EMDR Intensives

EMDR Intensive in West Los Angeles

An EMDR intensive in West Los Angeles gives you extended, dedicated time with an EMDR trained therapist: focused reprocessing work in longer blocks, instead of starting and stopping inside a weekly hour.

Life Threads Therapy® offers EMDR in intensive formats alongside standard weekly sessions, in person at our West LA office and virtually throughout California.

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What an EMDR Intensive Is

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based therapy recognized by the American Psychological Association, the World Health Organization, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as an effective treatment for trauma and PTSD. In weekly therapy, that work happens roughly an hour at a time: you settle in, the processing deepens, and then the session ends and life resumes until next week.

An intensive compresses the same structured, eight-phase protocol into extended sessions. Instead of warming up and winding down every week, you and your therapist stay with the work: more time inside the actual reprocessing, fewer restarts. Nothing about the method is skipped. Preparation and stabilization still come first, and every block still ends with closure, so you leave grounded.

The structured 8-phase EMDR process, offered in intensive format at Life Threads Therapy in West Los Angeles

Who Intensives Tend to Fit

Extended formats suit some situations unusually well:

  • You have a specific memory, event, or stuck point you want to work through with focus
  • Weekly therapy has helped, but you keep hitting the same ceiling
  • Your schedule makes a standing weekly appointment harder than a few concentrated blocks
  • You have done stabilizing work before and want to move into actual reprocessing

When a Different Starting Point Is Better

Intensives are not a shortcut. Some people benefit from building foundational stability and coping skills before trauma-focused work begins; that is not a detour, it is part of doing EMDR responsibly. During your free consultation we take the time to understand where you are and whether an intensive, standard weekly EMDR, or another approach entirely is the right fit right now.

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EMDR Trained Therapists, Not a Weekend Certificate

Intensive work concentrates a lot of processing into a short window, which makes the training behind it matter more, not less. Bree Anthony, MA, LMFT completed 40-hour EMDR basic training plus consultation hours meeting EMDRIA requirements, and brings a background in brain mapping and neurofeedback to how she reads your nervous system's pace. Lyndsay Mclaren, LPCC is EMDR trained with over 11 years of clinical experience across outpatient, residential, and inpatient settings.

Both offer EMDR in person at our West Los Angeles office and virtually throughout California. Scheduling and fees for intensive formats depend on length and are worked out at your free consultation; standard sessions at Life Threads are a flat $200.

Bree Anthony, LMFT, offering EMDR intensives at Life Threads Therapy in West Los Angeles

Getting Here, or Not Having To

The office is at 2001 S Barrington Ave, Suite 215, between Santa Monica and Culver City: easy to reach from the 405, Sepulveda, and Barrington itself, with attached parking that is complimentary after 6:00 PM and on weekends. For a longer intensive block, that logistics math matters.

If coming in does not work, EMDR intensives can also run over secure telehealth anywhere in California. Questions first? Reach out through our contact page any time.

EMDR Intensive Questions

Straight answers about the extended format, before you commit to anything.

The protocol is identical: the same eight phases, the same preparation, the same closure at the end of every session. The difference is format. An intensive concentrates the reprocessing work into extended blocks instead of spreading it across weekly hours, which means less time re-orienting at the start of each session and more time inside the work itself.
No. Many clients begin with standard weekly EMDR therapy and move into an extended format later, or never; weekly work is a complete path on its own. Your therapist will talk through both options at your free consultation and recommend what actually fits what you are carrying.
Strong candidates usually have a specific memory or stuck point that still causes real distress, have some grounding skills in place, and want focused momentum. If foundational stability needs to come first, we will tell you honestly; the preparation phase of EMDR is never skipped, in any format.
Yes. Telehealth EMDR has been shown to be effective, and intensive formats can run over secure video for clients anywhere in California. Some clients also mix formats: in-person blocks at the West LA office with virtual follow-up sessions.
Standard sessions at Life Threads Therapy® are a flat $200. Because intensives vary in length, scheduling and fees for an extended format are discussed directly at your free 20-minute consultation, before you commit to anything.

Ready to Go Deeper Than the Weekly Hour?

A free 20-minute consultation is the first step. Tell us what you are carrying, and we will tell you honestly whether an intensive format fits.

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