WHAT IS INTENSIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY
A revolutionary approach to healing
Intensive psychotherapy is a relatively short-term dynamic approach that gives clients faster results and fuller resolution for sudden or persistent issues in a concentrated period of time. It is not simply longer therapy — it is a fundamentally different therapeutic container.
An intensive session allows you to access considerably more personal material, which can be processed and repaired much faster than in traditional weekly therapy. The compressed format creates conditions for breakthroughs that can take months to reach in a 50-minute weekly model — offering immediate relief from suffering, symptom relief, and a deeper understanding of oneself.
Intensives are not just for targeting traumatic or distressing experiences. They can also enhance emotional and psychological resilience, performance, and overall well-being for anyone ready to go deeper.
3-5
Days of intensive work
vs. 6 months of traditional weekly sessions to reach comparable depth
4-12
Hours per package
Scheduled in blocks during a number of consecutive weeks, or weekend with post-integration follow-up
30
Min free consultation
Required before booking — to assess readiness and fit for intensive work
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TRADITIONAL WEEKLY
Slower pace · Surface-level · 50 min · Months to process
INTENSIVE
Concentrated · Deep access · 3–11 hours · Faster resolution
For Individuals
Individual intensive psychotherapy provides a focused, accelerated environment to address deep emotional pain, process trauma, and develop stabilization strategies. This approach integrates brain-body therapies, offering an opportunity to reconnect with yourself, reprocess painful memories, and regain emotional stability before continuing regular therapy.
Using brain-body modalities for "rewiring" — changing the neurons in your brain through targeted and effective interventions. In the process, engage your body's physical feelings and sensations as well as your natural wisdom. The result is a personalized journey to well-being and growth.
For Relationships
Relationship intensives help stabilize emotional distress, develop skills to reconnect, and create a framework for future relational growth. We address deep-seated issues and promote relational healing in a way that weekly couples sessions often cannot reach.
The goal is to prepare couples or relationship constellations for continued work with their primary therapist — or to provide the tools to support the relationship post-integration. Whether you're in a monogamous partnership, an ENM constellation, or navigating intentional uncoupling, relationship intensives meet you where you are.
TYPES OF INTENSIVES
Choose the right container for your work
Each intensive type is tailored to a specific set of presenting concerns and goals. During your free 30-minute consultation, we'll determine which format is the best fit.
Rupture & Repair Intensive
Individual intensive psychotherapy provides a focused, accelerated environment to address deep emotional pain, process trauma, and develop stabilization strategies. This approach integrates brain-body therapies, offering an opportunity to reconnect with yourself, reprocess painful memories, and regain emotional stability before continuing regular therapy.
Using brain-body modalities for "rewiring" — changing the neurons in your brain through targeted and effective interventions. In the process, engage your body's physical feelings and sensations as well as your natural wisdom. The result is a personalized journey to well-being and growth.
"Rupture is not the end. It can be the beginning of something more honest than what came before."
1. Stabilization & Safety
Establishing nervous system regulation and emotional safety before the deeper work begins.
2. Understanding the Rupture
Exploring the relational pattern, attachment wounds, and cultural dynamics beneath the break.
3. Processing & Repair
Brain-body processing of grief, betrayal, and anger alongside structured relational repair work.
4. Integration & Forward Path
Building agreements, creating a relational framework going forward, and preparing for continued growth.
THIS INTENSIVE IS DESIGNED FOR
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Couples after a major breach of trust or emotional injury
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Relationships navigating infidelity — emotional or physical
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Individuals processing a relational rupture from their own perspective
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ENM and polyamorous constellations in significant conflict
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Partners choosing intentional uncoupling who want to do it with dignity and reduced harm
Crisis & Emotional Stuck Point Intensive
For individuals navigating an acute life crisis, a sudden emotional rupture, or a persistent stuck point that is interfering with daily functioning.
This intensive provides rapid stabilization, immediate symptom relief, and a grounded path forward — without the weeks of waiting that traditional therapy requires.
