Get Better Faster
An EMDR Trauma Treatment Intensive is designed to accelerate the healing process by offering a different alternative to traditional therapy. Instead of the typical weekly therapy structure, individuals dedicate 1-5 days to focus on healing and growth.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) is a highly researched, widely respected, and effective approach to treating trauma as well as chronic anxiety and depression. EMDR helps you to quickly process critical incidents or disturbing events from your past so that you are no longer having overwhelming emotions, feelings, or thoughts about the event and you are able to function and return to the life you had before the traumatic event or, in some cases, even better than before.
This approach may be the best choice for you if:
You want to achieve faster results in therapy.
You’re busy and don’t have the time in your life to commit to weekly therapy sessions due to work or family life demands. (Perhaps you do contract work, or travel for work and only have intermittent blocks of time off, or you are home for a temporary amount of time from military deployment.)
You’ve already spent a good amount of time in therapy and it doesn’t seem to be helping or else progress is going too slowly for you.
You don’t have access to a trauma therapist in your area but are able to spend some dedicated time to travel to see me to work in a more focused and concentrated way.
The goals of an intensive are to:
Help you move past and forward from the disturbing event(s).
Decrease symptoms of anxiety, depression, emotional numbing, and feelings of shame or guilt.
Break free from stuck patterns in your life.
Eliminate intrusive thoughts, pictures, or sensory memories of event.
Improve day-to-day living and the quality of your life overall.
The benefits of an EMDR trauma treatment intensive include:
No need to talk about the disturbing experience: One of the most remarkable qualities of EMDR therapy is that healing past issues does not require you to talk extensively about them.
Days Not Months: Find life changing healing in a matter of days not months or years.
Cost Effective: In the long run, intensives are more cost effective because the sessions are concentrated and highly focused. Unlike weekly therapy where trauma processing time is often shared with time to catch up on the events of the week, an intensive is solely working on processing the traumatic event(s). This makes the work more efficient and, in the end, requires less time in therapy and less cost overall.
No More Weekly Appointments: Rather than scheduling your life around a weekly therapy appointment, simply start living the healthy life you desire.
More Free Time: Replace the time you would have otherwise spent seeing a therapist each week with quality time with your family, loved ones, or personal interests. Not only will you not be spending time in weekly therapy, you will also be healed from those life issues that had previously been holding you back.
You Don’t Have to Live in San Antonio: My practice is located in San Antonio, Texas but that doesn’t mean you have to be. Clients can travel from anywhere state-wide, nation-wide, or world-wide to San Antonio to spend their intensive time here then return home to your life.
“It’s not the person refusing to let go of the past but the past refusing to let go of the person.”
FAQ’s
+ What does the schedule for an EMDR trauma treatment intensive look like?
An EMDR intensive is highly focused work that can be done over the course of one day, several days, or week-long increments (depending on your needs and goals). Full day intensives sessions will begin at 10 am and end at around 6 pm with an hour break for lunch as well as other breaks when needed. A single retreat day includes 7 hours of therapy which is the equivalent of seven 50–55-minute sessions. In other words, 1 retreat day is the equivalent of nearly two months of therapy!
+ What types of trauma can an EMDR intensive treat?
There are two types of trauma that someone may need EMDR treatment for: single-event trauma or ongoing-event trauma. Single-event trauma is an incident that has a clear beginning and end. Some examples of a single-event trauma include:
- A terrible loss
- A car accident
- Robbery
- Being a victim or witness to an act of violence
- A natural disaster
- A traumatic medical procedure
- Rape
- Severe injury
Ongoing-event trauma is an event that occurs many times over an extended period of time. This can include:
- Witnessing or experiencing physical, emotional, or sexual abuse in your family
- Long-term bullying
- Being exposed to a parent abusing alcohol or drugs
- Workplace trauma
- Life threatening illness
- Relationship violence
- Military combat
+ How do I know if an EMDR intensive is right for me?
If you’re ready for faster results, if you're tired of feeling stuck in certain patterns of thoughts or behavior, if you don't have time in your schedule to dedicate to weekly therapy, or if your current therapy progress has stalled, an EMDR intensive may be right for you.
*Please note: If you are actively having thoughts of suicide, self-harming, or harming others, an EMDR intensive would not be appropriate at this time. If you are actively abusing drugs or alcohol, an intensive would not be recommended. In these situations, weekly therapy would be recommended instead to focus on safety and stabilization.
+ What is the cost of an EMDR trauma treatment intensive?
Full days cost $2000 and a 50% deposit is due at the time of booking. Intensive therapy is a financial investment in you and your future. Rather than being on the weekly payment plan of traditional therapy treatment, you will be investing a larger amount of money up front (that in the long run will likely still be less money than ongoing weekly therapy). Many people have to plan ahead and save before they can schedule an Intensive. Once the Intensive is scheduled though, you will have a fixed cost to work with rather than the unknown costs of ongoing weekly therapy.
Next Steps…
If you’re considering an intensive as an option for you, the next step is to reach out to schedule a call. The purpose of the call is to:
Briefly discuss your situation to determine if you would be a good candidate for an EMDR intensive.
Assess for number of treatment days needed.
Answer any questions you may have.
Review and prepare you for participating in an intensive.