Brainspotting & EMDR Intensives are personalized treatment plans that allow you to skip the waitlist by giving you faster access to select spots, and are designed to support your preferred schedule and timeline for your treatment goals.

Brainspotting & EMDR Intensives allow the opportunity to progress through your symptoms and concerns in a more succinct and focused way without the interruption of a 50-minute session. Sessions during the Intensive would be 3-4 hours per day (1.5 to 2hrs at a time) for multiple days.

An intensive format may decrease overall treatment time because of time not spent on:

• checking in at the beginning of each session

• addressing current crises and concerns

• focusing on stabilizing and coping skills that clients won’t need after healing

• assisting clients in regaining composure at the end of the session because this is built into the work and at times not even needed

Before we get into the Intensive (the part where you’ll engage in Brainspotting & EMDR), we’ll meet for a Pre-Intensive Interview to determine the goal(s) of the time we’ll have together. We will look at what your life looks like now (what things are currently stressful in your life, what does your support system look like, how do you cope when you’re overwhelmed with big emotions and uncomfortable physical sensations), and places that you want relief, growth, or to take a big step forward.

During the Intensive we simultaneously work on decreasing the pain you’re feeling while also increasing your ability to connect with more enjoyable feelings, thoughts, and memories. We do this with deep-level brain processing in Brainspotting & EMDR, and learning which specific coping strategies work best for you.

Depending on where you are in life and your goal(s) for the Intensive, we may spend time processing relationships and events of your past or present, or your worries for the future. This process is very personal and customized to you.

After the Brainspotting & EMDR Intensive, we’ll meet for a Post-Intensive Interview to reflect on what you processed and learned, what was meaningful to you, and how do you let these new insights and shifts permeate into more of your life moving forward.

• You want to experience deep therapeutic work that can change your life quickly.

• You had a painful or uncomfortable experience that is still impacting you today.

• You have some time off of work or school, and you want to use some of your time for a mental spa day.

• You have done Brainspotting or EMDR before and found it helpful for healing and moving through life without feeling weighed down.

• You want to prepare yourself for a big life event (a wedding, moving somewhere new, becoming a parent, starting a new job or school).

• You already go to weekly therapy and you feel stuck or on the verge of a break through. You may want to do an Intensive as a supplement to your weekly therapy.

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. Learn more here.

This is a fast-pass, premium service. As such, higher fees are charged as they require more work, energy, and schedule flexibility.

Intensives also provide more value for clients.

Intensive sessions are typically $400-500/hour.

Intensive packages start at $1,875.

After booking, I will hold the dates for your intensive for one week. By that time, I need completion of your paperwork in the client portal. You will be charged a non-refundable deposit for half the amount of your total intensive cost.

Yes. Many insurance companies (typically PPOs) reimburse a portion of the cost of psychotherapy. For insurance purposes, I am considered an out-of-network provider.

It's best to determine the exact details of your policy ahead of time, including what benefits are available regarding out-of-network providers and if your insurance will reimburse several hours of therapy in one day or one week.

I will provide you with a Superbill for all direct contact therapy services included in the program.

Please know that the insurance company requires a diagnosis code as a reason for treatment. I recommend calling the customer service number on the back of your insurance card in order to get details about your specific plan.

I’m happy to provide more information to help with this process.

A 1-day intensive offers a multitude of resources and can help to either increase performance and confidence, or significantly decrease the devastating effects of single event trauma (e.g. negative thoughts, disturbing emotions and body sensations).

While significant healing can occur in one half-day intensive, Complex PTSD deserves more treatment than one half-day intensive. Many clients experiencing Complex PTSD may continue to work on their trauma histories through monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly half-day intensives.

Participating in a 2-3-day Intensive may create impactful change more efficiently than just weekly, 50-minute sessions or even one half-day intensive.

We will identify what format is best for you during your initial consultation.

Intensive sessions are similar to going on a personal retreat. It’s best to allow time outside of sessions to be unscheduled or filled only with self-care activities like exercise, body work (acupuncture or massage), and creative expression – drawing, painting, cooking.

*Intensives during cold and flu season will only be offered online.*

Intensives can be scheduled online or in-person. Please note I can only work with you if you are in the state of Oregon or Washington.

My office is located in downtown Eugene, OR. There are multiple options for accommodations and dining if you are coming from out of town.

You just need to be in the state of Oregon or Washington in order for me to work with you. If you are out of state, you can travel to Oregon or Washington for the Intensive. Some people like traveling for the Intensive as it adds to the experience of having a get-away to purely focus on healing and growth.

We’ll start with a free 20 minute consultation so that we can meet and see how we connect and whether an Intensive is a good fit for you.

If so, we’ll get your sessions scheduled, and I’ll send your treatment workbook that is to be completed at least one week before the Intensive. You’ll get two weeks to fill this out.