EMDR Intensive Therapy
What is an EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Intensive?
EMDR Intensive’s are a dedicated set of time for an individual to process any traumatic memories that are still causing trauma symptoms. EMDR Intensive’s, are 3 day therapeutic sessions that allow a pure focus on difficult memories WITHOUT the interruptions of triggers that show up in our daily life. Sometimes, we can be doing good in our therapeutic goal accomplishment, and then life has away of adding more complexity. EMDR Intensives give a focus session and a goal of resolving any stuck or difficult memories that stop you from effectively navigating life’s challenges.
EMDR is a powerful therapeutic approach that helps address memories, negative beliefs we hold about ourselves, that often can stem from past experiences. Some of these negative beliefs can become deeply rooted like: “ I can’t trust”, “I am not worthy, or “I am a failure”. These beliefs impact our daily lives, how we see ourselves, others and how we connect with the world around us.
EMDR Intensive’s specifically target these painful or difficult memories and their beliefs; helping the brain to heal the pathways that may have become set patterns. When pathways in the brain become set, it can sometimes feel, like our own volition is over-ridden and the values we prize are disregarded. Through EMDR as we allow processing to occur, more adaptive, positive beliefs about yourself emerge and the values you hold dear become strengthened and resolute. This directly affects the way you feel, think, and respond to life’s challenges.
Who is best suited for an EMDR Intensive?
EMDR intensives are well suited for those who are aware of their self-defeating patterns, aware of triggers and either desire a resolve or the gift of lowering their reactivity to certain triggers. EMDR Intensives may not be beneficial for everyone and a required 45 minute consultation is required.
Individual’s pursuing EMDR Intensive’s need to have good stamina, a solid support group, the ability to stay focused on their painful memories and have good self care practices established.
EMDR Intensive’s are a valid and evidence-based proven protocol that can help address areas in our lives where we are stuck and unable to find the ground to move forward to. EMDR Intensives are good to be combined with your own therapeutic journey in partnership with other therapists or on their own.
Examples of working professionals who can benefit from EMDR Intensive’s would be: therapists, psychologists, teachers, pastor’s, medical professionals, or anyone else in the helping field who has experienced trauma that is impacting present daily life.
EMDR Intensives are focused sessions that help process difficult or painful memories that are stopping you from being your wise self and living your life in synch with the values you hold to be true for you.
How are EMDR Intensives offered at Palm and Cedar Wellness Clinic?
To help serve you, I offer 2 flexible approaches.
The first is a 3 day package 5 hours per day. This is dedicated, uninterrupted time to the therapeutic process, allowing you to delve deeper into the work, accelerate your progress and promote internal and external transformational change.
Each day is 5 hours and includes a 1 hour lunch break. Coffee, tee, and water are complimentary and readily available
Three day package $2088
Deposit of $1044 is required at the time of booking
OR
Cluster EMDR Intensive Session– this is putting 3-4 hours of therapy in a given time frame. This can be helpful if you are focusing on a specific issue that has a few other personal patterns tied with it.
Cluster EMDR sessions are $696
A deposit of 348 is required at the time of booking
A 50% deposit is required before scheduling and the rest of the payment is due at the beginning of your sessions.
There are no refunds with EMDR Intensives bookings.
EMDR Intensive therapy is a specialized format of EMDR, that allows deeper work to occur. EMDR Intensives are great for working with anxiety, depression, trauma and more. Whatever your specific goals maybe, I will customize an EMDR intensive format for you.
I am interested, what is my next step?
If you feel an EMDR Intensive is right for you, you are invited to book a complimentary consultation. A partner is more than welcome to join you in this consultation. Consultations will give you time to learn more about EMDR Intensives and how they work, setting up expectations, reviewing risks and benefits, screening for good candidacy, answering any questions or concerns you may have. Consultations will also serve to set the schedule for the EMDR Intensives, selecting, days and times and what each day will look like.
What happens after I am done my EMDR Intensives?
After your EMDR Intensive session, there is a follow up session 1 month later. This can be online, in person, or on the phone. The purpose of the session is to follow up on how the processing is going for you, identify, if needed, any memories that showed up that may need to be resolved. Some clients will need another EMDR Intensive package, while others will be able to continue their own therapeutic journeys or resume their life, living with their wise self showing up for them, when they need it to most.
What are your qualifications for offering EMDR Intensives?
Jo Vanderwal is an EMDR Certified therapist with EMDRIA. I have taken additions trainings add to my specialized skills in offer EMDR Intensives. I have been trained in EMDR since 2020 and was certified in 2023 through the Personal Transformation Institute.
September 2025: Dr Kendhal Hart, PsyD, LPC-S Mastering EMDR Intensives 5.5 EMDRIA credits, 5.5 NBCC credits,
July 2025: Dr. Wanda Halloway, Psy’D Transforming Trauma Care: Mastering EMDR Intensives for Complex Cases