In person in St. Paul, MN and online across Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Oregon.
You've already waited long enough to
feel like yourself again.
EMDR therapy intensives for birth trauma, pregnancy loss, infertility, and perinatal grief.
I kept watching the same thing happen. Someone would come in carrying something heavy, we'd finally get somewhere, and then two weeks would pass, and we'd spend half the next session just finding our way back.
An hour a week is not always enough. Not for this.
EMDR, parts work, somatic processing. These need room. When they get it, something actually shifts in a way that a 50-minute window simply can't reach.
That's why I work this way.
There are two kinds of people who come to me for intensives.
The first has a specific experience they want to work through. A traumatic birth. A sexual assault. A medical event. Something with a clear beginning and end that their nervous system hasn't been able to file away yet. For this, we do focused EMDR reprocessing over concentrated time, and the results are often remarkable.
The second needs time to tell the whole story. Not because they ramble, but because the story is complicated and layered and has never had enough space to fully come out. I've had clients need four hours just to get through what happened, holding the EMDR buzzers the whole time, never losing the thread. That kind of session can't happen in 50 minutes. It needs a container big enough to hold it.
Both are what intensives are built for.
What Intensives Are Actually For
Not every intensive looks the same.
Here's how we can work together.
90-Minute Session
For clients who keep hitting the end of a standard hour right when things are finally opening up. A natural next step for depth work that needs a little more room.
Full-Day Intensive (up to 6 hours with a break)
For complex, layered experiences that need time to fully unfold. Enough space to tell the whole story, do the work, and leave feeling different than when you arrived.
Half-Day Intensive (3 hours)
For a specific experience, memory, or stuck point. Focused EMDR reprocessing for single-incident trauma or a contained piece of something larger.
Multi-Day Intensive (customized)
For clients with more than one interconnected experience to work through, or who want to make significant progress over a concentrated period. We design this together based on what you're carrying and what you have capacity for.
It’s time for a changeIs an Intensive Right for You?
If any of this sounds like you, an intensive could be the right fit:
✧ You have a specific moment you can't stop replaying. A birth, a loss, a procedure, a conversation. Something that lives in your body and won't let go.
✧ You've been in weekly therapy and you're grateful for it, but something feels stuck. You keep circling the same things without breaking through.
✧ Your story is complicated, layered, and has never had enough space to actually come out. You need time to tell the whole thing.
✧ You're ready to do the real work but your life doesn't have room for a standing weekly appointment right now.
✧ There's a date coming up. An anniversary, a due date, a follow-up appointment. You want to go into it feeling steadier than you do right now.
✧ You just had a baby or experienced a loss and waiting months to feel better is not something you're willing to do.
✧ You've been carrying this for a long time. You're tired. And you're ready to put it down.
You don't have to figure this out alone.
01
A consultation call first. Twenty to thirty minutes. We talk about what you're looking for, whether an intensive makes sense for your situation, and how much time we'd likely need. No commitment yet. Just a conversation.
04
A two-hour preparation session. Before we do anything else, we meet. We get to know each other, build a clear plan for the intensive, and establish EMDR-specific coping strategies you'll be able to use during our time together. You won't walk in unprepared.
02
The intensive itself. We work through what you came to work through, with a plan and an outline so you feel ready. We take breaks whenever we need them. You can eat, step outside, breathe. For sessions longer than three hours, we build in a full hour break in between. At the end, we take time to close things up properly and practice the coping strategies you learned so you feel calm and stable before you go back out into the world.
03
A follow-up session a few weeks later. We check in. See what has settled, what has shifted, and whether there's anything else you'd like to sort through.
Intensives are offered on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. If you're traveling from out of state, you're welcome to make a weekend of it. I'm currently exploring a relationship with a local boutique hotel for clients who want to stay somewhere quiet and restorative during their intensive weekend. After your session, I'd encourage you to take it easy. Nap. Walk slowly. Journal. Be with people who feel easy to be around. Rest.
A note on Logistics 
IAre you ready to Start your Journey?
I've spent over a decade doing this work, with specialized training in EMDR, perinatal mental health, attachment, and trauma-focused approaches. I know how to go to the hard places without rushing you. I know how to hold space for grief that doesn't make sense to anyone else. I know what it takes to help your body feel safe again.
If you're ready to stop managing and start healing, I'd love to talk.