Is a Therapy Intensive Right for You?
If “what’s for dinner?” makes you want to jump off a cliff—this is for you!
When even simple questions like “what’s for dinner?” feel overwhelming, it’s often a sign that your internal reserves have been depleted for a long time. Not because you’re weak—but because you’ve been strong for everyone else.
If you’re the one who always holds it together…
for your family, your work, your relationships…
it can start to feel like there’s nothing left for you!
You show up.
You manage, cope, and keep going.
Your needs come last.
You push through exhaustion because stopping doesn’t feel like an option.
And underneath it all, you feel empty, overwhelmed, or disconnected from yourself.
If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone—and support is available.
What Is a Therapy Intensive?
A therapy intensive is a condensed, highly focused therapeutic experience designed to support deep healing in a shorter period of time. Intensives are offered in 3- or 6-hour formats and provide the space to slow down, listen inward, and address what’s been weighing on you—without stretching the work out over months.
Rather than weekly sessions that skim the surface, intensives offer a contained and intentional experience that allows for deeper processing, nervous system regulation, and meaningful insight.
This work is trauma-informed, thoughtfully paced, and grounded in safety and collaboration.
How Therapy Intensives Can Support You
Therapy intensives may be helpful if you’re experiencing:
- Chronic overwhelm, burnout, or compassion fatigue
- The invisible mental and emotional load you’ve been carrying
- Ongoing pressure to keep functioning at all costs
- People-pleasing patterns that leave you depleted
- Trauma responses that keep your system on high alert
- Parts of you that learned to survive by pushing through—even when exhausted
Together, we gently explore why the overwhelm is there, not just how to cope with it, so you can begin releasing what no longer serves you.
Therapy intensives are designed to offer focused, intentional support within a clearly structured framework. Each intensive includes preparation, the intensive experience itself, and follow-up integration—so you’re supported before, during, and after the work.
Session Options
You may choose between two formats:
- 3-Hour Intensive (One Day)
A single, focused session designed for deep exploration and processing within a contained timeframe. - 6-Hour Intensive (Over Two Days)
The intensive is divided into two 3-hour sessions on separate days, allowing time for rest, reflection, and nervous system integration between sessions.
Setting & Privacy
Sessions are held outdoors, weather permitting, in a quiet and private natural setting.
Your confidentiality is fully respected—no one else will be present during your intensive aside from you and your therapist. If weather does not allow for outdoor work, an appropriate alternative will be discussed in advance.
Therapeutic Approach
Therapy intensives integrate evidence-based and creative modalities, including:
- EMDR to support trauma processing and nervous system regulation
- Internal Family Systems (IFS-informed work) to explore and understand protective and wounded parts
- Expressive arts to support non-verbal processing, insight, and integration
The work is collaborative, trauma-informed, and paced with care.
Included Support Sessions
Each therapy intensive includes:
- A 1-hour intake session approximately one week prior to the intensive
This session allows us to clarify goals, assess readiness, and prepare for the work. - A 1-hour follow-up session approximately two weeks after the intensive
This session supports integration, reflection, and continued stabilization.
These sessions are an essential part of the intensive process and help ensure the experience is both supportive and contained.
Therapy Intensive Investment
Therapy intensives are a specialized, extended form of psychotherapy that include preparation, focused therapeutic work, and post-intensive integration. Pricing reflects the time, clinical expertise, and individualized support involved.
Therapy Intensive Options
3-Hour Therapy Intensive (One Day)
Investment: $997
Includes:
- One 3-hour intensive therapy session
- One 60-minute intake session approximately one week prior
- One 60-minute follow-up session approximately two weeks after
- A curated intensive workbook to support reflection and integration
- A journal for ongoing processing before and after the intensive
- Expressive arts materials (art supplies and creative tools used during the session)
- Personalized preparation and integration support
6-Hour Therapy Intensive (Over Two Days)
Investment: $1897.00
Includes:
- Two 3-hour intensive therapy sessions on separate days
- One 60-minute intake session approximately one week prior
- One 60-minute follow-up session approximately two weeks after
- A curated intensive workbook to guide deeper exploration
- A journal for reflection, processing, and integration
- Expressive arts materials were provided for use throughout the intensive
- Additional time for rest, reflection, and nervous system integration between sessions
Additional Notes
- Therapy intensives are self-pay services and are not billed to insurance.
- All materials needed for the intensive are provided—clients do not need to bring anything other than comfortable clothing and an openness to the process.
- Limited intensive spots are available to ensure appropriate pacing and clinical care.
- All intensives require clinical screening to determine appropriateness and readiness.
Deposit, Cancellation & Rescheduling Policy
Deposit
- A $97 non-refundable deposit is required at the time of signing to reserve a therapy intensive.
- The deposit is applied toward the total cost of the intensive.
- The deposit is non-refundable; however, it may be transferred to a rescheduled intensive if notice is provided within the timeframe outlined below.
Payment Timeline
- All therapy intensive fees must be paid in full no later than two weeks prior to the scheduled intensive.
- Payment may be made in full (with a $50 discount) or through approved installment arrangements, as long as the balance is paid by the two-week deadline.
Cancellation Policy
- Therapy intensives require significant preparation and dedicated time.
- Cancellations made less than two weeks prior to the scheduled intensive are non-refundable.
- If the intensive is canceled more than two weeks in advance, any payments made beyond the $97 deposit may be refunded, minus the deposit.
Rescheduling Policy
- Clients may reschedule their therapy intensive with at least two weeks’ notice, subject to availability.
- In the event of a qualifying reschedule, the $97 deposit and any payments made may be applied to the new intensive date.
- Rescheduled intensives must be completed within a mutually agreed timeframe.
Weather & Outdoor Session Contingency
Therapy intensives are held outdoors weather permitting to support a calming, nature-based therapeutic experience.
- If weather conditions are unsafe or significantly disruptive (e.g., extreme temperatures, storms, high winds), an alternative plan will be discussed in advance.
- Alternatives may include rescheduling the intensive or transitioning to a mutually agreed-upon appropriate setting.
- Weather-related adjustments are handled collaboratively, with attention to safety, clinical appropriateness, and client comfort.
Weather-related changes do not constitute a cancellation and will not result in forfeiture of the deposit when addressed within the rescheduling guidelines outlined above.
Important Information
Therapy intensives are a form of psychotherapy and require appropriate clinical screening.
All services are provided within an ethical, trauma-informed framework.
This is not a retreat or workshop—it is a therapeutic service.
Ready to Learn More?
If this resonates, you’re invited to explore whether a therapy intensive is the right next step for you. Contact me for a consult call today.