EMDR Intensives for Texas
Work Smarter; Not Harder
Just ONE WEEK of EMDR Intensive can = A Year’s Worth of Weekly Sessions
Real Change
Healing from PTSD, relationship problems, sexual trauma & more in days; not months or years
100% Tailored For You
One-on-one with a Licensed EMDR Therapist + safety assessment + clear plan + location of your choice
Flexible Payment Options
Payment plan with zero percent interest available
What is an EMDR Intensive?
Fast Relief
The average treatment length for simple PTSD, for example, is 6-12 months. Intensives can get the same results in days.
Smart Investment
Life is short. Faster healing means more time for happiness and love in your lifetime.
Safety
Our proven process allows even those with complex trauma to create shifts quickly and safely.
EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Intensives is a great way to get a lot of healing done in a short amount of time. We’re talking life-changing results in days, not weeks or months. Â
How?Â
In regular sessions, we have to create space for checking in at the beginning and making sure you’re ready for the work, then closing down at the end and making sure you’re ready to return to regular life in good shape. For intensives, you have longer periods of time to move through the material without the stop-and-start so that you can make more progress in a shorter amount of time.Â
We create 100% individualized EMDR experiences based on a thorough assessment that helps us lasor-focus on your most important needs. Our intensives harness the power of proven trauma treatments like Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Sensorimotor, and more to help you build up a tolerance for the work to heal fully, and to truly transform your life in days, rather than the normal treatment process that can take months or even years.Â
Trauma & PTSD
Ever wonder if you’re permanently broken? We’re here to let you know that trauma & PTSD are treatable. Don’t let another day go by under the control of the past.Â
Couples & Families
Some of the worst impacts of trauma can be found in how it impacts relationships. Focused time healing the entire house helps couples and families to reconnect & break generational patterns of pain.
Sexual Trauma
Tired of hating your body or finding yourself in one bad relationship after another? We specialize in helping survivors to break free from the effects of sexual trauma.Â
What is an EMDR Intensive Like?
EMDR Intensives begin with an assessment packet that you’ll fill out at home. This will help your clinician to assess how effective an EMDR Intensive will be for your treatment goals, as well as to develop recommendations for how to structure your intensive.Â
Next, we’ll meet for a 2-hour Pre-Intensive session where we will clarify your goals and individualize your intensive experience. After your Pre-Intensive, you’ll be able to start working on your individualized Client Intensive Workbook in preparation for your Intensive.
Now it’s time for your Intensive! Depending on your needs, you might have a half-day or full-day intensive lasting 1-5 days consecutively in your home or at our Galveston, Texas, beach retreat house. If you opt for the all-inclusive Retreat option, you’ll be able to enjoy a variety of restorative activities and the beauty of the beach between sessions.
Afterward, we’ll follow up with a 1-hour Post-Intensive (in office or online). Here, we’ll celebrate your progress and discuss any future needs.Â
Is an EMDR Intensive Safe?
At Hope For The Journey, we ONLY do EMDR when it is safe. So, there will be an assessment process that will help us determine where to start to be successful.
We’ll look at things like…
- How complex is your trauma history?
- How open is your system (body, mind & soul) to the work?
- What kinds of resources do you have?
- How intense or specific is the work that you want to do?
Our Research-Backed Treatment Options
EMDR
EMDR allows for fast results for trauma healing, anxiety & depression treatment, and changing negative patterns. Â
IFS
IFS creates safety by building awareness and relationship with the different parts of ourselves.
EFT
EFT, combined with a trauma treatment approach, gives couples and families a way to heal & come together.
