EMDR Intensives
In-person in Pleasanton & online across California
Plunge Deeper
Surface with Relief Faster
This isn’t working anymore
Your wellbeing is important to you, but time is limited.
You're trying to juggle the demands of your career, or modern day parenting, maybe both. You’ve tried to do all the things- weekly therapy, you’ve listened to the podcasts, read the books, practiced some coping tools. The progress you're making feels like it goes out the window when that same thing triggers you again. You just want to leave the past in the past and feel in control of your life, yet the road to get there feels daunting at the pace you’ve been going.
You need to feel better now
Ongoing therapy is helpful and exhausting at the same time. It’s hard to get to the depth you need to go each week to experience the transformation you're hoping for. After a week goes by there's more piling on to talk about and it's hard to stay focused and concise on your goals.
Reach Out
You deserve to experience
healing without constraints
EMDR therapy intensives provide you with concentrated healing through a program specifically designed to meet your unique needs and goals. This allows you to feel better faster without having to wait months, or even years to get there.
What is an intensive?
EMDR intensives provide you with an accelerated format of the potent healing abilities of EMDR therapy. Eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence based therapy that gets to the root of where you are stuck and feeling held back.
EMDR will allow the brain and the nervous system to reprocess past experiences so you are able to get relief. The intensity of the painful emotions will decrease and you will be able to let go of the negative beliefs about yourself. You will be free to live in the present day without the painful moments of the past controlling you or your future.
Depending on where you are in your journey we may focus our work on your early childhood experiences/relationships. Or, we may choose to focus on themes that are coming up in the here and now that you'd like to change for the future. The EMDR intensives process is customized and tailored to truly meet you where you are at.
Without the traditional 50 minute therapy time constraints, we are able to venture deeper. By choosing an EMDR intensive format you're able to do weeks to months of therapy across 1-3 days and then get back to your life, taking your progress with you.
Whats included:
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Pre-Intensive Session
3 hours together to hone in and identify the goals for the intensive. We focus in with more precision around the memories, patterns, and emotions you're seeking relief from. We make sure you're bolstered with tools and resources to support you in feeling confident and ready to embark on your EMDR intensive journey. Before this session you’ll receive your individually customized intensives workbook that is an additional support in preparation of the intensive.
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Intensive Day(s)
Our intensive days take place at my office in Pleasanton or virtually depending on your preferences and scheduling availability. Your intensive spans across 1-3 days depending on the package you choose and the sessions are tailored specifically for you and your goals towards healing.
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Post-Intensive Session
60 minutes together 2-4 weeks after your intensive to discuss your experience, insights, areas of relief, and where you notice changes in your everyday life.
Why Do an EMDR intensive?
You're tired of the past showing up in your present, you’re ready to do the deep work to change for your future.
You're a busy professional and/or parent who values your mental wellbeing and don't want another weekly time commitment.
You have tried EMDR therapy in the past and found it helpful.
You want to prepare yourself for big change such as having a child or a medical procedure. (Especially if you've already experienced a traumatic birth, postpartum mood and anxiety disorder, or an overwhelming medical experience. )
You feel like you’re on the verge of a breakthrough in weekly therapy and can’t seem to get there
EMDR Intensives Can Help:
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Healing your own childhood wounds, traumatic birth experiences, NICU experiences, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and pregnancy loss.
I work a great deal with partners and dads in my practice and know that you deserve to be seen and experience support around your own healing too.
I am a perinatal mental health certified therapist and working within the intersection of perinatal mental health and trauma is a specialty and passion of mine. Healing your own wounds and breaking generational cycles so you can show up as a parent the way you hope to. You deserve healing and relief to be able to experience the abundance of what this season of life can offer.
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You can accelerate your journey of healing to finally find relief from these experiences and patterns that feel so familiar in your day-to-day lyet so hard to break away from.
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You deserve specialized support and healing to be free from the pain of what you have experienced. Intensives can allow you to get to the root of where healing can occur without having to go into the experience each week to get there.
