EMDR Intensive Therapy in South Portland, Maine
You're done talking about it. You're ready for something to shift.
Immersive trauma therapy for thoughtful, self-aware adults ready to change the patterns that keep showing up in their lives and relationships.
If you’re feeling stuck, you don’t need to start over. You need a different approach.
Trauma often needs more time, focus, and intention than a weekly hour allows. EMDR intensives give us room to go deeper and create the conditions for real change.
Maybe this sounds familiar…
You've done the work. You can explain your patterns all day long, but you can't seem to interrupt them. You’ve done everything you know how to do to move forward — and part of you still feels stuck in survival mode, reactivity, overwhelm, anxiety, or disconnection.
Your early life was hard in ways that still shape you. Maybe there was abuse, neglect, emotionally immature parents, or a caregiver with mental illness or substance use. Maybe you felt unsafe, alone, unseen, or unsupported. You've made something of your life anyway, and you're still carrying the weight: your relationships suffer, you struggle with self-worth, or your emotions feel bigger than you can hold.
You're high-functioning, but carrying more than others realize. You look fine, but you don't feel fine. You put everyone else first. You say yes when you want to say no. You're the glue that holds everybody together, and somewhere along the way you lost touch with yourself. You're exhausted from the people-pleasing, overfunctioning, overthinking, scanning, and performing.
Coping isn't enough. You want to feel alive to your life: more present, calmer in your body, more connected in your relationships, and able to actually hear and know yourself.
Different starting points. Often, it’s the same thing underneath: something older is asking to be worked through.
Or something more recent has cracked things open: a marriage under strain, a reaction you can't explain, or feedback that changed how you see yourself.
With dedicated time and space, an EMDR intensive allows you to:
Process and release painful, overwhelming, or traumatic life experiences
Shift unhelpful beliefs about yourself, others, or the world
Address the roots of self-defeating patterns and relationship dynamics
“In the weeks following my intensive sessions with you, I had a number of people notice how much better I seemed to be doing. I told them about the treatment and always ended my spiel with ‘I feel unrecognizable yet somehow the most myself I have ever been.’ I truly cannot thank you enough for getting me there. Things are far from perfect, of course, but I am here living a life that I couldn’t have dreamed of until I worked with you, and I just wanted to tell you that. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for giving me the tools I needed to build a life I love.”
-Former EMDR Intensive client
Shared with permission. Individual experiences vary, and results aren't guaranteed.
Individual Therapy
Life can feel overwhelming at times—whether it’s the weight of anxiety, challenges in relationships, feelings of loneliness, or simply the sense that something is off. Everybody needs a safe, welcoming space for exploring these feelings, overcoming barriers, and working toward meaningful change. I strive to offer that safe space. I want to understand where you’re coming from and help you get where you’re trying to go.
Together, we’ll explore what’s getting in your way, tap into your strengths, and develop practical tools to help you move forward with clarity and confidence. You don’t have to navigate life’s challenges alone. I aim to be a compassionate partner in the process, to walk alongside you as you overcome obstacles, build confidence, and create a life that feels fulfilling and true to who you are.
We may not be responsible for the world that created our minds, but we can take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.
- Dr. Gabor Mate
