What is an Intensive?
Therapy intensives are long session formats of several hours to full-day, or multi-day treatment events. During an Intensive, you will be the therapist’s only client each day. Rather than dealing with things on a weekly basis for months or possibly years, you can often work through issues efficiently to get the healing and relief you are looking for. An optional workbook is available for use prior, during, and post-Intensive to prepare and deepen the Intensive experience to maximize the impact of the work. This helps you find results faster than traditional weekly therapy.
Why choose an Intensive?
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Standard therapy typically follows the managed care or insurance model for treatment and can be a barrier to progress. Insurance companies dictate to therapists:
How long each session can be
How often clients and therapists can meet
How many sessions are allowed in the course of a year if insurance.
These limitations can impact progress.
For example, most therapists practice by seeing their clients for about 50 minutes each week. Within the 50 minutes, the client is expected to get settled in enough to focus on whatever they are in therapy about rather than the goings-on of the past week. They will briefly check in about the interval since the last session and share pleasantries with the therapist. They may also ask about billing-related issues. By that time, the clock has ticked away at least 5 minutes, maybe more. The therapist needs to check in about how the work accomplished in the last session settled with the client which informs the starting point for therapy within the present session. This leaves about 30 minutes for intervention. The remaining 10 minutes of session are allotted to closure procedures and planning for the next session.
It is easy to see that the insurance model limits the amount of progress a client can make week to week.
Intensives get around that model by allowing extended time to complete work on a large amount of material in mere hours or days. Rather than months of weekly sessions, you could work through your most challenging psychological difficulties in one weekend.
Intensives at Shoofly Farm
If you’re interested in booking an Intensive, the first step is a 20-min consult for screening. After you book, we will do a 90-min intake by video at no charge prior to the Intensive weekend. I will also provide a workbook with exercises and readings so you are prepared for our work together. None of this is designed to be overwhelming. You will find this work will improve your experience. You can send me your workbook entries prior to the Intensive retreat so I am also best prepared for our individualized work.
While at the Shoofly Farm, if you choose, you will receive a gourmet breakfast each morning, delivered to your cabin. There are snacks, coffee and teas, sparkling waters, fresh juices and fresh fruits in your room or cabin. A chair yin-yoga class is offered on Thursday mornings on the huge wrap around porch.
In addition to provisions and services, the staff and b&b host are an integral part of the experience. They’re so attentive and kind.
As my client, you will get my undivided attention for 7 hours a day. As you can see, the retreat is apples and oranges to weekly therapy.
EMDR Intensive Programs, Formats and Rates
EMDR Intensive formats range from 90 minutes to 6 hours per day for one day or multiple days in a row.
All Intensive clients receive a Customized 70-page workbook, upon request, for use before, during, and after the Intensive, during Intensive session(s)
Post-Intensive Integration and Application call for up to 90-minutes available upon request (billed at standard Intensive rates)
SHORT- DURATION Intensive work:
3-hour session $750
Additional time charged in half-hour increments at $250/hour
