1Foundations
Introduction to intensive therapy
We start with what intensives are and how they differ from extended sessions. You’ll look at the two practice models and the administrative pieces to think through: insurance, policies, and scheduling.
The question you keep circling
Maybe you’ve been thinking of offering intensives for awhile.
The standard 53‑minute session works for some clients, but for others, you think if we could just have a little more time for processing we could get so much further.
You’ve heard about intensives boasting deeper work and real results for your clients while offering you an opportunity to be compensated for the training and skills you’ve acquired.
But hearing about them and knowing how to implement them in your practice are two different things. What paperwork is required? What do you charge? How do you fit a six‑hour block into a practice that’s already full? Is this even allowed if you take insurance?
That’s what these three sessions are for.
The curriculum
Three sessions, start to finish.
2The clinical heart
Case conceptualization and treatment planning
Screening clients for intensive work. Using a client workbook to gather history before the session. Setting treatment goals you can actually reach in the time you have. Pacing an intensive, because intensive doesn’t mean intense.
3The business side
What to charge and getting started
Setting fees for intensives, from premium pricing to packages. Marketing them without feeling salesy. And a concrete checklist for getting started: paperwork, insurance, your website, and protecting the time on your calendar to actually do this.
How each session runs
Every session is 90 minutes: the first hour is a focused teaching session, and the last 30 minutes are live Q&A, so you get your specific questions answered.
Everything recorded
Can’t make one live? Every session is recorded and yours to watch through December 31, 2026.
An honest gut-check
Is this the right fit?
This is for you if…
You’re a trauma therapist who is curious about intensives and wants a clear, honest picture before you build anything. You don’t need to be EMDR trained. You want the clinical, administrative, and financial sides in one place, from someone who actually runs this model.
Probably not, if…
You’ve already integrated intensives into your practice and you are looking for a more in-depth course. This is an introduction that helps you decide and take the first steps.
Your investment
$149 for all three sessions.
Three live 90‑minute sessions, plus the recordings through December 31, 2026. One clear decision about the direction of your practice.
Kristen Wold, LMFT
EMDRIA Approved Consultant
A note from Kristen
I hit the wall most trauma therapists eventually hit.
Five years into my own trauma therapy practice, I was on insurance panels with a full caseload, running weekly 53‑minute sessions because that’s how it’s done. Working all the time, and watching clients stay stuck in sessions that weren’t long enough to create real movement.
Then I learned about intensives. I started doing extended sessions with a few current clients, and we made more progress in two or three hours than we’d had in an entire year of weekly work.
This course is about what I learned along the way, in the hopes it helps you explore whether intensives are a good fit for your business.
Before you enroll
Questions before you enroll.
No. Session 2’s clinical examples use EMDR because that’s what I practice, but the screening, pacing, and planning principles transfer to other trauma work, and the model, pricing, and getting-started pieces apply to any trauma therapist thinking about intensives.
No, this course doesn’t offer CE credits. It’s built to help you decide about intensives and take the first steps.
Every session is recorded and yours through December 31, 2026. Come live when you can for the questions, and catch the rest on replay.
Both, on purpose. One session is clinical, one is business, and the first sets up the whole model. That’s the point: intensives only work when the clinical and the business fit together.
This is an introduction. If you’re already running intensives with confidence, treat it as a refresher. If you’ve dabbled with longer sessions but haven’t built the model around them, this is exactly where to start.
