Intensive Trauma Treatment

Individuals seek my support if they are experiencing the emotional, mental, physical symptoms associated with past and/or recent traumatic events

Individual therapy can assist with an array of concerns, however, my clinical practice is primarily focused on trauma resolution.

What concerns do I work with?

  •  Attachment related negative beliefs (I am not deserving; I can’t trust anyone; I am unlovable).

  • Complex Trauma

  • Attachment ruptures (difficulty managing romantic and/or interpersonal relationships)

  • Emotional regulation concerns: experiences of intense emotions and/or difficulty experiencing emotion

  • Self-harm/suicidality, self-destructive behaviour

  • Dissociative disorders and/or dissociative tendencies.

  • Individuals with a diagnosis of a personality disorder (ie: Borderline Personality Disorder).

  • Recent traumatic event (examples: domestic violence, death of a loved one, car accident, workplace injury)

  • Chronic Health Issues, Post Concussion Syndrome and/or medical trauma

  • Performance enhancement (athletics, leadership roles, public speaking, career advancement, tests)

  • Operational Stress Injury/First Responders

  • Psychedelic Preparation and Psychedelic Integration Therapy

    What is intensive trauma therapy?

    Intensive therapy is an accelerated form of treatment for trauma and/or other mental health concerns involving EMDR and other trauma-informed modalities. Intensives differ from traditional weekly or biweekly therapy sessions in that they involve several sessions over the course of several hours and sometimes over the course of several days. Intensives are a way of directly addressing where the symptoms started.

    The Benefits of Intensive Therapy

  • Accelerated Progress: Due to the concentrated and immersive nature of intensive psychotherapy, individuals may experience faster progress and symptom reduction compared to traditional therapy. The increased frequency of sessions helps maintain momentum and can lead to more immediate insights and changes.

  • Reduced risk of destabilization: In traditional models of therapy, clients are often faced with the challenge of managing the difficult thoughts, emotions, and memories that arise during trauma therapy, but with more time spent in session resolving trauma, and less time between sessions, there is a reduced potential for distress between sessions.

  • Complex or long-standing issues: Intensive psychotherapy is often beneficial for individuals with complex or deeply ingrained psychological issues that require in-depth exploration and processing. These issues may be rooted in childhood experiences, trauma, personality disorders, or deep-seated patterns of behavior. Intensive therapy allows for extended exploration of these complexities, making it more likely to achieve breakthroughs and lasting change.

  • Tailored Treatment Plans: Intensive psychotherapy allows for highly individualized treatment plans that can be adjusted to meet the unique needs and preferences of each client. This flexibility ensures that therapy is tailored to address specific issues and therapeutic goals effectively.

  • Can be added as an adjunct therapy to your current therapy provider.

Trauma Intensive Options

Full Day Intensives (1-5 days of treatment at 7 hours including breaks) Starting at $1500.00 per day.

Full-day intensives are beneficial for the following:

  • Recent traumatic events,

  • Operational Stress Injuries

  • Ongoing traumatic stress

  • Attachment trauma

  • PTSD and CPTSD

  • Relational difficulties

  • Grief/loss

  • Chronic Pain/ Somatic complaints/medical trauma

  • Anger/Emotional Regulation concerns

  • Negative beliefs about self

  • Birth trauma

  • Medical trauma

    Half-day intensives (3 hours of therapy per day) Starting at $750.00

    A half-day intensive are beneficial for the following:

  • Recent traumatic incident

  • Performance and self esteem challenges.

  • Can speed up the healing process of a single event trauma and/or life events that are causing distress.

  • Begin to support with stabilization for trauma and dissociation

  • Psychedelic integration

    *HALF DAY INTENSIVES CAN BE BOOKED CONSECUTIVELY AS WELL

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT INTENSIVES

  • 1.  Initial Phone/Virtual Consult: This is to assess whether Intensives would be helpful for your treatment goals.

    2. Complete an Intake Interview:  This is used to assess for candidacy, review history, identify current difficulties, identify unpleasant beliefs, body sensations, emotions and/or images from which you want relief from, and develop treatment plan. You will be provided with questionnaires via email to complete prior to the intake. (Initial Intake Interview is not included in the price.) Click here for more information related to prices.

    3.  Decide on the Intensive Format: Based on the assessment, we will discuss what type of Intensive would work best, and then you will decide how you want to proceed. Sometimes it is helpful to begin with a shorter intensive session to see how you respond to treatment.

    4.  Schedule your Intensive.

    5.  Post-Treatment Session: A follow-up session is provided to check-in on your treatment gains and to engage in further debriefing about treatment.

  • While the goal is to significantly reduce the identified trauma, no therapist can guarantee those results. What is accomplished during an Intensive session is dependent on the presenting trauma history, presenting concerns, and how you respond to the treatment.

  • This form of therapy can be emotionally, mentally, and physically draining. I encourage individuals to schedule their intensive sessions during a time where they can practice self-care directly after.  

    If you have a therapist that you see regularly, it is recommended that you continue to schedule appointments with them pre/post intensives.

  • Intensives can be completed in-person or virtually depending on your preference.

  • The primary goal of inpatient programs are safety/stabilization. Inpatient programs tend to offer a variety of activities (e.g., group therapy, yoga, etc.) which may be educational as well as helpful in coping with the symptoms.

    Information and coping strategies do not generally resolve trauma.

    Sometimes, if inpatient programs offer trauma resolution work, it is typically not at the intensity to resolve trauma.

    In intensive therapy sessions you are focusing specifically on trauma resolution all day long.

    Once you have healed from the trauma, you don’t have to cope with the associated symptoms anymore.

    For those who are safe and stable enough not to require inpatient confinement, the primary benefit of intensive trauma treatment is healing and resolution of problems.

  • In two studies it was determined that the intensive model of trauma-focused therapy can enable faster symptom reduction in individuals living with PTSD.

    It also demonstrated that there is less risk of leaving treatment prematurely. Learn more  here  and here.

    ​​Intensive EMDR treatment is feasible and is indicative of reliable improvement in PTSD symptoms in a very short time frame. Learn more here.

    ​An intensive program using EMDR therapy is a potentially safe and effective treatment alternative for complex PTSD with comorbidities. Learn more here.

  • There is normally a two-day minimum fee, after which time you only pay for time used, in half day increments. This deposit is collected on the date of booking.

    For example, if you book for Monday through Friday, but finish halfway through Thursday morning, you would pay for 3.5 days.

  • You are able to self-refer.

    If you are working with another therapist, it is helpful to have them reach out to provide additional information to develop appropriate treatment plans (but not necessary).

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