When you need more than a one-hour weekly session
You may already have a good understanding of your anxiety, trauma, relationship patterns, or the ways you've learned to cope. But understanding something intellectually doesn't always change how it lives in your body or how you experience it in your life.
If you've been in therapy before and haven't seen the progress you want, or if you feel stuck and aren't sure where to go from here, therapy intensives can be a great next step.
Extended therapy sessions create more room to work with those deeper layers, allowing for processing, integration, and healing that can be difficult to reach when time feels limited. Instead of feeling rushed or interrupted, we can slow down, follow what's unfolding in your body, and spend real time with the parts of yourself or your experience that usually don't get attention.
What are therapy intensives?
Therapy intensives are longer sessions for focused, in-depth therapeutic work. Rather than working within the limits of a traditional 50-minute session, intensives let us go deeper and spend more time with what needs attention. I currently offer three options.
90-minute extended sessions
A great option if you want more room to process, explore patterns in greater depth, or do EMDR, Brainspotting, or somatic work without feeling rushed.
3-hour therapy intensives
Designed for deeper trauma therapy and focused healing work, and may include EMDR, somatic practices, and parts work. In 3 hours we have time to fully process one specific focus area while keeping a strong focus on nervous system regulation and pacing.
Adjunct therapy intensives
Already working with a great therapist but interested in deeper trauma processing? Intensives can complement the work you're doing with your primary therapist, not replace it. I'm happy to coordinate with your therapist so your care feels collaborative before, during, and after the intensive.
All intensives are tailored to your goals, history, and capacity, and are available in person in Asheville and online across North Carolina.
Is a therapy intensive a good fit for me?
Extended therapy sessions often suit people who:
- Feel stuck despite years of personal growth or therapy
- Understand their patterns but struggle to create lasting change
- Have experienced trauma or childhood wounds that continue to affect daily life
- Are going through a particularly difficult time in their life
- Feel trapped in cycles of anxiety, perfectionism, codependency, people-pleasing, or burnout
- Are processing sexual trauma and want dedicated time for healing
- Want room to go deeper than weekly therapy allows
What to expect
Depending on your needs, our work may include:
- EMDR therapy
- Brainspotting
- Parts work (IFS therapy)
- Somatic and body-based approaches
- Nervous system regulation and polyvagal-informed practices
- Mindfulness and grounding techniques
- Trauma-informed processing and integration
Throughout the session, I pay close attention to what's coming up for you and in your body, as well as your capacity. My goal isn't to push you through difficult experiences as quickly as possible. It's to support you and help you stay connected to yourself while moving through them.
A trauma-informed approach to intensives
Trauma-informed therapy isn't about trying to process as much as possible in a single session. It's about working in a focused way that respects your nervous system and capacity.
One of the benefits of extended sessions is that they give us more time to slow down when needed and work with what's happening in the moment. In a traditional therapy hour, it can feel like there isn't enough time to settle into the work before it's time to stop. Longer sessions allow more time for building safety, developing resources, and staying connected to the present moment, which matters especially for people with a history of trauma or chronic stress.
We'll go at a pace that feels manageable while still allowing real processing to happen, with more room to pause, check in, regulate, and integrate what comes up along the way. Whether we're using EMDR, Brainspotting, somatic approaches, parts work, or a combination, the goal isn't to force change. It's to help your system process experiences you may never have had the chance to fully process before.
Intensive and extended session fees
- Intensive intake and preparation (90 minutes): $350
- 90-minute extended sessions (after intake): $350
- 3-hour sessions: starting at $675 (weekend availability; higher rates apply)
If you're curious about therapy intensives, extended sessions, or whether this approach fits your needs, let's talk. In a free consultation we can go over your goals and decide whether an intensive makes sense for you.
