You understand your patterns. You’ve talked about them, maybe for years. But knowing why hasn’t made them stop. An EMDR intensive gives you focused, uninterrupted time to heal what weekly therapy keeps circling, in person at our Austin offices, with an identity-affirming therapist who gets it.
An EMDR intensive condenses months of therapy into a few focused days. At Colors of Austin Counseling, every intensive pairs EMDR with Internal Family Systems (IFS) and takes place in person at our Austin offices. Choose a Half-Day Intensive for $1,500, a 3-Day Intensive for $4,800 or a 5-Day Intensive for $7,500. Your consultation, preparation session and integration session are included.
Weekly sessions spend time catching up, settling in and closing down. In an intensive, that time goes to the work itself, with breaks, grounding and follow-up built in so you are never rushed.
of EMDR would take about 3 to 4 months in weekly sessions.
From a half day for one specific memory to a full week for layered experiences.
A 60-minute integration session helps new beliefs hold and plans your next steps.
Most EMDR intensives focus on reprocessing memories alone. Every COAC intensive pairs EMDR with Internal Family Systems (IFS), and each clinician adds a third approach, so the work goes deeper and feels safer.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing helps your brain reprocess the memories behind beliefs like “I’m not enough,” so they lose their emotional charge and new beliefs can take hold.
Works with the protective parts of you that control, avoid or criticize to keep you safe, so they can step back and let healing happen. When a part isn’t ready, we don’t force it.
Based on Dr. Brené Brown’s research, this helps you name shame, understand where it comes from, and respond to yourself with courage and compassion instead of hiding.
Helps your body release stored stress and survival responses, so healing happens in your nervous system, not just in your thinking.
The goal is always the same: more choice in how you think, feel and act, instead of being driven by old pain or protective patterns.
Your consultation helps us decide together. If an intensive isn’t the right fit yet, we’ll recommend what is.
Included in your package. We talk about what you’re carrying and whether an intensive is the right fit.
We map your goals and the memories and beliefs to work on, get to know your protective parts, and build grounding tools.
Focused EMDR and IFS work in longer blocks, with breaks built in: a personalized workbook, art journaling, outdoor breaks, Trauma Conscious Yoga Method™ practices, snacks and drinks. Just bring yourself.
About a month later, we check in on what’s shifted, strengthen new beliefs and plan your next steps.
Choose the length that fits what you’re carrying. Not sure? Your consultation will help you decide.
Best for one specific memory or event, or as a first step into intensive work.
Book a consultationFor long-standing patterns like shame, perfectionism and people-pleasing.
Book a consultationFor complex or layered experiences, or anyone who wants to go deep in one dedicated week.
Book a consultationEvery intensive begins with a consultation, included in your package. Pick a time that works for you, and we’ll talk through what you’re carrying and which intensive fits. Have a question first? Email us and we’ll get back to you.
connect@colorsofaustincounseling.com
Your deposit holds your dates. The balance is due 24 hours before your final intensive session.
Spread the cost of the 3-Day and 5-Day Intensives over time.
Intensives are private pay. Many clients use HSA or FSA funds, and we provide a superbill for the preparation and integration sessions (CPT 90837).
We’d always rather find new dates than cancel. Cancel at least 3 days before your intensive begins. Emergencies receive a full refund.
Not the right fit? If you and your therapist decide during the 90-minute preparation session that an intensive isn’t the right step, we’ll offer a refund or an alternative treatment plan.
Want ongoing weekly therapy too? Our self-pay therapy packages and membership save up to 15%, and the 24-session package includes priority booking for intensives.
Vanessa is the founder of Colors of Austin Counseling. She is EMDR-trained, certified in the Trauma Conscious Yoga Method™, and a Daring Way™ Trained Facilitator, bringing Dr. Brené Brown’s shame resilience research into every intensive.
Read Vanessa’s full bio →
Maria is a certified Somatic Attachment Focused EMDR therapist who integrates Internal Family Systems and Somatic Experiencing. She is especially skilled at helping people who tend to intellectualize their emotions.
Read Maria’s full bio →The Half-Day Intensive is $1,500, the 3-Day Intensive is $4,800 and the 5-Day Intensive is $7,500. Every package includes a consultation, a preparation session, a personalized workbook and an integration session.
Intensives are private pay. We provide a superbill for the preparation and integration sessions, which may be partly reimbursable. Many clients use HSA or FSA funds.
We combine EMDR with Internal Family Systems (IFS), so protective parts feel safe enough for EMDR to work. Vanessa adds shame resilience work based on Dr. Brené Brown’s research, and Maria adds Somatic Experiencing to help your body release stored stress.
Your clinician screens for fit during the consultation and preparation session, and builds in breaks, grounding and follow-up. If an intensive isn’t the right step yet, we’ll recommend what is.
Yes. You can do an intensive alongside your regular therapy. With your permission, we can coordinate with your therapist before and after.
We prefer to reschedule, and we’ll make every effort to find new dates. Cancellations must be made at least 3 days before your intensive begins, and emergencies receive a full refund. If you and your therapist decide during the preparation session that an intensive isn’t the right fit, we’ll offer a refund or an alternative treatment plan.
In person at either of our Austin offices: Berkman Dr in Windsor Park or Marathon Blvd in Rosedale.
Yes. Several COAC clinicians offer EMDR therapy in regular weekly sessions. An intensive is for people who want focused, uninterrupted time to go deeper, faster.
Book a consultation using any “Book a consultation” button on this page, or email connect@colorsofaustincounseling.com. The consultation is included in every package.
Book a consultation, included in every package, and we’ll help you decide if an intensive is right for you.
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