Intensive therapy provides a way for people to work at a powerful, deep and much faster rate than weekly therapy.
Sometimes people feel that psychotherapy takes too long and this puts them off starting.
I have found that working at an intensive level is giving excellent and lasting results in much less time. The heart of the programme consists of anywhere from 3 to 12 weeks of daily sessions (Monday to Friday) followed by a tapering off period.
This method is particularly good for issues involving:
Intensive therapy is not for everyone. It requires committment, courage, the ability to give time every day, to be willing to set aside defensiveness and approach self-reflection with honesty. Intensive therapy can bring up some powerful and difficult emotions to work through. It is an excellent form of therapy for people who:
Intensive therapy can be undertaken on a face-to-face basis in West Oxfordshire.
The first step is to undergo an Evaluation to find out whether Intensive Therapy is appropriate for you. The Evaluation will also provide a good basis for ensuing therapy work. We will discuss things like your early family life, important life events, significant concerns, important relationships and aims for your future. Some forms of traumatic experience are not suitable for intensive work.
The Evaluation is a collaborative exercise and should it emerge that Intensive Therapy is not the best way forward for you, we can discuss alternatives. These include: following a more conventional once- or twice-a week route with me; referring you to another therapist who has training more specific to your issues; or, possibly, other forms of treatment than psychodynamic psychotherapy.
The next step is to start regular sessions. These will normally be at the same time each weekday. Everybody is different, with different needs, history and ability to work. Therefore, the number of 5-sessional weeks is left open. You can continue in this way for as long as we both feel it is beneficial to you. You can step down to less frequent therapy at any time you wish.
After a period of five-a-week sessions, it is usual to gently taper off sessions until the work is fully consolidated in your daily life and you will naturally discover it is time to conclude the process.
Some clients prefer to continue therapy on a once-a-week basis for awhile and then taper off. However, the aim is to help you conclude therapy as soon as is therapeutically appropriate for you, as an individual.
You can stop at any time you wish. Your well being is our therapeutic priority. If Intensive Therapy is not for you, I am happy to support you with alternatives, whether that is with me, with another practitioner or reach closure.
If you are undergoing other forms of treatment, it is important to discuss this during Evaluation. It is generally unhelpful to undergo more than one psychologically-based therapy at a time. You will gain the fastest and most thorough results by staying with the one process.
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