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IFS-Informed EMDR Intensives

Deep, Focused Therapy for When You’re Ready to Go Further

What is an Intensive?

An intensive is a longer therapy session (or series of sessions) designed to help you make meaningful progress in a condensed timeframe. Instead of spreading work out over weeks or months, we focus intentionally over the course of a half-day, full-day, or multi-day format.

This allows you to:

  • Go deeper without being rushed

  • Focus on your goals without taking time to re-orient, check-in, and wrap up each week

  • Maintain more momentum and work through stuck points more efficiently

  • Save time in the long run by reducing the number of total sessions needed

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What is IFS-Informed EMDR?

IFS-Informed EMDR combines two powerful, evidence-based approaches: Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). These approaches are modalities that help you heal trauma, shift stuck patterns, and rebuild your sense of clarity and calm.

  • IFS helps people understand and connect with the different “parts” of themselves. Rather than viewing thoughts, feelings, or behaviors as random or dysfunctional, IFS helps you see them as meaningful and protective, even if they can cause distress.

    IFS helps you:

    • Get to know and care for the parts of you that carry pain or try to protect you

    • Build compassion, clarity, confidence, and calm

    • Unburden the parts of you that carry past wounds, shame, or overwhelm

  • EMDR helps the brain process distressing memories so they no longer feel as overwhelming or triggering. Instead of getting stuck in the emotional intensity of past experiences, EMDR allows your brain and body to process those memories in a more grounded way. Through this process, your brain can “re-file” the experience so it feels less present-day and more like something that happened in the past—helping you feel more regulated, resilient, and at peace.

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Who are Intensives For?

IFS-Informed EMDR intensives may be a good fit if you:

  • Feel stuck in your healing, even after past therapy

  • Have a specific issue or memory you want to work through more quickly

  • Prefer focused, goal-directed work instead of ongoing weekly therapy

  • Want deep healing without months of weekly appointments

  • Have done IFS or EMDR before and want to go deeper

  • Do not have time to commit to regular ongoing therapy sessions

  • Feel stuck even after trying all the things

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What’s Included?

Your intensive experience includes:

  • A 90-minute pre-intensive session

  • A customized treatment plan tailored to your goals

  • Half-day, full-day, or multi-day sessions (virtual or in-person in Colorado Springs)

  • A customized, guided workbook to support reflection, integration, and continued healing before, between, and after sessions

  • A 90-minute post-intensive follow-up session to help you process and apply the work

  • A curated bundle of resources to help you continue your healing process on your own

Your intensive experience is customizable to your needs. Here are some common options:

  • Half-Day Intensives (4 hours): Great for focusing on a specific issue, recent event, or stuck point

  • Full-Day Intensives (6-8 hours): Offers more time for deeper processing, integration, and insight.

  • Multi-Day Intensives: Designed for more complex trauma or layered concerns that benefit from extended support.

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Intensive FAQs

  • Intensives are a great fit if you want to go deeper, faster, and with more focused support than weekly therapy allows. If you’ve hit a plateau in regular therapy, have a specific issue you want to target, or prefer fewer but more impactful sessions, an intensive may be ideal. We’ll talk more about this in your initial consultation to be sure it’s the right fit.

  • In weekly therapy, much of the hour is spent checking in, easing into deeper work, and then winding down, all within a limited timeframe. Intensives give us the space to stay in the deeper work for longer stretches, leading to more momentum and processing. Intensives can also reduce the overall number of sessions needed. (Plus, the standard weekly therapy hour? That’s mostly an insurance-driven structure.)

  • Intensives are private pay and are not billed through insurance. My current intensive rates vary based on length, starting at $1,400 for a half-day intensive.

  • No, you don’t need to be a current client to do an intensive. I offer intensives as a standalone service for new clients as well as current or returning clients.

  • No, you don’t need to live in Colorado to participate in an intensive.

    Many clients choose to travel to Colorado Springs—a beautiful place to visit—for their intensive. If you're coming from out of town, I'm happy to provide recommendations for accommodations, local activities, and more.

    Virtual intensives are also available; however, you must be physically located in the state of Colorado at the time of the intensive due to licensing laws.

  • Some clients feel like they have met their therapy goals after an intensive. Others benefit from follow-up sessions or working with a weekly therapist for continued support. It truly depends on your goals and background. I offer follow-up sessions and am also happy to coordinate care if you're working with another provider.

  • The first step is to schedule a free 30-minute consultation designed specifically for intensives. During this call, we’ll discuss your goals, review your questionnaire responses, and determine if an intensive is the best fit for you. After that, we’ll plan the format and schedule that works best for your needs.

Interested in an intensive? Let’s talk.