EMDR Intensives
Heal Deeply. Transform Fully. Reclaim Your Life.
Private EMDR Intensives for Focused, Meaningful Change.
You have built a life that requires a great deal from you. Your career, leadership responsibilities, family, and commitments may leave very little uninterrupted time to focus on yourself.
And yet, success doesn't erase the impact of trauma, chronic stress, difficult relationships, loss, or experiences from the past that continue to influence how you feel today.
Weekly therapy isn't the only way to do this work.
EMDR Wisconsin offers private, premium EMDR Intensives for individuals who want to step away from the demands of everyday life and devote concentrated time to healing.
Instead of fitting therapy into another hour on your calendar, an intensive creates protected space for deeper therapeutic work—with the focused, undivided attention of an experienced EMDR clinician.
Available in person in Madison or virtually throughout Wisconsin. Private long-weekend intensives are also available.
Three Days Reserved for You
Imagine having three days where you don't have to squeeze therapy between meetings, responsibilities, travel, or taking care of everyone else.
No rushing through a session.
No stopping simply because the hour is over.
No waiting another week to return to work that feels important.
Instead, you have dedicated time, privacy, and the undivided attention of your clinician.
Our Private EMDR Retreats are designed as immersive therapeutic experiences: three carefully structured days centered around your individual goals, with time for intensive EMDR processing, regulation, reflection, and integration.
For individuals accustomed to investing thoughtfully in their health, professional development, and wellbeing, this is an opportunity to make the same intentional investment in emotional health.
The Signature 3-Day EMDR Retreat
Three Days. Twelve Clinical Hours. One Personalized Experience.
Your retreat is intentionally structured so you can arrive knowing the details have already been considered.
Day One | Prepare
4 hours of dedicated clinical time
We begin by understanding what has brought you here and identifying what you most want to change.
Your clinician will guide you through comprehensive assessment, focused history-taking, preparation and resourcing, and—when clinically appropriate—the beginning stages of EMDR processing.
The goal is not to rush.
The goal is to create the conditions for meaningful work.
Day Two | Process
4 hours of focused EMDR treatment
With the foundation established, the second day provides extended time for EMDR processing without the limitations of a traditional 50-minute therapy session.
Your clinician remains with you throughout the process, adjusting the pace based on your needs, responses, and nervous system.
Breaks, regulation strategies, and opportunities to reset are incorporated throughout the experience.
Day Three | Integrate
4 hours dedicated to continued processing and integration
Your final day allows us to continue the work, address remaining targets when appropriate, strengthen new perspectives, and help you integrate what has emerged.
We conclude by developing a personalized plan for what comes next.
A Long Weekend That Could Be About You
For many of our clients, finding an hour every week is actually more difficult than setting aside several dedicated days.
Our EMDR retreats can be scheduled around demanding professional and personal lives.
Depending upon clinician availability, options may include Thursday–Saturday, Friday–Sunday, and select long-weekend retreats.
If you're traveling to Madison for your intensive, our team can also help you think through how to structure your time so that your days outside of therapy remain quiet and restorative.
You step away from your regular routine.
We create the therapeutic structure.
You focus on the work you came to do.
Meet the EMDR Clinicians
Created for People With Full Lives
Many of the people drawn to intensive therapy are highly capable individuals who spend much of their lives being responsible for other people.
You may be a:
Business owner or entrepreneur
Executive or senior leader
Physician or healthcare professional
Attorney
First responder
High-performing professional
Parent or caregiver
Professional navigating burnout or a significant transition
You may appear entirely successful from the outside while privately recognizing that something still needs your attention.
You don't need your life to fall apart before deciding to address it.
Why Choose Intensive EMDR?
Traditional weekly therapy can be incredibly valuable. But it isn't the only model of care.
A traditional session often requires time to settle in, reconnect with the previous week's work, begin processing, and then prepare to stop—all within approximately an hour.
An intensive gives you something different:
Time. Continuity. Privacy. Focus.
Extended sessions allow you and your clinician to stay with important therapeutic work rather than repeatedly starting and stopping because the appointment is ending.
An EMDR Intensive may be appropriate for individuals seeking support related to:
Trauma and PTSD
Childhood experiences
Anxiety and panic
Burnout and chronic stress
Grief and loss
Medical trauma
Relationship and attachment wounds
Performance barriers
Major life transitions
First responder experiences
Difficult experiences that continue to feel unresolved
Every intensive is individualized. Your clinician will help determine what can be safely and appropriately addressed within your time together.
Private. Personalized. Unhurried.
This is not high-volume therapy.
Your intensive is reserved specifically for you.
For several hours each day, you have your clinician's dedicated attention and a treatment plan built around your individual history, goals, and needs.
Our intensive experience includes:
Extended private sessions
Individualized treatment planning
Experienced EMDR clinicians
Evidence-based EMDR therapy
Personalized preparation and resourcing
Intentional breaks and nervous-system regulation
Time for processing and integration
Thoughtful planning for what comes next
There is no expectation that you accomplish a predetermined amount of healing within three days.
Instead, we create an exceptional therapeutic environment in which meaningful work has the time and space to happen.
Prefer Complete Privacy at Home?
Private Virtual EMDR Intensives
You don't need to travel to Madison to create an intensive experience.
For clients located in Wisconsin, our secure virtual EMDR Intensives allow you to complete extended treatment from the privacy and familiarity of your own home or another appropriate private setting.
For busy professionals, parents, and individuals who prefer discretion, virtual intensives can provide an especially convenient way to step away from everyday demands without adding travel to the experience.
Your clinician will work with you in advance to create a setting and schedule conducive to intensive therapeutic work.
Is an EMDR Intensive Right for You?
An intensive may be worth exploring if you:
Have something specific you are ready to address
Feel stuck despite understanding your patterns intellectually
Have participated in therapy before but want a different format
Find weekly appointments difficult to maintain
Prefer concentrated, goal-oriented treatment
Value privacy and individualized attention
Are navigating a major transition
Want to intentionally set aside time for your emotional wellbeing
Because intensive EMDR is not appropriate for everyone, each experience begins with a consultation and clinical assessment.
We'll talk about what you hope to accomplish, answer your questions, and determine whether an intensive format is the right fit.
You Make Time for What Matters.
Your career.
Your family.
Your responsibilities.
Your future.
You have likely invested considerable time, energy, and resources into building the life you have.
What would it look like to reserve that same level of attention for yourself?
Three days won't erase your history.
But three days of protected, intentional therapeutic time can create space to work on something you've been carrying for far longer.
Reserve a Private EMDR Intensive Consultation
Begin with a confidential consultation with our EMDR Intensive team.
We'll learn more about what you're hoping to address, discuss the intensive options available to you, and help determine the experience that best fits your goals.
In-person intensives in Madison, Wisconsin
Secure virtual intensives throughout Wisconsin
Three-day and select long-weekend experiences available
Private care. Dedicated time. Meaningful work.