Therapy Intensives | Tennessee, Colorado, & Florida
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Therapy Intensives for Trauma Healing & Emotional Freedom
Experience Accelerated Healing and Lasting Growth
You don’t have to stay stuck in cycles of overthinking, people-pleasing, perfectionism, or carrying the invisible weight of trauma. Therapy intensives give you the time and space to process deeply, shift painful beliefs, and rewire emotional and relational patterns—without the limits of a rushed, 50-minute weekly session.
Why Weekly Therapy May Not Be Enough for Trauma Recovery
Maybe this sounds familiar:
You’ve done the work. You understand your patterns—difficulty trusting, shutting down during conflict, anxiety, or pushing yourself to overachieve—but your body and emotions still feel stuck.
Your schedule is already overflowing, and weekly therapy feels more like another obligation than true support. Waitlists only make the process more frustrating.
You’re ready for relief now and don’t want to wait months or years to feel the difference therapy can make.
Or, you’re brand new to therapy and want to dive in fully, building momentum right from the start.
Trauma therapy intensives give you the chance to go deeper, faster, with focused, compassionate care—helping you heal from your childhood trauma, relationship wounds, anxiety, and perfectionism.
Why Intensives Work
In traditional weekly therapy, clients often spend:
10–15 minutes checking in
20–30 minutes processing
10–15 minutes closing the session
That rhythm can be helpful for maintenance, but it often slows deep trauma healing. Opening painful material only to close it again in under an hour can leave you feeling raw, fragmented, or unfinished.
Intensives are different:
Sessions are 2–3 hours in one day, or 1.5–2 hours each across multiple days.
We move past surface-level coping and into real processing, while still allowing plenty of time for grounding and integration.
Clients often experience breakthroughs in a few sessions that might otherwise take months in the traditional model.
Intensives are designed around your needs—not insurance or rigid medical protocols.
What to Expect in a Therapy Intensive
1. Pre-Intensive Interview
We’ll meet to clarify your goals, explore what life looks like now, and identify the areas where you want healing and growth.
2. Personalized Workbook
You’ll receive a customized workbook with reflection prompts to complete before your intensive. This helps you enter the process focused, supported, and ready.
3. The Intensive Session(s)
We’ll work 2–3 hours at a time, combining Brainspotting and ART as well as talk therapy to:
Decrease the emotional pain you’ve been carrying
Increase your ability to connect with positive emotions and memories
Process past or present trauma, anxiety, or relational struggles
Practice strategies that help your nervous system feel safe again
4. Post-Intensive Integration
You’ll complete the second half of your workbook and meet with me for a Post-Intensive Interview. Together, we’ll reflect on what shifted, what insights you gained, and how to carry those changes into your daily life.
5. Personalized Resources
You’ll receive either a list of personalized recommendations for resources that will continue your growth over time, or you may add on a custom intensive resource kit that I will put together for you (including books, workbooks, journals, pens, etc.) to best support your goals.
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Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
ART uses gentle eye movements and visualization to help your brain release stored trauma quickly and effectively. Many clients notice significant relief in just 1–3 sessions, making it a powerful tool for resolving painful memories and shifting negative beliefs.
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Brainspotting (BSP)
Brainspotting uses the connection between your gaze and your nervous system to access and heal trauma at a deep level. By focusing on specific eye positions, your brain and body are able to process unresolved experiences in a way that feels natural and profound.
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Neurofeedback
Neurofeedback helps retrain your brain to regulate itself. By receiving real-time feedback, your brain learns to spend more time in calm, focused, and balanced states—so regulation becomes your default rather than the exception.
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Enneagram
The Enneagram is an insightful framework for understanding your core motivations, fears, and adaptations. It can help you recognize patterns that no longer serve you, deepen self-awareness, and create more authentic connections with others.
Brainspotting & Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
You may have heard of EMDR, one of the best-known trauma therapies. Brainspotting and ART were both created by clinicians originally trained in EMDR, and both are considered powerful, somatic, brain-body therapies.
Why I offer Brainspotting & ART over EMDR:
In my experience, Brainspotting and ART are gentler and often faster.
They work by accessing the brain-body connection directly, helping release stored trauma without needing to relive every painful detail.
We’ll decide together which approach—or combination—fits you best.
What Therapy Intensives Can Help With
Trauma related to abuse, assault, or neglect (PTSD)
Childhood and attachment trauma (CPTSD)
Anxiety, overthinking, phobias, OCD
Perfectionism and burnout
Negative relationship patterns and difficulty with boundaries
Depression and self-worth struggles
Medical trauma, chronic pain, and recovery from injury
Enhancing performance, creativity, and focus
You want to experience deep, life-changing work in a shorter timeframe.
