EMDR Therapy Intensives in Great Barrington, MA
For anxiety, trauma, and relationship healing
TL/DR: Feeling stuck in old patterns despite years of therapy? EMDR Intensives help you heal deeply and quickly; no more waiting months to feel real change. Designed for high-achieving women, LGBTQ+ folks, and trauma survivors ready for lasting relief.
Fast, focused, and personalized healing for high-achieving women, parents, and LGBTQ+ clients.
When Anxiety Starts to Take Over Your Relationships (and Your Life)
You’ve tried to hold it all together—at work, at home, in your relationships—but lately, it feels like your anxiety and trauma symptoms have taken over every aspect of your life.
You find yourself overthinking every interaction, pulling away from people you love, or feeling disconnected and numb. You might be wondering:
Is my anxiety ruining my relationship?
Why do I keep repeating the same painful patterns?
Will I ever feel calm, present, or confident again?
How do I learn to handle my relationship anxiety?
When the emotional chaos starts to threaten your marriage, your self-esteem, or your career, waiting months for therapy to start helping just isn’t an option.
EMDR Therapy Intensives give you the space and support you need to heal fast, deeply, and safely.
What is an EMDR Therapy Intensive?
An EMDR Therapy Intensive condenses months of therapy into just a few days, helping you process trauma, perfectionism, and relationship anxiety more quickly and effectively.
Benefits of an EMDR Therapy Intensive:
Calm anxiety, emotional overwhelm, and racing thoughts
Heal anxiety, perfectionism, and trauma by getting to the root causes
Reconnect with yourself and your loved ones
Regain confidence, calm, and presence in your relationships
As a certified EMDR Therapist and LICSW, I’ve helped countless clients find lasting relief from anxiety, trauma, perfectionism, and relationship challenges.
I specialize in high-achieving, caring individuals—especially women, parents, and LGBTQ+ clients—who feel stuck in cycles of self-doubt, overwhelm, or disconnection. Through EMDR Therapy Intensives, I help you move beyond coping into true healing.
Why Clients Choose Me
Specialized Expertise: EMDR and holistic, trauma-informed techniques like parts work (IFS), somatic (body-based) approaches for safe, effective processing
Personalized Approach: Tailored to your nervous system, goals, and pace
Understanding of Anxiety & Perfectionism: Rachel has been helping clients break free of perfectionism and people-pleasing patterns for years. Heal patterns that are causing blocks in your relationships and preventing you from being able to trust yourself
Safe, Supportive Space: Nonjudgmental, compassionate environment for deep work
Meet Your Therapist:
Rachel Duvall, LICSW, MFA
Rachel is a wonderfully skilled therapist and human being. Her use of EMDR intensive therapy to treat anxiety and trauma is highly effective and efficient and rooted in research. Run to give Rachel a call. You won’t regret it.
-EMDR trauma therapist, Amity Olson, LCSW
Why Clients Choose EMDR Therapy Intensives
If your anxiety or trauma feels unmanageable—or if traditional therapy hasn’t gone deep enough—intensives offer the breakthrough you need.
Specialty Areas
Relationship anxiety causing conflict, emotional distance, or fear of pursuing relationships
Perfectionism & people-pleasing that drain your energy
Anxiety, Panic, intrusive thoughts, or emotional numbness that keep from living the life you want
Unprocessed trauma impacting how you show up in life and your relationships
Who Are EMDR Therapy Intensives For?
EMDR Therapy Intensives are ideal for individuals who:
Have busy professional and personal schedules that don’t allow weekly therapy sessions
Feel stuck in therapy after months or years of traditional weekly or biweekly therapy
Want a concentrated approach to address trauma, anxiety, or PTSD
Are navigating a significant life transition, such as healing from infidelity or divorce
Are seeking to heal from longstanding, unresolved past experiences that are getting in the way of relationships
If you're looking for a focused and effective way to achieve meaningful progress, EMDR Therapy Intensives may be the right fit for you.
Why Choose EMDR Intensives vs. Weekly Therapy?
Whether you've experienced a recent trauma or been living with chronic symptoms for years, you want relief today. If you're a busy parent or have a demanding job, weekly therapy may be too much. EMDR intensives is an effective, accelerated approach that brings you peace now and allows you to get back to your life.