Meet Your EMDR Intensive Therapists
Heather Hammock, LMFT, EFT, EMDR
Couples/Family/Sex Therapy Specialist
Traci W. Pirri, LCSW-S, EMDRIA-Approved Consultant
Sexual Trauma & Complex Trauma Specialist
Half Day
In-Office or Online Only-
8 Hour Program
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6 Face-to-Face Hours
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Safety Assessment
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Individualized Workbook & Resources
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Limited Saturday Availability
Full Day
In-Home, Online or In-Office-
11 Hour Program
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9 Face-to-Face Hours
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Safety Assessment
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Individualized Workbook & Resources
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Limited Saturday Availability
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Food & Beverages Not Included
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Built in Breaks, including 1 hr for Lunch
All-Inclusive Beach Retreat
Galveston, Texas-
23-35 Hour Program
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21-33 Face-to-Face Hours
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Safety Assessment
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Individualized Workbook & Resources
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3-5 Day Minimum, Weekday Availability
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Private Room/Bath
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Personalized Menu & Beverages Included
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Yoga, Massage, Sound Bath Options & More
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4 min walk to the beach
No. In fact, many clients with non-“trauma”-related symptoms benefit tremendously.
Panic attacks, Generalized Anxiety, persistent worry or depression, angry outbursts, sexual issues, and more can be targeted through an EMDR Intensive with great success.
Intensives can also be a wonderful way to get through one particular piece of your trauma work that feels too big to do in one regular 50-minute session.
- They can also be great to work on something really specific, like work stressors, insomnia, preparation for some big event like a wedding, surgery, or job interview, migraines or other medical issues, or relationship issues with your partner.
- Teens and young adults on breaks from school can do great with an intensive, moving them through large chunks of healing while capitalizing on days off from school or work.
- how much work you need or want to do
- how many defenses you’ve needed to develop over the years to survive
- how you tolerate the work
Either way, you’ll be an active participant in deciding what you want to address in an EMDR Intensive and how many sessions you want to try.
What we do know is that EMDR Intensives dramatically shorten the time you would spend in treatment. Like days versus months or years. So, if you are someone who has spent years in therapy with little results, be prepared for something different.Â
Insurance companies don’t allow for intensive formats at this time. We are an out of network provider so that we can provide the most cutting edge treatment options based 100% on your needs, not what the insurance company is willing to pay for.Â
We can, however, provide you with a superbill. If you have Out of Network benefits and meet the criteria for a covered diagnosis, you may be able to be reimbursed for a small portion of your costs.Â
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Our All-Inclusive EMDR Intensive Retreats are hosted at Don’t Be Jelly, our Galveston Retreat Beach Home. Located in the fun, popular Pirate’s Beach just 15 minutes from the historic Pleasure Pier, you will be just steps from the beach and able to enjoy views while enjoying the sea breezes while we take care of everything.
For Full Day EMDR Intensives, you will have the option of meeting in the comfort of your own Austin-area home, in one of our office locations (Round Rock or Austin), or even online.Â
Half-Day EMDR Intensives are offered in one of our office locations or online only.Â
EMDR Intensives require our therapists to block off full days from their schedules. Last-minute cancellations, therefore, would leave them possibly losing 1/4 of their monthly income. Therefore, our EMDR Intensive Cancellation Policy is as follows:
- A 50% deposit is required at the time of booking. This deposit is non-renfundable.
- The remaining balance is due on Day 1 of the Intensive.
- By booking the Intensive, you have purchased this time and it is yours unless you cancel at least 2 weeks prior to Day 1.
- If you cancel the EMDR Intensive within 2 weeks of Day 1, you will be charged the total amount of the Intensive Package.
- If you cancel the EMDR Intensive with 2+ weeks of Day 1, you will have the option of rescheduling and your deposit will be credited towards the new date.
Research has shown that combining different evidence-based PTSD treatments for patients with PTSD in an intensive inpatient format seems to be a promising approach to enhance efficiency and reduce generally high dropout rates.
There is mounting evidence suggesting that by increasing the frequency of treatment sessions, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment outcomes significantly improve.”
- Intensive EMDR to Treat Patients With Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Case Series, Journal of EMDR Practice and Research Vol 11, Issue 2, Jan 2017