EMDR Intensives
for those who have
one or two terrible incidents
or a lifetime of shitty circumstances
and want to see meaningful results fast
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325 Carlsbad Village Dr STE A2, Carlsbad, CA 92008 | (760) 453-0373
Life-Changing Results in Days instead of months or years
Life-Changing Results in Days instead of months or years
An intensive may be for you if you resonate with any of these experiences:
An intensive may be for you if you resonate with any of these experiences:
Has something recently shaken your world — like a breakup, car accident, traumatic event, or sudden loss — and you’re feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or disconnected from yourself? An intensive can help you gently move through the shock and start to feel like yourself again, sooner.
Do you have something important coming up — a wedding, a presentation, a trip with in-laws, a court date, or maybe the choice to start dating again after a painful breakup or loss — and you want to feel more grounded, clear, and confident heading into it? Intensives can help process the stuck emotions and triggered memories that keep you from fully stepping into this next chapter.
You've been in therapy for years and talking about the trauma you've experienced doesn't seem to be helping any longer, if it ever helped at all. Maybe you're realizing that you don't really feel much anymore, like your whole emotional being has shut off to be able to cope with the stressful realities of life that may feel out of your control.
Perhaps you're incredibly introspective and typically are able to untangle yourself, but something has you stuck right now and you want the support of someone else, somewhere else to move through and rediscover your compassionate, nonjudgmental Self who can hold you in all of the ways
If weekly therapy is difficult to manage—especially with limited childcare or a demanding schedule—intensives offer a focused way to do deep work in just a few days with minimal disruption to your life.
Or maybe you’re feeling the need for therapy, but you don’t want to spend months waiting for change. EMDR intensives give you the opportunity to begin healing now, with momentum and clarity.
We all come to life moments where we need a jumpstart, a helping hand, a pause and refresh.
We all come to life moments where we need a jumpstart, a helping hand, a pause and refresh.
Introducing Integrated EMDR Intensive:
Introducing Integrated EMDR Intensive:
4-6 hour sessions, 1-5 consecutive days instead of weekly, hour sessions
Integrating EMDR with polyvagal theory, attachment theory, somatic therapy, and parts work (IFS, reparenting, and Inner Child work).
Months worth of therapy sessions done within one week
Rewiring the brain to let go of inner criticism and blocking beliefs, instilling confident hope as you step forward towards your dreams
Enabling you to move forward with your life, in your relationships, differently after just a few days of therapy
Reduced investment of time and money since therapy goals are met quicker with less time spent on opening and closing the material over many months
I view my job as a trauma therapist as ensuring that nothing we do is too much for too long. The extended time will allow us to work with any blocks and protective strategies that initially keep us from identifying and attuning to the core wound that presently impacts too much of your life. Whether it is one or more, we'll be able to plan time to build up an internal sense of safety, and with time, confidence in your personal intuition in how to interpret and meet your own Parts' needs. We'll use our space, breathing techniques, and our imaginations to change the existing stories that limit your functioning in the world around you.
Getting Started
Getting Started
Free 20-Minute Consultation Call
We'll start with a brief phone call to get to know each other, discuss your goals, identify if we're working with a single event that occurred or a long history of recurring similar experiences that leave a pretty cemented view of Self, determine if an EMDR Intensive is the right fit, and schedule in the way that meets all of your needs best.
Complete Intake Forms
After our consultation, I’ll send you intake forms to complete at least one week before your EMDR Intensive so I can better understand your history and needs before we meet in person. The forms will help us more efficiently strategize our goals and approach when we meet at the start of your Intensive.
Assessments: GAD-7, PCL-5, PHQ-9, SWLS, DES-II
Intake Questionnaire
Trauma Solution's Attachment Style Inventory
Release of Information Consent Form to collaborate with your current therapist
Day One: Mapping Your Internal and External Landscape
We’ll begin with a gentle exploration of your family system—both birth and chosen family—so I can better understand the people who shaped you and those who support your healing now.
Next, we’ll create an IFS (Internal Family Systems) Meeting Place to connect with and attune to your inner parts. We'll also begin somatic body mapping, nervous system attunement practices, and start noticing your patterns of regulation—fight, flight, freeze, fawn—and what helps you feel safe and grounded.
