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 AN INTENSIVE, SPECIFICALLY
Intensives aren't the only way I work. They're the format for concentrated depth.
The women who come to me for an intensive are usually looking for something specific: bounded, sustained depth in a short window. Not weekly increments. Not a season of relational work. A concentrated container built for material that needs the space to actually move.
The intensive format was developed for clients carrying complex or attachment-rooted trauma, the kind of material that needs sustained processing time rather than fifty-minute weekly sessions. Multi-hour sessions across consecutive days give your nervous system the space to open, work through what comes up, and close in the same held container, instead of asking you to carry the work alone between weeks.
If your life doesn't currently allow for the calendar commitment of an intensive, or if you'd rather build the therapeutic relationship over time, my weekly therapy service is the right fit. Same clinical lens, different rhythm.
The intensive is the format for concentrated depth. When that's what your life allows and your material needs, this is the work.
TWO INTENSIVE OPTIONS
THE CORE OFFER
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.
The right container depends on the depth of what you're working with
DEEPER CONTAINER
30-Hour Intensive- From $6,750
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 out-of-network reimbursement. If your insurance has out-of-network mental health benefits, Mentaya handles the reimbursement paperwork on your behalf. It's the closest thing to insurance that a private-pay practice offers.
We'll talk through which container fits on the 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.
THE MODEL, IN DETAIL
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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PHASE ONE
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.
This is the phase most therapists shortcut. We don't.
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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. 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.
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PHASE THREE
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.
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'd rather do ongoing weekly work than a bounded intensive (my weekly therapy service is where to start)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.
NOT READY FOR INTENSIVE WORK?
Weekly therapy is the other way I work with women.
If an intensive isn't the right fit for your life right now, or if you want to build the therapeutic relationship over time before doing concentrated work, my weekly therapy service is designed for exactly that. Same clinical lens, different rhythm.
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.
If more than one of these sounds like you, you're not alone. They almost always travel together.
INSIDE THE WORK
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.
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.
A NOTE ON SHORTER SESSIONS
The 4-Hour Extended Session
Not recommended as a first engagement. New clients begin with a 15-hour or 30-hour intensive.
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.
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.