Individual Healing Intensives
Using IFS-Informed EMDR & Brainspotting
Some things have been
with you long enough.
It is time to put them down.
Concentrated, body-based healing for people who are ready to stop carrying what no longer belongs to them and move forward.
You are not stuck because you have not tried hard enough.
You are stuck because the thing holding you back lives somewhere talk cannot reach.
You have done the reflection. You understand, on some level, where this comes from. You can trace the line from what happened then to how you show up now. And it’s still there. Still informing your decisions, still tightening in your chest in familiar situations, still pulling you back when you are trying to move forward.
That is not a character flaw. That is what unprocessed experience does in a nervous system that never got a chance to complete the cycle. Understanding it is not enough to release it. That requires something different.
What healing intensives are built for
Three things that change when the work actually goes deep enough.
A healing intensive is not a crash course in self-improvement. It is a concentrated block of time , protected, uninterrupted, and specifically designed to move something that has not been moving. Most people leave describing the same three shifts.
Moving on
The past stops having the same hold on your present. Not forgotten , processed. There is a difference between carrying something and having lived through it. Intensives help you cross that line.
Moving forward
When old wounds are not running the show, there is room for something new. Decisions come from a clearer place. Relationships feel less like a replay and more like a real beginning. The future actually feels like yours.
Letting go
The grip loosens — on old stories, old identities, old pain that was never really yours to carry in the first place. What you put down in an intensive, you do not have to pick back up.
Letting go is not about forgetting what happened or pretending it did not matter. It is about releasing your nervous system from having to protect you from something that is no longer happening. That is what becomes possible here.
How it works
What a healing intensive actually looks like
A healing intensive is not therapy compressed into a day. It is a different kind of experience , one designed to use extended time in ways that weekly sessions cannot. The nervous system opens differently when it has enough space. Things that take months to reach in weekly therapy become accessible in hours.
A consultation before we begin
Before the intensive, we talk. I need to understand what you are carrying, what you want to shift, and what your system needs to feel safe enough for deep work. That conversation also helps me shape the intensive so the time is used well , not figuring out where to start, but already moving.
We go slow to go deep
The first part of the intensive is not about processing. It is about arriving, getting your nervous system oriented, making contact with the parts of you that will be involved in the work, and building the internal safety that makes what comes next possible. Rushing this is the most common mistake in intensive work. We do not rush it.
The work itself
Using IFS-informed EMDR and Brainspotting, we move through what you came to move through. This is not linear and it is not always comfortable, but it is held, it is paced, and it is collaborative. You are not alone in it. Built-in breaks are part of the design. Integration happens throughout, not just at the end.
Closing and integration
We do not end the intensive at the edge of something raw. Every session closes with deliberate integration time , helping what shifted settle, anchoring what changed, and making sure you leave grounded and resourced. You will know what happened. You will also know what to do with it.
After the intensive
The processing continues after you leave, in dreams, in small moments of noticing, in the way you respond to things that used to trigger you. A follow-up check-in is included. Some people return to weekly therapy after an intensive; others find the intensive was exactly what they needed to move forward on their own.
Is This Right for You?
What healing intensives are, and what they are not.
A healing intensive is a serious, concentrated piece of work. It asks something of you. It asks for willingness, presence, and a genuine readiness to let something shift. It is not for everyone at every stage of their healing journey. But for the right person at the right time, it can move more in a day than years of weekly sessions.
This is a good fit when
You have hit a plateau in weekly therapy and feel like there is something deeper that is not getting reached
You are carrying something specific , a loss, a rupture, a childhood wound, a relationship that left a mark — and you want to process it thoroughly rather than manage it indefinitely
You are at a transition point, a new chapter starting, an old one finally closing, and you want to move into it without dragging the past with you
You have been in survival mode and you are finally in a stable enough place to do the deeper healing work you have been putting off
Your schedule makes consistent weekly sessions difficult and you want to do concentrated, meaningful work in a single block of time
You are ready to stop managing your pain and actually release it
Choose the container that fits what you are carrying.
Half Day
3 Hours
Focused and contained
A targeted deep dive into a specific wound, memory, or pattern. Good as a standalone experience or as a periodic addition to ongoing weekly therapy.
$750
Full Day
6 Hours with Breaks
Room to go deep and integrate
Enough time to move through something substantial, integrate as you go, and close with a full grounding exercise. The most common format for single-event trauma or significant relational wounds.
$1450
What changes
What people describe after a healing intensive.
The changes from a well-done intensive are not always dramatic in the moment. They tend to reveal themselves in the days and weeks after. You see them in the way certain situations land differently, in what you notice yourself not doing anymore, in the quiet sense that something has actually shifted rather than just been processed verbally.
Moving on
The past stops feeling like the present
Memories that used to flood you become something you can look at without being pulled back into them. The emotional charge reduces. What happened starts to feel like history instead of something ongoing.
Letting go
The grip loosens, and stays loose
The thing you put down in the intensive does not have to be picked back up. This is the difference between talking about something and actually releasing it at the level where it lives.
Moving forward
Decisions come from a different place
When old fear and old pain are not driving, you have access to what you actually want. Choices feel clearer. The future starts to feel less like something to brace for and more like something you are actually building.
In relationships
You show up without the old armor
When the wound is healed rather than managed, you stop needing to protect it. Connection becomes less complicated. Intimacy feels less dangerous. The people in your life notice the difference before you fully do.
How this works
Format — Half-day (3 hours), full-day (6 hours with breaks), or multi-day (2 to 3 consecutive days). We discuss which fits your situation before you book.
Modalities — IFS-informed EMDR and Brainspotting, integrated and responsive — not protocol-driven. The work follows you, not a predetermined script.
Before the intensive — A consultation call is required before booking. This protects the work and makes sure the intensive is the right fit and the right timing for you.
After the intensive — A follow-up check-in is included. Additional support via weekly sessions or a second intensive is available for those who want to continue.
Location — In person and via telehealth. Serving adults in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Connecticut.
Investment — Healing intensives are private pay. Pricing is based on format and shared during your consultation call.
We are ready when you are
You have been ready for a while.
This might be the time to actually do it.
A consultation call is the first step, a chance to talk about what you are carrying, what you want to shift, and whether an intensive is the right fit for where you are right now. No pressure, no commitment. Just an honest conversation.