What is an EMDR Intensive?

An EMDR Intensive is a focused, extended therapy experience designed to help you make faster progress on specific goals, stuck points, or traumatic memories — without the limitations of weekly 50-minute sessions.

Instead of spreading therapy out over months, EMDR intensives condense multiple hours of trauma-focused work into one or more longer sessions. This allows us to go deeper, stay more focused, and create powerful momentum in your healing. EMDR intensive therapy is a completely customizable experience. I prefer to meet with my clients in person for 10-15 hours of direct counseling over the course of 3 days.

Please note I am only licensed in the state of Illinois so my clients must be physically in Illinois at the time of treatment.

I offer a one-hour consultation at no cost to determine if we are a good fit if I can help, and ensure that an intensive is right for you.

Why an EMDR Intensive Might Be Right for You

If you’re someone who feels deeply, experiences emotions like waves, or often hears “you’re too sensitive,” you’re not alone — and you don’t have to keep feeling stuck.

You might already know where the pain lives. The breakup that still lingers. The memory you wish would fade. The emotional overwhelm that comes out of nowhere and derails your week. Maybe you’ve talked about it for what feels like forever, but it still holds power.

EMDR Intensives are designed for people like you: deep feelers who are ready to heal deeply.

In traditional 50-minute therapy, just as you’re starting to connect the dots or sink into something real, time’s up. Intensives offer a different path — one that gives you the time and space to stay with the work, ride the emotional wave, and come out the other side.

What to Expect

  • Free 1-Hour Consultation: We’ll meet virtually to explore your goals, identify if this format is a good fit, and start shaping your healing plan.

  • Custom EMDR Schedule: I offer up to 15 hours of intensive therapy, structured in 3–4 hour blocks over a Wednesday to Friday schedule with built in breaks.

  • Targeted and Intentional: Each block is focused on your specific goals — whether it's healing a particular trauma, clearing emotional clutter, or working through a stuck pattern.

  • Integration Support: You’ll receive personalized tools and a post-intensive summary to support your growth and grounding after our work together.

Is This Right for You?

An EMDR intensive might be a good fit if:

  • You’re emotionally intense, empathic, or reactive

  • You feel “too much” and don’t know where it’s all coming from

  • You’ve done therapy before and are still circling the same emotional themes

  • You want to address a specific trauma, memory, or emotional block

  • You don’t have time for ongoing weekly sessions, but still want meaningful transformation

  • You’re craving a therapy experience that feels deep, focused, and effective

Investment

EMDR intensives are billed at $225 per hour and include all clinical prep, session time, and post-intensive integration planning.
Payment is due 14 days prior to your scheduled intensive to secure your spot and allow for individualized preparation.

Let’s Begin

You don’t need to be in crisis to benefit from this work. You just need to be ready to dive in and do something different — something powerful.

Start with a free 1-hour consultation and let’s see if an EMDR Intensive is right for you

Good Faith Estimate (GFE)

Under the No Surprises Act (H.R. 133 - effective January 1, 2022), healthcare providers need to give clients or patients who do not have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the bill for medical items and services. This Good Faith Estimate (GFE) shows the costs of items and services you can reasonably expect for your healthcare needs. You have the right to receive a GFE for the total expected cost of any non-emergency items or services. The GFE does not include any unknown or unexpected costs that may arise during treatment. You may experience additional charges if complications or exceptional circumstances occur. If you receive a bill of at least $400 more than your GFE, you may dispute or appeal the bill. You may contact the health care provider or facility listed to let them know the billed charges are higher than the GFE. You may ask them to update the bill to match the GFE, negotiate the bill, or ask if financial assistance is available. You may also start a dispute resolution process with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). If you choose to use the dispute resolution process, you must start the dispute process within 120 calendar days (about four months) of the date on the original bill. There is a $25 fee to use the dispute process. If the agency reviewing your dispute agrees with you, you will have to pay the price on this GFE. If the agency disagrees with you and agrees with the health care provider or facility, you will have to pay the higher amount. Make sure your healthcare provider gives you a GFE within the following timeframes:

  • If the service is scheduled at least three business days before the appointment date, no later than one business day after the date of scheduling;

  • If the service is scheduled at least ten business days before the appointment date, no later than three business days after the date of schedule; or

  • If the uninsured or self-pay client requests a GFE (without scheduling the service), no later than three business days after the date of the request. Healthcare providers must supply a new GFE within the specified timeframes if the patient reschedules the requested item or service.

Note: A Good Faith Estimate is for your awareness only and does not require immediate financial commitment or payment. 

To learn more, go to www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call 800-985-3059. For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate or the dispute process, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call 800-985-3059. Keep a copy of this Good Faith Estimate in a safe place or take pictures of it. You may need it if you receive a bill in a higher amount.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact Kat