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EMDR & Brainspotting
Therapy Intensive Programs in California
EMDR & Brainspotting Intensive Therapy Programs provide both accelerated healing & more flexibility than the traditional weekly model.
EMDR & Brainspotting Therapy Intensives May Be Just the Right Fit for You
Perhaps you’ve been wanting to get into weekly therapy for a while now. But your schedule has been so hectic and demanding that a weekly therapy appointment feels more overwhelming than supportive.
Maybe you’re needing help —- and a lot of it—- right now, and you don’t want to spend months or years in the traditional weekly model to feel better.
Perhaps you now cognitively understand new things, yet your body is still confused, so you’re curious about how EMDR & Brainspotting intensives can help.
How are Therapy Intensives different than “regular” weekly therapy?
Fixed Number of Sessions. How long therapy will take is a common question when it comes to therapy. With an Intensive Program you’ll know exactly how many times you’ll meet with your therapist. (Usually 3-4 sessions for a single Intensive)
Length of sessions. Weekly sessions are usually 45-60min. During an Intensive, sessions are longer to allow for deeper work to take place. Online Intensive Sessions are typically 90 minutes, in person session can be up to 3 hours.
Level of Preparation. With the use of a customized client workbook, you will be able to begin having your own reflections & insights before, during, and after your intensive. While your therapist will review your responses to fully customize your Intensive experience.
Have more questions about EMDR & Brainspotting intensives? Our therapists have answers. Schedule your free consult today!
How it Works
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Intake Assessment
First appointment to assess for candidacy, as well as target unpleasant beliefs, body sensations, emotions, or images from which you are seeking relief.
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Design your Intensive
You and your therapist will decide how many sessions will make sense for your intensive, how long the sessions will be, and set expectations around what can be accomplished.
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Complete Your Workbook
You and your therapist will be able to have insights before diving into processing work to enhance your experience and your therapists clinical delivery.
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Start Feeling Better
Begin your customized intensive sessions! Your tailored program will also include building skills and preparing for trauma processing, to help your healing journey unfold.
Intensive FAQs
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Intensive sessions are 1.5 - 3hours which allow more time to progress through your symptoms, without the start and stop of 50-minute sessions every week. An intensive format may decrease overall treatment time because of time not spent on: a) checking in at the beginning of each session, b) addressing current crises and concerns, c) focusing on stabilizing and coping skills that you won’t need after healing, or d) assisting in regaining composure at the end of the session. Also included is a client workbook to customize your experience. You can read more about what to consider in our blog about intensives.
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Intensive Programs come with a personalized electronic Client Workbook that will guide you before, during and after your Intensive. You and your therapist will already have insights about you, making this work invaluable because these types of insights can take months to make in weekly therapy.
You’ll have these insights before you dive into your trauma work feeling more prepared and empowered. The workbook is not only efficient clinically, it will give you more agency and accountability in your own healing.
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Both! Intensive Programs can be conducted both online or in person. In person availability can be limited.
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Great question. You can decide which makes sense for you during your intake. You dont have to decide before you book. Sometimes times your therapist might use both. In the mean time, check out our free webinar for more info about the similarities and differences between
the two.
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An Intensive Program starts with a 90 min Intake session. Usually, after that follows 2 intensive sessions in one week, then 2 intensive sessions the following week. Ending with a 30 minute check in a few weeks after completion.
Sessions are usually 90 minutes. 3 hour intensive sessions can be scheduled upon request.
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Intensives are charged per session.
A 90 min intake or 90 intensive session is $475. A 3 hour session is $950. Most Intensive programs are a total of 5, 90 minute sessions. Intensives are charged per session.
Yes, the fee per session is a lot higher than a ongoing weekly session fee. That's because you are investing more upfront to see and feel results faster than you would in weekly therapy. You and your intensive therapist are committed more time preparing, to see deeper change in a shorter time. For more to consider about therapy programs, and what you need to know.
Start EMDR & Brainspotting Intensives in California
Our Client Care Coordinator is ready to connect you with an EMDR Therapist who is the best fit for you. At Empowered Mind Therapy we believe that your healing journey should be customized to your unique experience, needs, and goals. This is why we offer several different options for EMDR Intensives in California. In order to get started follow these simple steps.
Contact us to speak with a Mental Health Professional
Schedule the intensive EMDR therapy that best fits your needs
Start healing on your time in a way that works for you
Other Counseling Services We Offer in the San Francisco Bay Area
At our counseling practice in Walnut Creek, CA, we specialize in therapy for women of color both in-person and online in California. Providing counseling for anxiety, depression, trauma, and PTSD. As well as therapy for self-esteem and brainspotting.
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