EMDR Intensives
Extended sessions for deeper, focused work when weekly therapy isn't enough
Online sessions across BC, Alberta, Ontario, Nova Scotia & The Yukon
Some things need more than 50 minutes.
You've been carrying something for a while. Maybe it's a memory that surfaces at the worst times. A pattern you've tried to understand but can't seem to shift. A response in your body that no amount of insight has been able to quiet.
You've done the work. Maybe years of it. But this thing — whatever it is — hasn't moved.
An EMDR intensive gives it the time and space it actually needs. Not 50 minutes between the rest of your life. Uninterrupted hours to go beneath the surface — into the body, the nervous system, and the root of what's been holding you back.
Not sure if this is right for you? Let's talk.
You might recognize yourself here:
A memory keeps surfacing no matter how much you understand it
You've done years of therapy and something specific still hasn't shifted
Your body responds in ways that feel out of proportion — and insight hasn't touched it
A loss, an ending, or a transition left something unprocessed and you're ready to meet it
A psychedelic experience opened something that needs more time and space than weekly sessions allow
You understand the pattern — you're just still living inside it
This isn't a crash course. It's the time your system has been waiting for.
Weekly therapy is powerful. But it has a rhythm — 50 minutes, then back to your life, then 50 minutes again. For some things, that start-stop rhythm means you never quite get all the way through.
An EMDR intensive creates something different. A slow, attuned container where we follow what's alive — emotionally, somatically, relationally — without the clock cutting us off at the moment something real is opening.
EMDR uses bilateral stimulation — gentle eye movements, tapping, or audio tones — to help your nervous system reprocess stuck memories. You don't need to recount your trauma in detail. Instead we work with how it lives in your body, reducing its emotional charge until the past no longer hijacks the present.
Clients often describe it as months of therapy distilled into a single day.
What we might work with
Every intensive is shaped by what you bring and what emerges.
People come to this work with:
A specific memory or traumatic experience that hasn't fully processed
Grief, loss, or major life transitions that need more than weekly conversation
Relational wounds — early attachment injuries, painful relationship patterns
A psychedelic experience that opened difficult material needing space to integrate
A felt sense that something is stuck — even when they can't fully name what it is
What becomes possible
Before...
The memory surfaces when you least expect it. Your body reacts before your mind catches up. You understand where it comes from — and you're still inside it. Weekly sessions help but never quite get all the way through. You're tired of managing something that hasn't moved.
After...
The charge is gone — or quieter than you thought possible. Your body responds differently. What used to hijack you loosens its grip. You feel more present, more grounded, more like yourself. Something that felt permanent finally shifted.
How this work unfolds
Every intensive moves through four phases designed to support your nervous system before, during, and after the work:
1. Initial Consultation
A free 30-minute conversation to explore your focus and determine whether this format is a good fit for your goals and nervous system capacity.
2. Preparation
A dedicated 90-minute session to clarify your goals, strengthen internal resources, and ensure your system feels grounded and supported before we begin. Nothing gets started until you feel ready.
3. Immersive Session
Choose the format that fits:
Single-Day Deep Dive — 3 hours
Two-Day Immersion — 6 hours across two days
Breaks are woven throughout to support regulation. We follow your pace — never pushing past what feels manageable.
4. Integration
A 90-minute follow-up session to support what emerged — helping the experience settle, deepen, and translate into your daily life. Some clients return to weekly therapy afterward; others take time to let the process unfold naturally.
How I Work
Stuck memories don't need to be relived. They need to be metabolized.
This work is somatic, parts-based, and attachment-informed — which means EMDR doesn't happen in isolation. We resource before we process, and we bring the body, the nervous system, and your inner parts into the work throughout.
I draw from IFS, NARM, somatic therapy, and attachment theory alongside EMDR — creating a container that's as relational and attuned as it is focused and effective. Everything unfolds at the pace of your system. Nothing gets pushed.
The Details
Format — Secure video sessions across BC, Alberta, Ontario, Nova Scotia & the Yukon
Investment —
Single-Day Deep Dive (3 hours): $1,500 — includes prep and integration sessions
Two-Day Immersion (6 hours): $2,250 — includes prep and integration sessions
Insurance — Detailed receipts provided for extended health submission. Coverage varies by plan — check with your provider for MSW/RSW reimbursement in your province.
FAQs
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Yes — many clients come to intensives without prior EMDR experience. The preparation session is specifically designed to introduce the process, build internal resources, and ensure you feel safe and ready before we begin.
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Weekly EMDR sessions are effective but limited by time — 50 minutes rarely allows you to fully move through a memory and integrate what emerged before returning to daily life. An intensive creates uninterrupted hours to go deeper, process more completely, and integrate within the same container. Many clients describe it as months of weekly therapy condensed into a single day.
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It varies by person and what's being processed. In an intensive format — 3 or 6 hours of focused processing — many clients experience significant shifts in a single day that would have taken months in weekly therapy. The preparation and integration sessions ensure those shifts have time to settle and land.
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EMDR is the primary focus, woven with somatic, parts-based, and attachment-informed approaches as needed. We'll ensure you're well-resourced before any trauma processing begins.
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No. New clients are welcome. We start with a consultation to make sure it's a good fit.
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None. Some clients book a single intensive and that's enough. Others return periodically or transition into weekly therapy. You're always in choice.
Something in you already knows it's time.
If you've been carrying something that insight alone hasn't been able to reach — this might be the container it's been waiting for.