EMDR Intensives for Women in San Antonio
Focused trauma processing for women who want more depth, time, and continuity than a weekly session allows.
Some trauma therapy doesn't need fifty minutes a week.
It needs sustained time. An EMDR intensive compresses months of weekly sessions into a single extended block, days instead of a season. For some women, this pace is the difference between circling a memory for weeks and moving through it. You give the work a wide-open window, and your nervous system finally has the room it needs.
EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a research-supported therapy that helps the brain finish processing memories that got stuck under distress. Using bilateral stimulation alongside guided attention, it moves a memory from raw and reactive to simply remembered.
What is EMDR?
What is an EMDR Intensive?
A private, extended EMDR session (or series of sessions) built around one focus. Instead of fifty minutes once a week, you get sustained blocks of time scheduled around your life, not squeezed into a single week or a run of back-to-back days.
There's no re-orientation once a block is underway, no stopping just as something opens up. The extra time allows deeper access to the memory network being targeted, and more room for the body to complete what it started.
Who Are EMDR Intensives Best For?
Intensives tend to fit women who:
Have a specific, identifiable target: a single event, a discrete period, a particular fear or pattern
Are already in weekly therapy elsewhere and want focused EMDR work alongside it
Have tried weekly EMDR before and found the start-stop rhythm interrupted the work
Live outside San Antonio and want to do concentrated work during a visit or telehealth block
Want years of avoidance addressed on a shorter timeline than weekly sessions allow
Intensives aren’t a replacement for ongoing care if your history is complex or diffuse. Your consultation call is where we determine together whether an intensive is the right fit for you.
EMDR Intensive Cost
3-hour blocks | $795 per block
We start with a brief consultation so you can share what’s brought you here. If we decide together that an EMDR intensive feels right for you, we’ll schedule your prep session. This gives us the ground to build from before the reprocessing begins.
Some clients complete their focus in one block. Others, particularly with more complex or layered histories, may need several. Total time for most clients runs between 12-15 hours, though this is always shaped around what you're bringing, not a fixed number.
What EMDR Intensives Help With
Anxiety connected to earlier experiences
A specific memory or cluster of related memories
What to Expect After an Intensive
Intensive EMDR covers a lot of ground in a short window, and it's common for things to surface in the days that follow. Fatigue, vivid dreaming, and shifts in mood are common in the days following. Plan for rest, not a full schedule, on the day of and the day after an intensive.
You'll have access to me between blocks if anything feels like too much to carry on your own.
About Rebecca Flores, LPC
Rebecca Flores, MA, LPC, is an EMDRIA Certified EMDR Therapist working exclusively with women in San Antonio, Texas, on trauma and attachment. Her practice weaves together EMDR with attachment-focused, parts-informed, body-centered, and nervous-system-informed approaches, chosen because certain experiences ask for more than a single method can offer.
A Note Before Scheduling
EMDR intensives are best suited for focused work outside of an active crisis, and they aren't the right entry point for every story. Before scheduling, we review your history, current symptoms, and goals together, so the format truly matches what you need.
Intensives are a private-pay service and scheduled on Mondays. Available in person in San Antonio or via telehealth for clients in Texas, Oregon, and Washington.
Format and Fee
If you're carrying something specific and ready to give it real, uninterrupted time, an intensive may be the right fit for you.
Frequently Asked Questions About EMDR Intensives
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Weekly EMDR moves in fifty-minute increments, with time built in each session for orientation and closure. An intensive removes those boundaries. The extended block allows for deeper reprocessing in a shorter overall timeframe.
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Not at all. Many women do their first EMDR work in an intensive format. The 90-minute history-taking session ensures you have what you need before the extended work begins.
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Sometimes, but not always. Complex or diffuse histories often benefit more from the pacing of ongoing weekly work. This gets sorted out during your consultation call.
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Absolutely. Many clients use an intensive alongside their current therapy, with communication between providers if helpful.
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Some clients complete their work in a single 3-hour block. Others need several, especially with more complex histories. Most clients' total time runs up to 15 hours, and this is shaped together during your consultation call and history-taking session, not decided in advance.