Therapy intensives are longer therapy sessions, ranging from 1-3 days, designed for deep healing and quick relief. These online intensives offer focused, in-depth support to help you move forward with clarity and confidence.
An Online Therapeutic Intensive might be right for you if:
Does something from your past continue to trigger you, despite your best efforts to move forward? We help you go beyond traditional therapy, diving deeper to heal past pain from the inside out.
Do you struggle to feel meaningfully connected to others? We'll help you express your needs and heal old patterns of relating so you can have healthy, secure relationships.
Do you hesitate to make decisions or take risks? We'll help improve your confidence and self-trust so you can take meaningful action toward the changes you want.
Feeling disconnected, unmotivated, or misaligned? We'll help you to re-connect with yourself and find purpose, meaning and joy in your life again.
Intensive therapy helps clients go deeper and feel relief faster than they may through traditional talk therapy. Instead of 45-60 minute weekly therapy sessions, intensives range from 3 to 9 hours over the course of 1 to 3 days. Your therapist will help you decide on the right amount of time based on your issue.
I like to think of online intensives as a virtual therapy retreat! Before the intensive, we will meet for 90 minutes to discuss your goals and develop a treatment plan. We will review your supports & strengths and identify areas where you'd like to see growth. We will then meet for an agreed-upon amount of time, ranging from 3-9 hours over the course of 1-3 days. The length will depend on the complexity of your issues and your goals for treatment. In these sessions, we will do EMDR, solution-focused therapy, coaching, or grief counseling. The modality used will depend on your needs and goals for the intensive. Finally, we will meet for another 90 minute session to debrief and discuss next steps. You'll receive a customized workbook to use throughout the process. This workbook can assist in deepening self-learning and taking notes throughout the intensive.
Therapy intensives are more effective & efficient than normal 45-minute sessions. In 45-minute sessions, there’s often 5-10 minutes of ‘check-in’ at the start & 5-10 minutes of ‘check-out’ at the end. This leaves only 25-35 minutes for deep therapeutic work. A 3-hour therapy intensive allows for 2.5 hours of depth work. If you opt for the 3-day option, that’s the same as doing 12 therapy sessions, or 3 months worth of therapy, in only a few days!
Anyone who wants to feel fast relief and/or who cannot commit to weekly therapy may be a good fit for an intensive. Doing intensive work can help clients who are experiencing great distress or dysfunction. They can get to the root of their problems so they can resume their normal routine in a shorter amount of time. Clients who have been in traditional talk therapy, but still feel 'stuck' can also be a good fit for this format.
This depends on your goals for the intensive. Treatment for some issues may only need 1 day. Others, particularly those that are more complex, may take more time and up to 2-3 days. I can help you make a determination about the number of days that would work best based on your goals.
No, insurance does not cover the cost of therapy intensives. If you must use your insurance, we can connect you to a provider for weekly, 45-minute appointments.
The cost of an online therapeutic intensive ranges based on the number of hours. There are several packages to choose from based on your needs and goals. Please reach out to request our intensives e-brochure, which goes over all options.
The short answer is yes. We recommend the issue you bring to the intensive be different from what you're working on in therapy. If the same thing is being addressed in two places it can disrupt the processing and be less effective. We will also consult with your therapist in these instances to make sure we're all on the same page.
Therapy intensives give you the results you would get from months of therapy in a much shorter time. If you add up the cost of weekly therapy, an intensive is actually more cost effective. Instead of waiting months, you can get the same relief in a few days, which is hard to put a price tag on!
I get it; it’s a big commitment! This is why I offer a free, no-obligation call to further discuss the issue you’d like support with. We'll decide together if I'm the best person to help you with it. I will always make a referral if I don’t believe I'm the best person to help you. For example, if I find the issue is beyond my skillset or out of my scope of practice, I will refer you elsewhere.
We’re here to help! If you have more questions or still have any doubts, don’t hesitate to reach out. Fill out the form below, and we’ll get back to you with the answers you need. We value your inquiries and look forward to assisting you.
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