Psychodynamic Attachment Intensive in Falls Church VA
and throughout VA and NY online
Does it feel like 50-minute therapy sessions simply haven’t been enough to create meaningful change?
You’ve spent months—or years—trying to understand your patterns. You’ve read the books, listened to the podcasts, journaled endlessly, and maybe even attended therapy before. Yet you still find yourself pulled into emotionally unavailable relationships, overanalyzing interactions, obsessing over rejection, or feeling trapped between longing and emotional exhaustion.
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You’re highly self-aware, but insight alone hasn’t changed the deeper attachment wounds underneath your behaviors. You understand why you struggle—but your nervous system still reacts as if love must be earned, chased, or feared.
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Your schedule is demanding, and committing to traditional weekly therapy feels difficult. You want a more immersive experience that allows you to go deeper without spending months slowly revisiting the same material.
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You are emotionally overwhelmed right now. A breakup, betrayal, attachment rupture, narcissistic relationship, or identity crisis has left you dysregulated, anxious, disconnected from yourself, or unable to function the way you normally do.
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You’re drawn to depth-oriented work and want a therapeutic experience that feels transformative—not surface-level.
The traditional model of therapy is evolving; we need flexibility in how we seek support.
Healing does not always happen best in fragmented weekly conversations where you are updating your therapist on another piece of the puzzle they’re missing to really help you.
Sometimes the nervous system needs spaciousness, consistency, and enough uninterrupted time to move beneath intellectual understanding and into deeper emotional processing.
That is what an intensive is designed to provide.
If you’re ready to move beyond the traditional model of therapy, ready for change, and don’t have time for weekly therapy,
intensives can:
· Concentrate months of change into a few days
· Fit into your busy schedule with minimal disruption
· Provide immediate relief from intense or overwhelming symptoms
· Help you reach your goals in a fraction of the time—which means less money spent and less time spent suffering
A Psychodynamic Attachment Intensive gives you dedicated, uninterrupted time to explore the unconscious patterns shaping your relationships, self-worth, emotional reactions, and attachment style.
These intensives are designed for individuals who feel emotionally stuck in recurring cycles—obsessive attachment, trauma bonds, toxic relationships, emotional dependency, abandonment wounds, or painful relationship patterns that traditional weekly therapy has not fully resolved.
Heal faster, go deeper, and finally break the pattern:
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Weekly therapy can be incredibly valuable—but it can also feel slow, fragmented, or difficult when you are carrying significant emotional pain.
Traditional therapy often includes:
Time spent updating your therapist on weekly events
Re-entering emotional material after long gaps between sessions
Interruptions in momentum due to scheduling, stress, or life demands
Feeling emotionally “opened up” right as the session ends
Intensive therapy allows for:
Extended emotional processing without rushing
Greater continuity and therapeutic momentum
Faster access to core attachment wounds and unconscious patterns
More immersive nervous system regulation work
Accelerated insight and emotional integration
Significant progress in a shorter amount of time
The goal is not to rush healing.
The goal is to create enough depth and consistency for meaningful change to occur.
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Process attachment wounds and relational trauma
Understand unconscious relationship patterns
Heal trauma bonds and limerence
Reduce obsessive thoughts and emotional dependency
Explore fears of abandonment, rejection, or intimacy
Work through narcissistic relationship dynamics
Rebuild identity after toxic relationships
Address chronic shame, perfectionism, and self-criticism
Improve emotional regulation and self-trust
Integrate unresolved childhood experiences
Explore the “shadow” aspects of self that have been suppressed, rejected, or projected onto others
Gain clarity in dating and relationship patterns
Reconnect with authenticity, boundaries, and self-worth
…and more.
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An intensive format decreases the overall course of treatment because of time not spent on:
· checking in at the beginning of every session
· addressing weekly crises and concerns that pull attention away from your primary goals
· focusing on stabilizing and coping skills that you won’t need after you’ve healed
· assisting you in regaining composure at the end of a session that is too short to fully resolve an issue
Because they reduce your time in treatment, intensives tend to be more cost-effective than traditional weekly therapy. Intensives can also be ideal if you have difficulty taking time away from work or other responsibilities during business hours each week. Many people choose an intensive because they’re in pain, and they don’t want to wait weeks, months, or years to find relief and improve their lives.
