Therapy intensives are a structured, focused approach to treatment designed to help you make meaningful progress over a shorter period of time.

Rather than meeting once a week, we meet multiple times per week for longer sessions, allowing for deeper, more consistent work and the ability to build momentum more quickly.

Each intensive follows a clear treatment plan with defined goals, so our work remains intentional and results-oriented.

We begin with a Clarity and Strategy Session and then move into a customized intensive based on your needs.

Most people have only experienced therapy in a traditional weekly format.

While weekly therapy can be helpful, it can also feel slow, open-ended, and difficult to translate into real, lasting change.

Therapy intensives are designed differently.

Instead of stretching treatment across months or years, we meet more frequently and for longer sessions—allowing us to work directly with the patterns that keep anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and emotional overwhelm in place.

This approach helps you:

• make meaningful progress in a shorter period of time
• stay focused on clear, specific goals
• develop practical tools you can apply immediately in daily life

The goal isn’t to stay in therapy indefinitely.

The goal is to help you build the clarity, skills, and confidence to move forward.

Traditional therapy often unfolds week by week without a clearly defined timeline.

Therapy intensives provide:

• a structured treatment plan
• clearly defined milestones
• focused sessions designed to produce measurable progress

The goal is not to keep you in therapy indefinitely, but to help you develop the tools and insight you need to move forward with confidence.

My practice focuses on two primary areas:

OCD and anxiety treatment through focused, evidence-based work. I offer therapy intensives designed to help you break out of cycles of overthinking, intrusive thoughts, and compulsive patterns using approaches such as Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). You can learn more about OCD therapy intensives and anxiety therapy intensives.

Fire Reclamation™ work, which supports women navigating emotional burnout, suppressed anger, identity shifts, and the complex transitions that often arise in midlife.

Many clients find that these two areas overlap in meaningful ways.

For example, OCD can show up in relationships through reassurance seeking, overthinking, or emotional withdrawal. You can read more about how OCD affects relationships.

Fire Reclamation™ is a therapeutic framework designed to help women rebuild trust in their emotions and reconnect with their own voice and direction.

Many women come into this work feeling disconnected from their anger, questioning their reactions, or carrying guilt after expressing themselves. You can read more about why that happens and how to begin understanding it differently.

The work follows three phases:

LIGHT — understanding the patterns that shaped how you learned to suppress or manage emotions

INVITE — building a safe and supportive relationship with emotional intensity

TRANSFORM — applying that clarity and self-trust to decisions, relationships, and life direction

Rather than seeing anger or emotional intensity as something to eliminate, this work explores what those signals are trying to reveal—and how to respond to them in a way that feels aligned and grounded.

The Clarity and Strategy Session is a 75-minute intake designed to understand what’s keeping you stuck and identify the most effective path forward.

During this session, we will:

• explore your current challenges and relevant history
• identify the patterns maintaining anxiety, OCD, or emotional distress
• clarify whether a therapy intensive, weekly therapy, or Fire Reclamation work is the best fit
• map a focused, structured plan for next steps

This session ensures that our work together is intentional, targeted, and aligned with your goals from the start.

Therapy intensives are best suited for clients who are ready for focused, intentional work and want to see meaningful progress in a shorter period of time.

This approach tends to work well if you:

• feel stuck in patterns of anxiety, OCD, or overthinking despite insight or past therapy
• are motivated to actively engage in the process and try new approaches
• want a clear, structured plan rather than open-ended weekly sessions
• are ready to prioritize this work and create space for consistent sessions
• are looking for meaningful change—not just short-term coping strategies

Therapy intensives may be less ideal if you’re looking for ongoing, lower-frequency support or prefer a slower-paced approach. In those cases, weekly therapy may be a better fit.

The number of sessions depends on your goals, the patterns we’re working with, and the level of support needed to create meaningful change.

Rather than a fixed number of weekly sessions, therapy intensives are structured over a defined period of time with multiple sessions per week.

Some clients benefit from shorter, highly focused work, while others choose a longer, more comprehensive approach.

We’ll determine the most appropriate plan during your Clarity and Strategy Session so that the work is tailored, intentional, and aligned with your goals.

Therapy intensives are structured as focused, short-term treatment experiences designed to create meaningful progress over a defined period of time. Most intensives take place over a period of 2–8 weeks, depending on your needs.

Clarity and Strategy Session

75 minutes | $235

All clients begin with a Clarity and Strategy Session to clarify goals and determine the most effective treatment plan.

Therapy Intensive Options

Intensives are customized based on your needs, goals, and availability. Most clients choose between a shorter, focused intensive or a more comprehensive level of support.

Investment typically ranges from $3,200–$7,800, depending on the scope and duration of treatment.

Payment Structure

A deposit is required to reserve your intensive, with the remaining balance paid in structured installments throughout our work together.

This approach supports consistency, momentum, and follow-through while allowing for a more focused, results-oriented experience.

