Therapy intensives for motherhood, postpartum adjustment, postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety
Extended therapy services to help you navigate the world of motherhood Intensives and extended sessions provide uninterrupted time to center your needs, goals and healing. In this safe, healing space you are able to step into this chapter in ways that feel aligned and meaningful to you.
There’s no roadmap for this motherhood thing —
and feeling like we’re off-roading can be terrifying.
A therapy intensive is an extended therapy session or package of sessions designed for your unique situation. With unhurried time, we begin the work of beginning to process your story and motherhood journey.
In an intensive we will explore ways to navigate the challenges that leave you feeling burned out, scared, and overwhelmed— tackling topics like how to find yourself again in motherhood when it feels so consuming or overcoming painful emotions like postpartum anxiety, postpartum depression and postpartum rage.
As a postpartum mental health specialist, I offer specialized training and expertise to support you in this unique chapter of life. Extended sessions provide you a peaceful, safe space to dive deeper in a focused way—which can be incredibly supportive when navigating the wild ride of motherhood.
Common topics addressed in a therapy intensive for moms
Common topics addressed in a therapy intensive for moms:
Telling the story of becoming a mother (infertility journeys, IUI/IVF, adoption, miscarriage)
Processing traumatic birth
Exploring postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety and other mood changes that occur for many women
Unpacking and defining what mothering means to you
Acknowledging and addressing postpartum anger and postpartum rage (I promise, you’re not alone with this feeling!)
Communication challenges with partners (are they even listening?!)
Ways to connect with your baby
Processing grief of what could have or should have been
Building a coping toolbox
Building a postpartum support plan
Setting down the invisible load of motherhood and finding empowered, balanced ways to move forward
Challenging perfectionism, people pleasing and tendencies to avoid asking for help (which ultimately are keeping you stuck and increasing your anxiety)
…and so much more.
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A therapy intensive is an extended therapy session. In this modern approach to therapy you experience an opportunity to engage in therapy over the course of several hours and/or days.
These extended sessions allow for unhurried time to receive in-depth support grounded in your current needs, goals and circumstances. Often clients who engage in intensives find they are able to move into their healing and towards their goals at an accelerated pace.
Some clients have likened therapy intensives to the FastPass at Disney—skipping the waitlist for weekly services and jumping right into the main event.
Intensives offer you the ability to set the pacing for your work in a way that is unique for your needs, not based on what can be accomplished in a 50 minute session (which actually is simply an arbitrary number of minutes designated by medical insurance companies).
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You’re busy, this is important and you deserve healing right now.
You may be drawn to the format of a therapy intensive due to schedule constraints (unpredictable work schedules, childcare considerations, etc) that make traditional 45-minute weekly sessions challenging.
You may notice that 45 minutes is not enough time to dive into what brings you to therapy or that you lose traction between sessions.
An intensive/extended therapy approach allows you to take an unhurried approach to critically important life circumstances, healing and goals.
Therapy Intensives also can jump-start your progress towards your goals. By creating distraction-free, focused time, you are providing your brain, body and spirit the room to dive deep while creating momentum forward into your healing.
Some of the clients I've worked with prefer to schedule extended sessions as part of a self-care commitment, building a day or two of healing practices around their intensive.
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Imagine accomplishing 6 months of therapy work within a week. In traditional 45 minute models, clients spend 10-15 minutes orienting, catching up and wrapping up. This allows only 30 minutes or so to work on the core needs and goals.
Therapy intensives, on the other hand, can provide overall time and money savings by reducing the time in therapy and being able to address your goals more quickly. You have uninterrupted, focused time to dive deep into what brings you to therapy, build the skills and support you need for navigating this season, and leave feeling the energy that comes with prioritizing your needs.
When engaging in an intensive, clients are often very focused on what brings them to the experience and find that their motivation towards their goals and healing is accelerated.
By choosing an intensive format, clients reduce or eliminate their regular weekly sessions, freeing up their time for living meaningful life.
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Extended therapy sessions are a premium service in my practice, therefore I maintain current availability for scheduling therapy intensives within approximately.
Personalized intensive services in my practice are offered through three core packages, shown below (Foundational, Signature and Premium). Packages can be customized to your needs as well.
Typically these range from a 90 minute intake session, an intensive session (or two) and a debrief.
Depending on your clinical needs and desires, a unique plan or package can also be developed that suits you best. During a consultation call we can discuss what feels best for you and what I might recommend based on your initial goals.
I schedule intensives with clients during times that work best for them -- weekends or evenings included.
Because this is a premium service, it's important that the schedule truly works for you so that you can be fully present in your intensive experience. We will discuss all scheduling consideration during our consultation.
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A therapy intensive is a premium service. This service is uniquely tailored to your needs and goals.
Fees are based upon the specific package and design, communicated ahead of time as required by the No Surprises Act.
Intensive services are $300-400/hour. Intensive packages start at $1500. Out of network reimbursement for a portion of the fee may be available through your insurance plan.
I provide free phone or Zoom consultations to discuss what therapy intensives, your goals and needs for a customized intensive package. Reach out to coordinate your consultation call.
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During our free consultation call we will discuss ways to make your Therapy Intensive be a deep, meaningful experience.
When possible, I recommend considering in-person therapy intensives in order to fully protect your time from distractions and to be able to build a rejuvenating, relaxing and comforting experience surrounding your therapy intensive.
For those not local to Gig Harbor I am happy to provide local suggestions for lodging, dining as well as additional services (massage, Reiki, reflexology, yoga, etc) that might add to your plans.
Clients preferring to work in a virtual intensive format are also supported through secure telehealth platform (within the State of Washington).
Additionally, each client will receive a personalized workbook to help you prepare for the Intensive, between sessions (if applicable) and after.