Brainspotting Intensives

Deep Trauma Healing in the Privacy and Comfort of Your Own Home

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In-Home Brainspotting Intensives

Some healing requires more time and space than a traditional therapy session allows.

While my regular individual therapy sessions are 45-minute online sessions, certain kinds of trauma work benefit from extended, uninterrupted time together in person. Brainspotting Intensives are designed to create that space.

For these sessions, I travel directly to your home so that we can do deep therapeutic work while you remain in a place that feels familiar, private, and supportive to your nervous system.

This concierge-style approach allows therapy to meet you where you are — both emotionally and physically — while providing the focused time that deeper trauma processing often requires.

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Why Choose a Brainspotting Intensive

Traditional therapy sessions are typically 45 minutes, which can be incredibly helpful over time. However, trauma processing sometimes benefits from longer periods of uninterrupted therapeutic presence.

A 4-hour Brainspotting Intensive allows us to slow down and work at the pace your nervous system needs.

During an intensive session we can:

  • Access deeper layers of stored trauma

  • Stay with the process without interruption

  • Support nervous system regulation in real time

  • Allow space for integration and grounding

  • Move through material that might otherwise take many weeks of shorter sessions

Many clients find that extended sessions allow deeper therapeutic movement and meaningful insight.

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Areas I Serve

I offer in-home Brainspotting therapy intensives in the following areas:

Northern California

  • Mill Valley

  • Marin County

  • San Francisco

  • Bay Area

Southern California

  • Newport Beach

  • Orange County

  • Santa Monica

  • West Los Angeles

If you are located within or near these areas, you are welcome to reach out to discuss scheduling and availability. To inquire about Brainspotting Intensives please send an email to intensives@therapywithesma.com

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Investment

4-Hour In-Home Brainspotting Intensive
$2,700

This includes:

  • A private 4-hour intensive Brainspotting therapy session

  • Travel to your home within the listed service areas

  • Time within the session for grounding and integration

Due to the extended time reserved and travel involved, intensives are scheduled in advance and require payment at the time of booking.

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Is a Brainspotting Intensive Right for You?

A Brainspotting intensive may be a good fit if you:

  • Are ready to work deeply on trauma or long-standing emotional patterns

  • Want a more immersive therapeutic experience than weekly sessions

  • Prefer in-person therapy in the privacy of your home

  • Feel that shorter sessions do not allow enough time for the work you want to do

In some cases, a brief consultation may be recommended beforehand to determine whether an intensive session is clinically appropriate.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What Is Brainspotting Therapy?

Brainspotting is a neuroscience-informed trauma therapy developed by Dr. David Grand. The approach works by identifying specific eye positions—called brainspots—that correspond with areas of the brain where emotional experiences and trauma may be stored.

When these brainspots are accessed in a supportive therapeutic environment, the brain and body can begin to process material that may feel stuck in traditional talk therapy.

Brainspotting is commonly used to support healing related to:

  • Trauma and unresolved past experiences

  • Anxiety, chronic stress, and nervous system overload

  • Burnout related to high-demand careers

  • Creative or professional blocks

  • Performance pressure in leadership, creative, or public-facing roles

  • Grief, loss, and major life transitions

  • Relationship patterns that feel difficult to shift

  • Maintaining emotional resilience in high-responsibility environments

  • Reconnecting with clarity, focus, and creative flow

Many clients experience Brainspotting as a deeply focused, body-based process that allows the brain to do the work it naturally knows how to do when the right conditions are present.

Do I need to be an existing client?

Not necessarily. Some clients schedule intensives as a stand-alone service, while others incorporate them into ongoing therapy.

Where do you offer Brainspotting therapy intensives?

I offer in-home Brainspotting therapy intensives in Marin County, Mill Valley, San Francisco, the Bay Area, Newport Beach, Orange County, Santa Monica, and West Los Angeles.

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Important Professional and Ethical Information

Brainspotting Intensives are psychotherapy services provided by a licensed mental health professional and are intended for individuals appropriate for outpatient therapy.

Please note:

  • Brainspotting intensives are not emergency or crisis services.

  • If you are experiencing a mental health emergency, please contact 911 or your local crisis hotline.

  • Therapy outcomes cannot be guaranteed, as each person’s healing process is unique.

  • Brainspotting therapy does not replace medical or psychiatric care when needed.

  • These services may not be covered by insurance, and clients are responsible for payment unless otherwise arranged.

All services are provided in accordance with professional ethical standards and applicable state licensing regulations.