From there, we’ll use an EMDR Floatback Technique to identify the core memories or events that are most important to address during your Intensive. These will guide our focus so we can clear blocking beliefs and shift the impact of past experiences in a deep and lasting way.
One & Done or Ongoing?
One & Done or Ongoing?
Out-of-state Travelers: Your EMDR Intensive will be scheduled over consecutive days, starting at 9:00 AM—leaving you time for a morning beach walk, yoga class, or journaling on the beach before we begin. Sessions wrap up before sunset so you can unwind outdoors, letting your nervous system settle, taking in the salty air and sunshine. We have great culinary diversity within 2 blocks of the office for a great beach picnic during lunch break, too! I thoroughly enjoy travel planning. Please let me know if you'd like more planning for your trip or specific recommendations.
Carlsbad offers a peaceful, coastal backdrop for deep healing—and if you ever want to return for another round of focused work, I welcome you to schedule a follow-up Intensive.
California Locals: If you crave deep, focused work and ongoing support, we have the flexibility to do both. We can structure your care with an Intensive to clear core material quickly and then continue with weekly or biweekly sessions—on Zoom or in-person—depending on your location and preferences.
It’s a beautiful blend of deep work and ongoing care, at a pace that fits your life.
Financial Investment
Financial Investment
$1,700 per a day
$850 per a half day
50% deposit will be required for reserving the day(s) at the time of scheduling, the remaining 50% of each day's charge will be charged at the end of the day depending on if we ended at lunch or used the full day
Can be paid for with a HSA/FSA account, Credit Card, Zelle, Check (deposited immediately upon receiving), or Cash
Cancellation Policy for Intensives
Cancellation Policy for Intensives
If you need to cancel 30 days in advance, for any reason, I will hold onto a $1000 scheduling fee and return the remaining deposit
The deposit becomes unrefundable 30 days before the scheduled intensive
If you need to reschedule more than 30 days out, there is no additional fee
If you need to reschedule within 30 days, I'll charge an additional $1000 sheduling fee before confirming the new days
Preparing for Your Intensive:
Preparing for Your Intensive:
My hopes for you during your intensive...
Limited technology use in the morning, during lunch break, and in the evenings
Zero contact with triggering people
Movement in nature in the mornings and in the evenings
Eating balanced foods and staying hydrated
Schedule a massage or spa experience
Enjoy sunsets with your toes in the sand
Creative, parts-integrating journaling (which I'll teach you)
Low or no substances, including caffeine and processed sugar
What to bring?
Prioritize comfort: your clothes, your favorite blanket or stuffed animal, your favorite snacks and drinks, a sitting cushion if you love to sit on the floor
Something that really represents you, that feels like a great way to let me into your world a little
Pictures of your safe people, and/or some of your favorite, most you, confident memories
Pictures of you: 0-3, 4-6, 8-10, 11-13, 14-17, 17-21, and a photo per life stage/chapter since
Reflective materials: journal, different colored pens, crayons, and materials to be creative on your own in the evenings
Local Recommendations During Your Intensive:
Local Recommendations During Your Intensive:
Food
Food
Dini's Bistro with ocean views
Naked Cafe offers a clear menu with all dietary restriction information
Senior Grubby's for take-out or Garcia's for sit-down Mexican food
Shoots fish tacos, poke
Steady State for a decaf rosemary latte during the intensive, or perhaps Carlsbad's finest beans to take home
Beach Cities Smoothies for smoothies or acai bowls
Always Hungry Grocery and Goods to pick up fun, healthy imported snacks and drinks, or even locally made sunscreen
Services/ Activities
Services/ Activities
Beach Day
Hike Easy stroll around Batiquitos Lagoon, Moderate beach cliff hike at Torrey Pines, Difficult trail up to Potato Chip Rock
Spa Day at Four Moon's Spa in Encinitas, The Lodge at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, Yu Spa a Korean Day Spa on Convoy Street, Glen Ivy Hotsprings in Temescal Valley, Murrieta Hotsprings
Movement and Breathwork at Happy Blue Marble, a nervous system oriented yoga studio one block from the office
Stroll the Galleries in La Jolla or Laguna within a 35-75 minute coastal drive from Carlsbad
Visit the tidepools, Self-Realization Fellowship Temple Gardens or participate in a Group Meditation
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