Brainspotting Intensive

Online Therapy in Silver Spring and Throughout Maryland & Virginia.

You need relief and you need it now.

It’s been a while since you’ve felt like yourself. You feel unsettled because you’re disconnected from your mind, body, and true self. Maybe you don’t know who you truly are anymore since you’ve been trapped in this pattern of people-pleasing, ignoring your problems, and feeling overwhelmed by your emotions. You’ve slipped into a cycle of negative thoughts that you can’t seem to find peace from and it’s impacting your sleep, confidence, and self-worth. You’re feeling out of control and you’re not sure how to escape. All you know is that you need relief.

It’s possible to find peace within yourself.

Accelerated healing to feel better faster with long-lasting results.

What is a Brainspotting Intensive?

Brainspotting is a form of therapy that taps into our brain and body’s natural ability to heal themselves. Through eye positioning, Brainspotting helps target issues at the root to help you do deeper and more powerful work towards healing.

Our bodies and minds know what we need. We just have to relearn how to listen to them. Some of these answers may lie in our subconscious, or it may be hiding underneath our negative self-talk, insecurities, fears, etc. Brainspotting can help us work through these blocks to get to the root of what’s going on within us.

Dr. David Grand, the founder of Brainspotting, states that “what’s in the body is in the brain and what’s in the brain is in the body.” Our mind and body is one. Brainspotting allows us to heal one by healing the other.

You can learn more about brainspotting therapy here.

Brainspotting Intensives offer a unique opportunity to delve deep into issues that may have been lingering unresolved. This extended format allows you to unpack all parts of the issue without worrying about if there is enough time to get to it all. There's no rush to address sensitive topics that you might typically avoid in an hour-long session knowing that you need to get back to your day right after. 

Therapy is healthcare. Just like a surgeon wouldn’t say “Well, our time is up, let's keep working on the transplant at the same time next week. Put their old kidney back in for now.” it doesn’t make sense for you to spend the session telling me how your trauma has impacted your life and the ways it still shows up today, dredge up all those feelings within you, just to have you pack it right back up to do the same all over again the following week.

How will a Brainspotting Intensive help accelerate healing?

Sometimes, a traditional hour-long therapy session is not enough time to address everything on your agenda.

The format of a traditional 50 minute session tend to go as follows:

  • 10-15 minutes is spent checking it and catching up.

  • 30 minutes to do a deep dive.

  • 10 minutes to wrap up at the end.

If you have weekly sessions, that’s only 2 hours a month spent on deeply processing and working through your concerns.

Imagine that the problems you are seeking therapy for is like a giant fire roaring in the background.

Then the wind picks up and blows the fire to the surrounding area causing little fires to form everywhere. This is like week to week issues that present that you also want to discuss in therapy. Sometimes that giant fire in the back feels too overwhelming to tend to and you do still have a lot of little fires everywhere. But when we only focus on trying to put out all the little fires, we aren’t able to make significant enough progress to feel that relief that we are urgently in need of. 

A Brainspotting Intensive in addition to your regular talk therapy sessions can help you significantly decrease the size of the giant fire while you also address the little ones everywhere. By controlling the bigger fire through a Brainspotting Intensive, you can make the most out of talk therapy sessions and better apply what you’ve learned once you’re no longer in crisis mode. 

With a Brainspotting intensive, you have hours to dedicate towards putting out that giant fire roaring in the background at your own pace.

What Makes An Intensive Different?

Saves Time & Money

A Brainspotting Intensive can save you time and money. Take a look at what you’re spending for therapy over the course of a year versus the upfront cost of 1- 2 day intensive. Traditional therapy can often take months or years to achieve the same goals.

Alternative Format

Maybe your schedule doesn’t allow for regular therapy sessions each week or you would like to see results sooner. Brainspotting Intensives aren’t limited to 50-minutes. You will have hours of dedicated time to go deeper at your pace, with breaks in between.

Add On Service

You can do a Brainspotting Intensive in conjunction with talk therapy sessions with your therapist. An Intensive can help you dive deeper and process more at once time which will ultimately allow talk therapy to be more effective.

What to Expect from a Brainspotting Intensive

Consultation Call

A free 20 minute call where we will talk about what you’re coming in for, what you’re hoping to gain from the intensive, answer any questions you have, and determine if this is a good fit for you.

Pre-Intensive Session

We will spend 90-minutes gathering background information 1-2 weeks prior to the intensive day and understand what you’re coming in with. We will do some assessments and set goals.

Intensive Day

A deep dive into your concerns through brainspotting. This consists of 4 or 6 hours of processing through brainspotting and some talk therapy. Learn more about what brainspotting is and how it works here.

Post-Intensive Session

A 60-minute follow up session 2-3 weeks after the intensive to discuss the experience, review progress, and talk about what’s next in your healing journey. You will leave with a plan for continuing to work towards your healing goals.

Brainspotting Intensive Options & Investment

Half Day

$1,583

  • 90-minute Pre-Intensive Session

  • 4 hours of therapy

  • Breaks for rest and verbal processing

  • 1 hour Post-Intensive Session

1 Day

$2,025

  • 90-minute Pre-Intensive Session

  • 6 hours of therapy

  • Breaks for rest and verbal processing

  • 1 hour Post-Intensive Session

2 Half Days

$2,467

  • 90-minute Pre-Intensive Session

  • 2 days of 4 hours of therapy

  • Breaks for rest and verbal processing

  • 1 hour Post-Intensive Session

  • Focus on things that are important to you like work, school, spending time with loved ones.

  • Quality sleep because your worries won’t keep you up and wake you up during the night.

  • Enhanced relationships because you’re able to be present and not worry about what others think.

  • Connection to your authentic self to do more of what you love.

  • Improved mindset with a greater sense of hope and inspiration.

  • Freed mental space to feel calmer and more energized.

  • Release your stress and worries.

A Brainspotting Intensive can help you unlock…

Start moving mountains.

FAQs About Brainspotting Intensives

  • You can reach out here for a free 20-minute consultation call to determine if you are a good fit for a Brainspotting Intensive.

    A Brainspotting Intensive is likely a good fit for you if you:

    • Have a specific goal in mind that you’d like to achieve.

    • Desire long-lasting results through a deeper form of treatment

    • Are looking accelerated results.

    • Feel stuck in what you’re currently doing and are ready to try something different

    A Brainspotting Intensive is likely NOT a good fit for you if you actively struggle with any of the following:

    • Suicidal intent

    • Substance use

    • Self-harm

    • An eating disorder

    • Visual or auditory hallucinations

    • An abusive or unsafe living environment

    If you’re still unsure if you’re a good fit for a Brainspotting Intensive, feel free to reach to out and we can discuss further. If you’re not a good fit, we can find other treatment options to help address these concerns before working up to an intensive.

  • Yes! A Brainspotting intensive can be an adjunct service to your regular therapy sessions. You will be able to continue processing and doing work with your regular therapist. The Brainspotting intensive can help you dive deeper and process more at one time which can allow talk therapy to be more effective.

  • A Brainspotting Intensive can give you the results you would get from months or years of therapy in a shorter time frame. If you add up the cost of weekly therapy, a Brainspotting Intensive is actually more cost effective. Instead of waiting months, it’s possible to get the same results in a day.

  • Some insurance plans will reimburse a portion of the cost of a Brainspotting Intensive. Please understand that the insurance company requires a diagnosis code as a reason for treatment. I recommend calling your insurance and asking what your specific plan can cover. You can also use an HSA/FSA card.