EMDR Intensive Therapy Seattle
Accelerated Trauma Healing for Heartbreak, Grief & Loss, and PTSD in 1–5 Days
You've talked about it. It hasn't stopped.
You're getting by — going through the motions — but something underneath hasn't healed.
You're not looking to cope better. You're looking to find solid ground again. To feel like yourself. To be whole.
EMDR intensive therapy · North Seattle · 1–5 day programmes · In person · Serving Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland and surrounding communities
Profound healing in days rather than months.Your path to emotional freedom begins with a single conversation.
Evolve Intensive Therapy
Chantel Ames – Licensed LMHC – Certified EMDR Therapist
I offer EMDR intensive therapy across 1 to 5 day programs, tailored to the nature of your experience, your history, and where you are in your healing journey.
Sessions are shaped in real time by what arises, ensuring the work remains responsive to what you actually need, rather than what a schedule dictates.
Whether you are coming to an intensive as a first step, or after years of weekly therapy that has helped but not fully resolved what you are carrying, the format is designed to meet you where you are — and move forward from there, together.
Location
North Seattle, Washington
Format
In person & hybrid
Program length
1 – 5 consecutive days
Finding the right format
Which EMDR intensive is right for you
Not all trauma is the same — and not all intensives need to be the same length. The right format depends on the nature of your experience, the depth of your history, and where you are in your healing journey. During your free initial consultation, we will explore this together and find the approach that fits what you are actually carrying.
1 — 3 days
Focused intensive
Designed for specific incidents, recent trauma, or a clearly defined area of distress. Concentrated and targeted — enough time to go deep without requiring a long history to be worked through.
This format suits you if you
Have a single incident or specific experience to target
Are working through something recent that is affecting daily life
Are navigating prolonged grief or a traumatic loss
Are experiencing ongoing medical trauma needing focused support
Have an adult-onset issue with a relatively contained history
Often helps with
Recent accidents or assaults - Medical trauma - Grief & loss - Vicarious trauma - Specific fears & phobias -Workplace trauma
3 — 5 days
Deep intensive
Designed for complex or long-standing trauma, childhood experiences, or where the history is layered and requires time to build internal resources before deeper processing can begin.
This format suits you if you
Want to work through attachment issues and childhood trauma, abuse, or neglect
Are seeking a full story clearing — all significant targets across your life
Have a substantial trauma history needing resource-building first
Experience dissociation, which requires additional time and care
Have complex PTSD with multiple interconnected experiences
Often helps with
Childhood abuse or neglect- Complex PTSD- Sexual trauma- Betrayal & abandonment-Attachment wounds- Multiple life traumas
If you are unsure which format fits your situation, that uncertainty is entirely normal — and it is precisely what the free consultation is designed to address. There is no pressure to decide in advance, and no commitment required before you feel ready.
What the research shows — what clients experience
EMDR is one of the most extensively researched psychological treatments available. Its effectiveness for trauma and PTSD is supported by decades of clinical trials, endorsed by the world's leading health bodies. The intensive format extends those outcomes — reaching in days what standard weekly delivery achieves over months. Resulting in faster symptom resolution compared to traditional weekly therapy.
At Evolve Intensive Therapy, past clients often arrive at something quietly profound — a return to themselves they weren't sure was still possible.
Flashbacks fade. Sleep comes back. The body — so long braced — finally lets go. Shoulders drop. Breath comes more easily. Calm stops being a concept and becomes something felt.
Something deeper shifts — client’s trust in themselves, in others, in the ground beneath their feet. Purpose and meaning return. This is what change feels like.