Some people don't want to spend a year getting there.
This is for you if…
You're not in crisis, but you're tired of how slow the progress feels in weekly therapy — or you've never done therapy and want to start with something substantial
You're facing a major life transition, processing something significant, or simply ready to do a concentrated period of deep work
You're the kind of person who, when you decide to do something, wants to actually do it
You want to compress months of insight into days of real movement
What's a therapy intensive?
A therapy intensive is one to three days of concentrated, immersive therapy — a different kind of container entirely. Not therapy on fast forward. Not a crisis intervention. Something more intentional than either.
Weekly therapy is powerful, but it has a rhythm: you go deep, then life pulls you back, then you start over next week. An intensive removes that interruption. We go in, we stay in, and we do the kind of work that usually takes a year in a fraction of the time. Most people leave feeling lighter than they have in years — not because the work was easy, but because they finally did it.
What it Looks Like
Before we begin
Every intensive starts with a 60-minute pre-intensive session where we map out what you want to work on and decide together which approaches will serve you best. This is a collaborative process — not a one-size-fits-all protocol. You'll leave that session feeling prepared for the work we’ll be doing together.
During the intensive
Intensive days run from 9am to 12pm, break for lunch, and resume from 1 to 4pm — six hours of focused therapeutic work per day, with built-in space to breathe and integrate between sessions.
We begin by establishing safety and grounding before we go anywhere deep. From there, we move into the real work — processing trauma, dismantling old narratives, working through stuck points using EMDR, art, writing, psychodrama, guided imagery, and whatever else fits what's coming up for you in the moment.
Intensive work is active, experiential, and tailored entirely to you. No two intensives look the same.
After the intensive
When the intensive ends, we don't just send you back into your life. Every intensive package includes a one-hour follow-up integration session scheduled one to two weeks after we finish. This is to help you anchor what shifted, process what's still settling, and make sure you feel supported as you carry the work forward.
Many clients say they feel “lighter” following an intensive and that they accomplished more in a weekend than they have in several years of ongoing therapy.
Choose the Right Format for You
Intensives are held Friday through Sunday at my Reno, Nevada office. Out-of-town clients are welcome — Reno is easily accessible from the Bay Area, Sacramento, and Lake Tahoe, and makes for a meaningful change of environment for this kind of work.
A 50% deposit is required at the time of scheduling. Intensives are private pay. To inquire about availability or ask questions before booking, reach out through the contact form or schedule a free 20-minute consult call.
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8 total therapy hours, including:
60-minute pre-intensive assessment
1 day of intensive processing (6 hours per day)
60-minute post-intensive follow-up
Best for focused work on a specific core issue, transition, or feeling of being stuck.
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14 Total Therapy Hours, including:
60-minute pre-intensive assessment
2 days of intensive processing (6 hours per day)
60-minute post-intensive follow-up
Best for addressing deeper, long-standing patterns or complex relationship dynamics.
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20 Total Therapy Hours, including:
60-minute pre-intensive assessment
3 days of intensive processing (6 hours per day)
60-minute post-intensive follow-up
Best for comprehensive healing, complex trauma, and profound, lasting nervous system shifts.
“Hannah was amazing at guiding me through my work. I was surprised at how she was able to take all this information and lead me through this process in a short period of just a few days. I am leaving with so much more awareness of ME, how I operate, and the knowledge that I am capable and I deserve this.”
— Intensive Client
FAQs
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If you're asking this question, you're probably closer to ready than you think. A good candidate for an intensive is someone who is not in active crisis, but feels genuinely stuck and is motivated to move. You don't need to have it all figured out beforehand — that's what the pre-intensive assessment is for. What you do need is a willingness to show up fully and do the work. If you're curious, the best first step is a free consultation call where we can talk through what you're hoping to work on and whether an intensive makes sense for where you are right now.
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EMDR is one of the most powerful tools in an intensive setting.
In a typical weekly session, EMDR can feel stop-and-start. You begin to process something significant, and then the hour ends. You go back into your life carrying whatever surfaced, and a week passes before you can return to it. That interruption isn't ideal for trauma processing.
An intensive changes that entirely. With extended time and no interruption, we can move through EMDR processing more completely — following the material wherever it leads without watching the clock. What might take months of weekly EMDR sessions to work through can often be addressed more fully in an intensive format, because we have the time and space to actually finish what we start.
EMDR in an intensive also allows for more thorough preparation and stabilization beforehand, and more integration time afterward — which means you're not just cracking things open and leaving. We go in, we do the work, and we make sure you're grounded before we're done for the day.
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Intensives tend to be most impactful for:
Trauma and PTSD — particularly when you've been carrying something for a long time and want to move through it more completely than weekly therapy has allowed. The extended time and uninterrupted processing make a significant difference for trauma work specifically.
Stuck points — when you know what the pattern is, you've talked about it plenty, and you're ready to do something about it rather than continue circling.
Major life transitions — processing a significant ending, preparing for something new, or navigating a moment where you need more than 50 minutes a week to make sense of what's happening.
Grief and loss — grief doesn't move on a weekly schedule. Having concentrated time and space to actually be with it, rather than dipping in and out, can allow for a depth of processing that's hard to achieve otherwise.
Relationship patterns and attachment work — particularly for people who want to understand how their early experiences are showing up in their current relationships and are ready to work at the level where those patterns actually live.
Addiction and recovery — whether you're newly sober and want to do foundational work, or years into recovery and still feeling stuck in patterns you can't seem to shake.
If you're not sure whether your specific situation is a good fit for an intensive, contact me for a free consultation and we can figure it out together.
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The most important thing you can do to prepare for an intensive is simply show up with an open mind and a willingness to feel things. The rest we'll figure out together.
Practically speaking: keep your schedule as clear as possible on either side of the intensive — this isn't an experience you want to sandwich between a work deadline and a social obligation. Sleep well, eat well, and limit alcohol in the days leading up. This work asks a lot of your nervous system, and showing up rested gives us the best foundation to go deep. And plan for rest afterward — your system will need time to integrate what moved. Build in space for quiet, journaling, or simply doing nothing.
Come ready to be surprised. People often arrive thinking they know exactly what they need to work on — and leave having worked on something they didn't see coming. That's not a detour. That's usually the real work showing up.