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Traumatic grief is more complex than regular grief, often involving complications like the sudden, violent, or stigmatized loss of a loved one, leading to feelings of isolation and prolonged pain. This type of grief overlaps with PTSD and can feel more intense and enduring. EMDR can help by targeting and reprocessing the distressing memories and emotional pain tied to the traumatic loss. This technique reduces the intensity of these memories, promoting healthier integration and aiding in both the normal grief process and the resolution of traumatic elements, fostering healing and resilience.
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I've worked in health care and within social services for over 15 years and have a deep understanding of the nuances and complexities of these systems. I support many healthcare professionals and service members who are healing their own childhood wounds while caregiving to others, feeling the effects of moral injury, or are impacted by experiences they have witnessed in their career.
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Experiences or diagnoses that impact the way you feel about yourself and your future.
Investment and Packages:
1 Day
Starting at $2637
9* hour program
7 face-to-face hours
Resources, assessments, & personalized treatment workbook
Time reserved just for you over 1 half day
Offered on Thursdays-Sundays
2 Day
Starting at $3516
12* hour program
10 face-to-face hours
Resources, assessments, & personalized treatment workbook
Time reserved just for you over 2 half days
Offered on Thursdays-Sundays
3 Day
Starting at $4395
15 *hour program
13 face-to-face hours
Resources, assessments, & personalized treatment workbook
Time reserved just for you over 3 half days
Offered on Thursdays-Sundays
3 Day Plus
Starting at $5274
18 *hour program
16 face-to-face hours
Resources, assessments, & personalized treatment workbook
Time reserved just for you over 3 half days (4 hrs per day)
Offered on Thursdays-Sundays
Ongoing Intensives
Like the idea of going deeper in your work and would prefer ongoing support? I offer extended session starting at $293 per hour, 2 hours minimum. A nice place to start can be 2 hour sessions 2x a month instead of 50 minutes 4x per month.
I also offer 3-4 hour intensives monthly, ever other month, and as needed.
*Total program hours include your 3 hour pre intensive, your 60 minute post intensive sessions, your 3 hour intensive session(s) and 2 hours review of your completed treatment workbook by your therapist. Additional hours may be added to your intensive at the discretion and availability of your therapist.
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Frequently asked questions about EMDR intensives:
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This is a great question. Check out my EMDR page where i provide and overview of EMDR and how i work as an EMDR therapist. You can find this here
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Intensives are more effective and efficient than traditional 50-minute therapy sessions. Typically in a 50-minute session, there are at least 5-10 minutes of “check-in” at the start of the session and usually, 5-10 minutes spent on “closing up” or “checking out” at the end of a session - Leaving only 30-40 minutes for deep therapeutic work. Therapy Intensives are different. A 3-hour Therapy Intensive allows for 2.5 hours of depth work. That’s the equivalent of FIVE 50-minute sessions or more than a month of therapy - in a single day!
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Let’s schedule a time to talk! I’m happy to answer any questions and explore your unique situation to see if a Therapy Intensive may be helpful for you. You can directly book a consultation with me by clicking this link.
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Therapy Intensives are not covered by insurance. However, if you have out-of-network benefits, your insurance company may reimburse a portion of the Therapy Intensive. It’s best to call the customer service number on the back of your insurance card to learn the details about your specific plan. Make sure to ask questions like: Do I have a deductible for out-of-network services? Have I met my deductible? What CPT billing codes do you reimburse (i.e. 90837 or two 90843 in one day)? What is the rate of reimbursement for each billing code? What is the allowable amount for reimbursement?
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Absolutely! I offer EMDR adjunct therapy and intensives. This means you dont have to end with yout current therapist. You can do an intensive to get relief around a particular experience or stuck point. I will ask that you sign a Release of Information so that your current therapist and I can collaborate/coordinate to best serve you.
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I will provide you with a customized workbook that includes assessments and activities to prepare for the Intensive. We will also meet for 90 minutes together 1-2 weeks before your intensive day(s) to help you feel prepared before the intensive.