To tell you the truth, the weekly-session model of therapy is a medicalized model that became popular because it’s convenient for insurance companies, large mental health clinics, and stable caseloads; it was never designed with your needs in mind. An intensive is a more efficient, effective, and evolved way to do therapy.
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Before we get to the intensive Psychodynamic Attachment work, we’ll meet for a Pre-Intensive Interview to determine the goal(s) of the time we’ll have together. We’ll analyze what your life looks like now, including current stressors, your support system, and your strategies for coping with big emotions and uncomfortable physical sensations. We’ll also identify places where you want relief, growth, or to take a big step forward.
During the intensive itself, we will simultaneously work on decreasing the pain you’re feeling while also increasing your ability to connect with more enjoyable feelings, thoughts, and memories. We do this with deep-level brain processing in the intensive, and learning which specific coping strategies work best for you.
After the Psychodynamic Attachment intensive, we’ll meet for a Post-Intensive interview to reflect on what you processed and learned, what was most meaningful to you, and how you can allow these new insights and shifts to permeate more of your life moving forward.
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An intensive is a concentrated therapy experience that allows us to work deeply and intentionally over several hours or multiple days instead of limiting therapy to weekly 50-minute sessions.
These intensives integrate psychodynamic therapy, attachment theory, trauma-informed care, somatic awareness, relational insight, and shadow work concepts to help uncover the unconscious emotional patterns driving distress.
Rather than spending months slowly piecing together your story, we create enough therapeutic space to fully immerse in the work.
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· A growing body of research shows that intensive application of trauma-focused therapy is well-tolerated in patients with PTSD, enabling faster symptom reduction with similar, or even better, results than weekly therapy. It also reduces the risk that patients drop out prematurely.
· The economic advantage of intensive therapy is compelling. Compared to other trauma treatment, the intensive format may decrease treatment time significantly.
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I currently offer 1-3 day Intensives booked for 3-6 hours of therapy each day. You can also scheduled multiple 90 minute sessions in a week. Intensives are held during business hours on Fridays or on weekends. When we meet for your initial assessment session prior to the intensive, we will discuss the best format for your needs. Each Intensive is individualized to meet your needs.
A therapy intensive is a structured, extended therapy experience—often ranging from 90 minutes to multiple days—designed to help you move through stuck points more quickly than weekly sessions typically allow.
Unlike weekly therapy, where time may be spent catching up or easing in, intensives allow for deep, sustained focus on your healing goals. You’ll work closely with your therapist using modalities like parts work, or coping strategies, with time built in for rest, reflection, and integration.
Each intensive is personalized to your goals, history, symptoms, and emotional needs.
Intensives may include:
A pre-intensive consultation and assessment
Attachment and relational pattern exploration
Psychodynamic processing
Trauma-informed emotional processing
Somatic and nervous system regulation techniques
Shadow work exercises and guided reflection
Parts work and identity exploration
Integration planning and post-intensive recommendations
Options may include:
Half-day intensives
Full-day intensives
Multi-day intensives
Intensives combined with ongoing therapy support
How is intensive therapy more cost effective and time efficient than weekly therapy?
Weekly therapy typically includes:
10-15 minutes of checking in from the last session
20-30 minutes of Psychodynamic Attachment processing
10-15 minutes of closing the session
You might spend a month working one specific stressor, costing around $1400 for the 4 weekly therapy sessions.
But realistically, stuff comes up between sessions, so you don’t always want to work on Psychodynamic Attachment processing in the next session, and the focus might shift significantly week-to-week.
So in reality, you might actually be in therapy for multiple months ($1400 x # of months) and still not fully resolve the stressor you’re dealing with right now.
Intensive therapy, on the other hand, typically includes:
10-15 minutes of checking in and establishing a focus for the session
160-210 minutes of Psychodynamic Attachment processing
10-15 minutes closing the session
It’s common to fully resolve one or multiple stressors within half of a day, costing around $2000. Two to three hours of Psychodynamic Attachment processing is equivalent to at least double that amount of traditional talk therapy—so you’re doing more work in less time. You’ll need less therapy overall.
The main point? You feel better sooner.
You spend less money on therapy. You spend less time on symptom-managing medications (that weren’t really working anyways). You don’t have to keep taking time off work or paying for childcare to attend your sessions.
What are the fees for intensive therapy?
Psychodynamic Attachment Intensives are personalized half-day to multi-day therapy programs designed around your customized treatment plan specific to your goals. Each intensive includes a customized treatment plan tailored to concerns such as attachment wounds, trauma bonds, limerence, narcissistic relationship recovery, emotional dependency, identity confusion, relational trauma, and unconscious relationship patterns.
