EMDR Intensives in Bristol and Online Across the UK
EMDR intensives offer an alternative to weekly therapy, a focused, extended format that allows you to do deeper work in a more concentrated period of time.
Rather than spreading the work across many months of weekly sessions, an intensive gives you a dedicated block of time to go deeper, with more space for the processing to unfold.
Who this is for
EMDR intensives can be helpful for people working through workplace trauma, work anxiety, or trauma more broadly.
An EMDR intensive might be right for you if you:
Have a specific experience or memory you want to focus on and process, rather than beginning a longer course of therapy
Have already done some therapeutic work and feel ready to go deeper, or to work through something that hasn't yet fully shifted
Have a limited window of time and want to make meaningful progress within it
Find that weekly sessions don't suit your schedule, your way of working, or your life right now
Are at a point where you want to prioritise your healing and give it real, dedicated time and space.
What is an EMDR intensive?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based therapy that helps your brain and body process experiences that have become stuck. In standard therapy, this work happens gradually across weekly sessions. In an intensive format, we work in extended blocks, giving the processing more room to unfold, and reducing the stop-start rhythm of weekly appointments.
Research and clinical experience suggest that concentrated EMDR work can be highly effective, and for some people, preferable to the weekly model.
How it works
Every intensive begins with an assessment to make sure this format is the right fit for you, and to understand what you're bringing and what you're hoping for.
From there, we agree on a format that works for your needs and my availability. Intensives are flexible, we work together to find an approach that gives you the time and space you need.
Throughout the intensive, we move at a pace that feels safe and manageable. There is always time built in for stabilisation, grounding, and integration, so you are supported before, during, and after the processing work.
Is an intensive right for me?
Intensives are not suited to everyone, and part of my role is to make sure this format is appropriate for you before we begin. If weekly therapy would serve you better, I will tell you, and we can explore that instead.
If you're not sure which format is right for you, that's a perfectly good place to start the conversation.
Next step
Intensives are offered subject to availability. To find out more or to discuss whether this format might be right for you, get in touch and we can have a conversation.
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