EMDR Therapy Intensives for Women in Santa Monica & Across California
You’ve done talk therapy. You’ve tried to think your way through healing. Now it’s time for deep, focused EMDR Therapy Intensives that helps your body finally feel safe, without years of weekly sessions.
When things feel tense or emotionally charged, you don’t fall apart… you shift into doing. You stay productive. You handle it and keep moving.
You’ve learned to rely on yourself, even when it costs you peace.
For many women, this didn’t start in adulthood. It formed early in relationships where emotional closeness felt inconsistent, overwhelming, or unsafe.
Some grew up with a physically absent parent. Others had a caregiver who was present, but emotionally unavailable. So your nervous system learned to stay alert, self-sufficient, and guarded… not because something was wrong with you, but because it had to.
What once helped you survive may now be costing you ease, connection, and a felt sense of safety.
This page exists because insight alone isn’t enough to undo a pattern your nervous system learned to rely on.
Signs That You Are A High-Achieving Woman Experiencing Emotional Burnout
You’re responsible. The one people rely on. You’ve learned how to keep going no matter what’s happening inside. You get things done at work, in your family, in your relationships and yet something still feels off.
Maybe you:
Get thrown off by someone’s tone, distance, or silence
Replay conversations over and over, wondering what you did wrong
Tell yourself “don’t take it personally” but it still bothers you
Stay busy or productive so you don’t have to slow down and feel
Feel alone when you’re surrounded by people
Reach a milestone… and feel empty almost immediately afterward
Use work, routines, scrolling, food, or substances to take the edge off
You may not call this trauma. You might call it being tired, sensitive, or “anxious.”
I help high-achieving, emotionally self-reliant women who learned to handle everything on their own move out of anxiety and emotional burnout through EMDR Therapy Intensives, so they can stop overthinking, rest without guilt and feel balanced inside.
Why EMDR Therapy Intensives Work When Weekly Therapy Hasn’t Been Enough
A Different Rhythm for Real Change
Weekly therapy can be helpful: especially for support, insight, and learning your patterns.
But if you’re high-functioning, you’ve probably noticed the frustrating rhythm:
You open something tender… then spend the rest of the week pulling yourself together again.
EMDR Therapy Intensives offer a different pace.
Focused, uninterrupted time so your system can stay with the work long enough for real change to land, and not just be understood.
What that often means in real life:
less restarting, less emotional whiplash, and relief that doesn’t require constant effort.
EMDR Therapy Intensive Specialties in Santa Monica
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EMDR Therapy Intensives
This is for you if you’ve done therapy before and still feel stuck.
Learn More → EMDR Intensives
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EMDR Therapy Intensives for Trauma
This is for you if your exhaustion traces back to early emotional neglect.
Learn More → Trauma & Childhood Wounds
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EMDR Therapy Intensives for Anxiety
This is for you if overthinking and anxiety keep your body on high alert.
Learn More → Anxiety EMDR Intensives
I’m Olivia, & I Get It!
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, EMDR Certified Therapist & Certified Wellness Coach in Santa Monica, CA
I’m Olivia Lavelle, LCSW, an EMDR-certified therapist based in Santa Monica, offering online EMDR Therapy Intensives throughout California.
My work is structured, compassionate, and paced with care. You won’t be pushed to perform vulnerability or “dig” for pain to prove anything.
We focus on the patterns your mind understands, and the places your body still holds.
So you can feel steadier inside, trust yourself more, and stop living braced.
Imagine This
You move through your day without bracing or managing yourself all the time. Your body feels calmer. Your mind feels quieter. And you trust yourself again.
Balance can start to feel like:
Choosing yourself first without guilt
Your mind finally quiets down (less overthinking, less replaying)Saying no without over-explaining
Your mind finally quiets down (less overthinking, less replaying)
Feeling relaxed in your body instead of tense or on edge
Rest that feels safe and restoring
Being less hard on yourself (a quieter inner critic)
Not because life becomes perfect, but because your body no longer feels like it has to stay on guard.
Ready To Take The Next Step?
If you’re the one who holds it together on the outside but feels wired or tired on the inside, intensives were built for this. You aren’t damaged or broken. Your body did exactly what it needed to survive and now it’s ready for something different.
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"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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