Therapy Intensives for Women:
Trauma, Burnout, and Anxiety Support in Fort Wayne, Indiana
In addition to our regular 60-minute session option, our practice also provides specialized therapy intensives.
Intensive sessions offer extended time to work on trauma, burnout, anxiety, relationship issues, and more.
These sessions encourage an even deeper exploration, processing, and integration of experiences.
What are Therapy Intensives?
Therapy intensives provide additional time within a session for more focused therapeutic work. Instead of needing to pause just as an important conversation is beginning to deepen, intensives allow us to stay with the work even longer to explore richer experiences, emotions, patterns, and insights.
Intensive sessions often include the use of EMDR and IFS (“parts-work”). We may also implement other therapeutic approaches that are most appropriate for your presenting concerns and ultimate growth.
What are the Benefits of Therapy Intensives?
Support for transitions, high-stress periods, or intentional reflection
Intensives are useful when life feels chaotic, overwhelming, or in transition.
They also provide a structured opportunity for those who want to take dedicated time — perhaps during a break from work or a quieter season of life — to engage in deeper, concentrated therapeutic work, allowing space to process and integrate experiences.
Strengthening internal resources
Provides an opportunity to practice grounding, self-regulation, and other coping skills related to content discussed earlier in the session.
This can help you to feel more confident if you experience intense, uncomfortable emotions in between sessions – as you have more tools in your belt to draw upon to self-soothe when feeling emotionally overwhelmed.
Space for experimentation and new strategies
Therapy intensives can allow additional time to try new approaches, interventions, or exercises.
A deeper container for processing challenging experiences
Sometimes deeper processing involves more intense emotions and complex experiences to emerge. Longer session times act like an extended “container” for these experiences. Meaning, you have additional time to feel, express, process, and integrate material with a supportive and insightful therapist beside you.
How Do I Schedule a Therapy Intensive with You?
1.) Book a Free 15-Minute Consultation
This is a brief call that will help us determine if we’re a good fit before we proceed to booking your 90-minute intake session.
Fill out the contact form on this website with the requested information. I’ll reach out to schedule a phone consultation with you at my earliest convenience.
2.) Schedule a 90-Minute Intake Session
During your initial intake we will:
Explore your life history and family dynamics within your childhood, as well as current concerns and goals for therapy
Decide if you’re a good candidate for EMDR – which is a treatment approach we might implement during your intensive session
Determine if an intensive session is the right fit for your goals
*A 90-Minute Intake Session is required for you to book an intensive session.
3.) Schedule a 90-Minute Intensive Session
If we determine that an intensive session is a good fit for you during your initial intake, we’ll book your intensive session at the end of your intake appointment.
Frequently Asked Questions about Therapy Intensives
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Yes. We begin with a 90-minute intake session to ensure that intensive therapy is clinically appropriate for your presenting concerns and goals.
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Therapy intensives are 90-minutes. These intensives may include the use of EMDR, IFS, and other various therapy approaches.
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Yes. Many physicians, nurses, counselors, educators, and other professionals find therapy intensives helpful because the extended sessions provide space for focused, in-depth work that can address complex or layered experiences in a single visit. -
Yes! Therapy intensives can be a great way to explore the physical, emotional, and mental impacts of burnout.
They can help you identify patterns contributing to stress, and process underlying trauma that may be influencing patterns of burnout and emotional overwhelm.
Intensives can also help you practice coping strategies to manage future challenges more effectively.
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Yes. Therapy intensives can help you explore underlying thought patterns, triggers, and emotions contributing to anxiety or panic.
Intensives can also help you practice emotion regulation strategies and process past trauma. Insights gained through intensive sessions often contribute to a greater sense of calm and peacefulness.
Many individuals also report feeling less troubled by previous situations which may have triggered intense anxiety and panic.
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Therapy intensives can help you to explore patterns, dynamics, beliefs, and complex emotions present within your relationships.
Intensives also help you to practice boundaries and communication strategies alongside your therapist, in session.
Many women find that intensives help them approach relationships with greater clarity, confidence, and emotional balance.
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For sure! Taking some additional time to prepare will help you to get the most out of your intensive session.
Some of the women we work with find it helpful to:
Jot down notes or topics you want to explore beforehand
Get a good night’s sleep
Bring a comfort object to feel more grounded, if desired
Consider taking time some time off work before and after your session. This is our professional recommendation, as it allows some buffer time for you to reflect and decompress, especially if it’s an emotionally intense or thought-provoking session.
These small preparations create a supportive environment for deeper work and help you to feel more settled and present throughout the session.
Explore how therapy intensives can help with anxiety, burnout, & relationship issues