Therapy Intensives
Focused Time for Work That Needs Momentum
An intensive is concentrated therapy over one to three days instead of one session each week. It creates room to stay with the work without rushing toward the end of an appointment.
What an Intensive Is
More room, not more pressure
Weekly therapy is a good fit logistically for many people. It can also make sense if you are traveling to Austin or cannot sustain a weekly schedule. Longer does not mean forced; safety, consent, and your capacity still guide the day.
An intensive is another option: several hours of supported work in one day, or across two or three days, with breaks and pacing built in.
It can also suit eating-disorder, trauma, and family work where stopping every 50 minutes interrupts momentum.
When Your Struggles Feel Like They're Taking Over
Do you feel like your thoughts about food, body image, exercise, trauma, or emotional pain are eclipsing everything in your life? Or the relational dynamic feels stuck, and 50-80 minute weekly therapy is just not cutting it? Perhaps intrusive or obsessive thoughts, difficult emotions, or destructive patterns are making it impossible to be fully present in your day-to-day life.
Or are you at the point of even considering Residential Treatment, PHP, or IOP, but feel overwhelmed by the logistics and the thought of stepping away from your work, school, family, or social life? A therapy intensive provides an opportunity to step out of your usual routine and devote focused time to the concerns that have been keeping you stuck. Rather than spreading therapy out over weeks or months, an intensive allows us to work together more deeply and intentionally over a concentrated period of time. Think of it as a therapeutic reset, a chance to slow down, gain perspective, learn practical skills, and begin disrupting patterns that may have been controlling your life.
You don't have to wait until things become unmanageable to seek more support. A therapy intensive may be a meaningful first step toward creating change without taking weeks or multiple days a week for consistent months, away from your life and consequentially allowing you to remain connected to the people, responsibilities, and routines that matter to you.
Compare Your Options
Weekly sessions, or an intensive?
Neither is better. They create different kinds of space, and the consultation is where we decide what fits your goals, schedule, and readiness.
Rhythm
One 50-80 minute session at a time
Typical Length
Ongoing, with the pace reviewed together
Best Suited To
Building a long-term therapeutic relationship and making steady room for change alongside everyday life
Cost
$190 for 50 minutes or $275 for 80 minutes
There is time to practice, notice what comes up between sessions, and bring it back into the work.
Ask About Weekly TherapyInside the Format
See the rhythm before you decide
Explore a sample schedule and name what you need from the time. No answer commits you to a format.
Sample Schedule
See the shape of the time
Typical 6 hours format
- 9:00Arrive, settle, and set the day’s focus
- 9:30Focused therapy block with pacing breaks
- 12:00Lunch and quiet integration time
- 1:00Continue the work and practice new responses
- 3:00Grounding, next steps, and transition home
Exact pacing and breaks are personalized. This is an example, not a rigid agenda.
Readiness Check
What matters most right now?
Choose the statement that feels closest. This is a conversation starter, not a clinical assessment.
Formats and Fees
Choose the amount of time the work needs
Eating Disorder Intensives
Focused work grounded in the Intuitive Eating Model for making peace with food and your body.
- 1 day · 6 hours
- $1,000
- 2 days · 11 hours
- $1,800
- 3 days · 16 hours
- $2,500
Trauma Healing Intensives
A longer, carefully paced container for trauma work when continuity and momentum matter.
- 1 day · 6 hours
- $1,000
- 2 days · 11 hours
- $1,800
- 3 days · 16 hours
- $2,500
Family Therapy Intensives
Extended time for families who need room to slow a pattern down, understand it, and practice a different way forward together.
- 4 hours
- $800
- 6 hours · 30–60 minute lunch break
- $1,250
Ask Whether an Intensive Fits
The consultation is free. We can talk plainly about what you want to work on, what the longer format involves, and whether weekly therapy would serve you better.
Request a Free Consultation