EMDR and Somatic Intensives are designed for clients who want to move through trauma work in a concentrated and supportive format. Instead of the stop-and-start rhythm of weekly therapy, intensives provide extended time for grounding, reprocessing, and integration. This allows your nervous system to stay engaged in the work long enough to create meaningful shifts.
These sessions blend EMDR with somatic practices that help the body release stored tension and trauma responses. The extended structure creates space for deeper work, more stability, and a clearer sense of resolution.
At Resilience Counseling & Wellness, we offer EMDR and somatic therapy intensives in Houston in a range of different formats. Whether you need space to process complex trauma or want to work through one specific experience, we’re here to help.
About Resilience Counseling & Wellness
At our Houston practice, we specialize in concentrated trauma treatment that combines EMDR with Somatic Experiencing—because trauma is held in the body, not only in memory. Our intensives are available in person at our office, designed for clients who want more than the stop-and-start rhythm of weekly therapy.
The foundation of our work is relationship. Before your intensive day, you’ll have a dedicated 90-minute intake and preparation session so we understand your history, identify targets together, and build the grounding skills you’ll draw on during processing. By the time your intensive begins, you’re fully prepared.
We’ve built this practice around a belief that well-trained clinicians and a genuinely soothing environment change what’s possible in the room. Our therapists are continually training in new modalities, and we’ve been deliberate about creating a space where both clients and clinicians feel calm, supported, and held.
Many trauma survivors find themselves cycling through the same distressing memories and physical responses that insight alone can’t resolve. Intensive EMDR and somatic work offers a different route: sustained nervous system engagement, uninterrupted processing, and a clear beginning, middle, and end to the work.
Meet your intensive clinician
Ashlie Brown, MEd, LPC, CH, SEP
Hi, I’m Ashlie, a Licensed Professional Counselor and co-founder of Resilience Counseling & Wellness. I completed my undergraduate work at Southwestern University and my Master’s in Counseling at the University of Houston, then spent the early part of my career at a suicide hotline, in the Harris County Jail system, in community mental health, and in psychiatric hospitals—settings where I kept meeting clients with complex trauma histories that traditional CBT and talk therapy couldn’t reach.
That gap sent me looking for better tools. I’m a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), an EMDR-certified clinician, a NARM practitioner, and a Certified Hypnotherapist, and I’m trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). Honestly, these have been game changers in the work I do. My practice is also deeply informed by Pia Mellody and Diane Poole Heller, because I’ve found that our family of origin and earliest attachment figures shape how we relate to ourselves and everyone else.
People tell me I’m different from therapists they’ve worked with before. I give real feedback rather than just listening or handing out advice, I use humor to loosen up patterns that have gotten stuck, and I teach clients how to move forward instead of dwelling on the past. If it sounds like we could be a good fit, I encourage you to reach out to explore how we can work together.
Our intensive formats
6-Hour EMDR & Somatic Intensive
- A full day experience offering deeper immersion, extended processing, and spacious integration.
- Investment: $2,975
9-Hour EMDR & Somatic Intensive
- A one and a half day format that allows for extended reprocessing time, deeper nervous system work, and more gradual integration.
- Investment: $4,025
12-Hour EMDR & Somatic Intensive
- A two-day immersive format for clients needing significant time for preparation, deep reprocessing, and extended integration. This option supports complex trauma, layered targets, or situations where the nervous system benefits from a slower pace.
- Investment: $5,075
All formats include:
- 20-Minute Consultation: This is a brief call with Ashlie to discuss your goals and determine whether a 6-, 9-, or 12-hour intensive is the best fit. You can also ask questions and get a sense of the process.
- 90-Minute Intake and Preparation Session: Before your intensive day, you will meet with Ashlie for a dedicated intake and preparation session. This session allows you to spend your intensive day entirely on the therapeutic work.
This time is used to:
- Review your history and goals
- Identify EMDR targets
- Build grounding and regulation strategies
- Prepare your nervous system so you enter the intensive feeling supported and ready.
60‑Minute Post‑Intensive Integration Session:
- About a week after your intensive, you will meet again to help you integrate the insights from your intensive session and wrap up the process.
This session helps you:
- Process anything that surfaced afterward
- Reinforce insights and shifts
- Strengthen regulation skills
- Identify next steps for ongoing care
Also available: 3-Hour ART Intensive — $750
ART is a highly structured, efficient approach designed for clients working with a single incident trauma or a clearly defined event. Many clients experience meaningful relief in a shorter format. ART uses rapid eye movements and guided visualization to help the brain resolve distressing images and sensations while maintaining a sense of safety and control.
This standalone session is ideal for:
- Single incident trauma
- Specific phobias
- Intrusive images
- Performance-related blocks
- Clients who want a shorter, focused intervention
This standalone session does not include the intake session or integration session that come with the EMDR and somatic intensive program.
How to start intensive treatment
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Schedule your consultation: Reach out to express interest and schedule a 20-minute call with Ashlie. This is your chance to ask questions, describe what you’re hoping to work on, and get a feel for the process before committing. The call is $100, and if during the call Ashlie determines an intensive isn’t the right fit, we will refund the $100. If the client decides not to move forward, we do not refund.
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Attend your intake and preparation session: Next, we’ll schedule your 90-minute intake. Together we’ll map your history and goals, identify targets, and build the regulation skills that will carry you through your intensive day. A $425 payment reserves this appointment and secures your place in the program.
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Experience real transformation: Now the work begins. Through intensive EMDR and somatic therapy, many clients experience in one or two days what would typically take eight to twenty or more weekly sessions.
Why choose Resilience Counseling & Wellness for intensive therapy
Advanced clinical training
Learning is central to how we practice. Our clinicians are continually training and refining their practice so we can stay at the cutting edge of what actually creates lasting change rather than temporary relief.
Body-based healing philosophy
Trauma lives below language. Our work integrates the nervous system into every stage of treatment, which means processing doesn’t stop at insight—it reaches the physical patterns that keep symptoms in place.
Wellness services that support the work
Beyond therapy, our practice offers NeurOptimal neurofeedback, the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), Vibroacoustic Therapy (VAT), and SomatIQ Breathwork. These can be layered alongside intensive work to support regulation and deepen integration.
Boutique care experience
Your healing deserves a setting built for it. We offer high-touch, fully tailored intensive sessions, and we’ve spent significant time refining our space so clients and clinicians alike feel calm, supported, and held.
Common reasons people seek intensive programs
Limited time for ongoing sessions
Committing to open-ended weekly therapy is difficult with a demanding schedule. Intensives concentrate the work into a defined window, which is why they resonate with busy professionals, business owners, physicians, attorneys, and parents.
A history of complex and developmental trauma
Layered experiences—especially those rooted in childhood and early attachment—benefit from immersive processing. This format allows interconnected memories to be worked through in a structured, well-supported way rather than one fragment at a time.
Feeling stuck in traditional therapy
Some clients plateau in talk therapy, particularly around trauma. If you can explain exactly where your patterns come from and they still haven’t shifted, intensives can break through that ceiling using a different mechanism entirely.
Geographic distance
For clients traveling into Houston for specialized trauma care, intensives minimize travel while maximizing therapeutic benefit. Intensives offer a dedicated healing retreat rather than a recurring commute.
Desire for rapid progress before a life event
Weddings, pregnancy, IVF, birth, surgery, returning to work, or a major career transition can all create a sense of urgency. Intensives accelerate the process when timing is of the essence.
Need for a focused healing environment
Stepping fully away from daily demands allows for deeper work. Intensives create dedicated space for healing, free from the interruptions that slow progress in weekly sessions.
