Online EMDR Therapy Intensives in California
A structured container for the work your nervous system has been waiting for
Multi-day intensives for women who've already done the insight work and need their bodies to catch up. Online, across California, designed for clients carrying attachment trauma and complex relational patterns.
You leave Tuesday's session feeling something open in your chest...
By Thursday night, you're white-knuckling through a work call with the same chest tightness you've had for years.
You drove home Tuesday saying that was a good session. You wrote three lines in your journal. You promised yourself you'd sit with what came up.
Then your mother called. Then someone needed something at work. Then it was Sunday and you realized you'd been bracing all weekend without noticing.
By next Tuesday, you're not back at the start exactly, but you're not where you left it either. You explain the week. Your therapist listens. The hour ends. You leave with another thread of insight and the same body you walked in with.
You've been doing this for years. The work hasn't been wasted. But somewhere along the way you started suspecting that the container itself is the thing that won't let you finish.
WHY INTENSIVES
If weekly therapy were going to be enough, it would have been
This work is built for women who've already tried weekly therapy and made real progress, but the patterns still won't move. The reason isn't your effort. It's the structural mismatch between attachment trauma and the 50-minute session.
An intensive gives your nervous system what it actually needs: sustained time, a held container, and integration support built into the work rather than left to you to figure out alone.
TWO INTENSIVE OPTIONS
The right container depends on the depth of what you're working with
We'll talk through which one fits on your consultation call. For most women, the 15-hour intensive is the starting point. For clients with more layered presentations, the 30-hour gives the work the time it needs.
15-HOUR INTENSIVE
$3,750
The core of my practice. A focused container for concentrated work on attachment patterns, anxiety, and the places your body is still holding what your mind has already named.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
2 preparation sessions (60-90 min) in the 2 weeks before
3 consecutive days of processing (5 hours per day)
2 integration sessions (60 min) in the 2-3 weeks after
Email support between sessions
Roughly 19 hours of client time across 5-6 weeks.
30-HOUR INTENSIVE
From $6,500
A deeper container for women with layered attachment trauma, dissociative responses, or those ready for sustained multi-day work after years of weekly therapy.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
3 preparation sessions (60-90 min) in the 2-3 weeks before
5 consecutive days of processing (6 hours per day)
3 integration sessions (60 min) in the 3-4 weeks after
Email support between sessions
Roughly 36 hours of client time across 7-8 weeks.
Superbill available for clients seeking out-of-network insurance reimbursement.
THE MODEL, IN DETAIL
Preparation
In the weeks before your intensive, we meet for preparation sessions designed to do three things: map your history and current patterns, identify the specific targets for processing, and build the somatic resources your nervous system needs to hold the work.
For most women, preparation includes a detailed intake conversation, identification of specific EMDR targets, nervous system stabilization work, and a clear plan for what the intensive itself will look like.
This is the phase most therapists shortcut. We don't.
PHASE THREE
PHASE TWO
Deep Processing
The processing days are where the actual EMDR work happens. Sessions are long enough for your nervous system to fully open, work through what comes up, and close without the rushed transition that weekly therapy forces.
For the 15-hour intensive, this means 3 consecutive days, 5 hours per day. For the 30-hour intensive, this means 5 consecutive days, 6 hours per day. Within each day, we use a structured pace that includes processing time, somatic check-ins, breaks, and time to integrate before continuing. You're not pushed past your nervous system's pace.This is the phase most therapists shortcut. We don't.
Integration
After the intensive, we meet for integration sessions over the following weeks. These sessions exist because what moves during processing needs time to consolidate, and your nervous system needs support recognizing the new baseline.
Most clients complete this arc and don't need additional intensive work. Some return months or years later for focused work on a new target.
PHASE ONE
What happens across the three phases
Every intensive moves through the same three-phase arc, whether you're doing the 15-hour or the 30-hour container. The depth changes. The structure doesn't.
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IS THIS THE RIGHT WORK FOR YOU
Who I work with in intensives
Intensives are designed for a specific kind of client. Not every prospect is a good fit, and one of the things we do on the consultation call is determine whether this work is what you actually need.
