Extended and Intensive Sessions

Going at Your Pace

Sometimes, 45-minute sessions are not enough, and you want more time without the pressure of wrapping up and waiting another week to continue your work.

Regular talk therapy usually happens once a week, unfolds over a few months to years, and is helpful when experiencing mild to moderate symptom severity.

Extended and intensive sessions are designed for those who want a little “pep in their step” for improvement and healing.

Extended and Intensive Sessions

Extended and intensive sessions are a more concentrated, accelerated pace of treatment, which decreases the overall length of therapy.

We will work together during the initial assessment to identify key issues, set goals, and develop strategies for achieving your goals within the condensed timeframe.

If you find the standard weekly structure too slow and spaced out, extended or intensive sessions are a great option!

Extended and intensive sessions include the option to use eye movement therapy (Accelerated Resolution Therapy), which will be determined during assessment.

Extended Sessions

Extended sessions are two back-to-back sessions (90 minutes) per week for individuals and two back-to-back sessions (two hours) for couples.

Extended sessions allow you to fully immerse yourself in unpacking a specific problem and making significant progress in getting yourself unstuck from those repetitive cycles you keep finding yourself in.

Intensive Sessions

Intensive sessions are longer in duration (three hours each) and frequency (two or three times per week), but consolidate your therapy journey into a few weeks instead of the typical months and years.

Intensives are helpful because there is less opportunity for new concerns to come up in between sessions.

Intensives typically have a focused treatment plan tailored to your specific goals, concerns, and symptoms.

After intensives, you can continue with weekly, biweekly, or monthly check-in sessions if you wish to do so.

Safety First!

Although intensives are faster-paced and great options for some, they are not for everyone.

When addressing trauma or painful experiences, my main focus is ensuring your safety and meeting you with empathy and gentleness.

During our initial consultation call, we will determine if you are a good fit for intensive treatment or if extended/regular sessions would be a better fit.

What to Expect

During extended or intensive sessions, I take on a more dynamic role where we spend less time talking about current or past problems, and more time addressing the repeated cycles and patterns in your life.

Together, we’ll pierce through the superficial symptoms and issues, and see directly into the core wounds.

We’ll work to heal the part of you that is stuck in the past, unable to move past the hurt you have endured.

Homework

In between our meetings, I will assign you homework to continue the momentum we started in the session.

Homework helps you stay focused on your goals, figure out how to be in alignment with yourself, and create healthier patterns in your present life to heal the stuck part of you.

Homework can include journaling exercises, trauma-informed body movement (yoga, pilates, meditation), letter writing, behavioral experiments, relaxation exercises, mindful eating, body scans, or communication exercises.

Why choose extended or intensive therapy?

Overall, extended or intensive therapy is a helpful and fruitful option for people looking for a more accelerated and concentrated option for therapy. These longer sessions offer a transformative journey toward your dream life through deep immersion in the therapeutic experience, which are geared toward your fulfillment and personal growth.

Intensives go beyond just alleviating your momentary pain. These sessions are focused on helping you gain a profound insight into your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, which ultimately unlock and release the innermost, purest part of you. You already have everything you need inside of you, and intensives help you find your answers quicker. You’ll uncover your hidden strengths, confront limiting beliefs and turn them into empowering beliefs about your life and yourself.

Extended and intensives help cultivate a deep sense of self that empowers you to live authentically and helps get unstuck from problems and feelings that have held you down.

Whether you’re overcoming past traumas, managing challenging emotions, or navigating life transitions, intensive therapy sessions provide you the space and support needed to enact meaningful change in your life within a short period of time. You’ll develop practical skills and strategies that empower you to overcome obstacles and grow into your true potential.

And the results don’t just stop within session. You will see deeper connections in your relationships, more vulnerability and openness in your friendships, and the strength to have compassion and understanding for yourself. The benefits and beauty of therapy will seep into all aspects of your life, bringing a sense of comfort, purpose, and clarity to your world. The world needs your most authentic self to be seen.

It’s time to invest in yourself and prioritize your healing. Create the life you deserve. Take action now and schedule your extended/intensive therapy session. Your dreams are within reach – let’s make them a reality together.

Call me for a free 20-minute consultation!