This is why most of the intensives conducted at The Healing Collective are offered only to current clients who are actively engaged in individual work. I must establish a relationship with myself before I can establish one with anyone else, and if that internal relationship is conflicted, every other relationship will be as well.
The common denominator in my relationships is me. While intensives do create faster relief, this occurs because the groundwork has been laid, and the client is in a state of willingness and supportability, rather than being self-sabotaging.
An intensive is not a quick fix. It is emotional surgery. It is intended to be supplementary, not a standalone service.
Extended sessions designed to support embodiment, emotional access, and deep processing.
Others access feeling quickly but struggle to stay regulated once there.
Individual intensives allow for sustained co-regulation so experiences can be processed rather than avoided, bypassed, or overwhelming.
In an individual intensive, we may explore:
- Relationship with a parent or caregiver
- Relationship with a partner
- Relationship with self
- Attachment wounds
- Inner child and reparenting work
- Grief
- Unresolved relational experiences (living, deceased, estranged, or never-met)
Individual Intensives
- Release past wounds that keep repeating
- Create corrective emotional experiences
- Support reparenting
- Shift internal relational dynamics
When the body has a new experience, old patterns no longer need to drive present behavior.
Focused relational work for couples seeking deeper connection, safety, and truth.
- Communication struggles
- Intimacy challenges
- Betrayal or rupture
- Parenting stress
- Trauma within the relationship
- Desire for deeper emotional connection
Regardless of the presenting concern, the foundation of couples intensives is emotional safety.
Without emotional safety:
- Truth is impossible
- Vulnerability feels dangerous
- Repair cannot occur
Some couples ultimately stay together.
Some separate.
Some divorce more consciously.
Couples Intensives
Couples intensives are most effective when paired with individual therapy, as two individuals make up the system.
Core areas of focus often include:
• Emotional safety
• Trust
• Empathy
• Boundaries
• Attachment dynamics
• Relational repair
Healthy relationships require a healthy relationship with self. Intensives help build that foundation.
The goal is not to force an outcome.
Family intensives create space for every person to be heard.
Perception is shaped by experience.
Because of this, perceptions cannot be wrong.
Family intensives focus on:
- Emotional safety
- Listening to understand (not to respond)
- Speaking truthfully about thoughts, feelings, and actions
- Allowing each person to take up space
Family Intensives (Ages 16+)
A family therapist is not a referee.
We do not determine winners and losers.
We hold space so clarity can emerge.
When clarity happens, needs often shift.
When needs shift, relationships shift.
Family intensives are designed to:
• Reduce power struggles
• Increase emotional safety
• Support healthy hierarchy (not dictatorship)
• Create space for honest expression
• Prevent long-term relational rupture
Families often report that intensives feel far less overwhelming than expected and move more quickly than anticipated.
Avoidance costs more than presence.
“It's hard to imagine where my life would be without recovery at this point as I'm certain it's saved my marriage, relationship with my children, and my life. I've learned how to feel, love myself, have more grace and compassion, and break the cycle of dysfunction.”
“My life feels more fulfilled. I have tools to help regulate emotions and triggers. I have started to use my voice and implement boundaries to keep me and my little girl safe.”
“There is a way out and it is through the pain, something I avoided for decades, and couldn't do alone. I had no idea how freeing feeling and walking through the pain with others who know that pain could be.”
“Be patient with yourself; you didn't get here in a day, or a week, or even a year. It's not your fault. Be open and honest...to thine own self be true. Recovery really isn't a journey, its a lifestyle and it has its ups and downs but its a helluva lot better than where you're coming from - it is for me.”
“The work may seem exhausting at times but it's totally worth the healing and connections you build as a result of working with The HC.”
“I know that I didn't know where to start; I just knew that I needed help. And I'm so grateful and thankful for Amber and The Healing Collective for guiding me through this journey. I have continued to challenge myself more and more over the past 8+ years and while it's the hardest work I have ever done, it's so worth it. When I'm not sure what to do next, I trust the process.”
“Lives are being saved at Healing Collective - and I love how my mind has been changed just from knowing/interacting with the team/other clients.”
We understand that starting therapy can bring up a lot of questions.
Are intensives billed differently?
Are intensives able to be reimbursed by insurance?
Can I use my FSA/HSA card for my intensive?
Do I have to do more than one intensive?
Does everyone in the practice do intensives?
Do you offer refunds for Intensives?
Why do I have to pay a deposit for an intensive?
What is the cancellation policy for an intensive?
Can a clinician choose to end an intensive early?
If I live out of state can I come see Amber for an Intensive?
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Therapy
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Groups & Workshops
Healing in community through virtual groups and immersive workshops that create real connection, nervous system regulation, and shared recovery experiences.
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Intensives
Extended, deep-dive therapeutic experiences for individuals, couples, and families seeking focused, transformative work beyond the pace of weekly sessions.