Intensive EMDR Therapy in Colorado

Why Choose an Intensive Model for Healing Trauma?

Maybe you’ve had a felt sense that something profound has yet to change, but you’re not quite sure how to shift all the way into a new experience of yourself with your current therapist. Maybe you now cognitively understand new things, yet your body is still confused, so you’re curious about how intensive EMDR therapy can help as you work with your primary talk therapist.

Perhaps you’ve been meaning to get into weekly therapy for a while now, but your schedule has been so hectic and demanding that a weekly therapy appointment feels more overwhelming than supportive.

Perhaps you’re needing help —- and a lot of it—- right now, and you don’t want to spend months in the traditional weekly model of therapy treatment to feel better.

It may be that with COVID, you need more efficient support as the busy working professional who has even more on their plate since the pandemic.

Maybe you are a current, weekly client who is needing extra, focused support quickly, or you are a new client who just prefers to work intensively.

Research Supporting the Effectiveness of EMDR Intensives

• Intensive application of trauma-focused therapy seems to be well tolerated in clients with PTSD, enabling faster symptom reduction with similar, or even better, results, while reducing the risk that patients drop out prematurely. Learn more here and here.
• Intensive EMDR treatment is feasible and is indicative of reliable improvement in PTSD  symptoms in a very short time frame. Learn more here.
• An intensive program using EMDR therapy is a potentially safe and effective treatment alternative for complex PTSD. Learn more here.
• The value is compelling: even compared to other trauma therapy, the intensive format may decrease treatment time, because of time not spent on a) checking in at the beginning of each session, b) addressing current crises and concerns, c) focusing on stabilizing and coping skills that the client won’t need after trauma healing, or d) assisting the client in regaining composure at the end of the session. Learn more here.

EMDR addresses the psychological and physical symptoms stemming from adverse life experiences.

EMDR is not just for trauma; it is also used for performance enhancement.

Many of my clients see benefits in handling conflict in relationships, stress at work,

or finally getting the confidence to do the things they’ve always wanted to do.

Resources to learn about EMDR:

• What is EMDR? Learn the basics
• What is an actual EMDR session like? Learn the 8 phases of treatment
• Introductory video about EMDR
• EMDR experts explain the benefits of EMDR
• EMDR clients share their stories
• An EMDR therapist shares her EMDR experience

Research in support of EMDR effectiveness:

• Twenty-four randomized controlled trials support the positive effects of EMDR therapy in the treatment of emotional trauma and other adverse life experiences relevant to clinical practice.
• Seven of 10 studies reported EMDR therapy to be more rapid and/or more effective than trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy.
• Twelve randomized studies of the eye movement component noted rapid decreases in negative emotions and/or vividness of disturbing images, with an additional 8 reporting a variety of other memory effects.
• Numerous other evaluations document that EMDR therapy provides relief from a variety of somatic complaints.
• Research and frequently asked questions about EMDR