Not interested in 50 minutes a week for the next year?
Some men don't want to gradually work through something over months of weekly sessions. They want to go deep, do significant work, and get somewhere — then get back to their lives.
That's what a therapy intensive is.
An intensive is an extended, focused session — half-day or full-day — that creates the concentrated space to do work that would otherwise take months to access. It's not more of the same therapy done faster. It's a fundamentally different experience that allows us to go to a depth that a 50-minute session simply can't reach.
Who Would Benefit From an Intensive Approach?
Men who are results-oriented and would rather invest focused time and energy than commit to an indefinite weekly cadence.
Men who have tried weekly therapy — with me or someone else — and want to accelerate what's already in motion.
Men who are dealing with something specific and want to address it directly rather than gradually circling it over months.
Men whose schedules make consistent weekly sessions difficult — travel, demanding work, or simply the preference to concentrate the work rather than spread it thin.
Men who are ready. Not men who are testing the water — men who have decided they want to change something and want to do it with full commitment.
Three intensive formats — structured around what you're working through
Trauma Healing Intensive
For men carrying experiences from the past that are still affecting the present — in relationships, reactivity, patterns, or a persistent sense of not being enough. Using Brainspotting and Somatic Experiencing, we work directly with where those experiences are stored in the nervous system. This isn't about reliving what happened. It's about helping your system finally complete what it couldn't finish at the time.
Compulsive Sexual Behaviors Intensive
For men who are ready to do focused, deep work on out of control sexual behavior — the patterns, the underlying nervous system drivers, and the relational harm that's resulted. An intensive creates the space to go to a level of depth that weekly sessions build toward slowly. Many men find that a concentrated intensive moves them further in a day than months of weekly work.
Burnout and Stress Recovery Intensive
For men whose nervous system has been running in overdrive long enough that standard rest and recovery no longer work. A focused intensive day working directly with the stress response — using somatic approaches to help the nervous system genuinely downregulate rather than just temporarily decompress.
Investment
Straightforward pricing. No insurance. Full focus on your work.
Intensives are private pay only — not covered by insurance. HSA and FSA funds are accepted, as are all major credit and debit cards.
Two-Hour Intensive — $400 An extended focused session. Appropriate for men who want to go deeper than a standard session allows on a specific issue.
Half-Day Intensive (4 hours) — $800 The most common format. Enough time to do significant work with appropriate pacing and integration built in.
Two Half-Day Intensives (8 hours total) — $1,600 For men working through something that warrants sustained concentrated attention over consecutive or closely spaced days.
Three Half-Day Intensives (12 hours total) — $2,400 The most comprehensive option. Typically recommended for deep trauma processing or significant compulsive behavior work where multiple layers need addressing.
Payment is due prior to the start of services.
What to Expect
An intensive day looks and feels different from a standard session.
We begin with a focused intake — even if you're an existing client — to clarify your goals for the intensive and establish where we're starting. From there the work is guided by what arises, with appropriate pacing and built-in breaks.
You won't be pushed beyond what your system can integrate. The goal isn't to cram as much as possible into the time — it's to go to a depth that creates genuine shift. That requires pacing as much as intensity.
Most men describe the experience as unlike any therapy they've had before — quieter in some ways, more internal, and more impactful than they expected. The days and weeks following an intensive often involve continued processing as the work integrates.
Intensives are conducted in-person at my New Hope, MN office. If you are traveling from outside the Twin Cities area I can provide local accommodation recommendations. Telehealth intensives are considered on a case by case basis — contact me to discuss.
FAQs
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No. Intensives are available to new clients. New clients complete a brief intake process before scheduling to ensure the intensive format and focus are a good fit for where you are.
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That's something we determine together during the free 20-minute consultation. I'll ask about what you're working through, what you've tried before, and what you're hoping to accomplish. From there I can recommend the format and length that makes the most sense.
Payment for intensives are due prior to the start of services. Payment can be made by Health Savings Accounts/ Flex Spending Accounts (HSA/ FSA) and Credit/ Debit Cards.
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Given the dedicated time involved, cancellation and rescheduling policies are discussed during the intake process. Payment is due prior to the start of services.
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Intensives via telehealth can be considered on a case by case basis. Contact me to discuss options for telehealth based intensives.
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Telehealth intensives are considered on a case by case basis. Contact me to discuss your situation and we can determine whether a remote format is appropriate for the work you want to do.
If you're ready to stop gradually circling it — let's go directly at it.
Reach out today to schedule a free 20-minute consultation. We'll talk through what you're working on and which intensive format makes the most sense for where you are.