Brainspotting Intensives
Sometimes there is more you want to explore than can comfortably fit into a traditional therapy hour. Brainspotting intensives offer extended, dedicated time to slow down and work more deeply with a specific experience, pattern, or area where you feel stuck.
Intensives are private pay and may be offered Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays for clients who want more flexibility than traditional weekly therapy.
What Is a Brainspotting Intensive?
Brainspotting is a brain-body based therapy that uses where you look to help access and process experiences that may be held outside of our usual thinking or talking processes.
An intensive gives us several hours together rather than needing to stop when a traditional session ends. We can settle in, identify what feels important, process at your pace, take breaks when needed, and leave time for grounding and integration.
We follow your nervous system, your pace, and what feels meaningful during our time together.
A Holistic Approach
Brainspotting is at the center of the intensive, but we can also incorporate other approaches based on what feels supportive to you.
Parts Work
Exploring different parts of you with curiosity and compassion, including parts that may feel afraid, protective, overwhelmed, or unsure about change.
Nervous System Support
Paying attention to activation, shutdown, body sensations, grounding, movement, and what helps your system feel supported.
Mindfulness & Body Awareness
Slowing down enough to notice emotions, sensations, thoughts, memories, and other internal experiences without needing to immediately change them.
Integration
Making space to notice what shifted, what remains present, and what you may need as your brain and body continue processing afterward.
Alternative & Personal Healing Practices
If meaningful to you, we can incorporate journaling, nature, walking or gentle movement, creative expression, or spiritual practices. You are also welcome to bring personal tools such as tarot or oracle cards that you read for yourself.
What Might You Work On?
Intensives can focus on one specific experience or a broader pattern that keeps showing up in your life.
- Trauma or painful past experiences
- Attachment wounds or relationship patterns
- Anxiety, fear, or feeling stuck
- Grief or loss
- Shame, self-limiting beliefs, or self-criticism
- Experiences that still feel unresolved even when you understand them intellectually
- Internal conflict or competing parts of yourself
- Life transitions
- Patterns you understand but still cannot seem to shift
Investment
Brainspotting intensives are offered as private-pay packages. Each package includes preparation, Brainspotting and holistic processing, integration and aftercare planning, and one 30-minute follow-up check-in within one month.
Focused Intensive
2 Hours | $375
Focused time to work more deeply with a specific experience, pattern, or area where you feel stuck.
Half-Day Intensive
4 Hours | $725
More space for deeper processing, reflection, flexible breaks, and integration without feeling rushed.
Deep-Dive Intensive
Two Days | $1,250
Two 3.5-hour sessions with time between days for your brain and body to rest and continue processing.
Payment & Scheduling
A 25% reservation payment is due when scheduling, with the remaining balance due 7 days before your intensive. With at least 7 days' notice, your payment may be transferred to one rescheduled date. Late cancellations forfeit the reservation payment, and no-shows are nonrefundable.
If I need to cancel or reschedule your intensive, you may transfer your payment to a new date or receive a refund.
What to Expect
Every intensive is different. We may spend time checking in, identifying what feels most important, Brainspotting, using parts work or nervous system support, taking breaks, and allowing time to gradually transition out of deeper processing.
Breaks are flexible. You are welcome to eat, drink, move around, step outside, rest, journal, or do whatever helps you feel supported.
Before your intensive, you will receive preparation information. You are welcome to bring comfortable items, snacks, water, a journal, fidgets, blankets, or anything else that may be helpful.
Virtual intensives are also available. You will need a private space where you feel safe and are unlikely to be interrupted. A computer or laptop is recommended rather than a phone whenever possible.
After your intensive, you will receive an aftercare email with reminders for taking care of yourself. Your package also includes a 30-minute follow-up check-in within one month.
Is an Intensive Right for Me?
An intensive may be a good fit if you want dedicated time to focus on something meaningful, feel limited by the pace of traditional weekly sessions, do not have time for weekly therapy, or want to work more deeply with a particular experience or pattern.
Extended processing is not appropriate for everyone at every point in treatment. During the consultation and assessment process, we will talk about your current symptoms, dissociation, coping resources, supports, safety, previous therapy experiences, and what you hope to work on.
If an intensive does not feel like the best fit right now, we can discuss other options that may better support your needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I have to be a current Manatee Mental Health client?
No. Intensives may be available to both current clients and people coming specifically for intensive work. A consultation and assessment are required before scheduling.
Can I continue seeing my regular therapist?
Yes. Intensives can be used alongside ongoing therapy. With your written permission, coordination with your therapist may also be helpful when appropriate.
Are intensives covered by insurance?
No. Brainspotting intensives are private pay and are not billed directly to insurance.
Do I have to talk about everything that happened to me?
No. Brainspotting does not require a detailed verbal account of every experience. We will talk about what is useful while respecting your boundaries and pace.
What if I become overwhelmed?
We can pause, take a break, shift our focus, use grounding or regulation strategies, or stop processing. You remain an active participant in deciding what happens throughout the intensive.
Interested in a Brainspotting Intensive?
The first step is a consultation so we can talk about what you are hoping to work on, answer your questions, and determine whether an intensive feels like a good fit.