Weekly therapy can be incredibly effective, and for many people it is exactly the right fit. However, meaningful insights and emotions often begin to emerge just as the session is ending.

A healing intensive creates the opportunity to stay with the work rather than pressing pause and waiting until next week. The extended format allows for deeper exploration, processing, and integration, helping you build momentum that can be difficult to achieve in shorter sessions.

Many clients choose an intensive because they want dedicated time to focus on healing without the distractions and demands of everyday life.

No. While psychotherapy is an important part of the experience, a healing intensive is intentionally designed to be more than extended talk therapy.

Your intensive is personalized to your needs and may integrate evidence-based psychotherapy approaches with mind-body practices such as meditation, hypnosis, mindful movement, breathwork, and nervous system regulation techniques.

You will gain insight, while also getting to experience and integrate meaningful change on multiple levels.

Before your intensive, we'll discuss your goals, preferences, and any previous experiences with therapy.

Together we'll identify the therapeutic approaches that resonate most with you and create a personalized plan. Some clients prefer a more structured cognitive approach, while others are interested in mindfulness, self-compassion, hypnosis, or body-based practices.

There is no one-size-fits-all process. Your intensive will be tailored to you.

Absolutely. Many intensive clients have already spent time in therapy and have gained valuable insight into themselves. They often know what their patterns are, but continue to feel stuck or unable to create lasting change.

An intensive can provide the focused time and depth needed to move beyond understanding and into healing, integration, and transformation.

One of the benefits of an intensive is that we have the time to move through difficult emotions rather than stopping in the middle of an important process because the hour is up.

Throughout the intensive, we'll intentionally pace the work and incorporate grounding, mindfulness, and nervous system regulation practices as needed. It is important to me that you do not to leave you feeling emotionally raw or overwhelmed. Instead, we'll prioritize both deep exploration and thoughtful integration so that you leave feeling supported, grounded, and equipped for continued healing.

Not at all. While intensives can be highly beneficial for trauma recovery, they may also be helpful for people navigating anxiety, relationship challenges, life transitions, self-esteem concerns, personal growth, or longstanding patterns that no longer serve them.

Clients who choose an intensive simply feel ready to devote focused time and attention to their healing and well-being.

Yes. Therapy Intensives are available in person in St. Louis, Missouri, and online as well. As a PSYPACT-authorized psychologist, I am able to provide services to clients across 40+ states.

Both in-person and online formats offer the same depth, structure, and personalized therapeutic approach. Online intensives also allow you to participate from a familiar and comfortable environment, which can support grounding and ease as we engage in meaningful therapeutic work together.

I am authorized to provide online telehealth services in the following states:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Not necessarily.

Some clients choose to continue with ongoing therapy after their intensive, while others feel they have gained the clarity, insight, and momentum they were seeking.

There is no expectation that you continue therapy afterward. At the end of the intensive, we'll discuss recommendations based on your goals and needs.

That's completely okay.

No prior experience is required. Any mind-body practices included in your intensive will be adapted to your experience and comfort level. All practices are optional and will be explained beforehand, with guidance along the way if you choose to try them.

You are always in control of the process. We'll work collaboratively to create an experience that feels supportive, safe, and aligned with your goals.

Many people spend years putting their own healing on the back burner while caring for others, meeting responsibilities, and managing the demands of daily life.

A healing intensive is an opportunity to step out of that cycle and intentionally invest in yourself.

By dedicating focused time to your healing, you create space to explore patterns, process experiences, reconnect with yourself, and cultivate lasting change. Many clients describe the experience as giving themselves the time, attention, and support they have needed for a long time but rarely allowed themselves to receive.

Weekly therapy can be a powerful and effective path to healing. For many people, it's exactly the right fit.

At the same time, meaningful therapeutic work often unfolds in layers. Just as you're beginning to access an important insight, connect with a difficult emotion, or recognize a longstanding pattern, the session may come to an end. Then life resumes—work, family responsibilities, appointments, and the countless demands competing for your attention.

A healing intensive creates the opportunity to stay with the work.

Rather than spreading six hours of therapy across six weeks or more, an intensive allows us to devote focused, uninterrupted time to your healing process. This continuity often creates opportunities for deeper exploration, greater momentum, and more meaningful integration.

And honestly, one of the most common questions I hear is: “How long is therapy going to take?” Often followed by a hopeful, “Is there a way to just… speed this up and get through this faster?” (So understandable! You’re ready to feel better now, not in several months from now.)

While healing isn’t something we can rush or force, it’s completely natural to want relief and clarity sooner rather than later. An intensive allows us to move through it with more focus, intention, and continuity, rather than starting and stopping each week. This allows you to feel relief at an accelerated pace.

Many clients find that they already understand their struggles intellectually. They know where their patterns come from. They've read the books, listened to the podcasts, and spent years reflecting on their experiences.

Yet insight alone doesn't always create change.

An intensive creates space not only to understand your experiences, but to work with them in a deeper and more experiential way. Through a personalized blend of psychotherapy and mind-body approaches, we can explore what is happening cognitively, emotionally, physically, and relationally. This bridges the gap between knowing and healing.

The extended format also allows time for reflection, grounding, and integration throughout the day. Rather than ending a session just as something important emerges, we have the opportunity to slow down, stay present with the process, and support meaningful transformation as it unfolds.

While six weekly sessions and a six-hour intensive may contain a similar number of hours, the experience is often very different.

A healing intensive offers something many people rarely give themselves: the time, space, and support to focus fully on their own healing.