Who are these intensives for?

They are designed for high-achievers, healers, and anyone ready to move past managing symptoms to focus on deep, transformative work. If you feel stuck despite years of talk therapy, an intensive provides the concentrated space needed for your nervous system to engage more fully.

How do they differ from weekly therapy?

Traditional therapy is often interrupted by the logistics of daily life. Intensives condense months of work into days, allowing us to stay with a single memory or feeling until a shift occurs, without the 'warm-up' and 'cool-down' periods of 50-minute sessions.

What does a typical day look like?

We engage in several hours of direct clinical work, interspersed with somatic practices, grounding exercises, and necessary breaks. The schedule is intentional, moving at the pace of your nervous system to allow for deep processing without overwhelm.

Where do sessions take place?

I offer sessions at my South Austin office for a dedicated clinical environment. Alternatively, I can travel to your home for added comfort, provided you are within 20 miles of Austin.

What is the investment and do you take insurance?

I operate on a private-pay basis to ensure the highest level of personalized care. While I do not bill insurance directly, I can provide a superbill for potential out-of-network reimbursement. Please note I do not provide crisis intervention services.

How should I prepare for my intensive?

Prioritize rest and clear your schedule of major commitments. Before our required 90-minute pre-session, you’ll receive a customized workbook to help you stabilize and identify specific targets for our time together.

What happens after our work is done?

Healing continues after you leave the office. We will create a sustainable integration plan, and our package includes a follow-up call to support your transition and discuss how to move forward with your newfound insights.

EMDR Intensive Therapy · Austin, Texas

You’ve done the work. Now go deeper.

The traditional model of therapy—50 minutes, once a week—often provides enough space to manage symptoms, but not necessarily enough time to heal the source. EMDR Intensives offer a different rhythm: multiple hours of focused, deep processing that allow your brain and nervous system to finish the work they've been trying to do for years.

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Meet Joshua

Accelerated Progress

Months of traditional therapy condensed into days. We bypass the weekly cycle of 'catching up' and stay focused on the work that matters.

Your brain needs more than 50 minutes to heal.

Standard therapy sessions often end right as the deep work begins. Intensives eliminate the 'warm-up' period, allowing your nervous system to fully drop into a state of processing that creates real, structural change.

Sustained Focus

Deeper processing occurs when we have the time and space to stay with a single target without interruption.

Rapid Symptom Relief

Reduce the overall distress of traumatic memories and triggers in a significantly shorter timeframe than traditional models.

Deeper Healing

Access memories and internal states that are often buried under the defenses we maintain during busy weekly schedules.

Is this you?

You are a high-achiever, a caregiver, or a cycle-breaker. On the outside, you have it together. On the inside, you are exhausted by the constant hum of anxiety, the weight of old memories, or the feeling that you are just performing your life instead of living it.

“I know what’s wrong. I’ve talked about it for years. But I still feel it in my body.”

You don’t need more coping skills. You need a different experience. You are ready to stop managing your trauma and start moving through it.

EMDR Intensives are designed for those ready for the deep work of transformation.

Meet Joshua

I won't ask you to go anywhere I haven't been willing to go myself.

I work exclusively with intensive EMDR formats—extended sessions designed for deep processing.

My route to this work came through lived experience. I spent years navigating tumultuous relationships while quietly drowning in depression and repeating patterns that left me smaller, not stronger. I was successful on paper but unraveling underneath.

Talk therapy gave me insight, but insight didn't create relief. When I started EMDR—including intensive sessions—my recovery from complex trauma actually began. Not just understanding it differently, but experiencing genuine shifts in my body, my reactions, my sense of self. That transformation was so complete it changed my professional direction entirely.

I earned my Master's in Social Work and became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in both Texas and Colorado. I pursued specialized training in EMDR because I knew firsthand what this method could do when given the right conditions.

The intensive structure matters enormously. Weekly sessions can build awareness, but concentrated EMDR work offers something qualitatively different: uninterrupted time for your nervous system to fully process what it needs to process. We design an environment where your brain's innate healing mechanisms can actually complete their work, with the extended space required for real integration.

Credentials & Training

2025 — EMDRIA Approved Consultant
2024 — EMDR Certified Therapist
2024 — Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
2023 — EMDR & Ego State Therapy
2022 — Trauma Model Certified Therapist
2021 — MSW — Texas A&M Commerce
2020 — BSW — Northwestern State (Louisiana)

TX / CO — LCSW TX #106840 · CO #CSW.09931469

I guide adults & other healers through intensive EMDR experiences that transform childhood pain into lasting peace

I'm a warm and empathetic Clinical Social Worker with 10 years of experience in the mental health field, and I'm passionate about partnering with you to support your brain's natural ability to move towards healing through EMDR and Ego State Therapy.

I've sifted through the ashes of my own life in the midst of healers, so I understand how profoundly sacred the therapeutic relationship is. Beginning trauma treatment can be greatly challenging, and it's brave of you to start this journey. I offer a compassionate presence that can hold the depth of your pain and understand the resilience it takes to heal. I'm passionate about providing a space where you feel heard, seen, and supported as you navigate your unique path to recovery.

Why EMDR Intensives?

I specialize in EMDR intensive therapy because I believe healing doesn't have to happen in small increments over years. EMDR intensives allow us to create dedicated, focused time for deep processing—condensing months of traditional therapy into concentrated sessions that honor the urgency of your healing journey. Whether you're noticing patterns in your relationships that keep you stuck, recognizing cycles from your family of origin playing out in your adult life, or you're a fellow healer committed to doing your own deep work, intensives provide the immersive space needed for your nervous system to process and integrate experiences more completely.

In our intensive work together, we'll use EMDR, parts work, yoga, and somatic practices to unlock profound, lasting change—moving you from merely surviving to truly thriving. The intensive format is particularly powerful for those who need breakthrough moments, who've tried traditional therapy without the progress they hoped for, or who simply want to dedicate focused time to their healing without the stop-and-start nature of weekly sessions.

Choose your depth.

Healing is rarely linear, and it often requires more than a standard session can provide. EMDR Intensives allow us to stay with the work until a shift actually happens. Choose the format that best supports your nervous system and your goals.

Required: 90-Minute Pre-Intensive Session

A mandatory foundation for all intensives. We verify clinical fitness, identify specific targets, and establish safety protocols for our deep work ahead. Each package includes a 90-minute pre AND post intensive session.

The Reset

One-Day Intensive

$2,000

8 hours of direct clinical work
90-Minute Pre-Intensive
Customized workbook & preparation materials
In-depth resourcing and parts work
Advanced trauma clearing protocols
Comprehensive integration planning
90-Minute post-intensive

The Deep Dive

Two-Day Intensive

$3,250

13 hours of direct clinical work
90-Minute Pre-Intensive
Customized workbook & preparation materials
In-depth resourcing and parts work
Advanced trauma clearing protocols
Comprehensive integration planning
90-Minute post-intensive

The Transformation

Three-Day Intensive

$4,500

18 hours of direct clinical work
90-Minute Pre-Intensive
Customized workbook & preparation materials
In-depth resourcing and parts work
Advanced trauma clearing protocols
Comprehensive integration planning
90-Minute post-intensive

Optional Add-On

Auricular Acupuncture

$100

Support your nervous system through gentle ear points during our processing rounds. This aids in grounding, reduces physical tension, and enhances the body’s ability to let go of stored trauma.

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Ready to stop surviving and start living differently?

EMDR Intensives offer a path toward profound, lasting change. Let's determine if this approach is the right fit for your journey.

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Located in South Austin, Texas