Feel better, faster
Deeper, focused healing
In weekly, 50 minute sessions, you have just enough time to settle in, talk about your week and maybe get into 20 minutes of trauma processing. The retreat-like, intensive approach, provides the environment and the space to go deeper into reprocessing work plus plenty of time for resourcing, meditation, or even a walk outside in the beautiful Berkshire mountain air.
Cost Effective
Research shows that EMDR intensives over the course of a few days provide similar outcomes to months of weekly therapy. Research shows that EMDR Intensives result in a significant reduction of PTSD and Complex PTSD symptoms in up to 100% of participants (Bongaertz et al., 2017 and Mendez et al., 2017).
An intensive is a significant upfront investment. That’s why I offer different interest-free payment plan options, including Care Credit. Learn more and apply here or schedule a consultation to learn more
What Challenges Can EMDR Therapy Intensives Help You Overcome?
EMDR Intensives may be a good fit for you if you’re living with the following experiences:
PTSD, Childhood Trauma, Relational or Attachment Trauma, Complex Trauma
Survivors of Violence or Abuse: Domestic violence, sexual abuse, or sexual assault trauma
Anxiety: Generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorders, or phobias
Religious or High-Control Group Trauma
Perinatal or Postpartum Experiences: Anxiety, depression, birth trauma, stillbirth, or TFMR (termination for medical reasons)
Single Event or Recent Trauma: Car accidents, fire, natural disaster, or medical trauma
Grief: Traumatic grief or the loss of a loved one
Low Self-Esteem or Self-Worth: Struggles with perfectionism and burnout
Eating Disorders or Body Image Issues
Vicarious Trauma or Secondary Trauma: First responders, therapists, or other helping professionals
If you’re unsure whether EMDR Intensives are right for you, reach out to Rachel to schedule a free 30-minute consultation and find out how this transformative therapy can support your healing.
What to Expect in an EMDR Therapy Intensive:
What You’ll Receive in an EMDR Intensive
Healing doesn’t happen by accident — it works best when it’s held, structured, and personalized. Your EMDR intensive is designed to offer depth and safety, creating space for real change. Here’s how we’ll move through it together:
1. Pre-Intensive Interview
Set your intention. Clarify your focus.
Before the intensive begins, we’ll have a one-on-one session. In this space, we’ll dig into where you feel stuck now, what you most want to shift, and what outcome would feel meaningful to you. This helps shape a clear, tailored plan for the time ahead — so when your intensive begins, it’s already aligned with you.
2. Personalized Workbook + Self-Care Guide
Reflect. Prepare. Care for yourself.
You’ll receive a customized workbook once you book your intensive. Inside you’ll find:
Thoughtful journaling prompts to help you name your hopes, fears, and goals before we begin
Reflection exercises to connect with the parts of yourself you’d like to focus on in the healing process
Practical self-care tips — before, during, and after the intensive — to help your nervous system
Think of this as a companion tool to help you arrive more centered, intentional, and ready for deeper work
3. The Intensive: Retreat-Style Healing
Work deeply. Be supported. Feel safe.
Your intensive is designed as a space and time to allow you to fully focus on yourself and your healing. Within this space, we’ll blend therapeutic reprocessing with somatic support. Possible elements include:
Gentle movement breaks and somatic (body-based) exercises
Grounding or mindfulness exercises to help you stay present and regulated
Expressive arts, creative practices like art or music — if it feels good for you
Everything is optional, paced, and adapted to your process. My job is to help you feel as safe and grounded as possible while you explore, process, and integrate.
4. Post-Intensive Integration Session
Reflect. Anchor your gains. Plan what’s next.
After your intensive, we’ll meet to explore what came up, what has shifted, and what feels possible moving forward. Together, we’ll map out the next steps — whether it’s ongoing therapy, self-care practices, or coordinating with other providers. With your permission, I can also reach out to your existing therapists, physicians, or mental health team to help your work stay connected.
Your Healing Journey — Supported Every Step
From that first conversation to follow-up integration, every phase is built to support your transformation on emotional, mental, and bodily levels. You won’t navigate this alone — I’m with you, every step of the way as you move toward deeper clarity, confidence, and balance.
