Intensives

Marriage & Family Intensives

An intensive is a way to deliver treatment in an intensive but short period of time, typically a weekend, where multiple sessions per day are completed. New research shows that intensive therapy for trauma, turmoil or stress can be extremely effective on symptom reduction.

Understanding Trauma Intensives

Extended Formats:

Sessions typically run 1.5 to 3 hours (or full 1- to 2-day programs) instead of standard 50-minute weekly slots.

Deep Processing:

Provides uninterrupted time for the nervous system to settle, integrate, and prevent the re-traumatization that can happen when painful material is opened but left unresolved.

Accelerated Healing:

Helps clear persistent patterns, complex trauma, or phobias more rapidly than traditional pacing.

For some individuals, therapy intensives work beautifully as standalone experiences. For others, especially couples or those dealing with complex trauma, combining intensive work with ongoing support creates optimal conditions for healing.

Intensive therapy addresses a common frustration: you're having a great session and time runs out.

You walk away feeling like "I was on the verge of a breakthrough!" or "I feel better but just want to resolve this." The next session, you struggle to reconnect to the problem with the same motivation and readiness, or your priorities have shifted and you've lost momentum. Your progress feels inconsistent and incremental.

Format: Uninterrupted blocks lasting from 2.5 hours to full-day (6 hour) sessions spanning 1 to 5 consecutive days.

Core Modalities: Frequently integrates Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), and somatic body-regulation.

Benefits: Eliminates the "catch-up" period of standard 50-minute hours and keeps the brain within its therapeutic processing window longer.

Following an intensive, the integration phase becomes crucial. You've done deep work, and now it's about allowing those insights to settle into your daily life. We provide guidance on how to maintain the shifts you've experienced without requiring extensive homework or rigid practices.