Payment is accepted via credit card, HSA/FSA, and is processed through Ivy Pay, a secure, HIPAA-compliant platform.

A card is kept on file for all services.

For therapy intensives, a deposit is required to reserve your spot, with the remaining balance paid in structured installments throughout our work together.

For weekly therapy, sessions are charged automatically after each appointment.

I offer both private pay therapy intensives and a limited number of weekly therapy sessions.

Therapy intensives are not compatible with insurance due to their structure.

Weekly therapy is available through BCBS (credentialing in progress) or self-pay.

For self-pay weekly therapy, I can provide documentation for potential out-of-network reimbursement depending on your plan.

Therapy intensives are not eligible for insurance reimbursement.

Therapy intensives involve longer, more frequent sessions than insurance typically allows.

Working outside of insurance makes it possible to offer a more focused, flexible, and personalized approach designed to create meaningful change more efficiently.

If you plan to use out-of-network benefits for weekly therapy, here are helpful questions to ask your insurance provider:

• Do I have coverage for out-of-network mental health services?

• What is the reimbursement rate per session?

• What is my deductible? Has it been met?

• Do I have a co-insurance amount?

• Are there limits to my coverage (session limits or dollar caps)?

• Do I need prior authorization or a referral?

• Is telehealth covered?

• How do I submit a claim for reimbursement?

All sessions are conducted virtually.

This allows clients throughout Illinois and Arizona to access specialized, focused treatment without the need to travel.

Many clients find that working from their own environment makes it easier to apply what we’re doing in real time, leading to more natural and lasting change.

To ensure availability for all clients, 24 hours’ notice is required to cancel or reschedule an appointment.

Appointments canceled with less than 24 hours’ notice, as well as missed appointments, will be charged a $100 late cancellation fee.

For therapy intensives, consistent attendance is essential to maintain momentum. Changes to scheduled sessions may impact the structure and effectiveness of the work.

Many of my clients come to this practice after trying therapy in the past without the results they hoped for.

Often this happens because the therapy they received focused primarily on insight or discussion without directly addressing the patterns maintaining anxiety or emotional distress.

My work emphasizes structured, evidence-based treatment designed to create real behavioral and psychological change.

That’s completely okay.

You do not need a formal diagnosis before reaching out.

The Clarity and Strategy Session is designed to help clarify what is happening and determine the most effective treatment approach.

It’s very common to worry that talking about difficult thoughts or emotions might make them stronger.

In our work together, we move at a pace that is both intentional and manageable. Evidence-based approaches like ERP and ACT are specifically designed to help you face difficult experiences in ways that reduce their power over time rather than intensify them.

You will never be pushed into something you’re not prepared for. Instead, we build skills and confidence step by step so that the work feels challenging in a productive way—not overwhelming.

Many of the women who seek out this work are thoughtful, analytical, and highly self-aware. Those qualities are strengths—but they can also make it easy to get caught in cycles of rumination and self-doubt.

Our work focuses on helping you move from constant analysis to effective action.

Rather than endlessly examining thoughts, we focus on understanding the patterns that keep you stuck and developing practical ways to respond differently.

You don’t need to come into therapy with perfectly organized thoughts or a clear explanation of what you’re experiencing.

Many clients begin by saying things like:

“I don’t even know how to describe this.”
“I feel like I should be able to handle this better.”
“I’m not sure if this even makes sense.”

Part of my role is helping you make sense of what’s happening—together.

You don’t need the perfect words to begin.

Many people come to therapy quietly carrying the fear that something about them is fundamentally broken.

Often they’ve spent years trying to manage intrusive thoughts, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, or patterns in relationships that don’t make sense to them.

One of the most powerful things clients discover in therapy is that their experiences usually do make sense once we understand the patterns behind them.

What often feels like a personal failure is frequently the result of:

• anxiety loops that reinforce themselves
• emotional patterns that developed in response to stress or responsibility
• cultural expectations that taught you to ignore your own needs

Many people come to therapy quietly carrying the fear that something about them is fundamentally broken.

Often, they’ve spent years trying to manage intrusive thoughts, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, or relationship patterns that don’t fully make sense.

One of the most powerful things clients discover is that their experiences do make sense—once we understand the patterns behind them.

What often feels like a personal failure is frequently the result of:

• anxiety loops that reinforce themselves
• emotional patterns that developed in response to stress or responsibility
• cultural expectations that taught you to ignore your own needs

Rather than uncovering something “wrong” with you, therapy often reveals something much more useful:

a pattern that can be understood—and changed.

And once you can see the pattern, you’re no longer stuck inside it.

The first step is to schedule a Clarity and Strategy Session.

During this 75-minute session, we’ll understand what’s keeping you stuck, identify the most effective path forward, and create a focused plan for next steps.

You can schedule directly through my website or call 815-339-8752.