Pricing and Frequently Asked Questions

No, our intensive retreats are not covered by insurance. We are not affiliated with any HMOs or PPOs and we do not accept payments from insurance companies. We do offer payment plans with up to 36 months of financing. Ask a therapist about your options.

A private intensive retreat lets you do tremendously powerful work in a far shorter period than weekly therapy. The faster you resolve your core issues, the sooner you move forward. Consider the cost of the coping mechanisms people reach for when they don't feel good, from food and unnecessary purchases to drugs, alcohol, and missed opportunities. Trauma processing is one of the best gifts you can give yourself, and the spaciousness it opens up in your personal and professional life is hard to comprehend until you do the work.

Standard retreats last anywhere from a single half day up to 5 days, depending on your needs. Retreats are priced by the day to better fit your budget and availability.

We offer retreats in Northampton, MA; East Granby, CT; and Auburn, CA. Visit our Locations page to learn more about each retreat location.

Use the contact form and select the clinician you would like to connect with. They will take you through some questions about your personal history and schedule your retreat on the dates that work best for you.

When you are in distress, a powerful intervention may be the only way to change the momentum and get things back on track. An intensive retreat offers relief and healing in days, not the years required by one-hour weekly therapy. A single retreat day adds up to roughly eight 45 to 50 minute sessions, so one retreat day is equivalent to about two months of weekly therapy, and the effects are substantially more powerful because of the continuity of your work. You have your therapist's full attention all day, with a lunch break and other breaks as needed, and no time wasted on hellos, catching up, or shutting down a session.

Every person is unique in how they cope with trauma and the symptoms they struggle with. We have worked with people facing all sorts of problems and found that all can be healed, no matter how drastic, provided they are willing and motivated to do the work. Issues commonly addressed during a retreat, often far more quickly and effectively than in weekly counseling, include depression, anxiety, PTSD, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, low self-esteem, and chronic stress.

Certain active conditions limit our ability to do meaningful trauma work. If a person is currently in a very fragile mental state or compromised by drugs or alcohol, deep trauma processing can be counterproductive and potentially dangerous. We ask that anyone actively considering suicide be in the care of a therapist before attendance, and that participants abstain from substance use for 2 days prior to and throughout the retreat; those with active addiction should seek a detox center or substance abuse counselor first. These limitations are not permanent. Once things stabilize, a retreat is the best way to address the root cause.

Clients leave able to eliminate patterns of behavior that do not work, identify the negative cycle they are stuck in, learn positive communication skills, gain tools to address negative emotions, and build a foundation of trust to move forward in life. You will recognize the behavioral and emotional challenges that push you off track, set healthy boundaries, and strengthen your connection with yourself and others.

Yes. We use a variety of solution-focused therapeutic techniques, but the foundation of our retreats is EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), one of the most effective modalities ever discovered for past trauma and emotional issues. More than 30 positive controlled outcome studies have been done on EMDR, with some showing that 84 to 90 percent of single-trauma victims no longer have PTSD after only three 90-minute sessions.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a therapy created by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress resulting from trauma and disturbing life experiences. It shows that the mind can heal from psychological trauma much as the body recovers from physical trauma. We use EMDR during the intensive retreat to rapidly process old trauma that triggers a host of emotional and behavioral issues, helping you move through and beyond those feelings.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a therapy created by Richard Schwartz, Ph.D. that identifies and addresses the various sub-personalities, or parts, within us. When we experience trauma, our personality breaks into parts that represent our feelings of hurt, sadness, anger, and shame. IFS has been used to successfully treat anxiety, depression, abuse, PTSD, eating disorders, and more. With the support of a skilled professional, we create a dialogue with these wounded parts, allowing them to be acknowledged and release their pain so we can find more ease and freedom in our lives.

Full days run up to 6 hours with a 60 minute lunch break and additional breaks as needed. Half days run up to 3 hours, morning or afternoon depending on your preference, with breaks as needed.

Retreats are available year round. We like to start earlier in the week so you can enjoy your weekend, and some of our therapists offer retreats that may span a weekend.