Intensive EMDR

“Cost effective, accelerated healing to promote lasting change”

EMDR intensive therapy sessions are in-depth and focused on the core issues that are reinforcing your presenting symptoms. Intensive EMDR sessions can accelerate the healing process and enable you to alleviate your symptoms more quickly. Sessions are longer but are condensed into several days instead of weeks, months or years of weekly therapy, providing at least equal effectiveness but in a faster and potentially more cost-efficient way. EMDR intensive sessions require less check-in and closing time, which leaves more time for processing traumatic material. 

EMDR intensives are available for anyone that has experienced any form of trauma or has a mental health issue (including PTSD, anxiety and depression} and is looking for a more in-depth or immersive approach to therapy.

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EMDR intensives are particularly suitable if:

• You are specific about the issues you would like to work with

• You have time constraints and are not able to commit to ongoing weekly sessions

• You have identified a period of time that you can commit to therapy to address your issues

• You have experienced a recent or single event trauma

• You feel stuck in your grieving process following the loss of a loved one

• You would like to work on explicit trauma memories as an adjunct therapy to your usual therapist

Not everyone is suitable for intensive EMDR and this therapy may not be a good fit for:

• Those with significant dissociative disorders

• Those living in an actively abusive, unsupportive or unstable environment

• Those with severe mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia or active delusions and hallucinations.

• Those with severe addictions to mind-altering substances that would affect cognitive ability during sessions

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EMDR intensive options

EMDR intensive therapy can be delivered in several ways:

• Online or in-person

• Over a series of half/full days within one week

• As an immersive in-person retreat over several days (which can include accommodation)

I will be as flexible as possible to meet your needs and it is possible to incorporate a combination of these options. Please call me to discuss your requirements.

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What to expect

Prior to booking an intensive course of therapy, two 1.5 hour assessments to ascertain suitability will be undertaken. EMDR therapy is not suitable for everyone and it is important to establish your needs and expecations beforehand. A treatment plan will be created with you to address your specific challenges.

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Your EMDR intensive will consist of a series of sessions to be agreed by both parties but will consist of 5 hours of EMDR therapy per day with suitable breaks to meet your needs. Additional therapeutic activities within our environment can be included within a retreat package. Accommodation is available onsite at additional cost but clients are also able to book their own accommodation in the local area. There may also be the opportunity to book further therapeutic treatments e.g. reiki, massage, reflexology in the local area during the retreat.

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After the intensive therapy is completed, there will be a follow-up appointment (which can be online) one week later to reflect on the therapy and to develop a future plan. It is important that you have ongoing support and I am happy to work with you and your existing therapist (as required) to achieve this. There is the possibility of returning for further intensives or follow up sessions (in-person or online), if necessary.