Life Encounter Counseling

Trauma Intensives

EMDR-based intensive therapy for clients ready to move beyond feeling stuck — and toward meaningful, lasting healing.

Sometimes clients feel stuck. They understand their patterns intellectually, yet the emotional reactions, triggers, anxiety, shame, or trauma responses continue beneath the surface.

Traditional therapy works in small weekly increments. A trauma intensive creates dedicated space for deeper emotional processing and accelerated healing — helping clients build momentum and deepen progress on their healing journey. Rather than spreading treatment across months of weekly sessions, an intensive lets you stay emotionally engaged and access deeper material safely.

Using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) along with grounding, nervous system regulation, and body-awareness strategies, these intensives help clients safely process unresolved trauma in a supportive, structured environment.

What an Intensive Can Help With

  • Childhood trauma and emotional neglect
  • PTSD and trauma symptoms
  • Anxiety, panic, and chronic overwhelm
  • Shame and negative self-beliefs
  • Relational and attachment wounds
  • Breakups, betrayal, and disturbing memories
  • Emotional numbness or persistent fear
  • Feeling “stuck” despite ongoing therapy

Who It's For

This work may be a good fit if you feel emotionally stuck, have insight but struggle with lasting change, experience recurring triggers, have a specific target memory or issue to address, and are motivated for focused, deeper therapeutic work.

What to Expect

Every intensive includes comprehensive preparation and assessment, EMDR processing sessions, grounding and nervous system regulation strategies, supportive and structured pacing, and personalized aftercare recommendations.

Read more about what to expect during an EMDR intensive

Meet Your Intensive Counselors

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Nathan Hawkins

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, CCTP, CH.t, LPC · Approved Clinical Supervisor

Areas of Experience: Anxiety, Depression, Relationship Concerns, Communication, Christian Counseling, Self-Esteem, Life Transitions, Trauma Recovery.

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Choose Your Intensive

One-Day

Focused Breakthrough

$1,600

A focused single-day experience for clients with a specific target memory or issue who want to break through a particular stuck point and create momentum.

Includes

  • Pre-intensive consultation and screening
  • One full day of intensive therapy
  • EMDR treatment and regulation support
  • Personalized integration recommendations
  • Follow-up planning

We schedule based on individual need and will determine the right timing for your treatment together.

Ready to Take the Next Step?

Contact Nathan Hawkins to schedule a consultation and determine whether an intensive — and which one — may be the right fit for you.