Therapy Intensives in Oregon
Stop analyzing.
Start experiencing.
Sometimes the usual 50-minute session doesn’t give us the space we need to explore more in-depth topics. You spend the first half of the session catching your therapist up. You leave with things unsaid. You circle the same insights without breaking through.
And sometimes, weekly therapy doesn't work logistically — your schedule is too consuming, your work demands too much, or you need focused time to address something urgent rather than maintenance sessions spread across months.
Therapy Intensives are focused, extended sessions designed to give you the time and space to go deep without the usual start-stop rhythm. We work collaboratively on what you're carrying — whether that's navigating a major transition, clarifying your values, or finally seeing the pattern underneath the pattern.
THIS IS FOR YOU IF:
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Coming out, ending a relationship, leaving a career, relocating. The urgency is real and weekly therapy feels too slow for the stakes.
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You can see the pattern intellectually but can't shift it because you need sustained time to work at the emotional and attachment level.
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Grief, identity shift, attachment wound, values crisis. Fifty minutes isn't enough to drop into the depth it requires.
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Your schedule is too demanding or you travel frequently
You don’t want the pressure of weekly session
You don’t need weekly maintenance sessions
You function better with focused blocks of time rather than recurring appointments.
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You need intensive work on something specific, but not weekly maintenance therapy.
HOW IT WORKS
All therapy intensives are offered virtually throughout Oregon. Whether you're in Portland, Eugene, Salem, Bend, or elsewhere in the state, you can access this work from wherever you feel most grounded.
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Intake session (60-min)
Design the intensive around your goals
Receive personalized workbook
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Extended virtual sessions (3-9 hours)
Flexible format: single day or multiple days
Space to slow down and stay with what's difficult
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Debrief session (60-min)
Integration support for ongoing insights
Opportunity to schedule further intensives or conclude our time together
Values Intensives
For people whose lives have drifted from what they actually care about.
Maybe you're navigating a major transition — coming out, ending a relationship, leaving a career. Or experiencing burnout that's telling you something's fundamentally misaligned. Or stuck in people-pleasing patterns so deep you've lost track of what you want versus what keeps you safe. Or dealing with moral injury — work that pays well but conflicts with your values, leaving you feeling complicit or empty despite success
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Identify what you actually care about (not what you think you should care about)
Get in touch with the barriers that get in the way of living those values
Map what a life organized around those values would look like
The work is often surprising. People discover values they didn't know they had or see clearly how their depression or burnout is about the gap between what matters and how they're actually living. It's clarifying work that creates momentum and a way forward.
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Offered in flexible 3-hour blocks, stackable over multiple days.
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Intake assessment (60-90min)
Custom workbook
The intensive (3-9 hours)
Debrief session (60min)
This means for a 3-hour intensive, you’re getting at least 5 hours of face-to-face time; for a 6-hour intensive you’re getting at least 8 hours of face-to-face time, etc.
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Half-Day Intensive — $1,800
Full Day/2-Day Intensive — $2,900
Multi-Day Intensive — $4,000+
EFiT Intensives
For individuals exploring identity, feeling stuck in relationships, or wanting deeper insight into intra- and inter-personal patterns
EFiT (Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy) is an attachment-based approach that helps you understand what's underneath your patterns — the emotions, needs, and survival strategies that shape how you show up with others and with yourself.
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Queer and trans folks processing identity, coming out, or navigating relationships without a roadmap
People with C-PTSD who need attachment-focused work that addresses how trauma shows up in relationship
Folks experiencing burnout that's relational — overworking, emotional unavailability, difficulty being present, or relationships suffering because you don't know how to exist outside of performance
Anyone who keeps hitting the same relational wall—in partnerships, friendships, or with themselves—and wants to see the pattern underneath
Folks who struggle with vulnerability, asking for needs, or trusting others and want to understand the attachment wounds driving those patterns
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…EFiT helps you make contact with the emotional experience underneath them so you can respond differently going forward.
Intensive EFiT works well because attachment work needs sustained time. You can't drop into the emotional depth required in 50 minutes. Longer sessions allow you to build momentum, stay with the material, and have space to feel rather than just think.
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Offered in flexible 3-hour blocks, stackable over multiple days.
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Intake assessment (60-90min)
Custom workbook
The intensive (3-9 hours)
Debrief session (60min)
This means for a 3-hour intensive, you’re getting at least 5 hours of face-to-face time; for a 6-hour intensive you’re getting at least 8 hours of face-to-face time, etc.
