EMDR Intensives

A personalised therapy plan with extended sessions

Condensed sessions to boost your progress

Intensive or condensed therapy is therapy that is delivered over a shorter period of time. This might be with longer sessions or over blocks of time. We tend to offer half or full day blocks following an initial assessment to discuss what will work best for you. This can be offered online or in person in my Hull clinic.

Taking an intensive approach has multiple benefits for certain people. It means you can work through your problems, things you have been feeling stuck on or trauma-related difficulties for example, in a focused and dedicated space avoiding disruptions and distractions. You can take time out to focus just on your needs, in order to accelerate your recovery and progress.

We may use a variety of approaches woven into the intensive therapy to suit your needs, but we will most likely use EMDR to offer that extra boost to the process – to help you work through limiting beliefs or impactful experiences, that are holding you back as well as trauma-related memories where appropriate.

EMDR Intensives provide a personalised therapy plan with extended sessions, designed to help you make faster progress toward your goals. Working in this way can support deeper change in a shorter timeframe, particularly if you are feeling stuck or want to move through trauma-related difficulties more effectively.

What are the advantages of this format compared to weekly therapy?

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An intensive EMDR format offers a more focused and flexible approach to therapy. For some people, weekly sessions may not fit well with their schedule or can feel too spaced out when working through difficult material. Longer, more frequent sessions within a short time frame allow us to maintain momentum and stay connected to your goals without long gaps in between.

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When processing trauma, it’s common to feel somewhat emotional or unsettled after a session. In a traditional weekly model, these feelings can linger and may feel harder to manage alone. Intensives minimise this by allowing us to move through the work in a more supported and contained way with more intensive contact with your therapist.

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In weekly therapy, it’s also natural for sessions to shift focus based on what’s happened in the past few days. This can be valuable, but it can sometimes draw attention away from your core therapeutic aims and make for a longer duration of therapy overall. Intensive work enables us to stay with what brought you to therapy in a more consistent and effective way. It allows you to choose your focus and work through it in a condensed and contained manner.

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Intensives are usually most helpful to people who were getting along okay in life until a traumatic event or notable setback occurred. Intensives allow you the chance to take the time out of your busy life, to focus on working through these blocks and difficulties and allow you to get back on track as soon as possible.

An EMDR Intensive Might Be Right for You If:

You’ve been wanting to start therapy, but a weekly commitment feels hard to manage alongside work or life responsibilities.

You’re going through something now and want support quickly, without waiting months or spreading the work over a long timeline.

You have a clear window—such as annual leave, study breaks, or a career break—and would like to use that time for focused therapeutic work.

You have an upcoming life event (e.g. house move, travel, new job) and want to address key issues before that point.

You’re already in counselling, but trauma has emerged that your current therapist doesn’t specialise in. An EMDR Intensive be undertaken to work on relevant issues before returning to your ongoing therapy.

Please contact us for prices and availability.

All intensives will start with an initial assessment of 1-3 sessions and the therapy package will be agreed that is most suitable for you after this initial onboarding.