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Marathon Sessions & Intensives

Why did I come here? Why is this taking so long? This may be what you think of as you reach the end of your sessions with your therapist. You know that therapy helps, and that change is happening but...it's...so...slow. You do not have the time to wait months or years for things to improve. You thought that once you took the jump and got started then it would be different. You are trying so hard to figure out what is going on, but you just cannot shake the feeling you have that something is in the way from you moving forward. It took so much just to start therapy and now you feel like you just don’t have the time to get as deep as you need to. You want to have the room and the time to enact change now.

When you are in pain you feel every second and when you want to get better you want it right now. In therapy we talk about how change takes time but then what happens? We meet once or once every other week for months. For many this just isn't a good option. Longer sessions formats- marathons and intensives- are a way to fit therapy into your schedule and get relief much sooner.

You deserve to have the time and space to go where you need to go. To look at the things that have been put away, tucked into a corner, or on your to do list for a long time. With a longer session format you have the time and space to unpack and decide what to keep, what to toss, and what needs attention here and now. You do not have to feel stuck in the pattern of coming into a session, doing the “how are you” check in and feeling like before you even know it the session has ended. You get to cut out the pressure to get everything wrapped up in an hour.

Weekly therapy sessions make a difference for you, but you want something that fits your needs and your time frame. What about trying out a longer session format? You can choose from three (3) hours-marathon, six (6) hours-intensive, or even multiple days in a row (marathon or intensive) of therapy to tackle something that is getting in the way of your forward momentum.

You can use a longer session format as an adjunct therapy to weekly/biweekly sessions or on its own. My marathon and intensives are made to fit your schedule. When you book a longer session you not only have the ability and options to extend, shorten, or break up the work in a way that feels doable to you.. You have the therapist, office, and day(s) all to focus on yourself with no rush and the full attention on your concerns.

Doing a longer session (half day, full day or multiple days) can be both financially advantageous and time efficient. You get these benefits from not spending time a) checking in at the beginning of the session, b) having to spend time focusing on day-to-day concerns, c) working on skills that you may or may not need after therapy, and d) the wind down as you leave and go home. With those things out of the way you can focus on what is getting in the way and get through what you want or need to go back into the world feeling more balanced and able to have your life feel more in your control.

Sometimes it can feel nebulous defining a hurt or serious of events that hurt you into what you want to change in your life. I use metrics in my work not only for myself as a clinician but also for my clients. By using metrics that you are the one to complete, not me the therapist, throughout working together you can see, objectively, that incorporating a longer session format has an impact. Therapy, while we know it has benefits, can sometimes be hard to prove to ourselves that it is working or making a difference. Plus, these metrics help me as a therapist have a more streamlined clear roadmap to get you where you want to be. cutting down on time and money by helping get down to a more defined heart of the work that needs to be addressed.

If you are already working with another therapist, that's totally fine! I will happily work and have worked with many other provides to coordinate care. Whatever reason you choose to consider a longer session, whether EMDR, sex therapy, or longer sessions just work better for you & your brain, I have systems in place so that everyone is on the same page and kept in the loop, with your consent of course.

If you still have questions please reach out to me at info@lagniappeemdr.com and I can schedule a consultation and send you any additional information that you would be interested in.