Take Care of Yourself This Summer with a Therapy Intensive
Summer is often a time to slow down, take a vacation, and recharge—but for many high achievers and perfectionists, it doesn’t always feel that way. You may enter the season already feeling emotionally depleted, carrying months (or years) of stress, overwhelm, and burnout. The truth is, when you're constantly in motion from one thing to the next, even “downtime” can feel hard (or impossible) to access. That’s where a therapy intensive can offer a powerful emotional reset before a relaxing summer truly begins.
If you’ve been running on empty and craving a space to breathe, heal, and reconnect with yourself, a therapy intensive can be a supportive and transformative option to consider. Think of it as a self-care deep dive: a focused opportunity to tend to the parts of you that are often sidelined or pushed to last place in your busy day-to-day life.
What Is a Therapy Intensive?
A therapy intensive is a structured, short-term series of longer therapy sessions—typically 2 to 3 hours each—designed to help you move through emotional blocks, patterns of perfectionism, and burnout more efficiently than traditional weekly therapy. It’s a way to press pause, go inward, and begin making meaningful shifts that actually last.
In my 4-session therapy intensive, we focus on helping you understand the roots of your burnout, shift unhelpful beliefs, and reconnect with your inner sense of calm and clarity. It’s not about “fixing” you—it’s about helping you remember who you are underneath the pressure, the people-pleasing, and the constant striving for perfection.
Why a Therapy Intensive in Summer?
Summer offers a natural pause in the year. The longer days, lighter schedules, and seasonal shift can invite reflection—but only if you give yourself the space to truly reset. A therapy intensive is a powerful way to start your summer with intention and healing.
Here’s why this season is an ideal time for a therapy intensive:
You’re likely more aware of your exhaustion and need for change.
There’s often a bit more flexibility in your schedule.
It’s the perfect time to realign before busy fall schedules return.
You deserve to truly relax and enjoy your summer—not just survive it.
What to Expect: The Intensive Experience
The intensive is broken into four carefully designed sessions, each one building on the last. Here’s a glimpse of the journey:
Session One: Foundations & Emotional Grounding
We start with intention-setting, exploring your current burnout patterns, and introducing grounding tools through EMDR preparation, art therapy, and somatic practices. You’ll leave this session feeling more resourced and emotionally steady.
Session Two: Understanding the Inner Critic
We explore perfectionism and the voice of your inner critic—where it comes from, what it believes, and how it’s shaped your self-worth. Through art therapy and EMDR target identification, you’ll gain clarity and start loosening the grip of old beliefs.
Session Three: Emotional Release & Self-Expression
This session supports you in identifying emotions and learning how to express and release them. You’ll work through creative exercises like bilateral movement and transformational art, while resourcing memories of authenticity and emotional freedom.
Session Four: Integration & Reclaiming Your Voice
Here we pull it all together. You’ll reflect on what’s shifted, identify the boundaries you need to protect your energy, and reclaim your voice with clarity and confidence. We end with grounding practices and affirmations that support long-term growth.
Make Summer Self-Care Intentional
So often, summer self-care becomes an afterthought—a walk here, a weekend away there. But if you’re feeling the effects of emotional depletion or burnout, you need more than surface-level rest. You need depth. You need support. You need space to reset your nervous system, reflect, and reconnect.
This is your invitation to give yourself that space through a therapy intensive.
Let’s Reset—Together
If you’re craving an emotional reset before summer, I’d love to support you. I offer therapy intensives in Baltimore and virtually throughout Maryland and Colorado, designed for highly sensitive professionals, perfectionists, and people-pleasers who are ready to stop running on empty.
You don’t have to push through another season. You deserve to feel grounded, happy, and reconnected to yourself.
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