Therapeutic Outpatient Intensives

 

You might need more time than a traditional weekly 60 minute therapy sessions will allow, to unpack the wounds of life. This is why a therapeutic intensive is beneficial. It is concentrated therapy, 6-8 hour a day for 1, 2 or 3 days. You slow down, eliminate distractions to create time and space for deep inward reflection. This focused therapy will help gain the traction you seek towards healing without the start/stop interruptions of weekly sessions. A longer time in your story accelerates the process, accomplishing several months of weekly sessions in only days. Making it effective for those with a busy schedule, live out of town, or simply stalled out and to desperate get traction towards healing.

Any craftsman will tell you, choosing the right tool for the job is essential for getting the job done right. The intensive model puts more tools in your therapists hands. Talk therapy can be enhanced by interventions like brainspotting, EMDR (eye movement destination and reprocessing) art therapy, mindfulness techniques and outdoor experiential therapy to engage both right and left side of the brain and engage all the senses.

Intensive work can benefit the whole family. Marital intensives are designed to help the couple understand each others story, with the goal of increasing healthy intimacy, compassion and perspective. Family units can be restored through connection, teaching healthier ways to communicate and develop conflict resolution skills.

Major breakthroughs and healing happen. Intensives may be hard work, but they are worth it. When you untangle the past, you can move into the future free of shame. They are life enhancing, fun and focused solely on you.  Call today to begin your journey of healing.