IFS Intensive Therapy
IFS Intensive Therapy for Asian & Queer Adults | Trauma Healing in CA & WA
San Francisco Bay Area | Telehealth in CA, WA, & FL
Sometimes, 50-minute sessions just aren’t enough to truly go deep. Our IFS (Internal Family Systems) trauma intensives offer a safe, extended space to explore your inner world, connect with exiled parts, and unburden the wounds you've carried for years.
Rooted in compassion and curiosity, these sessions help you move beyond surface-level coping and into meaningful healing — at your pace, in your language, with your story at the center.
This isn’t about fixing you — it’s about returning to the parts of you that have been waiting to be heard.
IFS Trauma Processing Intensive [4-hour]
For When You’re Tired of Just Surviving
Before therapy, you feel overwhelmed — not just by your schedule, but by your emotions. You keep repeating the same patterns, getting triggered by things that shouldn’t hit so hard. You’ve read the books, journaled, even done weekly therapy sessions — but still feel stuck in a loop you can’t talk your way out of.
You’re exhausted from carrying so much. You’re tired of feeling like healing is always “in progress” but never quite arriving.
And a part of you wonders: What if I could finally get to the root?
That’s where IFS Trauma Intensives come in.
Why an Intensive?
Traditional 50-minute sessions are powerful, but they often feel like just enough time to open something up before you have to pack it back away. Between the check-in at the start and the wrap-up at the end, you might only get 30 minutes of deep work.
A 4-hour IFS intensive removes that "start-stop" friction. It allows us to drop beneath the surface and stay there. By staying in the flow, we can often accomplish in one afternoon what typically takes months of weekly appointments.
A Faster, More Focused Path
Think of it as a deep dive instead of treading water. Many people find that intensives are actually more cost-effective in the long run. Instead of paying for months of weekly sessions where a large portion of the time is spent just catching up on your week, you are investing in a concentrated block of healing.
This might be for you if:
You feel stuck or hit a plateau in weekly therapy.
You carry complex trauma or attachment wounds that need more than an hour to settle.
You want to move through a specific block without the "re-entry" stress of weekly sessions.
You long to connect with parts of yourself that have been exiled or silenced for years.
The 4-Hour IFS Intensive Roadmap
Hour 1: Mapping the System We skip the small talk about your week. We go straight into the "stuck" feeling or the pattern you want to change. We identify the parts of you that act as guards - the ones that distract you, criticize you, or keep you busy so you don't have to feel the old pain.
Hour 2: Earning Trust In a normal 50-minute session, this is usually where the session ends. In an intensive, we have the space to actually talk to those protective parts. We listen to their fears and help them feel safe enough to relax. This is the necessary groundwork that lets your "Self" take the lead.
Hour 3: The Deep Dive and Unburdening Once the protectors step aside, we move to the parts carrying the heavy weight - the shame, the grief, or the trauma. Because we aren't rushing, your nervous system stays calm. This is the core of the work where we witness that pain and finally let it go so you don't have to carry it anymore.
Hour 4: Landing and Integration The last hour is about making sure the shift sticks. We check back in with your body to make sure you feel grounded. We create a plan for your "re-entry" into daily life so you feel steady and clear when you leave.
The Homecoming Feeling
People often leave these sessions with a sense of relief that feels physical, not just mental. They describe it as getting more clarity in four hours than they had in six months of traditional sessions.
You walk away with a genuine sense of self-compassion and a plan for how to stay integrated. This is work that stays with you. It doesn't feel heavy. It feels like a homecoming.
Healing does not have to take years. When the space is safe and the time is held, your system knows how to heal. Let’s give it the room it needs.