Intensives
What is an intensive?
Intensive counseling refers to a therapeutic approach that provides more frequent, focused, and in-depth sessions than traditional counseling. This type of counseling is designed to address more complex or severe emotional, psychological, or behavioral issues that may require additional support. The goal of intensive counseling is to offer more immediate relief, accelerate the therapeutic process, and help individuals make significant progress in a shorter amount of time.
Key features of intensive counseling include:
Increased Frequency of Sessions: Unlike traditional counseling, where sessions might occur weekly or biweekly, intensive counseling typically involves several hours per day over 1-3 consecutive days.
Targeted Interventions: Intensive counseling often focuses on addressing specific issues like family crisis, trauma, addiction, severe anxiety, depression, or major life transitions. The counselor may use a variety of therapeutic techniques tailored to the individual’s needs to personalize the client’s specific challenges, triggers and goals.
Shorter-Term Focus: Intensive counseling is often time-limited, aiming for rapid progress in a concentrated period, such as over a few weeks or months, depending on the individual's needs.
Involvement of Various Modalities: Intensive counseling may incorporate different therapeutic approaches, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), trauma-focused therapy, or mindfulness practices, depending on the individual’s needs.
Intensives are:
Customized, goal oriented, concentrated, single or multi-day therapeutic experience by a licensed professional counselor to support clients experiencing sudden or chronic significant distress impacting daily living
(Counseling, soul care, spiritual direction)
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Clients may choose an intensive as the next best step or as a last resort to their emotional healing
Clients may need more than brief weekly sessions can accomplish
Clients may want more progress in a shorter amount of time (days not months)
Clients may want to come during a ministry sabbatical, or a missionary furlough, or a scheduled work or school vacation
Clients experiencing: PTSD, Chronic or Sudden Trauma, Family conflict, Spiritual Crisis, Marital Conflict, Burnout, Grief & Loss, Personal, Family, Marital or Ministry Crisis
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Stepping away from daily life and focusing on self-offers:
Uninterrupted, concentrated time to build safety with a therapist,
Explore, experience, and expose the brokenness impacting current needs
Rebuild hope and skill for moving forward.
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Wellsprings provides intensive services that are paid for by the client and typically not covered by any insurances.
There will be an initial evaluation by a counselor. This 50-minute session will help determine if an intensive is the best therapeutic option. The payment for the evaluation is required at least 24-hours prior to the session.
Intensive prices vary based the Counselor experience as well as client needs. We offer half-day, full-day and multi-day sessions.
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We do offer a specified area for our intensive sessions; however, Wellsprings Counseling Group is a large outpatient facility treating clients daily. This shared space will have shared areas for waiting rooms, bathrooms, and shared therapeutic art, teen and play areas.
Clients engaged in intensive work can choose their breaks and minimize interacting with others if desired.
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When normal activity to function is impaired
When your soul is broken and hopeless
When you need safety and support
When you face the unexpected…
Take the time to step away from your regular schedule and focus on your emotional needsption
FAQ:
If you are interested in learning more about scheduling an intensive session, please fill out this form below and a member of our office will reach out to you.