You’ve been carrying a painful memory or trauma that still impacts you.
You’re preparing for a major life event (a wedding, parenthood, a new job, moving, etc.).
You’ve tried weekly therapy but feel stuck—or want a supplement to your ongoing therapy.
You’re craving focused time for emotional healing, like a “mental wellness retreat.”
Why Choose an Intensive Therapy Program?
What Research Shows for Trauma Therapy Intensives
Clinical research supports intensive trauma therapy:
Clients experience faster symptom reduction compared to weekly therapy.
Results are often equal or better than traditional models.
Intensives reduce the risk of dropout since progress happens more quickly.
Brainspotting and ART are both designed for efficient, accelerated healing, making them especially well-suited for the intensive format.
Therapy intensives are a premium service—designed to give you focused attention, schedule flexibility, and personalized care.
Rates: $280-390 per hour (weekday, weekend, length, etc.)
Packages: Start at $850 (includes intake session + 2–3 hour intensive session)
Insurance: Many PPO plans reimburse part of the cost for out-of-network therapy. I provide Superbills and partner with Mentaya to make reimbursement easier. You can explore your potential benefits using the tool here.
Fees are based on your needs and program design, and are communicated ahead of time in accordance with the No Surprises Act.
Investment & Program Information
Why Intensives Can Be More Cost-Effective than Weekly Therapy
In weekly therapy, you might spend:
A month or more processing a single stressor—if you don’t get sidetracked by life’s weekly crises (4 sessions, ~$800).
Multiple months addressing one core issue, with costs adding up along the way.
In an intensive, you can:
Spend 2–3 focused hours fully resolving one or multiple stressors (around $850).
Avoid weeks of fragmented sessions, save on childcare and time off work, and reduce your reliance on symptom-managing medications or unhelpful coping skills.
The bottom line: a few hours can create changes that last a lifetime.
Take the Next Step Toward Healing
You don’t have to keep carrying trauma in silence—or wait years to feel better. A therapy intensive offers focused, compassionate, and accelerated support tailored to your needs.
Schedule your free consultation today and begin your path toward freedom, clarity, and emotional balance.
FAQs About Intensive Therapy Programs
Q: What is a therapy intensive?
A therapy intensive is an extended therapy session (2–3 hours in one day, or multiple hours across a few days) designed to accelerate trauma healing. Instead of months of weekly sessions, intensives allow you to process deeply and create lasting change in a shorter timeframe.
Q: Are intensives online or in person?
Both options are available. I can meet virtually if you’re located in Tennessee, Colorado, or Florida. My in-person office is in Ooltewah, TN (near Chattanooga and North Georgia). Many clients travel in for intensives and treat it as a healing retreat.
Q: What can I expect from a 1-day intensive?
Relief from a single trauma, major breakthrough in self-esteem or relationship patterns, or significant reduction in anxiety, phobias, or body-based symptoms.
Q: What about a 2- or 3-day intensive?
Deeper work for complex trauma, multiple experiences, or layers of healing. Longer formats allow for even more integration and lasting transformation.
Q: How do I get started?
It begins with a free email consultation and a 20-minute phone chat to make sure it’s the right fit. From there, we’ll secure your dates, complete paperwork, and send you your personalized workbook.
Q: Is intensive trauma therapy more effective than weekly therapy?
For many clients, yes. Intensive trauma therapy provides focused, uninterrupted time for deep processing, which often leads to faster results. Research shows intensives can reduce symptoms more quickly and may even be more effective than traditional weekly sessions for trauma recovery.
Q: What issues can therapy intensives help with?
Therapy intensives can help with childhood trauma, abuse recovery, anxiety, perfectionism, conflict avoidance, depression, self-esteem, relationship patterns, burnout, and even performance or creativity blocks. They are especially helpful when you feel “stuck” in therapy or life.
Q: Do you offer online therapy intensives?
Yes. I offer online trauma therapy intensives for clients in Tennessee, Colorado, and Florida. Online sessions use Brainspotting and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and provide the same depth of healing as in-person sessions.
Q: How much does a therapy intensive cost?
Therapy intensives typically cost $280–$390 per hour. Packages start at $850 and include a personalized treatment plan, intensive sessions, and integration support. Many clients find intensives more cost-effective than months of weekly therapy.
Q: Where are in-person therapy intensives offered?
In-person intensives are available in Ooltewah, TN, just minutes from Chattanooga and North Georgia. Many clients travel in and treat their intensive like a personal healing retreat.