A STRONG FIT IF
You've done prior therapy and are ready for deeper, more concentrated work.
You're carrying attachment trauma, emotional neglect, or complex relational wounds.
Your nervous system shows up in chronic anxiety, hyper-independence, or somatic patterns that talk therapy hasn't fully resolved.
You have the time and emotional bandwidth to commit to multi-day work.
NOT THE RIGHT FIT IF
You're in active crisis (acute suicidality, recent severe trauma, active substance dependence).
You need ongoing weekly support more than focused intensive work.
You're looking for medication management or psychiatric care.
You're not located in California for the duration of your sessions.
If you're not sure, the consultation call is the place to find out. There's no pressure either way.
WHAT I WORK WITH IN INTENSIVES, SPECIFICALLY
The patterns I see most often
Attachment trauma rarely arrives with a clinical label. Most women come to intensives describing one of these patterns by its felt experience. We address them as part of the same underlying work.
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Anxiety that won't quiet down
The chronic alarm in your body isn't a thinking problem, which is why thinking through it hasn't fixed it. Intensives give your nervous system the sustained, body-level work it needs to actually down regulate.
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The cost of being the strong one
Hyper-independence is a survival adaptation, not a personality trait. Intensive work lets the work be held for you, which is often the experience your nervous system has never had.
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When you're still stuck after years of therapy
You don't need more insight. You need your body to catch up to what you already know. EMDR intensives are designed for this exact gap between intellectual understanding and somatic relief.
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Childhood that looked fine from the outside
Attachment wounds in families that didn't look broken are some of the hardest to treat in weekly therapy. Intensives create the time and container these wounds actually need, without you having to justify what didn't happen.
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People-pleasing and the lost self
The dissolution of self that came from accommodating other people requires more than coping strategies. Intensive EMDR works at the level where the original adaptation was made.
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If more than one of these sounds like you, you're not alone. They almost always travel together.
INSIDE THE WORK
During the work.
The pace is different. There's room for the work to actually move. When something difficult comes up, we have time to be with it. You're not opening something at 4:50 and being asked to walk back into your life at 5:00.
After.
Integration is built into the work, not an afterthought. We meet again to process what shifted, what's still moving, what wants more attention. The work continues for weeks after the intensive ends, but you're not doing it alone.
What it feels like to actually do this
Before you arrive.
We meet for preparation sessions in the weeks leading up to your intensive. We map your history. We work with your nervous system so it knows what's coming. By the time you arrive at the first intensive day, you've already done the groundwork.
A NOTE ON SHORTER SESSIONS
Not recommended as a first engagement. New clients begin with a 15-hour or 30-hour intensive.
The 4-Hour Extended Session
For returning clients or for specific focused work on a single target, I offer 4-hour extended EMDR sessions. These are not full intensives. They're a way to do concentrated work on a specific issue, core belief, or memory after we've already done the foundational work together.
COMMON QUESTIONS
What women ask before booking an EMDR intensive
How do I know if I'm ready for an intensive?
You're ready if you've done some prior therapy, you're not in active crisis, and you're looking for focused work rather than ongoing weekly support. If you're not sure, the consultation is designed to figure that out together.
What's the timeline from booking to starting?
Usually 3 to 6 weeks. After our consultation, if we're a fit, we schedule preparation sessions over 2-3 weeks, then the intensive itself. Some clients move faster; some want more time.
What does the investment cover, exactly?
The $3,750 or $6,750 covers all preparation sessions, the intensive processing days, all integration sessions, and email support for clinical questions between sessions. There are no additional fees.
Will I get a superbill for insurance?
Yes. I'm an out-of-network provider, which means I don't bill insurance directly. I provide superbills that you can submit for partial reimbursement, typically 50 to 80 percent depending on your plan.
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THE NEXT SMALL STEP
A twenty-minute call. We map your next step together.
If you've been carrying this for a long time, a twenty-minute conversation isn't a big ask. Most women tell me after that they wish they'd done it sooner.