IN-PERSON IN BURLINGTON, VERMONTIntegrative EMDR + Trauma Therapy Intensives
Deep healing experiences that help women release old trauma, move forward faster, and step into their next chapter with confidence.
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You’ve done therapy before…
so why does it feel like the past is resurfacing again?
You thought you’d already worked through this. But now, in the middle of making a big change—whether it’s a career shift, divorce, motherhood, or simply stepping into a more authentic version of yourself—old emotions are back. The anxiety, the self-doubt, the overwhelm in your body feels disproportionate to what’s actually happening, and it’s leaving you frustrated: “Why is this coming up again, after all the therapy I’ve done?” Instead of feeling excited for your next chapter, you feel stuck, scrambled, and like you’re carrying the past right into your future. Does this sound familiar…?
⟶ You find yourself overwhelmed by emotions that feel way bigger than the situation you’re in right now.
You know your reaction doesn’t match the reality, but your body tells a different story. A simple conversation, a change at work, or a moment with your partner can spiral into panic, anger, or grief that feels disproportionate. It’s exhausting to constantly manage feelings that seem to come out of nowhere.
⟶ Your body feels scrambled and on edge, even though your mind understands what’s happening.
Logically, you know what’s going on. You can name your trauma, explain your patterns, even teach someone else the psychology of it. But your body doesn’t get the memo—it stays tense, jittery, restless, or shut down, no matter how much you “understand.”
⟶ You’re tired of managing symptoms and want to actually process what’s underneath.
You’ve learned coping tools, grounding exercises, and mindset shifts—but it still feels like you’re keeping symptoms at bay instead of healing what’s underneath. You’re ready for something that goes deeper than symptom management, something that actually transforms the root.
⟶ You don’t want to spend another year talking about this— you need a deeper shift now.
You’re ready for more than awareness. You don’t want to keep circling the same story week after week. What you crave is an immersive space to process, release, and move forward—not another year of managing the same pain with slow progress.
Integrative EMDR intensives can support you in releasing the burden of old trauma so you can step into your next chapter grounded and clear.
YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACEHow do intensives work?
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Step 1: Intensive Workbook
As soon as you reserve your spot, you’ll receive a guided workbook to help you clarify your goals and reflect on patterns or past experiences you’d like to address, so that when we meet in person, we can be fully focused on what matters most to you.
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Step 2: Intake & Intention
We’ll meet for a focused, 90 minute intake session to deepen what you uncovered in the workbook, map your nervous system patterns, and prepare for the intensive.
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Step 3: 3-Day Intensive
We will meet for 3 days of therapy (3 hours each), scheduled over the course of one week, using EMDR, somatic practices, and parts work to process trauma at the root and create lasting change.
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Step 4: Integration Session
We will wrap up with a 90 minute follow-up session to reflect, anchor your progress, and build tools for ongoing support.
What You Get
A Personalized Workbook
Your guide before, during, and after the intensive to help anchor insights and keep your progress alive.
Clarity on Your Goals
A deeper understanding of what matters most to you right now and a roadmap for moving forward.
Grounded Freedom
A lighter, clearer sense of who you are and what’s possible in your next chapter.
Practical Integration Tools
Customized strategies you can use in daily life to regulate, ground, and support yourself.
A Sense of Completion
Instead of leaving mid-process, you’ll stay with the work until your nervous system feels settled and whole.
Confidence in Yourself
The embodied knowing that you can face what comes up and move through it safely.
Intensives at a Glance
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12 face to face hours
Guided workbook to prepare and clarify goals
90-minute intake session
3 consecutive days of therapy (3 hours each) using EMDR, somatic practices, and parts work
90-minute post-intensive integration session
Personalized strategies + tools for ongoing support
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$1,800
This is a pilot offering at a significantly reduced rate. Only a few spots are available at this rate as I refine and deepen the structure of intensives. Future intensives will be offered at a higher investment.
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Women navigating life transitions where old trauma has resurfaced
Those who have already done therapy and want to go deeper
Anyone ready for more than weekly sessions and craving real, lasting change
Ready to explore if this is right for you? The first step is a free consultation call. This is a chance for us to connect, talk through what’s coming up for you, and make sure an intensive is the right fit for your healing journey.Schedule your free consultation
Imagine finally getting to…
Feel excited about who you are becoming
Instead of hijacked by old triggers and patterns that leave you fearful and spiraling.
