EMDR & IFS Intensive Therapy

How are intensive sessions different from traditional therapy?

Traditional weekly therapy is valuable, but it has real limitations. Fifty minutes, once a week, with days of regular life in between, means a lot of time is spent catching up, re-regulating, and getting back to the work before the session is over. Progress happens, but potentially slowly.

Intensive sessions are different by design. By dedicating extended, uninterrupted blocks of time to the work, we create the kind of therapeutic momentum that weekly therapy simply can't sustain. There's no stopping just as something important surfaces. No waiting seven days to pick up the thread. Just deep, focused, continuous healing, layer by layer.

At EMDR Indiana, our intensives weave together EMDR and Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy with somatic awareness. This combination is uniquely powerful for getting to the root of trauma, anxiety, and the patterns that keep showing up in your life. IFS helps us identify and compassionately engage the parts of you that have been carrying pain, while EMDR reprocesses the memories and experiences those parts have been holding. With somatic awareness threaded throughout, healing doesn't just happen in the mind, it lands in the body, right where it needs to.

The result is a depth of change that feels different from anything traditional therapy typically has time to offer, not just understanding your story differently, but genuinely feeling it shift.

What are intensive sessions like?

Intensive sessions are designed to feel different from the moment you begin. You’ll likely find them more spacious, more focused, and more deeply held than anything traditional therapy typically offers. Here's what to expect from start to finish:

Your Free Consultation Before anything else, we'll connect for a free 20-minute video consultation. This is a chance for us to get to know each other, talk through what's bringing you in, and make sure an intensive is the right fit for where you are right now. There's no pressure, just an honest conversation about what you need and how we can help.

Booking & Deposit When you're ready to book, a $250 deposit secures your session and allows us to dedicate the time, space, and resources your intensive deserves. The deposit is applied toward the cost of your first session and is fully refundable up to 72 hours before your scheduled start time.

Paperwork All intake paperwork is completed before we meet and is due 72 hours prior to your session. This means we hit the ground running from the moment we begin, with no time spent on logistics when we could be doing the work.

Your Session Each session begins collaboratively. We'll clarify your intentions for the day, review any relevant history, and establish grounding tools you can draw on throughout our time together. From there, we move into the deeper work at a pace that feels right for your nervous system.

Single intensives are focused and targeted. We identify what's ready to be processed and we go there together. The series format allows us to move more slowly through the layers, exploring how different experiences and patterns connect and affect each other across three dedicated sessions, scheduled on non-consecutive days to give your system time to integrate between each one.

Throughout every session, IFS, EMDR, and somatic awareness work together, addressing trauma not just psychologically but physically, helping healing land in the nervous system where it needs to take root.

What to Bring Dress comfortably and bring anything that helps you feel settled and safe. We recommend wearing layers to adjust for temperature and bringing a water bottle. A journal, crystals, oracle, cards, stuffed animals, and snacks are all warmly welcomed. This is your time and your space. There's no wrong way to show up.

After Your Session Intensive work is deep work and your nervous system will need time and care afterward. Plan for a gentle rest of the day following your session. Arrange for support if you need it, protect your evening, and give yourself permission to simply be. The integration that happens after the session is part of the healing too.

Why are intensive sessions priced differently than traditional therapy?

That's a fair question and one worth answering honestly.

Intensive sessions require a different level of preparation, presence, and expertise than a standard 50-minute appointment. Before we ever meet, significant time goes into reviewing your history, mapping a personalized treatment approach, and preparing the therapeutic space, both practically and clinically, for the depth of work we'll be doing together. The session itself demands sustained, focused attention for hours at a time, weaving together EMDR, IFS, and somatic awareness in a way that's responsive to you, moment by moment.

You're also working with a fully certified EMDR therapist, and that distinction matters. Certification isn't just a title. It represents completing every level of EMDR training, advanced specialized training in combining EMDR with IFS and somatic approaches, and over 20 hours of both group and individual clinical supervision. That depth of training means you're not getting a therapist who has taken a weekend course, you're working with someone who has invested years into mastering this work so that you can trust the hands you're healing in.

There's also the value of what you're actually getting. Traditional weekly therapy at $150 per session can mean months or even years of work before you experience meaningful, lasting change. Intensive therapy is designed to compress that timeline significantly, getting to the root faster, creating deeper shifts, and leaving you with real, felt results rather than incremental progress.

When you invest in an intensive, you're not just paying for time. You're paying for a deeply personalized, expertly held experience that treats your healing as the priority it deserves to be with no rushing, no clock-watching, and no picking up where you left off a week later.

It's a different kind of care. And for the clients it's right for, it's worth every penny.

How do I get started?
To initiate the process, please feel free to contact me using the button below or text at 317-813-9982. I am available to address any inquiries you may have and to arrange your initial consultation. Relief and healing are accessible, and I am committed to facilitating your path towards them. Do not hesitate to pose any questions you might have. Your confidence and safety throughout this therapeutic journey are paramount to me. I eagerly anticipate the opportunity to connect with you in the near future.