EMDR Therapy Intensives for Women in Santa Monica & Across California
For high-achieving, hyper-independent women carrying childhood abandonment, emotional neglect, or mother-wound trauma. Deep, focused EMDR work that helps your body finally feel safe — without years of weekly therapy.
What This Means For Your Life
You may recognize yourself in these patterns, even if you’ve never thought of it as trauma:
You’re capable. You get things done. People rely on you. But underneath that competence, your body rarely feels at ease.
You’re successful, yet something still feels empty or unsettled
You stay composed on the outside while your body feels tight, alert, or braced
You replay conversations long after they’re over, wondering what you missed
Other people’s tone, distance, or mood can shift your entire day
You try to explain yourself clearly, yet still feel unseen or misunderstood
You’re exhausted from always being the one who holds everything together
You may not call this trauma. You might call it being tired, sensitive, or “bad at letting things go.”
What This Could Look Like Instead
Imagine no longer feeling thrown off by other people’s moods.
Someone can be distant and you don’t internalize it. Someone can say something sharp and your body doesn’t stay tense for hours. You stop replaying conversations, wondering what you did wrong.
You feel present in your life instead of managing your nervous system all day. Your body isn’t braced for rejection. Your mind isn’t scanning for emotional danger.
You trust yourself to stay grounded, even when things feel uncertain.
Not numb.
Not shut down.
Just steadier.
This is what becomes possible when your body no longer needs survival mode to keep you safe.
What is an EMDR Therapy Intensive?
An EMDR intensive is focused trauma therapy done in longer, uninterrupted blocks — instead of brief weekly sessions stretched over months or years.
Rather than opening something painful, stopping, and carrying it alone between sessions, we work through it with momentum, containment, and support.
This gives your nervous system the time it needs to:
fully process what’s been stuck
release old emotional patterns
integrate change without constant reactivation
For many high-achieving women who learned early to rely on themselves, this approach feels safer, more efficient, and far more effective than traditional weekly therapy.
Why EMDR Therapy Intensives Work Especially Well For
High-Achieving & Hyper-Independent Women
If you learned early that you had to rely on yourself, starting and stopping therapy every week can feel exhausting and not regulating.
EMDR intensives work because:
there’s no emotional “whiplash” between sessions
we don’t stop when things finally open
your body stays in the process long enough to complete it
you receive my full presence and attention
This isn’t about pushing harder.
It’s about giving your system enough safety and time to finally let go.
I’m Olivia, & I Get It!
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, EMDR Certified Therapist & Certified Wellness Coach
You don’t have to convince me that it “wasn’t that bad.”
I work with women whose parents left… and women whose parents stayed but couldn’t show up emotionally. Both experiences can leave you feeling alone, unseen, and responsible for yourself far too early.
My role isn’t to analyze you or pathologize your reactions. It’s to help your body finally experience the safety and completion it never had, so you can live with more ease, trust, and emotional space.
EMDR Intensive Specialties in Santa Monica
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EMDR Therapy Intensives
If you’ve done years of therapy but still feel stuck, EMDR Intensives give your nervous system the space it needs for real relief and breakthrough moments weekly therapy can’t always reach.
Learn More → Accelerator EMDR Intensives
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EMDR Therapy Intensives for Trauma & Emotional Exhaustion
Healing for the parts of you that had to grow up too fast.
Intensives help you gently release emotional pain from childhood abandonment, emotional neglect, and mother-wound patterns so you can finally feel safe in your own body.
Learn More → Trauma & Childhood Wounds
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EMDR Therapy Intensives for Attachment & Relational Trauma
For heartbreak, mother-wound grief, divorce, miscarriage, or losing the version of yourself you thought you’d be.
Intensives help you move through grief instead of carrying it alone.
Learn More → Grief & Loss Intensives
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EMDR Therapy Intensives for Anxiety & Overthinking
When your mind won’t quiet down, Intensives help your body release the fear beneath the overthinking — so you can finally feel calm, grounded, and clear.
Learn More → Anxiety EMDR Intensives
Therapy doesn’t have to feel confusing.
Reach out.
A gentle 15-minute call to understand what you’re carrying and what relief would feel like.
Choose Your Intensive.
Select a 1-day, 3-day, or 5-day EMDR Intensive. Receive your prep guide and feel grounded before we begin.
Do the Deep Work.
Focused EMDR sessions (3–6 hours/day) so your body can release what weekly therapy never reached.
Integrate & Rise.
Walk away clearer, calmer, and more connected… without the emotional weight you’ve been carrying alone.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
Nothing is wrong with you.
You aren’t damaged or broken. Your body did exactly what it needed to survive and now it’s ready for something different.
→ Learn More About EMDR Intensives
→ Schedule a Consultation
"Emotions are messengers. We suffer when we silence them."
LET’S MAKE THIS EASY
Frequently Asked Questions
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An EMDR Intensive is a concentrated format of EMDR therapy where we do in one to five days what might normally take months of weekly sessions.
It provides uninterrupted time to move through the entire EMDR process — preparation, resourcing, reprocessing, and integration — without stopping right when things begin to open.
Many high-achieving women prefer this model because they want clarity sooner, they process quickly, and they’re tired of feeling stuck in the same patterns.
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Weekly EMDR gives you support in 50–55 minute sessions.
EMDR Intensives give you my full presence, steady pacing, and enough spaciousness to actually finish what your nervous system starts.
Here’s the difference in real life:
Weekly EMDR:
10–15 minutes to settle in
You open something up
Time’s up — your system shuts back down
You return next week starting from scratch
EMDR Intensives:
We keep going while your nervous system is open and ready
No rush, no stopping mid-process
You stay in momentum, which creates deeper emotional release
You leave with meaningful change, not half-processed pain
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Intensives are especially helpful for women who:
Grew up being the Achiever, the Helper, or the Hyper-Independent one
Feel exhausted from performing strength
Process things quickly but feel stuck emotionally
Feel “fine on paper” but overwhelmed inside
Are tired of overthinking, people-pleasing, or keeping everything together
Want relief now instead of waiting months
Are navigating mother wounds, attachment injuries, or burnout
Prefer depth, efficiency, and structure
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EMDR Intensives can support healing from:
Childhood emotional neglect
Mother wounds & attachment trauma
Anxiety & overthinking
Burnout and hyper-independence
Perfectionism and people-pleasing
Grief, heartbreak, and relationship patterns
Feeling “not enough,” unseen, or misunderstood
Emotional reactivity, triggers, and shame
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Choose an EMDR Intensive if you:
Want meaningful change faster
Prefer deep work over months of weekly talking
Feel stuck repeating the same emotional patterns
Have a demanding career and need a focused format
Are ready for emotional relief and nervous system clarity
Aren’t interested in spending years in therapy
Choose weekly therapy if you:
Prefer slower pacing
Need ongoing support and stabilization
Aren’t ready to look at certain wounds yet
I’ll help you decide during your consultation.
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My current rate is $250 per 60-minute session. EMDR Intensives (3, 6, or 9 hours) are also available for clients seeking faster progress and deeper emotional relief. I don’t want finances to be the reason you can’t start. If you’re interested, we can explore options that fit your needs.
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