Sometimes healing requires more space than a weekly session can offer.
For many adults, especially those carrying long-standing trauma, chronic stress, or patterns that feel hard to shift, weekly therapy can feel too spread out. Brainspotting Intensives offer a focused, extended format that allows for deeper emotional processing and more integrated healing.
These programs are designed for clients who are ready to slow down, turn inward, and commit to meaningful therapeutic work. Whether you are feeling stuck, wanting clarity, or hoping to resolve experiences that continue to affect you, intensives create a contained space for real momentum.
If you’re interested in an intensive, the first step is a free 15-minute consultation to see whether this format is the right fit for your goals.
Benefits Include:
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Customized Treatment Plan – Every intensive begins with a thorough assessment and is uniquely designed to fit your personal goals, history, and resources.
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Accelerated Healing – Intensive formats allow clients to process experiences at a faster pace—often leading to profound relief and clarity in a fraction of the time.
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Integrative Mind–Body Healing – Our approach blends neurobiological, somatic, and experiential methods to heal not just the mind, but the whole self.
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Safe and Contained Environment – You will work one-on-one in a confidential, supportive setting designed for safety, depth, and care.
A different kind of therapeutic experience.
Our intensives are designed for individuals who are highly motivated to make meaningful, lasting change. By combining advanced mind–body modalities such as Brainspotting, Hypnotherapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Walk-and-Talk Therapy, and Movement Therapy, these sessions provide a powerful and supportive environment to process trauma, release limiting beliefs, and accelerate transformation.
Why Choose an Intensive
Our Core Modalities
Brainspotting
A focused brain–body approach that helps identify and process trauma stored in the nervous system. Using eye positions linked to emotional activation, Brainspotting supports deep regulation and meaningful release.
Hypnotherapy
Through guided relaxation and focused imagery, hypnotherapy helps access subconscious patterns and shift beliefs, emotions, and habits. It is especially helpful for anxiety, trauma, performance concerns, and internal resistance.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
IFS helps you understand and work with your inner “parts,” including protective and wounded aspects. This approach supports self-compassion, emotional regulation, and greater internal harmony.
Walk-and-Talk Therapy
Movement is paired with talk therapy in safe outdoor settings. Walking naturally promotes bilateral stimulation, helping deepen emotional processing and support grounded awareness.
Movement Therapy
Gentle somatic movement and mindfulness exercises release tension and reconnect the mind and body. These practices reduce dissociation and support a more regulated, centered internal state.
Coping Skills Development
You will learn evidence-based tools for managing distress during and after your intensive. This includes grounding, breathwork, emotional regulation skills, and practical strategies that strengthen resilience and support long-term stability.
What Colleagues Say
“Dexter is a talented trauma therapist who shows compassion, curiosity, and expertise in Brainspotting. He is also a huge help in the multilingual international brainspotting training.”
Nancy Tung, RN, Senior International Brainspotting Trainer
What to Expect During an Intensive
Step One: Comprehensive Intake & Personalized Plan
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Completion of detailed symptom and lifestyle questionnaires (e.g., Amen Clinic or custom assessment forms)
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Clarification of your therapeutic goals, values, and desired outcomes
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Development of a detailed timeline of significant life events and traumas
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Exploration of current challenges, strengths, and coping mechanisms
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Identification of negative self-beliefs and desired emotional states (peace, joy, clarity, connection)
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Creation of a customized, measurable treatment plan designed around your specific healing priorities
Step Two: Deep Processing and Release
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One-on-one trauma clearing/reprocessing with Dexter Mai, LCSW, utilizing Brainspotting and complementary methods
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Integration of Hypnotherapy and IFS-informed dialogue to release unconscious beliefs and internal conflicts
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Optional Walk-and-Talk or Movement-based processing to deepen somatic integration
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Reduction of hyperarousal and activation through guided grounding and mindfulness
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Reconnection with lost parts of self, emotional regulation, and safe embodiment
Step Three: Expansion and Integration
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Expansion Brainspotting: strengthening positive neural networks and self-beliefs
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Deep reconnection to purpose, vitality, and inner calm through “Soul Spotting” and guided visualization
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Development of future performance goals and embodied confidence
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Cultivation of compassion, forgiveness, and spiritual connection
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Integration practices for continued progress post-intensive (journaling, grounding, and follow-up sessions)
