EMDR Intensives: What They Are and How to Know If They're Right for You
Feeling Stuck and Want Change—Fast?
EMDR intensives are designed to help you reprocess old wounds, shift negative beliefs, and move forward—quickly.
If you’re stuck and something in your life needs to change—an EMDR intensive might be theexact thing you’re looking for to get over the hump and start living the life you actually want.
So, what is an EMDR intensive?
It’s a focused block of EMDR therapy—two 3-hour sessions on back-to-back days—with the goal of reprocessing one key negative belief you’ve been carrying about yourself.
Simply put: EMDR helps change the negative beliefs we’ve held for a long time.
Maybe you grew up in your older brother’s shadow and learned that you weren’t good enough.
Maybe someone broke your heart in high school and you still feel unwanted.
Maybe you didn’t get the promotion you deserved and now feel worthless.
Hard experiences—whether we acknowledge them or not—shape how we see ourselves.And if those experiences are never processed, we can carry beliefs like:
- I’m worthless
- I don’t deserve love
- I’m not capable
- I’m not good enough
The scariest part? These beliefs drive our actions without us realizing it.
Examples of how this shows up:
- You keep telling yourself you’ll do that one big thing—but you don’t? A negative belief may be holding you back.
- You can’t quit your job and find something more fulfilling? Unprocessed trauma might be in the way.
- You keep choosing partners who treat you poorly? Somewhere along the way, someone taught you that’s what you deserve. (Heads up: it’s not. That’s trauma talking.)
- You feel anxious in social situations, overthink everything after the fact, and can’t seemt o shake the inner critic? A negative belief is likely driving that anxiety.
So, are you feeling stuck in a specific area of your life?
That’s your signal—this might be exactly when an EMDR intensive can help.
What working with me looks like:
- We talk about where you’re stuck and what you want to be different.
- We identify the core negative belief that’s holding you back.
- We explore the experiences that shaped that belief.
- We reprocess those experiences—in just two days, six hours total.
- You leave feeling free from the weight of that belief.
How the heck does this work?
EMDR isn’t traditional therapy. When you reprocess those old experiences, they stop holding power over you.
That breakup that made you feel unwanted?Not anymore. You’ll leave believing you’re wanted and deeply loved.
I know—it sounds wild. But it works. And I see it change people’s lives every single week in my office. And I can’t wait to share it with you.
If you’re ready to stop feeling stuck, this might be the opportunity you’ve been looking for.
Is an EMDR Intensive Right for Me?
If you’re high-functioning on the outside but feel stuck, anxious, or disconnected on theinside—this is for you. You don’t need a PTSD diagnosis or a big dramatic trauma.If something in your life feels harder than it should, or you’re ready to stop spinning your wheels,an EMDR intensive can help you get clear, confident, and moving again.
Ready to Feel Unstuck?
Let’s talk. I offer free 15-minute consultation calls to help you decide if an EMDR intensive is right for you.
With love and care, Amanda Snyder, LPCC & EMDR trauma specialist
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