Benefits of Therapy Intensives
Accelerated Progress and Symptom Reduction
EMDR and Brainspotting intensives allow clients to work through traumatic experiences, attachment injuries, or distressing symptoms more rapidly. Condensed sessions enable the brain to maintain access to neural networks involved in processing, reducing the stop-start effect often seen in weekly therapy.
Enhanced Neurophysiological Processing
Both EMDR and Brainspotting access subcortical areas of the brain where trauma is stored. Extended sessions support the nervous system in staying within the optimal window of tolerance, promoting more complete integration of unresolved material.
Greater Continuity and Focus
Intensives minimize disruption between sessions, allowing for sustained therapeutic momentum. This continuity can be especially beneficial for individuals working on specific traumatic events, recurring symptoms, or long-standing patterns.
Who Benefits?
Birth Trauma Survivors
Clients who experienced a traumatic birth—whether due to medical complications, emergency interventions, feelings of powerlessness, or lack of informed consent—may carry symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, or dissociation. EMDR and Brainspotting can help process these experiences and restore a sense of safety and agency.
Pregnancy Loss and Infant Loss Parents
Whether due to miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal loss, these experiences can leave lasting emotional and physiological imprints. Intensives offer space to process grief, attachment trauma, and medical trauma with greater depth and continuity.
Postpartum Anxiety, Depression, or OCD
Past trauma, birth experiences, or attachment wounds can exacerbate perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs). EMDR and Brainspotting support nervous system regulation and can target the underlying sources contributing to current symptoms.
Perinatal Attachment and Identity Challenges
Major life transitions such as becoming a parent—or experiencing the inability to—can bring up unresolved attachment wounds, identity shifts, and relational challenges. Brain-based therapies help integrate these experiences with compassion and clarity.
Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technology
The chronic stress and emotional toll of infertility, IVF, or other fertility treatments can be traumatic in themselves. Intensives can help individuals or couples process medical trauma, grief, and identity-related distress associated with these journeys.
Traumatic Medical or Gynecological Experiences
Survivors of invasive procedures, surgeries, or reproductive health diagnoses (e.g., endometriosis, PCOS, cancer) often experience medical PTSD. Intensives allow for careful, titrated processing of these events, particularly when they intersect with reproductive identity and body-based trauma.
She Blooms Therapy Intensives
EMDR with Kate Springer, LMFT
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a well-researched, evidence-based therapy used to treat trauma, anxiety, grief, and other distressing life experiences. It helps the brain reprocess stuck or unprocessed memories so they no longer feel overwhelming in the present.
An EMDR intensive condenses months of therapy into a focused, extended format—often over one or more full days—allowing for deeper processing and faster relief. Intensives are ideal for individuals who feel stuck, are navigating specific traumatic events, or prefer a more time-efficient approach to healing.
Each intensive includes a thorough assessment, personalized treatment plan, and follow-up integration sessions to ensure safety, support, and lasting change.
Brainspotting with Cathie Quillet, LMFT
Brainspotting is a brain-body therapy designed to help individuals process trauma, emotional pain, and deeply held experiences that may be stored in the nervous system. It works by identifying “brainspots”—eye positions linked to unprocessed trauma—and using focused mindfulness and attunement to access and release that stored material.
In an intensive format, Brainspotting is delivered over a longer, dedicated period, allowing for more focused and sustained work. This gives the brain and body the time and space needed to process complex material at a deeper level. Intensives can accelerate healing by minimizing interruptions between sessions, reducing the time spent “warming up,” and allowing you to stay fully engaged in the therapeutic process.