The Room — designed for extended work
Half-day and full-day EMDR, Brainspotting, and Flash Technique sessions for adults who need deeper work than weekly therapy allows—or who've hit a wall in traditional therapy.
You've done a lot of work on yourself. But the deeper layers still feel stuck.
Maybe you've been in therapy before—even good therapy—but something never quite moved. Maybe you know exactly where the trauma lives, but weekly sessions never seem to reach it. Or maybe your life just doesn't allow 6–12 months of traditional work.
Trauma Intensives give you something weekly therapy simply can't: enough time, space, and depth for real change to happen.
Not rushed. Not scattered. Not interrupted by a 55-minute clock.
"At the end of my suffering / there was a door."
— Louise Glück, "The Wild Iris"
Trauma doesn't open up on command—and it definitely doesn't follow a 55-minute schedule.
In weekly sessions:
There's nothing wrong with weekly therapy. But for some people, at certain points, it's just not enough.
Imagine something that's been stuck for years finally letting go—not through force, but because there was finally enough time and space for it to move.
Imagine leaving a session exhausted in a good way. Like you've put something down that you've been carrying so long you forgot it was there.
Imagine your body feeling different. Shoulders that can drop. Breath that comes easier. The constant bracing finally releasing.
Imagine returning to your life and noticing that the thing that used to trigger you just... doesn't land the same way anymore.
This is what intensive work makes possible. Not a miracle. Not bypassing the hard parts. Just enough uninterrupted time for real change to happen.
The trauma doesn't disappear. But your relationship to it changes. And that changes everything.
Intensives are ideal for people who:
This isn't shortcut therapy. It's focused immersion—the kind trauma actually responds to.
You might be "fine" from the outside—smart, competent, successful—but internally exhausted from carrying everything alone.
Intensives give you the space to stop holding and start healing.
This is not a bootcamp, not a protocol marathon, not a spiritual bypass. It's deep, steady, attuned work.
A typical intensive blends:
Existential–Phenomenological Therapy — Understanding how trauma shaped your worldview, identity, and body.
EMDR — For reprocessing stuck memories and patterns. Reducing the emotional charge without erasing what happened. Learn more about EMDR
Brainspotting — To reach the parts of trauma that talk therapy can't touch. Especially effective for shutdown, numbness, or frozen states.
Flash Technique — To reduce emotional intensity before deeper work. Gentle trauma processing without overwhelming.
Relational Trauma Repair — Real-time attunement, boundary work, emotional presence, safety. Trauma heals in connection.
Ketamine-Assisted EMDR (if appropriate) — For clients who've been approved for KAP through Journey Clinical, low-dose ketamine can enhance trauma processing during intensives. Learn more about KAP →
Integration & Meaning-Making — Because insight without integration doesn't change your life.
This is not EMDR all day long. It's a structured, well-paced therapeutic arc designed for your nervous system—with breaks, grounding, and attunement built in.
1. Pre-Intensive Consultation
To understand your history, goals, trauma patterns, and window of tolerance. This ensures the intensive is safe and appropriate for you.
2. Preparation Session(s)
We build safety, grounding, and clarity before going deep. You'll learn what to expect, how to ground yourself, and what happens if you get overwhelmed.
3. The Intensive Session
A sustained block of trauma work including: slow orientation to your body, grounding techniques, EMDR or Brainspotting or Flash Technique, relational work with shame, fear, and protective patterns, breaks built around your nervous system's capacity.
This is where the deeper shifts happen.
4. Integration Session
A follow-up (usually within a week) to make sense of what moved, what softened, and what changed. This is where everything "lands."
The pattern that's been stuck for years finally moves—not because you forced it, but because there was finally enough uninterrupted time for your nervous system to process it.
The first time you realize you've gone a whole day without the usual tightness. The moment you respond to something that used to trigger you and notice... a pause. A choice. Options that weren't there before.
Your body starts to feel different. Less braced. More yours.
People close to you notice before you do. You're calmer. More present. Less reactive. Something shifted.
Intensives are not appropriate if you:
Part of our consultation is determining whether an intensive is safe and appropriate for you right now. If it's not the right time, we'll talk about what would help you get there.
Half-Day Intensive (3 hours): $550
Full-Day Intensive (5–6 hours): $1,100
Intensives are not covered by insurance. Payment is due before the session.
Preparation and integration sessions ($175 each) may be covered if you have in-network benefits.
You've done some therapy before. You have basic stability and support systems. You know what you want to work on, even if you can't fully articulate it. You're not in active crisis. If you're unsure, we'll figure it out together in a consultation.
We pace the work around your nervous system's capacity. There are built-in breaks, grounding exercises, and constant attunement to how you're doing. If you need to slow down, we slow down. You won't be pushed past what you can handle.
Yes. Telehealth intensives are available for clients anywhere in Washington State. They work best if you have a private, comfortable space where you won't be interrupted.
Some people do one intensive and feel complete. Others do a series over several months. Some use intensives as a supplement to ongoing weekly therapy. There's no set number—it depends on your goals and what emerges.
Intensives are designed differently. They're not just longer—they're structured with a specific arc: preparation, processing, integration. The pacing, the breaks, and the way we move through material are all calibrated for sustained deep work, not just more time.
For clients who've been approved for KAP through Journey Clinical, we can incorporate low-dose ketamine (KA-EMDR) into an intensive format. This requires additional preparation and medical clearance. Learn more about KAP →