A Personalized, Compassionate Approach
Which EMDR Therapy Intensive option is right for you?
EMDR Intensive Options & Pricing
Each EMDR Intensive is designed to meet you where you are in your healing process. In your initial 30-minute consultation call, we’ll begin to explore what intensive structure works best for your unique needs.
Every intensive begins with an initial 90-minute assessment session for $375, which goes towards your total intensive package cost. Intensives are billed at $350 per hour, with package pricing beginning at $1,425. Payment plan options are available. You can choose from several options depending on your goals and schedule:
Half-Day Intensive (3 hours) — Ideal for addressing a specific recurring issue or recent event, or for clients who want to experience the benefits of EMDR in a shorter, focused format.
One-Day Intensive (5 hours) — A powerful reset for clients ready to move through deeper layers of anxiety, trauma, or burnout with time for integration and reflection.
Two- or Three-Day Intensives (5 hours per day) — Designed for those seeking immersive, transformative work around long-standing patterns or complex trauma, with plenty of space for pacing, rest, and grounding in sessions.
Before scheduling, we’ll begin with a free 30-minute consultation call to discuss your needs, goals, and what you’re hoping to get out of an intensive experience. We can also discuss payment plan options. Together, we’ll determine which EMDR Intensive package is the best fit for you—so you can begin your healing journey with clarity, confidence, and support.
If you have out-of-network benefits, Rachel can provide a superbill or receipt for possible reimbursement from your insurance for a portion of the intensive. Rachel also offers 6-months interest-free financing available through Care Credit. Learn more and apply here. If you or someone in your family have been the victim of a crime, you may qualify for the Massachusetts Victims of Violent Crime Compensation funds, which can be used for intensive trauma therapy.
Ready To Accelerate Your Healing?
Get Started With EMDR Therapy Intensive in Great Barrington, MA Today
Schedule a Free Consultation
Let’s discuss your goals and determine if EMDR intensives are the right fit for your needs. This initial conversation will help us create a personalized plan for your healing journey.
Schedule Your Intensive
Choose dates that work for your schedule, whether you prefer a single-day session or a multi-day experience. Flexibility ensures this process fits seamlessly into your life.
Begin Your Healing Journey
Feel empowered as you embark on a transformative experience. Gain tools, clarity, and lasting relief to help you move forward with confidence.
Frequently Asked Questions About
EMDR Therapy Intensives
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EMDR intensives are appropriate for most issues treated with ongoing, weekly therapy. EMDR may not be appropriate for those in active addiction or with certain medical conditions. Contact Rachel if you have questions about if EMDR intensives are right for you.
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EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy is a highly effective approach in treating trauma-related symptoms and facilitating healing. During EMDR therapy sessions, clients focus on traumatic memories or distressing thoughts while engaging in bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements, taps, or auditory tones. This dual attention process allows the brain to reprocess traumatic memories, reducing their emotional intensity and facilitating adaptive resolution. EMDR therapy is evidence-based and widely used to address a range of trauma-related disorders, including PTSD.
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The biggest difference is time! EMDR intensives allow us to take a deep dive into your healing. In a standard 50 minute EMDR session, by the time you catch up on your week, you may only have 20 minutes of reprocessing time. Intensives give us plenty of time to allow you to arrive, settle in, going deep into the reprocessing and then spend time finding a peaceful closing
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Depending on your goals and desires, intensives may include meditation, movement, art-making, breathwork, time outdoors, and of course trauma re-processing. There will plenty of time to just talk too!
What Other Mental Health Services Are Offered in Great Barrington, Massachusetts?
Beyond EMDR intensives therapy, Rachel Duvall specializes in working with women with anxiety, perfectionism, and being an ally for the LGBTQ community. Whether you're struggling with low self-esteem or looking for therapy for parents, Rachel would love to help.
Rachel provides in-person therapy in Great Barrington, MA in addition to providing online therapy for women located in the areas of Springfield, MA | Boston, MA | Cambridge, MA | Newton, MA
Trauma therapy online for residents of Florida including Miami, FL | Tampa, FL | Sarasota, FL | Orlando, FL
You don't have to navigate through these issues alone. Reach out to request a consult with Rachel and begin your journey of healing and personal growth today.
