Intensive Sessions. Concentrated Work. Lasting Change.
For those who cannot wait for weekly sessions to do the work that needs doing. A half-day or full-day LTP intensive offers the depth and continuity that meaningful narrative work requires.
Intensive slots are limited and offered on a rolling basis. Availability is updated monthly.
When Weekly Sessions Are Not Enough
Weekly therapy is valuable. But for certain seasons of life, certain kinds of work, and certain kinds of people, it is not enough. The depth of narrative work that Life Telling Processing™ requires can be difficult to sustain across the interruptions of a seven-day week.
An LTP intensive is a concentrated, immersive experience designed to go deeper in a single sitting than months of weekly sessions sometimes allow. We begin where you are. We follow the thread of your story with the kind of sustained attention that ordinary life rarely permits. And we do not stop until the work has found its natural resting place.
I developed the intensive format specifically for clients who are navigating a significant life transition, a leadership crisis, a season of grief or loss, or a moment of profound disorientation. It is also well-suited for clients who have done some prior work and are ready to go deeper without starting over.
"Some stories need a long, uninterrupted morning. Some wounds need more than fifty minutes to begin to open. The intensive format honors that."
This Format Is Well-Suited For...
Significant Life Transitions
Career pivots, retirement, divorce, the loss of a role or identity that once defined you. Transitions require more than coping strategies. They require a new story.
Leadership Crises
When the wound beneath the leadership is no longer sustainable. When the performance has become a cage. When the gap between the leader others see and the person you know yourself to be has grown too wide.
Grief and Loss
The death of a person, a relationship, a dream, or a version of yourself. Grief that has not found its place in the larger story has a way of running the show from the background.
Narrative Disorientation
The season when the map no longer fits the territory. When the story you have been living no longer makes sense, and you need help finding the thread.
Deepening Prior Work
For clients who have done therapy before and are ready to go deeper. The intensive format allows us to build on what you already know about yourself and take it further.
What to Expect in an LTP Intensive
Every intensive begins with a preparatory conversation, a 30-minute call in which we establish the focus, the intention, and the arc of the session. This is not intake. It is orientation. We are setting the compass before the journey begins.
Preparatory Call
A 30-minute conversation before the intensive to establish focus, intention, and the arc of the session. Included at no additional cost.
The Intensive Session
Three or six hours of sustained, immersive LTP work. We follow the thread of your story at the pace your nervous system allows. Held virtually via secure, HIPAA-compliant video.
Integration Notes
A brief written summary of the session's key movements and themes, sent within 48 hours. A compass for the days that follow.
Investment
Intensives are private pay. Superbills are available upon request for potential out-of-network reimbursement.
Focused, concentrated narrative work.
Well-suited for clients navigating a specific transition, a defined wound, or a season that requires more than a standard session can hold.
The deepest format available.
For clients ready to give a full day to the work. Includes a midday break and a closing integration period. Availability is limited.
Intensive availability is limited. I hold a small number of intensive slots each month. If you are interested, I encourage you to reach out sooner rather than later to discuss scheduling.
Inquire About an Intensive
Fill in the short form below and I will be in touch within two business days. We will begin with a brief conversation to hear where you are and explore whether an intensive is the right next step.
Frequently Asked Questions
"Courage engaged... new brain pathways happening... I am present for myself in ways I never thought possible."
Further Reading
If you are wondering whether an intensive might be right for you, the articles below offer a deeper look at what makes this format distinct and what the work of narrative integration actually involves.
Why Some Stories Need a Full Day: The Case for Intensive Therapy
Weekly therapy is a gift. But for certain seasons of life, the fifty-minute hour is simply not enough. A reflection on why intensive therapy exists, what it makes possible, and who it is for.
Read more →The Five Phases of Life Telling Processing™: What the Journey Actually Looks Like
One of the most common questions I hear from people considering therapy is a simple one: what will we actually do? Here is a plain-language guide to the arc of the work, from building safety to carrying the story forward.
Read more →The Mosaic Metaphor: Why We Don't Throw Away the Broken Pieces
Walk into any ancient basilica and you will find them: mosaics that have survived fifteen centuries of war and neglect. They are not smooth. They are not seamless. And yet, from a distance, they are breathtaking. The mosaic is the central metaphor of Life Telling Processing™.
Read more →Stay on the Couragepath
Published once or twice a month: reflections on the neuroscience of healing, the contemplative life, and the deeper story. No noise. No sales. Just the work.