Multi-hour EMDR and Art intensives compress months of weekly therapy into a single, focused block of time. Whether you're here for EMDR, ART, or both, each intensive is built around the memory, experience, or pattern that's keeping you stuck. Half-day and full-day formats create the uninterrupted space needed for deeper processing, allowing your nervous system to stay engaged long enough for meaningful shifts to occur.
EMDR & ART Intensives For Physicians, Nurses & First Responders
You're not looking for a slow process. You're looking for real, measurable movement, and you're willing to invest real time to get there.
YOU NEED RESULTS FASTER THAN A YEAR OF SESSIONS CAN GIVE YOU
Fifty minutes ends right as things start to open up. You need more room than that to actually get somewhere.
YOU'VE STARTED THERAPY BEFORE AND FELT LIKE YOU NEVER GOT PAST THE WARM-UP
Between shifts, call, and everything else your job demands, committing to the same hour every week isn't realistic, and you're tired of therapy that assumes it is.
WEEKLY SESSIONS DON'T FIT YOUR SCHEDULE
Does this Sound Familiar?
Not sure which format fits what you need? We'll figure that out together during your consult.
THREE-DAY INTENSIVE: $7,800
TWO-DAY INTENSIVE: $5,400
ONE-DAY INTENSIVE: $2,800
MICRO INTENSIVE: $2,000
Every intensive combines EMDR and ART, two structured, evidence-based approaches to processing trauma, along with somatic-based strategies as needed. Which combination we use depends on what a specific memory or experience responds to, not a fixed script run the same way for every client. Whether you're here for EMDR, ART, or both, formats range from a few hours to multiple days, depending on how much ground we need to cover.
EMDR & ART Intensives, Structured Around What You Need
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We'll walk through the specifics and help you prepare during intake.
Additional intensives available, typically spaced six to eight weeks apart
A clear plan for maintaining what shifted
An 80-minute post-intensive follow-up session
AFTER YOUR INTENSIVE:
In-person sessions in Bellingham, with preferred snacks and beverages available
Built-in breaks and integration time throughout the day
EMDR combined with ART and somatic-based approaches as needed
DURING YOUR INTENSIVE:
A plan built around your history, not a fixed protocol
Clear guidance on how to prepare, physically and logistically
An 80-minute pre-intensive session to build your treatment plan
BEFORE YOUR INTENSIVE:
What's Included
You'll receive clear guidance ahead of time on how to prepare physically and logistically, what to bring, how to plan your schedule around the day, and how to protect space afterward to let the work settle. Most clients find it helpful to keep the day before and after lighter than usual.
The Structure Behind Every Intensive
I'm Vickery Rendall, a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker based in Bellingham, Washington, with a master's degree from Boston University and over fourteen years of clinical experience. I'm currently licensed in Washington, Oregon, and Massachusetts.
I'm an EMDRIA-certified EMDR therapist, trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy, with a decade inside emergency departments and medical crisis settings behind that training. I built the intensive format around what I saw firsthand: people who couldn't wait a year of Tuesdays for real relief, and didn't need to.
Certified In The Work, Tested In The Field
ABOUT YOUR THERAPIST
EMDR is a well-established, evidence-based treatment for trauma. Intensive formats deliver the same approach in concentrated blocks rather than weekly hours. Early research on intensive formats is encouraging, and I'm transparent that it's a newer area of study.
Are EMDR intensives evidence-based?
Accelerated Resolution Therapy uses guided eye movements similar to EMDR, but includes voluntary image replacement, a technique that lets your brain replace distressing imagery with more neutral images as a memory is processed. This can reduce a memory's emotional charge without requiring you to retell the experience in detail. I use ART alongside EMDR within intensives depending on what a specific memory responds to best, not as a fixed substitute for one or the other.
What is ART, and how is it different from EMDR?
An intensive’s fee reflects the time and preparation it involves. Before we begin, I meet individually with each partner. The intensive itself is several hours of dedicated couples work, in a single day or across multiple days, followed by individual time with each of you afterward. Between sessions, I review what each of you has shared and plan how we’ll use our time together. The fee covers that full structure as one block.
Why are intensives more expensive than weekly sessions?
Intensives aren't the right fit for anyone currently in a mental health crisis, including suicidal or homicidal ideation, or with a recent psychiatric hospitalization. They're also not ideal for anyone without a support system to lean on afterward, or anyone looking for a rapid fix without any reflection or integration built in. If you're not sure whether that describes you, we can talk it through during your consult.
