of sexual abuse, and trauma, as well as clients grappling with anxiety and depression stemming from these experiences. Additionally, she offers specialized intervention for single traumatic incidents such as car accidents, gun violence, or assaults.