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EMDR/IFS Intensives

Focused & Immersive 

Offered by Nancy Phung-Smith, LMFT

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Contact Nancy for

Questions or Curiosities

nancy@soulflotherapy.com

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Intensives are carefully structured during a 1-hour consultation. Sessions are usually 4 to 6 hours.

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Intensives are $250/hour

Curious What The Research Is Saying? 

There is some great research from the past several years that support therapy intensives for trauma. 

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Highlights: 

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NOTE: Every client is different, and results and responses to treatment vary

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What are therapy intensive sessions? 

  • The approach designed to maximize progress and achieve profound results within a condensed timeframe.

  • Intensives are a treatment approach that can be done on its own, or in conjunction with your currently therapist to supplement the work you are doing. 

  • A therapy intensive session is goal-driven, immersive, longer in duration and occurs more frequently over a shorter period of time. 

  • Therapy intensive sessions are an alternative to the one-hour-a-week traditional model, for the purpose of seeing benefits earlier in the therapy process. It is a large dose of therapy in a short period of time. 

  • Therapy intensives may be attended for a limited number of sessions, generally over a one- to four-week period of time. Regular ongoing weekly appointments are not available with this service, and follow-up sessions with a psychotherapist are recommended if needed. 

  • Elongated sessions are particularly helpful for couples work, or for addressing trauma (PTSD) and complex trauma (CPTSD). This is because you have more time to cover more content, and therefore do more therapeutic work in a shorter period of time (in terms of weeks of therapy attended). 

What is involved in therapy intensive sessions?

  • We start with a 1-hour comprehensive screening/intake session. This session is free of charge. During this call we will get to the root of the problems you are facing, understand what your individual needs are, and determine what we want to target your treatment. 

  • Following the intake, intensives frequency and duration vary according to client needs. 

  • Ideally, intensives can be conducted in two different ways:

    • Multiple Consecutive Days: Where consecutive days of therapy, ranging from 4-6 hours per day. This dedicated, uninterrupted time to the therapeutic process, allows for delve deep into the work, accelerating client's progress and promoting transformative change.

    • Ongoing Clusters:  3-hour clusters that be can be scheduled to suit the client's availability and allow for ongoing treatment while still achieving the benefits of an intensive approach.

  • Client and therapist will work on preparing the the session: identifying ideal time, location, breaks, and any other needs the client may have for the longer session. 

  • The therapist works collaboratively with client on meeting targeted goals. 

What Are The Benefits Of Participating In A Therapy Intensive?

  • An intensive focus allows you to fully immerse yourself into the therapy experience, which then allows you to better understand yourself, and make more significant process because of the extended time focused on a specific concern.

  • Generally, a therapy Intensive can condense your treatment into a shorter time frame because you are not spending 5-10 minutes checking in at the beginning of each session, addressing new concerns that have come up between sessions. 

  • Because Intensives are also scheduled for a larger chunk of time (in a single day or across multiple days), they can be scheduled in a way that is more convenient for you. If scheduling around work or family commitments every week has been a hassle for you, or if you simply haven’t found the time to squeeze in a weekly hour-long appointment, an Intensive is a great option. 

  • Finally, therapy Intensives may end up being more cost-effective (decreasing travel costs, childcare costs, etc.), as well as saving other costs on all the other complementary and alternative treatment options you’ve been trying in your search for healing and growth. 

Why Haven’t I Heard Of A Therapy Intensive Before?

Long story short? Insurance companies have historically not covered sessions that are longer in length. In fact, the billing code that many therapists who offered Intensives used recently was discontinued. 

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That said, if you are looking for an Intensive and hoping to use insurance benefits (in-network or out-of-network), you can often still get a portion of the Intensive covered, especially if it is scheduled over several days. 

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