Grief Intensives
When an hour isn't enough.
Personalized therapy intensives designed to help you process grief, trauma, memories, and life's hardest transitions—with time to slow down, breathe, and do meaningful work together.
Is a Grief Intensive Right for You?
You might benefit if...
You avoid certain rooms, belongings, or photographs.
One painful memory keeps replaying.
You feel "stuck" in your grief.
Weekly therapy doesn't feel like enough time.
You have an upcoming anniversary, birthday, or holiday.
You want dedicated time to focus on your healing.
You feel ready to take one meaningful step forward.
What Is a Grief Intensive?
A Grief Intensive is a personalized therapeutic experience designed around your unique goals. Rather than trying to fit meaningful work into a traditional therapy hour, we create dedicated time to process what matters most to you at a pace that honors both your nervous system and your relationship with the person you've lost.
Every Intensive Is Different
Together, we decide what your intensive will focus on.
Examples might include:
Processing a difficult memory
Using evidence-based approaches—including EMDR when appropriate—to reduce the emotional intensity of painful memories.
Memory & Meaning
Exploring photographs, keepsakes, letters, and stories while honoring your continuing relationship with your loved one.
Home Re-Entry
Returning to spaces that have become difficult to enter following a loss.
Belongings & Keepsakes
Creating space to thoughtfully approach meaningful possessions without pressure to make decisions before you're ready.
Preparing for Difficult Dates
Support around anniversaries, birthdays, holidays, retirement, moving, or other significant transitions.
Creating Rituals
Developing meaningful ways to honor your loved one while continuing to move forward.
What a Day Might Look Like
Every intensive is personalized, but a typical session may include:
Connection and planning
Processing
Breaks as needed
Memory work
Reflection and integration
A personalized plan for after the session
You May Notice Changes Like...
Feeling less overwhelmed by memories of your loved one
Being able to think about meaningful moments with greater peace
Reduced emotional intensity around difficult memories
Feeling more connected to your loved one in comforting ways
Greater confidence approaching meaningful places or belongings
Increased self-compassion throughout your grief journey
More space for both grief and moments of joy to coexist
A growing sense that your loved one's memory can remain part of your life without feeling so overwhelming
Where We Meet
Office
Your home (when clinically appropriate)
Another location meaningful to your healing
Sometimes healing happens where the memories live.
What Approaches Might We Use?
Every intensive is tailored to your goals. We will decide together which therapeutic approaches best support your healing.
EMDR
Attachment-based therapy
Mindfulness
Nervous system regulation
Meaning-making
Reflection
Guided memory work
Compassion-focused approaches
Grief Intensives FAQs
How long are intensives?
2, 3, or 4 hours, depending on goals and decided in collaboration with you.
Will we spend the entire time doing EMDR?
No. Every intensive is individualized. Some include EMDR, while others focus on grief processing, reflection, memory work, or other therapeutic approaches.
Do I have to look through belongings?
No. That is entirely your choice.
Will I have to throw things away?
No.
What if I cry the whole time?
That's okay.
Can family participate?
Sometimes, depending on the goals of the intensive and what we decide together.
Why an intensive?
Grief often asks us to move at its own pace. An intensive provides enough time to honor memories, process emotions, and reconnect with what matters most.
Grief changes us. Healing doesn't mean leaving your loved one behind—it means finding a way to carry both your love and your life forward.
Begin with a Conversation
Every Therapy Intensive begins with a consultation where we'll explore your goals, answer your questions, and determine together whether an intensive is the right fit for your needs.
Whether you're navigating grief, trauma, burnout, relationship patterns, or a major life transition, we'll create a plan that feels thoughtful, personalized, and supportive of your healing.