Individual care • California telehealth
EMDR
Intensives
Focused time. Space to process.
When an experience is over, but it still feels emotionally present. Private, extended-format psychotherapy for distressing memories, persistent triggers, grief, and relationship experiences that continue to carry an emotional charge.
Jillian Ellison, LMFT 156597
EMDRIA Certified Therapist™
- Private pay • No insurance
- Intensives, not weekly sessions
Brief prescreener first. Opens the SimplePractice contact form. I review your responses before offering a consultation; no appointment is booked by submitting the form.
The meaning.
The person.
The experience
More time for the work.
Not pressure to do more.
An intensive provides dedicated time for a focused course of care. We decide together what to address, how to pace the work, and what support is needed before and afterward.
- 01 • Prepare
Understand what you need.
Clarify your goals, history, resources, and readiness. Identify a focus and establish ways to pause, stay present, and manage activation.
- 02 • Process
Work at your pace.
Use EMDR and other clinically appropriate interventions, with time for breaks, resourcing, and closure. More time does not mean nonstop processing.
- 03 • Integrate
Plan for what comes next.
Reflect on the work, plan an integration follow-up, and identify next steps. With your permission, this may include coordination with your existing therapist.
What can we focus on?
Trauma & persistent triggers
Distressing experiences, intrusive replay, fear responses, avoidance, or reactions that remain intense despite understanding what happened.
Anxiety, low mood & self-trust
Anxious anticipation, shame, self-critical beliefs, or emotional shutdown, especially where painful experiences remain connected to how you feel about yourself.
Grief & relationship injuries
Loss, betrayal, attachment injuries, sexual trauma, or experiences affecting trust, intimacy, and choice. The aim is not to erase grief or put a deadline on mourning.
Therapists & helping professionals
Personal therapy for the person behind the role: cumulative exposure, burnout, grief, ethical strain, and the experiences you carry while caring for others.
These are concerns to explore during assessment, not a guarantee that a particular intervention or intensive length is right for every person. You do not need to label your experience “trauma” to begin an inquiry.
EMDR, the AIP model & the Flash Technique
A whole approach, not just eye movements.
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It is an eight-phase psychotherapy that includes history taking, preparation, assessment, processing, closure, and reevaluation. Eye movements or other forms of dual-attention stimulation are used within that broader treatment.
The Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model guides how I understand connections among experiences, present triggers, emotions, body sensations, and beliefs. Treatment considers both what hurts and the adaptive experiences and resources available to support you.
Where Flash may fit.
The Flash Technique may be incorporated when clinically appropriate. It uses a positive engaging focus with brief, monitored contact with a distressing target rather than sustained immersion in the details. It is not the same as the full eight-phase EMDR treatment.
EMDR and Flash are selected through assessment, consent, and clinical judgment, not sold as required upgrades. Neither approach erases memory or guarantees a particular outcome.
How do we determine whether an intensive fits?
We consider your goals, current circumstances, emotional and physical needs, ability to remain present during activation, available resources, and support after treatment. Assessment also informs the length, pacing, and amount of preparation.
Needing more preparation is not a personal failure. When a different pace, additional support, or another service would be more appropriate, we discuss that rather than trying to fit you into a preset program.
An intensive is not a crisis service, a substitute for every form of ongoing care, or a promise to resolve every concern within a set number of hours.
Formats & fees
Focused time.
A clearly defined plan.
All EMDR intensives are private pay. Insurance is not accepted or billed for this service. The format is selected with you after assessing fit, rather than purchased from a public calendar.
Focused Intensive
$675A shorter extended block for a defined focus, with preparation, pacing, and closure guided by your needs.
Extended Intensive
$1,125More room within one structured day for preparation, focused work, breaks, and integration.
Three-Day Intensive
$3,375A multi-day format with opportunities to revisit the work and adjust the plan across three days.
What the listed fee covers: the reserved intensive block shown above. Your written plan will specify assessment and preparation, the intensive schedule, and integration follow-up. Any separately scheduled clinical time and its cost are itemized and agreed in advance; these block fees are not an all-inclusive quote for additional appointments.
You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate of expected charges. You may request one before scheduling. Learn about self-pay cost estimates (opens in a new tab).
How to begin
Start with fit.
Then make a plan.
A brief prescreener comes first. I review your inquiry before offering a free 15-minute conversation about the format, your goals, and possible next steps.
Complete the prescreener.
Share brief information about what you need, your location, and your availability through SimplePractice.
I review your inquiry.
I consider initial fit and contact you about next steps. Submitting the form does not reserve an appointment.
Meet for 15 minutes.
When appropriate, I invite you to a free consultation. This is an introductory conversation, not therapy or a full assessment.
Assess & plan together.
Before an intensive is confirmed, we address assessment, preparation, the schedule, written fees, and follow-up.
An invitation to begin
You do not need to tell your whole story here.
A short description of what you hope to work on is enough for the initial inquiry. Please do not include detailed trauma narratives, records, insurance identification numbers, or payment-card information.
Completing the prescreener does not confirm acceptance for treatment or establish a therapist-client relationship.
- Private pay. No insurance billing.
- Intensive format. Not ongoing weekly sessions.
- California telehealth. Adults located in California during clinical appointments.
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Practical details
Questions before
you begin.
Details about location, continuity of care, payment, and the difference between an EMDR intensive and the workshop pathway.
Where do EMDR intensives take place?
These private EMDR intensives are currently offered by telehealth only. You must be physically located in California during clinical appointments and have a sufficiently private space and reliable connection.
Preparation includes considering your environment, comfort with the technology, and a plan for interruptions or loss of connection. In-person group experiences are a separate offering.
Can I continue working with my current therapist?
Yes. An intensive may complement an existing therapy relationship when clinically appropriate. With your authorization, I can coordinate the focus, timing, and follow-through with your therapist. Professional consultation is a different service from receiving therapy yourself.
Do I need to attend the online class first?
No. The online educational class is not a prerequisite for private EMDR intensives. You may inquire directly through the prescreener, whether you found the practice through an article, a referral, social media, or a class.
The class prerequisite applies only to its related in-person group intensive, not to this individual EMDR pathway.
What happens after the intensive?
An integration follow-up is planned to revisit your experience, evaluate the work, and discuss next steps. Its timing, scope, and fees are clarified in your written plan before booking.
This is time-limited care rather than an open-ended weekly caseload. An intensive does not guarantee that all treatment needs will be complete; when further care is needed, we discuss appropriate continuation, coordination, or referral.
How do payment, cancellation, and rescheduling work?
Intensives are private pay and managed through SimplePractice. Credit and debit cards are accepted. Payment arrangements and the total expected cost are reviewed in writing before treatment.
Intensive cancellation policy: at least 72 hours’ notice is required. Cancellation or rescheduling with less than 72 hours’ notice incurs a charge of 30% of the total reserved intensive fee. The policy is also included in your service agreement.
The free introductory consultation is separate from paid clinical assessment and treatment.
From the Journal
Understand the work
before you begin.
Explore the clinical ideas, research, and distinctions behind EMDR, the Flash Technique, and attachment-related patterns.
What is EMDR therapy?
How the approach works, what its phases involve, and what to expect from treatment.
Read the EMDR article → Flash TechniqueA different way to approach distress.
Positive engaging focus, brief target contact, clinical fit, and the developing research.
Read the Flash article → AttachmentWhen early experiences shape connection.
Childhood trauma, attachment adaptations, and the patterns that can follow us into adult relationships.
Read the attachment article →Stay connected
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