Fees are based on your unique needs and the program we design to fit them. All fees are discussed transparently in advance in accordance with the No Surprises Act.
Individual intensive sessions are typically $400–$500 per hour, depending on the structure and level of support needed.
Intensive packages that include:
An extended intake and assessment session
A personalized treatment plan
A 3-hour intensive session
A follow up session
An Intensive Workbook
My Aligned Love Ebook for lessons, exercises and journal prompts
begin at $1,584.
Intensives may be eligible for partial reimbursement through out-of-network insurance benefits.
I offer complimentary Doxy consultations to discuss your goals, determine fit, and explore whether an intensive is appropriate for your needs.
For current therapy clients interested in adding an intensive experience to ongoing work, rates and package structures may differ.
Psychodynamic Attachment FAQ’s
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During our free consultation, I will screen your fit for Intensive therapy. If you are interested in finding relief sooner, have something that feels overwhelming or you want to resolve, and have 1-3 days to commit to therapy- an Intensive may be a good fit.
Intensives are often ideal for individuals who:
Feel stuck in recurring relationship patterns
Struggle with limerence or obsessive attachment
Are recovering from narcissistic or emotionally abusive relationships
Want deeper emotional work than traditional therapy provides
Are highly motivated for change
Prefer immersive healing experiences
Have limited scheduling flexibility
Are emotionally overwhelmed and seeking more immediate support
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Intensives can be booked online or in-person. Online services are offered through a secure online platform for anyone located in New York or Virginia at the time of the sessions. In-person sessions are offered in my Falls Church, VA location.
If you are out-of-state, you can travel to Northern Virginia for the intensive. Some people like traveling for the intensive, as it adds to the experience of having a get-away to purely focus on healing and growth.
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Research shows Intensives can be just as effective as weekly therapy. However, Intensives allow you to make these gains in a much shorter timeframe.
In addition to having more hours of therapy in a shorter timeframe, more time is spent on treatment to resolve symptoms. This helps you move towards symptom reduction or elimination faster. Weekly 50 minute sessions often involve the therapist spending time opening the session, and time at the end of sessions containing and closing the session, an often not complete session. This leaves about 30 minutes of reprocessing a session.
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This is a premium service. I charge higher fees due to the increased work, energy demands, and schedule flexibility required to offer intensives. Intensives also provide more value for you than traditional weekly therapy, and the investment reflects that.
Sometimes. Many insurance plans (typically PPOs) will reimburse a portion of the cost of psychotherapy. For insurance purposes, I am considered an out-of-network provider.
I recommend you speak with your insurance company ahead of time to learn the exact details of your policy, including what out-of-network benefits are available, and if your insurance will reimburse several hours of therapy in one day or one week. You can call the customer service number on the back of your insurance card to find this information.
I can provide you with a superbill for all direct contact therapy services included in your intensive. This is what you will submit to your insurance for reimbursement. Please note that the insurance company requires a diagnosis code as a reason for treatment. If you have questions, let me know. I’m happy to provide more information to help with this process.
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We’ll start with a free 15-minute consultation so that we can meet and see how we connect, and discuss whether an intensive is a good fit for you. If so, we’ll get your sessions scheduled.
After booking, I will hold the dates for your intensive for one week. You will be charged a non-refundable deposit for half the amount of your intensive cost. By the end of one week, I need completion of your intake paperwork in the client portal to continue holding your scheduled intensive.
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A one-day intensive can help you increase performance and confidence, or significantly decrease the devastating effects of a single-event trauma (e.g., negative thoughts, disturbing emotions or body sensations).
While significant healing can occur in a one-day intensive, Complex PTSD deserves more than a half-day of treatment. Many clients experiencing Complex PTSD may continue to work on their trauma histories through monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly half-day intensives.
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Trauma intensives give us more time in each session so we can go deeper, faster, and make more progress on important goals without long gaps between meetings. Some studies show this approach can reduce PTSD symptoms more quickly, but it’s still a fairly new adaptation of therapy, so research is ongoing and results can vary.
Because we’re spending significant time on difficult topics, you might feel emotionally drained, tired, or more sensitive for a few days afterward. I’ll check in with you regularly during our time together and make adjustments to keep things safe and manageable.