Available in Texas

EMDR Intensive Retreats

on Lake Travis in Lago Vista, Texas

You don’t have to light yourself on fire to keep others warm…

Do you need something more intimate & immersive than traditional therapy?

  • You balance so many other roles that the priority of individual therapy tends to fall on the wayside.

  • You rarely take time for yourself to truly feel your emotions and process them.

  • Is time an issue when scheduling.

  • You continue to put others needs in front of your own.

  • You may feel like you’re often pouring from an empty cup.

You’re in the right place!

Visit Puerto Azul

This is an experience you will cherish for a lifetime! Now is the time to put yourself first.

Trauma Intensive Retreat FAQ

  • An intensive retreat is a weekend away from home to process and experience intensive therapy in a private and intimate setting. You arrive Friday and leave Sunday, a true weekend getaway.

    An intensive session in counseling is a longer and more concentrated therapeutic session, often lasting 3-4 hours per day (1.5-2 hours at a time) for multiple days. We will complete an intake session Friday evening, you will experience multiple intensive sessions Saturday morning and will spend the rest of Saturday and Sunday relaxing, reflecting, and resting, while enjoying all of the amenities Puerto Azul has to offer.

    This approach allows for a deep dive into specific issues, proving an immersive and focused experience for clients different from your typical 50-minute session.

  • During the intensive we work together to acknowledge pain points in your life, past or present, process relationships and events that affect your regulation in your day-to-day life, your trauma history, or your worries of the future.

    This processing will be individualized to what your unique needs are at this time.

    EMDR is utilized to initiate and guide the trauma process work. Through this experience you will gain new self-regulation tools and understandings.

    After the EMDR intensive, we’ll meet for a post-intensive interview to reflect on what you processed and learned about yourself. What insights did you gain about yourself and how do you continue moving forward in life with these new revelations.

  • You’re wanting a quick and intensive approach to therapy?

    You experienced a traumatic event/situation that is still affecting you today.

    You are in individual therapy, but your therapist isn’t trained in EMDR, this is a good way to integrate that piece into your therapeutic journey.

    Life is short; Why wait any longer.

  • “EMDR intensives are an effective, reliable & promising approach to treating PTSD quickly and with good patient retention rates.” (Simply Rewire) Hannelies (2017) “suggest that intensive EMDR therapy is feasible to implement within a treatment program for severe PTSD and that it has the potential to significantly decrease PTSD symptoms among patients with multiple or severe symptoms”.

  • The weekend retreat intensive includes intensive individualized EMDR therapy, and a weekend stay at a lakeside condo. You arrive Friday evening and depart Sunday morning. The therapist comes in person where you work together through your therapeutic journey. Some people prefer this option, to have the weekend to decompress, escape, and fully immerse themselves into the therapeutic process without having to rush back into their normal day to day duties.

    Amenities offered during the retreat are outdoor and indoor pools and hot tubs, spa, sauna, gym, lake access, and more.

  • Food is not included, however there are many delicious restaurants and food trucks located nearby. Local coffee and donut shops are within a five-minute drive as well.

    The condo as everything you will need to cook your own meals if you choose to.

Trauma Intensive Retreat can help you…

  • Retreats offer the flexibility of diving into therapy for longer periods of time without having to rush back into your day-to-day life.

  • You prefer a retreat style intensive where you can get away from everything for the weekend.

  • Work through traumatic events and target memories that traditional therapy may take months to work up to.

  • Spend time in solitude to reflect & process your experience, while truly soaking everything in.

What are the fees?

Personalized EMDR intensives are half-day to multi-day programs that include a customized client workbook specific to your goals. Fees are based on your needs and program design and are communicated ahead of time in accordance with the No Surprises Act.

Typically, intensive therapy is 250$ an hour on weekdays (M-TH) and $300/hour on weekends.

Retreat Intensive packages (intake & 1 intensive session) start at $3,000.*

I offer free phone or Zoom consultations to discuss your needs and interest in a personalized intensive program.

*For current clients looking to add on therapy intensives to their care, please note your rate may be different.

Let me show you how intensive therapy is more effective and efficient than weekly therapy:

Weekly therapy:

  • 10-15 mins checking in.

  • 20-30 mins processing

  • 10-15 mins closing

7 individual sessions will be needed to meet the same clinical processing time as 1 intensive session. Individual therapy 175$ an Hr = 1,225 & 1.5 months later.

Intensive therapy:

  • 10-15 mins checking in

  • 210 mins processing

  • 10-15 mins closing

  • +2 Hour Intake

Intensive packages start at 1,500.

Weekend Retreat Intensive:

  • 10-15 mins checking in

  • 330 mins processing

  • 10-15 mins closing

  • +2 Hour Intake

  • Workbook

  • 3 days stay at a resort style condominium.

  • Massage included

Weekend package starting at 3,000

You deserve to a weekend of solitude & restoration.

FAQs about Trauma Intensive Retreats

  • I can provide a super bill for these experiences, however insurance only covers one individual session per day so only a small portion of this would be covered by insurance.

    You can use your HSA benefits for the therapy fees.

  • In a trauma intensive with a professional counselor, you can expect to make significant strides in processing distressing memories, gaining insights into coping mechanisms, and fostering resilience, as the concentrated format allows for in-depth exploration and accelerated progress towards healing and recovery.

  • You can contact us to set up a consultation or move forward with scheduling your intake.

    As soon as we get you on the schedule we will meet for a 20-30 min overview/consultation. After this, if you’re ready to move forward with scheduling and getting your intensive scheduled, we will proceed with payment and scheduling.

    50% deposit is due at scheduling & the remainder of the fee is due the day of check in.

  • You can use a 3rd party system from our website like PayPal or Affirm to set up a payment plan.

    You can use HSA card as well for the therapy portion of the retreat.