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Half-Day Intensive — $1,800
Full Day/2-Day Intensive — $2,900
Multi-Day Intensive — $4,000+
Relational Values Intensives:
For couples or close duos (best friends, siblings, etc.) wanting to reflect on shared values, work through conflict, or build greater connection.
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You keep having the same disagreement and can't find your way out of it.
You're losing each other in the day-to-day and want to find your way back.
Are needing a dedicated space for honest dialogue, emotional clarity, and repair.
You just can’t seem to find the time to do this with everybody’s busy schedules!
You don’t want to wait 12 weeks in weekly couples therapy to address a topic.
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These intensives are great for romantic partnerships, but also for other close relationships — best friends, siblings, co-parents, creative partners — where the relational stakes are high and you need more than weekly sessions can offer. They're especially helpful when one or both people have demanding schedules that make weekly therapy difficult to sustain.
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I am more than happy to consult with your provider to promote a wrap-around experience and insure our work compliments & builds on your ongoing work.
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Offered in flexible 3-hour blocks, stackable over multiple days.
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Intake assessment (60-90min)
Custom workbook
The intensive (3-9 hours)
Debrief session (60min)
This means for a 3-hour intensive, you’re getting at least 5 hours of face-to-face time; for a 6-hour intensive you’re getting at least 8 hours of face-to-face time, etc.
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Half-Day Intensive — $2,250
Full Day/2-Day Intensive — $3,800
Multi-Day Intensive — $5,000
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FAQs
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Not exactly. Intensives are more focused, time-limited, and often structured around a particular question, transition, or theme. While they still draw on the same evidence-based approaches I use in ongoing therapy, they’re designed for folks who need more room than weekly sessions can provide.
Weekly therapy can be deeply supportive, but the structure comes with limits. With only 50 minutes, you may spend much of the time settling in and orienting before needing to wind down again. It's hard to drop into deeper work or stay with complex emotions under that kind of time pressure.
Intensives give us space to slow down and stay with what’s difficult. Instead of stopping just as something meaningful begins to emerge, we can follow threads and process at a more natural pace. They're especially helpful when something big feels "right there" but you haven't had the room to unpack it.
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Intensives work well if you're navigating a transition that feels urgent, if you keep hitting the same wall in therapy and need focused time to break through, or if you're carrying something that needs more space than weekly sessions can hold. They're also a good fit if you want therapeutic support but don't have the capacity or desire for ongoing weekly commitment.
If you're unsure whether an intensive is the right format, we can talk through it in your free consultation call.
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Every intensive is co-created based on your needs, but here's a rough sense of what to expect:
For a 6-hour intensive (two 3-hour sessions), we might meet on a Thursday evening for 3 hours, then again Friday morning for another 3 hours. Or we could do both sessions in one day with a lunch break in between.
For a 9-hour intensive (three 3-hour sessions), we might spread it across 2-3 days — or maybe two sessions one weekend, then a follow-up session the next week.
We'll figure out the schedule together based on what works for you and what the intensive needs.
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Yes! Some people use intensives as a complement to their ongoing therapy — a way to focus on something specific without shifting their primary therapeutic relationship. If that's your situation, I'm happy to coordinate with your therapist (with your permission) to make sure the work is integrated.
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Every intensive includes a separate integration debrief session where we process what came up and talk through next steps. Some people continue with their weekly therapy, some schedule another intensive down the line, and some feel complete after the work we do together. There's no pressure to continue — it depends on what feels right for you.
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We'll talk through this in your consultation call. I'll ask about what you're hoping to work on, what your availability looks like, and what feels manageable. Most people start with a 3-hour or 6-hour intensive, and if it feels useful, we can always add more time later.
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Therapeutic intensives offer focused, deep work, but they aren’t the best fit for everyone at every moment.
You might want to consider other forms of support if:You’re currently in a situation where your safety or stability feels at risk, such as an actively abusive relationship.
You’re navigating a crisis that requires ongoing, frequent check-ins or immediate interventions.
You need long-term, consistent support to manage symptoms that feel overwhelming or unmanageable on your own.
If any of these resonate, that’s okay. If after our initial consultation we decide this isn’t the right time for an intensive, I’m happy to help connect you to resources or talk through next steps that feel right for your current needs.