Find relief from recurring trauma patterns
The triggers that used to feel overwhelming lose their intensity, and you’ll notice yourself responding differently - in your body and in your relationships.
Sense a deeper connection to your body’s wisdom
By integrating somatic and parts work, you’ll begin to trust your body again as a sort of truth, safety, and guidance.
Find the freedom you’ve been seeking - and the confidence to step into the life you’re creating.
FAQs
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If you’ve already done some therapy, but find yourself stuck in old patterns or noticing trauma resurfacing during a big life transition, an intensive may be a good fit. Intensives are especially helpful if you’re craving deeper processing than weekly sessions allow, or if you want to feel more complete and grounded after therapy instead of leaving mid-process.
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Weekly therapy is powerful for building awareness and consistency—but often, sessions end just as you’re starting to go deep. An intensive creates extended, uninterrupted time so we can stay with the process until your nervous system feels settled and your body has integrated the work. Many people experience in three days what might otherwise take months of weekly sessions.
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As soon as you book your intensive, you will receive a workbook that guides you through a process of clarifying your goals and helping prepare for the intensive so that our time can be as focused as possible. The workbook is optional but recommended. The only other recommended prep work is to set aside the time on your calendar. If possible, it’s nice to build in some down time each day after the intensive to allow the work to settle and integrate in your system more deeply.
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Just like the body knows how to heal a cut, the brain has natural mechanisms for healing. But when an experience is too overwhelming, that process can get blocked. Instead of being stored as a past memory, the event stays ‘stuck’ with the same emotions and fight/flight/freeze response you felt at the time. That’s why present-day triggers can feel like the past is happening all over again.
EMDR helps unblock the brain’s healing system using bilateral stimulation (like moving the eyes side to side or gentle tapping). This allows the memory to be reprocessed—so you can still remember what happened, but without the overwhelming stress response or painful self-beliefs (‘it was my fault,’ ‘I’m bad,’ etc.)
If you want more detail, check out his 10 minute video.
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Intensives are especially helpful for shifting stuck patterns—whether it’s past memories that still impact you, present triggers that spark outsized reactions, or anxious loops about the future. If stressors are disrupting your life and you feel trapped in the same cycle, an intensive offers focused support to move through and create lasting change.
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Not at all. Many people choose to do an intensive as a complement to their ongoing therapy. You can continue with your current therapist for ongoing support, while using the intensive to create a breakthrough or shift that weekly sessions alone may not provide.
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This is a common concern. “Intense” is in the name, after all! - but it’s more accurate to say intensives are "intentional.” They are designed to have a sustained focus on something you want to resolve at a deeper level, rather than moving through whatever has come up week to week. Intensives often feel spacious rather than cramming too much in at once. They’re intentionally structured with grounding, breaks, and pacing that allows your nervous system to process and integrate as we go. Your intensive is tailored to you, and goes at the pace you need to.
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The next step is to schedule a free 20-minute consultation. This is a chance for us to connect, talk through the patterns you’d like to shift, and explore whether an intensive is the right format for you. I’ll ask a few questions about what’s been going on and what has (or hasn’t) worked in past therapy, and I’ll share more about how I work. You’ll also have space to ask anything that’s on your mind. If it feels like a good fit, we’ll schedule your intensive and go over the details so you feel fully supported before we begin.
STILL WANT TO KNOW MORE? Research shows…
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Research shows that extended sessions are well tolerated and often lead to faster symptom reduction—with similar or better results than weekly therapy.
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Because clients stay with the work instead of stopping mid-process, they’re more likely to complete treatment and see results.
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Intensive EMDR has been shown to create reliable improvement in PTSD symptoms in a very short time frame.
Click here for the article
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Studies suggest that intensives can be a safe and effective option even for those with complex PTSD.
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Intensives save time by eliminating the repetition and interruptions of weekly therapy—no more starting over each session or spending extra time “settling” and “closing.”
💡FUN FACT: Francine Shapiro, the founder of EMDR, originally developed it for 90-minute sessions. It was only shortened later to fit insurance-driven therapy models.