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EMDR Intensives: Extended sessions

EMDR Intensives

What is an EMDR Intensive?

Weekly therapy sessions for one hour are not the only option. Sometimes what you're carrying is too heavy for a brief session. 


EMDR Therapy itself addresses the psychological and physical symptoms stemming from adverse life experiences.


EMDR Intensives are an effective,  kind and spacious therapy of extended sessions, versus one hour a week,  to receive support towards your therapy goals. 


An EMDR Intensive may be scheduled anywhere from 90 minutes to 3 hours if virtual; and may be 1-3 days in the same week. 


We build in a safe and paced experience in order for the Intensive to be truly helpful, to inspire compassion for yourself, and to be a vehicle of change. We pay attention to gentle pacing and taking good care of you. 


The Intensive Model is based on the trauma research that difficult patterns in adulthood are rooted in childhood trauma. Trauma is defined as any experience that overwhelms your capacity to handle it at the time: Either too much, too soon, too fast; or not enough for too long. 


This model  allows room for reprocessing trauma and restoring the parts of you that didn't get needs met, and links up the difficult past with your competent and adaptive adult self now. 


This is goal focused, change oriented therapy and carefully designed for you specifically. Clients work intensively, and then do not come to session as often. 


We provide a clinical  assessment and in collaboration with you determine if this is a safe and solid option for you, and then offer options for you. 


We see more results from this approach than most, after 20 years of practice. 


 

Benefits

Who can benefit from an Intensive?

  • If you want therapy, but weekly sessions sounds more overwhelming than supportive. For many people the weekly model of traditional therapy doesn't fit into their actual lives. 


  • If you are motivated for change and just ready to work through something. 


  • If you have been avoiding addressing an upsetting experience from the past but you know it's affecting your life, your happiness, and maybe your relationships. 


  • If you have experienced relationship trauma, from childhood or adulthood or both - and you want to work through it to relate differently or stop being in pain. 


  • If you experience anxiety or depression and believe it's connected to something in your past, either recent or distant past. 


  • If you have experienced an incident such as a car accident, assault, natural disaster or witnessed violence or an overwhelming experience that is causing you distress. 


  • If you have been through something overwhelming and you are experiencing nightmares, flashbacks, and set backs. 


  • If you are frequently "triggered" and have over-reactions (including numb reactions) and would like to change that somehow because it's interfering in your life. 


  • If you are struggling after a year plus of Covid, and noticing changes in yourself like losing parts of who you are and wanting to be more fully yourself. 


  • If you have been to therapy, and have talked through the difficult parts of your life, and you really don't feel much better. 


  • If you are a health professional, therapist or caregiver of some kind and recognize you have symptoms of trauma. Give yourself a turn.  

What are the benefits of an EMDR Intensive?

  • You may find relief and reach your goals sooner than weekly or every other week appointment.  


  • Relief from distressing thoughts, distressing feelings and distressing body sensations associated with trauma. 


  • Relief from nightmares or flashbacks, or feeling jumpy and reactive after past trauma. 


  • Getting triggered less often, less intensely, and in some appropriate cases not at all.  


  • Feeling your capacity to make decisions, to even recognize choices that you didn't see before. 


  • Increasing confidence and feeling empowered. 


  • The possibility of a restored relationship with yourself. Which often leads to healthier relationships with family and friends and colleagues. 


  • You can save time and money overall. 

  • You can use EMDR as an adjunct therapy to couples therapy you might be doing, or work with a primary talk therapist. 

When an EMDR Intensive is not recommended:

-If you have been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder


-If you are currently chemically addicted


-If you have attempted suicide in the last year


-If the primary concern is OCD that is not trauma related


-If your schedule won't allow time off after the intensive. This time period is essential for full healing, recovery and integration of the therapy process. 


-If your therapist assesses that EMDR Therapy is not the best modality of treatment, or that this is not a safe time with enough stabilization and support for you to benefit from an Intensive at this time. 


**Having complex trauma or trauma during childhood does not rule you out of an EMDR Intensive. It does mean you will likely benefit from a few of them, at your own pace with support over time. This is actually an effective treatment approach, with an experienced and highly skilled therapist in complex trauma, EMDR Therapy, and Intensives. 


Your safety is our priority! This list isn't all inclusive, but is intended to give you an idea of some specific circumstances that may not be effective for an EMDR Intensive.


Effectiveness

Research supports the effectiveness of EMDR Intensives:

  • Intensive application of trauma-focused therapy seems to be well tolerated in patients with PTSD, enabling faster symptom reduction with similar, or even better, results while reducing the risk that patients drop out prematurely. Learn more here and here.


  • Intensive EMDR treatment is feasible and is indicative of reliable improvement in PTSD symptoms in a very short time frame. Learn more here.


  • An intensive program using EMDR therapy is a potentially safe and effective treatment alternative for complex PTSD. Learn more here.


  • The economy is compelling: even compared to other trauma therapy, the  intensive format may decrease treatment time, because of time not spent on: a) checking in at the beginning of each session, b) addressing current crises and concerns, c) assisting the client in regaining composure at the end of the session. Learn more here.


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EMDR Intensive provided by Victoria Ford and Carmen McHenry, as available for new clients. 

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