EMDR Intensive Therapy
Why EMDR Intensive therapy?
Are you keen to make a big shift in your mental health? Maybe you've been stuck on a waiting list or have hit a rut in your weekly therapy. Maybe you've decided now is the time to free yourself of the weight of trauma. The traditional model of weekly psychotherapy is shifting to meet your needs. Now more than ever, we need flexibility in how we get support.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful therapeutic approach
for addressing trauma and related challenges. This intensive program is designed to accelerate
the healing process by providing focused, concentrated EMDR sessions over a short period.
EMDR intensives are personalized treatment plans that allow you to skip the waitlist by giving you faster access to EMDR, and are designed to support your preferred schedule and timeline for your treatment goals
Our specialist intensive therapists can help with:
Is EMDR intensive right for you?
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Perhaps you’ve been meaning to get into weekly therapy for a while now, but your schedule has been so hectic and demanding that a weekly therapy appointment feels more overwhelming than supportive.
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Perhaps you’re needing help —- and a lot of it—- right now, and you don’t want to spend months in the traditional weekly model of therapy treatment to feel better.
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Perhaps you are a current, weekly client who is needing extra, focused support quickly.
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Perhaps you are a new client who just prefers to work intensively.
Intensive isn't right for everyone so if you book with us we will do an assessment session with you to define your goals and check that intensive EMDR if the right therapy for you.
How does EMDR intensive work?
The program consists of three phases: pre-intensive preparation, the intensive sessions, and post-intensive integration. Before we begin your intensive programme you will have a 1 hour assessment session with your therapist to determine if EMDR intensive is right for you. This is charged as a standard therapy appointment. The EMDR intensive programme then looks like this:
Pre-Intensive Preparation:
● Workbook: You will complete a workbook designed to help you identify key areas for focus in the intensive sessions. Please return this workbook two weeks before the intensive start date.
● Pre-Intensive Interview (60 minutes): We will meet one week before the intensive to review your workbook, discuss your goals, and ensure you are fully prepared for the intensive process. Friday 26th July at 5.30pm.
Intensive Sessions:
Usually we will have 3 sessions of around 3 hours in length over the course of a week. During these sessions, we will use EMDR techniques to target and reprocess traumatic memories, negative beliefs, and distressing emotions. The intensive format allows for deeper and more efficient processing than traditional weekly therapy.
Post-Intensive Integration
● Record Dream Log: You will keep a record of your dreams to help track your progress and identify any further areas for processing.
● Processing Journal: You will maintain a journal to reflect on your experiences and insights gained during the intensive.
● Post-Intensive Integration Session (60 minutes): Two weeks after the intensive, we will meet to discuss your progress, address any remaining concerns, and plan for continued growth and healing.
Investment:
The total investment for this comprehensive EMDR intensive program is £2920.80. This includes all pre-intensive materials, the pre intensive interview session, three intensive sessions, and the post-intensive integration session. If we are required to travel we will need you to cover those costs.
Sessions may take place online or in our office in central Tunbridge Wells depending on your preference. In many cases a hybrid of the two is beneficial.
Who are we?
Dr Rosie Gilderthorp, Clinical Psychologist and Founder
Our founder, Dr Rosie Gilderthorp, is a Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years of experience in mental health helping people like you to overcome mental health difficulties, connect with their values and thrive personally and professionally.
Rosie experienced severe pregnancy sickness (sometimes called HG) while pregnant with her first child. Her experience of attempting to continue working in the NHS as a Clinical Psychologist, while being offered no support with her own mental health led her to set up this service.
Since then she has been dedicated to helping others going through challenging circumstances to maintain their sense of self and hope so they can thrive at home and at work.
What else do I need to know about EMDR intensives?
EMDR Intensives work well for PTSD
Intensive application of trauma-focused therapy seems to be well tolerated in patients with PTSD, enabling faster symptom reduction with similar, or even better, results, while reducing the risk that patients drop out prematurely. Learn more here and here.
Intensive EMDR treatment is feasible and is indicative of reliable improvement in PTSD symptoms in a very short time frame. Learn more here.
An intensive program using EMDR therapy is a potentially safe and effective treatment alternative for complex PTSD. Learn more here.
EMDR Intensives can save time and money
The economy is compelling: even compared to other trauma therapy, the intensive format may decrease treatment time, because of time not spent on a) checking in at the beginning of each session, b) addressing current crises and concerns, c) focusing on stabilizing and coping skills that the client won’t need after trauma healing, or d) assisting the client in regaining composure at the end of the session. Learn more here.
Step One
Book your assessment appointment
Step 2
Agree a therapy programme including an intensive week
Step 3
Complete intensive therapy. You will have a follow up with your therapist and a handbook to make sure the changes you make stick.
Evidence-based therapy from HCPC registered psychologists
Ready to make a change?
Get in touch so we can start working together.
Need urgent support?
We do not provide emergency services. If you or someone you care about requires urgent support with their mental health you should contact the NHS urgent support service here.