Healing Intensives
EMDR Healing Intensives in Person in St. Louis Missouri and Virtually for Residents of Missouri
What is a Healing Intensive
Healing Intensives are concentrated and dedicated time to focus on finally healing the trauma that has been holding you back from the life you want.
Trauma, whether generational, developmental, or individual, can make you feel like you are numb, can’t connect with others, and still living in constant fear. It can also show up in the way you act in relationships with loved ones, saying or doing things you don’t mean while just wanting to be loved.
Healing intensives can help you rapidly and radically change your life and the way that you see your past. Completing an intensive can help you finally find peace after your trauma, letting you connect with true self, that creative, compassionate, and caring self that had been silenced by the trauma.
Who Can Benefit from an Intensive?
See the list below for some examples of who can benefit from an intensive. Even if what you’ve experienced isn’t listed below, you might still find an intensive beneficial.
What’s Included?
60 or 90 minute Pre-Intensive Session
The Healing Intensive: 1-4 Days of Sessions
60 or 90 Minute Post-Intensive Session
What to expect in an intensive
In an in-person intensive you can expect to come into my office to some water and snacks and get comfortable because we are going to seriously unpack whatever we are working on.
It won’t be only processing time, there will be psychoeducation to help you understand how your brain has been protecting you, discussion of your new insights, gentle movement, and of course many breaks throughout the day. The day can start at either 9:30 am or 10 am with about 90 minutes to 2 hours of processing in the morning and then afternoon. I would encourage you to not have any social or work plans and instead focus on self-care and gentle movement after the Intensive.
Assessments to Track Progress
Trauma Psychoeducation
Resourcing
Ego-States/ Parts Work
Life or Family Mapping
Processing using EMDR and/or Brainspotting
Brainspotting
EMDR
Ego-States/Parts
Radically and Rapidly Change Your Life.
1-Day Intensives
Suggested for someone who has experienced one significant event like a car accident or sexual assault.
Includes 60 minute pre and post Intensive sessions and around 4 hours of time processing, and not more than 6 hours of face to face time.
Offered Fridays and Saturdays.
$1200
Sessions are rounded down to the half-day. I would much rather book you for too long and not need it, than need it and not have. Customizations such as 2.5 days are available upon request.
2-Day Intensives
Suggested for someone who wants to focus on 1-2 instances within a specific theme.
Includes 60 minute pre and post Intensive sessions and around 4 hours of time processing, and not more than 6 hours of face to face time per day.
Offered Thursday/Friday or Friday/ Saturday
$2200
Sessions are rounded down to the half-day. I would much rather book you for too long and not need it, than need it and not have. Customizations such as 2.5 days are available upon request.
3-Day Intensives
Suggested for someone who has been feeling stuck repeating the same patterns over and over which might be related to childhood experiences.
Includes 90 minute pre and post Intensive sessions and around 4 hours of time processing, and not more than 6 hours of face to face time per day.
Offered Thursday/Friday/Saturday or Friday/Saturday/Sunday
$3200
Sessions are rounded down to the half-day. I would much rather book you for too long and not need it, than need it and not have. Customizations such as 2.5 days are available upon request.
4-Day Intensives
Suggested for someone that has experienced ongoing trauma whether in childhood or adulthood.
Includes 90 minute pre and post Intensive sessions and around 4 hours of time processing, and not more than 6 hours of face to face time per day.
Offered Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday or Friday/Saturday/Sunday/Monday
$4500
Sessions are rounded down to the half-day. I would much rather book you for too long and not need it, than need it and not have. Customizations such as 2.5 days are available upon request.
Types of Sessions
Extended Sessions
An extended session allows us more time to process traumatic memories than a weekly 60 minute session. Extended sessions can be 90 minutes to 2 hours long. Extended sessions may be an option for you if you want to see improvement rapidly, but are not yet ready and willing to commit to an intensive.
After the first session, extended sessions weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly may be a good option for you.
You may notice a decrease in your symptoms quickly, but not as rapidly as doing an intensive.
Packages of Extended Sessions are available upon request.
Healing Intensives
Healing Intensives offer the unique opportunity to deep dive into what has been troubling you, keeping you awake at night.
You can spend years in therapy making progress bit by bit, or you can commit to investing in your well being by spending concentrated time to overcome your traumas.
One way to think about an Intensive is to imagine a short chain of multiple extended sessions. Sometime with weekly sessions there can be so much to talk about it is easy to focus on the day to day rather than the big event that caused you to seek therapy in the first place.
An intensive is an evidence based medium to rapidly overcome the trauma that has been holding you back.
Let’s Discuss What’s Best for you!
There is no one size fits all! Whether your interested in Weekly Sessions, Extended Sessions, or an Intensive, I am happy to walk you through your options to help you consider what will be best for you.
How It Works
2.
Schedule
A free 15 minute Consult
3.
Schedule
Your 90 minute Pre-Intensive Session
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Show up for your Intensive Experience
Start seeing changes rapidly
F.A.Q
Where's the research?
EMDR as a modality has been heavily researched and found to be effective in reducing the symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, and depression. In recent years there have been more studies examining various intensive formats. Here are some articles you can view below:
I don't live in St. Louis, can I still do an intensive?
Short answer: It depends. If you are in Missouri we can do a telehealth based intensive that would include more breaks. If you want to work with me and you live outside of Missouri, we can discuss what travel accommodations would look like.
Is an intensive like this worth it?
I believe so 100%. By the time someone has come to me for EMDR therapy they have often been to several handfuls of therapists that may or may not have had an impact on reducing their symptoms. How many years of your life have you already spent not being able to sleep, having nightmares, constantly checking your back anxious and worried that someone or something might happen to you. An intensive is an investment in your future.
Is an intensive covered by insurance?
Insurance companies limit the amount of time we are able to spend in session. This
limits the quality of care and the amount of progress you can make in each
treatment session. For that reason, we do not work with insurance companies for
the EMDR Intensive Program.
Is there a payment plan available?
In a way yes. At time of booking a date for your intensive, 50% of the fee is due, an additional 25% the day of the Pre-Intensive session, and the remaining 25% is due 3 days before the Intensive starts. Ideally the Pre-Intensive Session occurs 2 weeks or more before the intensive and depends on availability.
Cancellation Policy
Clients scheduled to receive EMDR Intensive Therapy must provide additional notice to reschedule or cancel 14 calendar days notice prior to the start of the intensive. I am not able to fill an intensive last minute therefore the 50% deposit is non-refundable. If you cancel within 96 hours, the full price of the intensive time missed is non-refundable.
Three Circles of Healing LLC
Location
9378 Olive Blvd Suite #104
Olivette, MO 63132
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Email: alyssa.michelle@threecirclesof healing.com
Open Hours
Tuesday – Friday: 10am – 7pm