EMDR Intensives in Virginia

EMDR intensives are personalized treatment plans

EMDR intensives allow you to skip the wait list by giving you faster access to select spots. They are designed to support your preferred schedule and timeline for your treatment goals.

They are longer more intensive sessions

EMDR intensives allow you to increase self-awareness in a shorter period of time than traditional therapy.  

How Do You Know if EMDR Intensives in Virginia Is Right for You?

Something profound has yet to change

However, you’re not quite sure how to shift all the way into a new experience of yourself with your current therapist. Maybe you now cognitively understand new things, yet your body is still confused. So, you’re curious about how intensive EMDR therapy can help as you work with your primary talk therapist.

You want to get into weekly therapy

Your schedule has been hectic and demanding. A weekly therapy appointment may feel more overwhelming than supportive. EMDR intensives are made to fit your schedule!

You need help, right now

It isn’t necessary to spend months in the traditional weekly model of therapy treatment to feel better.

You need extra support

Perhaps you are currently doing weekly sessions and looking for extra, focused support quickly. 

Is the Intensive Format Effective?

 In a nutshell yes!! It works!! 

Well tolerated in people with PTSD

Intensive application of trauma-focused therapy seems to be well tolerated in patients with PTSD. It enables faster symptom reduction with similar, or even better, results. All while reducing the risk that patients drop out prematurely. Learn more about the effectiveness of EMDR intensives here and here.

Reliable improvement in PTSD symptoms

Intensive EMDR treatment is feasible. It is indicative of reliable improvement in PTSD symptoms in a very short time frame. Learn more about the feasibility of EMDR intensives here.

Safe alternative to talk therapy

An intensive program using EMDR therapy is a safe and effective treatment alternative for complex PTSD. Learn more about using EMDR intensives to treat complex PTSD here.

Decreased treatment times with EMDR intensives

Even compared to other trauma therapy, the intensive format may decrease treatment time, because of time not spent on things such as:

• checking in at the beginning of each session
  
• addressing current crises and concerns
• focusing on stabilizing and coping skills that the client won’t need after trauma healing
•  assisting the client in regaining composure at the end of the session.

Learn more about the time saving aspects of EMDR intensives here.

1. Custom-designed Therapy Intensive

A 90-minute session to determine the goals of the Therapy Intensive and prepare for the experience. We will identify the painful memories, beliefs, emotions, or images from which you are seeking relief.

2. Personalized Intensive Workbook

The workbook includes assessments and activities to prepare for the Intensive. The workbook allows you to keep a record of progress on your treatment goals before, during, and after our sessions.

3. Pre-Intensive Interview

The Therapy Intensive sessions take place at the office or virtually, and are scheduled for 1–3 days for 3 hours each day. Includes targeted treatment and resourcing activities customized for you.

4. Post-Intensive Interview

A 90-minute session to debrief the experience and reflect on areas of insight, relief, and transformation. Discuss your next steps for continued growth and healing.

3 DAYS

Starting at $3920

• 14 hour program
• 12 face-to-face hours
• Resources, assessments, & personalized treatment workbook
• Available Mon–Sat

Weekday cost: $3,920

Weekend cost: $4,200

Discover How EMDR Intensives with Gray Horse Counseling in Virginia Can Help You Live an Authentic Life

Your childhood? It was a mess. But that doesn’t mean your future has to be. At Gray Horse Counseling, I work with adults from dysfunctional families. People who learned to split themselves into two versions just to survive. One version of you at home, another for the outside world. That survival strategy helped you back then. But now, it’s exhausting. It’s getting in the way of living fully and feeling real.

You want honest, connected relationships, but you keep hitting that inner wall. The trauma response that once protected you is now keeping you stuck. I see it all the time. When your childhood didn’t give you space to figure out who you are, it’s hard to feel safe being yourself. And it shows up everywhere: your friendships, romantic relationships, how you parent, how you work, how you see yourself.

Back then, you had to keep quiet. Now, you don’t. You’ve carried this for long enough. Let’s start working through it together. Follow these steps to get started:

1. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to see if we’re a good fit.
2. Book your first EMDR intensives therapy session with me.
3. Begin the process of healing in a space where you are seen, supported, and heard.

Other Therapy Services Offered Online & in Virginia

As an online therapist in Virginia, I’m here to help you make sense of the ways you’ve learned to cope. Maybe those strategies once got you through trauma, but now they’re showing up as anxiety, depression, or addiction. There’s no shame in how you survived, but it might be time for something new. Whether it’s individual therapy, group support, or equine-assisted therapy with me in Powhatan, VA, we can figure it out together. You don’t have to do this alone. Reach out today.