Psychotherapy Intensives

A Three-Hour Shadow Work Journey

For when the story you’ve been living no longer fits.

Sometimes we outgrow the person we’ve learned to be—an identity, a relationship, a way of living, a career, or beliefs that once made sense.

A Different Pace for Deeper Work.

Some work needs more than 55 minutes.

An intensive gives us the time to slow down, follow a thread, and stay with something meaningful instead of having to stop just as we're getting somewhere.

Because “well, we're almost out of time” is not always the ideal moment to stop.

The goal isn't to cram three hours of therapy into one day. It's to give meaningful work room to unfold.

Is This Right for Me?

You don't have to be in crisis to know that something needs to change.

An intensive may be a good fit if:

  • You've accomplished something you've worked toward for years and are surprised to find yourself asking, now what?

  • Something in your life has changed, and the way you've understood yourself no longer quite fits.

  • You keep circling the same question and can't seem to get yourself unstuck.

  • You're functioning well on the outside, but something underneath isn't working the way it used to.

  • You have enough stability to spend several hours turning your attention toward something deeper than getting through the week.

In other words, you're doing fine. Except for the part where you're not.

You may simply have the sense that the person you've become isn't quite the person you want to keep becoming.

 

What Happens When You Look Beyond the Story?

We all have a story about who we are, what kind of person we are, what we're good at, what we're supposed to want, and sometimes what we need to avoid. These stories can be useful. They help us make sense of ourselves and move through the world without having to question everything all the time.

But sometimes we keep following a story long after it has stopped fitting.

Jung called the parts of ourselves that fall outside our conscious identity the shadow. Located in our unconscious mind, sometimes these are the dark or undesirable parts of us. Other times it's anger, vulnerability, a need, or fear. It can also be confidence, ambition, creativity, pleasure, visibility, or freedom—the qualities we've learned, for one reason or another, don't belong in the version of ourselves we've constructed.

In this intensive, we won't decide ahead of time what your shadow is. I'll guide you through a process of Jungian Active Imagination that allows something outside your usual way of thinking to emerge. We'll stay curious about what appears rather than rushing to interpret it, and then bring what you've discovered back into the room. What no longer fits? What has been asking for more room? What becomes possible when you don't have to organize your life around the old story?

The goal is find balance between the light and dark aspects of your psyche to promote a deeper understanding of your true identity. By inviting Family Systems (IFS) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into the process, the insights garnered through Jungian self-exploration will have real life applications. You will leave with a commitment to how you’ll use what you now know.

Beyond the Story.

A three-hour psychotherapy intensive for exploring the identities, beliefs, and patterns that have shaped how you understand yourself—and deciding what still fits.

This is focused psychotherapy for people who are ready to look beneath the familiar and ask what is still true.

One Time Investment — Telehealth Intensive Session

How it Works

 

The Basics

Before we begin

An intensive is a three-hour telehealth session, scheduled at your convenience. Before we meet, you'll complete the intake paperwork and any questionnaires needed to prepare for our work.

For the session itself, prepare a private, comfortable space where you won't be interrupted. Have water nearby, make sure your device is charged or plugged in, and give yourself enough space afterward that you don't have to immediately rush back into the rest of your day. Three hours gives us time to follow a thread and stay with something that comes up without having to wrap it up just as we're getting somewhere meaningful.

You don't need to arrive with a perfectly formed question or a five-step plan. Come with something you've been thinking about, something that keeps happening, or simply the sense that something isn't fitting anymore. We'll begin there, and I'll help you identify where it may be useful to slow down and look more closely.

The Commitment

Giving the work room

We're not spending three hours having a very expensive coffee. I’ll be guiding you through a carefully curated process of self-exploration and discovery that as a psychotherapist I am specifically trained to do. That means your treatment will be done in a way that is competent, ethical, and safe. I will be with you every step of the journey monitoring your progress. I'll help you know when to keep going, when to pause, and when it's time to step back and make sense of what you've discovered.

Some of the work may involve imagery, sensations, memories, emotions, or other things that emerge when you slow down and let yourself experience rather than analyze. You don't need to be good at visualization, and you won't be told what you're supposed to see. What emerges belongs to you, and we'll stay curious about it together.

The work has a structure, but there is room within that structure to follow what we discover.

$700 — 3 Hours

The Tools

The way it works

Jungian Active Imagination provides the foundation for this intensive, but this isn’t something you can pull from a YouTube channel or even from a text book. I created this offering because I haven’t seen it before. It is based on the integration of other complimenting theories, interventions, and clinical discernment. In truth, I’ve been quietly developing the framework for this over the past decade, combining years of study and real time experience with clients. My intention is that all this has culminated into an innovative approach to mental health that I am excited to share with you.

We'll also use tools that help you stay present in your body. We may pause for breathwork, stretching, movement, or another grounding practice when needed. A pause to breathe, move, or tend to your body isn't a detour. Sometimes it's what makes it possible to stay present when the work is getting somewhere important.

Have Questions?

Check out my FAQ page for some answers. While I have addressed some commonly asked questions there, about things like insurance and sliding scale options, feel free to message me through my contact page with more detailed questions. Additionally, our initial consultation call is a time where we can iron out details.

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