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EMDR Intensives
At Retreats-4u we offer bespoke residential compassion focused attachment informed EMDR Intensive retreats in a beautiful Spanish villa. Every retreat is tailored to individual personal needs. The retreats are led by a team of a psychotherapist and psychologists, who combined have extensive experience treating complex mental health conditions, such as C-PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), DID, OCD, anxiety, depression, phobias, chronic pain conditions, and a variety of other mental health issues.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy is unlike other therapy modality.
It is an evidenced based therapeutic intervention that is heavily researched and designed to move the client towards recovery swiftly. Working intensively with EMDR, you will be able to process the trauma, allowing the healing to continue not just for the next couple days following traditional weekly therapy sessions, but for significantly longer.
If you are someone that wants to quickly resolve symptoms of your traumatic experience/s, or speed up your recovery process, intensive EMDR is for you.
Yes, the initial cost is higher than traditional weekly therapy. However, it is the most cost-effective overall. We understand how trauma symptoms can impact family, work and social livelihoods. Intensive EMDR can allow you to get your life on track, more swiftly, allowing you to enjoy your life free from trauma symptoms.
Compared to other trauma therapy, the intensive format may decrease treatment time, because of time not spent on checking in at the beginning of each session, addressing current crises and concerns, focusing on stabilizing and coping skills that the client won’t need after trauma healing and/or assisting the client in regaining composure at the end of the session.
Booking a Retreat:
Prior to booking a retreat, you will have an initial 20-minute phone consultation, before an offer of an initial virtual assessment with a member of our psychology team to assess suitability for intensive EMDR and make a bespoke treatment plan together. This assessment normally takes 1.5 hours.
If you have a therapist in your home country/city, our team can liaise with them with your consent. It would be beneficial for you to organise a session with your local therapist after your residential stay with us. Retreats-4u will provide a remote follow-up appointment with you at 2 weeks following your stay, and again at 3 months.
Retreats-4u will provide an exclusive bespoke workbook of strategies…
and post therapeutic guidance aimed at getting the most out of your recovery journey. You will be immersed in healthy nutrition to aid in your recovery journey. Our Ayurvedic team members, Sophie and Gemma will provide nutritious food and herbs based on your specific dosha needs, enhancing the mind-body connection and thereby improving your therapeutic recovery.
Intensive EMDR research – evidence base:
Intensive application of trauma-focused therapy seems to be well tolerated in patients with PTSD, enabling faster symptom reduction with similar, or even better, results, while reducing the risk that patients drop out prematurely. Learn more here and here.
An intensive program using EMDR therapy is a safe and effective treatment alternative for complex PTSD.
Please refer to further studies about EMDR and depression here and here.