Intensives
Initial Intake
An intake is meant to gather information from both historical and current day experience.
We will want to establish what your personal goals are to be achieved by the end of this work. Part of what we explore regarding your development and relationship patterns are strategies that were typically developed long ago. These strategies may have kept you safe when they developed but now hinder connection and care for yourself and others. Some of these strategies can be intergenerational.
You will also complete one formal assessment. We can discuss this when you schedule your intake if you have questions. The information you provide will generate very clear working map of how we will proceed for the three days of the intensive.
Three Day Intensives
We typically meet for three full days. Occasionally there are requests for four day. We can decide the number of which will serve you the best. We engage in clinical work six hours each day.
You will have two short 15 min breaks and a half hour lunch. An hour is structured for these intermissions; you can decide how to use them. You are not charged for this hour. I have a fridge, coffee makings, tea, microwave and fridge. I encourage people to bring snacks, drinks and lunch.
The time that is allocated may sound daunting however while we are working it can commonly feel like time is flying by. You may feel tired at the end of each day but not overwhelmed. This time is solely for you.
Follow-up
Clients consistently report notable consistent changes. These are different for everyone. Most of the clients I see return to their own primary therapist or couples therapist and find they can go deeper in their work minus their past reactivity of disrupting the therapeutic process. Every person leaves with a clear concrete aftercare plan specifically to fit who you are. This self care plan is specifically designed to fit into your daily life routines. These changes include physiological changes which provide you with new ways of relating with yourself and others with calmness and stability. Since these changes are permanent you continue growing forward with these changes promoting more stability and growth.