WELL SUITED FOR
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Acute grief, loss, or life disruption
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Sudden onset of depression, anxiety, or overwhelm
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Identity crisis or major life transition
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Burnout reaching a breaking point
Relationship & Reconnection Intensive
For couples or relationship constellations who are not in acute crisis but feel a creeping disconnection, a loss of intimacy, or a need to deepen relational skills before patterns calcify.
This intensive builds the relational toolkit—communication, attachment security, and shared meaning, in a concentrated format.
WELL SUITED FOR
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Couples feeling emotionally distant without an obvious reason
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Transitions: new baby, relocation, career change, identity shift
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ENM/poly relationship structures seeking better agreements
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Couples who want to invest proactively rather than reactively
Performance & Resilience Intensive
Intensives are not only for crisis or trauma. This format is designed for high-functioning individuals who want to sharpen emotional regulation, expand psychological resilience, and perform with greater authenticity and presence in their lives and work.
WELL SUITED FOR
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Clinicians and healers experiencing compassion fatigue
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Leaders and creatives navigating high-stakes transitions
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Anyone seeking to deepen self-awareness and emotional capacity
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Those who want growth, not just symptom relief
SCHEDULING & LOGISTICS
How it works
Intensive therapy is concentrated and powerful — which means the logistics matter. Here's what to expect from the moment you reach out through your post-integration session.
CURRENT AVAILABILITY (3/2026)
APRIL - JULY 2026
OCTOBER 2026 - JANUARY 2027
Email directly to confirm current openings
INVESTMENT & COMMITMENT
Packages & Rates
All packages include the Intake & Assessment Session (60 min) and a post-integration follow-up session (30 min) approximately one month after your intensive concludes. Intensive hours are scheduled in blocks during a consecutive week.
Starter
4 hours total
2–3 intensive hrs (3-hour session)
+ intake + integration
In-person or virtual
$820
Extended
8 hours total
6–7 intensive hrs (3 hour sessions)
+ intake + integration
Virtual only
$1,320
Immersion
12 hours total
10–11 intensive hrs (3-4 hour sessions)
+ intake + integration
Virtual only
$1,720
Standard
6 hours total
4–5 intensive hrs (2-3 hour sessions)
+ intake + integration
In-person or virtual
$1,170
Deep Dive
10 hours total
8–9 intensive hrs (3-4 hour sessions)
+ intake + integration
Virtual only
$1,520
Updated March 1, 2025 · Intensives are not covered by health insurance and are considered out-of-pocket expenses.
HSA/FSA may apply — check with your provider. For questions about payment options, email hello@groundinghearts.com.
Saves Time & Money
3–5 days of intensive work can produce what 6 months of weekly sessions reach — at a lower overall cost and in a fraction of the time.
Brain-Body Integration
Using Brainspotting, EMDR, expressive arts, clinical hypnosis, somatic, and parts-based modalities to access and rewire at the neurological level—not just the cognitive one.
Faster Relief in Life
Stabilize your emotions and mental blocks, restore life performance, and enhance self-regulation so you can get back to living—not just surviving.
BEFORE REACHING OUT
Is intensive therapy right for you?
These are the questions I ask every prospective intensive client to reflect on — not as gatekeeping, but as preparation. Come as you are. The 30-minute consultation is always the real assessment.
Are you currently navigating a personal crisis, trauma, or emotional stuck point that feels too urgent or complex for weekly therapy?
Are you ready and willing to invest in your healing with time, emotional energy, and financial commitment?
Can you commit to attending longer therapy sessions on available days — Monday evenings, Wednesdays evenings, Friday daytime, or Saturday mornings?
Have you tried traditional weekly therapy before and felt it didn't go deep enough or move fast enough for your current needs?
Are you emotionally prepared to engage in a focused therapeutic process that may include brain-body or parts-based trauma work?
If you answered yes to most of these, intensive therapy is likely a strong fit. The 30-minute consultation is always the real assessment — come as you are, and we'll figure it out together.
Not sure? That's okay too. Reach out and describe where you are. If intensive therapy isn't the right fit right now, I'll point you toward what is — including adjunct therapy, weekly therapy, or another referral.