POIRIER COUNSELLING EDMONTON
Therapy Intensives for
Trauma & Eating Disorders
Focused, uninterrupted healing for deeper, more lasting change.
You’ve shown up, week after week, unpacking your story, sitting with hard truths, making slow and steady progress, but something still feels stuck.
Therapy Intensives set aside focused, intentional time for deeper work so you can gently work through plateaus, gain clarity and momentum, and continue with renewed direction.
Therapy that meets you where you are and helps you overcome challenges faster.
Therapy intensives are for you if:
You feel there is a deeper layer to explore, yet the limits of traditional session length make it hard for your protective system to safely access it
You feel like you’ve hit a plateau in your progress, despite months or years in therapy
You are stuck in self-beliefs or relational patterns that just don’t shift
You experience unresolved trauma, eating, or body shame challenges
You feel overwhelmed by weekly appointments
You want to accelerate healing in a focused, immersive, and deeply productive session
Dive in, activate, and rewire the stuck points you’ve been experiencing with a Therapy Intensive.
At Poirier Counselling, Katie’s work centres on the echoes of trauma and attachment wounds that often surface in our relationships with food and body.
These patterns are not about vanity or willpower.
They’re stories of survival, disconnection, and longing for safety.
Together, we work toward healing that honours your body, your story, and your humanity.
A space that honours the journey of your body story through relationships and systems.
Give yourself the time you deserve.
Sometimes progress needs more time, space, and focus. Therapy Intensives create an opportunity to process the deeper layers of trauma, attachment, and eating-related patterns in an extended session compared to a regular hourly session.
These in-person Therapy Intensive sessions allow you to explore patterns, process stored experiences in your body and mind, and make meaningful progress without the constraints of shorter appointments.
Options
1-Day Intensive - 8 Hours
1.5 hours pre-intensive session
4–5 hours of focused therapeutic work in a single day
1.5 hours post-intensive session
Starting at $2,500
2-Day Intensive - 12 hours
1.5 hours pre-intensive session
4–5 hours of focused therapeutic work per day for two days
1.5 hours post-intensive session
Starting at $3,600
Features
A personalized workbook with reflection exercises, grounding tools, and journal prompts with assessments and activities to help you record the progress of your healing goals before, during, and after your session
Gentle but deep exploration of core emotional patterns, nervous system responses, and relational templates
Customized strategies and practices to support integration after the intensive
Personalized recommended resources such as books, podcasts, and mindfulness practices
Available Tuesday-Thursday
What are the
next steps?
CONTACT & INTAKE
Request a 30-minute complimentary consult call via the contact form. Next, I will send you a pre-consultation intake document for you to complete.
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CONSULT CALL
Your free consult call ensures fit, readiness, and helps us determine if Therapy Intensives are right for you. If so, we schedule your session.
PREP WORK
Complete your personalized workbook and ground into your intentions and focal points for your Therapy Intensive experience.
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THE EXPERIENCE
Your in-person Therapy Intensive is a safe space to immerse yourself in deep, intentional, uninterrupted therapy.
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INTEGRATION
Debrief and reflect on areas of insight, relief, and transformation, and wrap up with a continued care roadmap to support your growth long after your session ends.
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These methods are blended and tailored to your unique needs to support meaningful shifts in how you feel, respond, and relate to yourself and others.
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A therapy approach that can reduce the emotional and physical distress tied to traumatic or triggering memories, relational wounds, trauma symptoms, recurring distress, nightmares, sleep issues, and body shame struggles. ART is known to reduce distress from past experiences, increased emotional freedom, and more energy for life
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Exploration and integration of different parts of yourself, such as your relationship to food and body, shame, isolation, societal pressure, and protective patterns. This modality brings an understanding of self, a compassionate connection to body, and empowerment to explore healthier patterns. You don’t have to be “sick enough” to do this work — anyone ready to change can take the next step.
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Discover and clarify your values (what really matters to you) and take small, meaningful steps to embody those values, even when things feel uncomfortable. This combines mindfulness, self-compassion, and practical strategies to help you feel more flexible, grounded, and in control of your choices.
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EFT focuses on building stronger, more secure connections with yourself and in your relationships by exploring patterns of attachment, emotional needs, and communication.
Collaborative Treatment for Clinicians
Therapy Intensives serve as an excellent adjunct to ongoing therapy. These sessions help clients break through plateaus, integrate insights faster, and work on areas that are difficult to address in weekly sessions. Collaboration with a client’s primary therapist is encouraged through a Release of Information for continuity of care and effective treatment.
For more information, join my next Therapy Intensive Q&A for mental health practitioners.
Follow me on Instagram for details about my next Q&A (early 2026) or contact me to schedule a free 30-minute call to discuss Therapy Intensives.
A Practice Rooted in Inclusivity
At Poirier Counselling, healing is for everyone. I am dedicated to creating a safe, inclusive, and welcoming space for all identities, honouring and integrating culturally responsive and decolonized practices, and supporting neurodivergent and marginalized clients with care and respect.
My approach is grounded in compassion, curiosity, and collaboration, with the goal that each person feels heard and understood.
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The name can be misleading! This format involves concentrated care that actually feels deeply empowering and clarifying.
While moments of intensity are likely as in any therapeutic journey, the Intensive format is carefully structured and paced to your needs.
Folks have shared that 4-5 hours of an Intensive (even two days in a row) has felt less draining and overwhelming than 1 hour of ongoing therapy.
With this extended time, we can give protective parts of ourselves room to breathe, be heard, and unburden.
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This depends on the complexity of your goals. Some goals can be met in 1 day (4-5 hours), and others benefit from 2 days (8-12 hours).
During our free 30-minute consultation, we will discuss your goals and create a care plan that works for you.
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You'll leave with a personalized post-Intensive plan to help you maintain progress.
Ongoing support is available through follow-up Therapy Intensives (either in-person or virtual) that can vary in length depending on your needs.
Momentum often flows with your regular therapy work after an Intensive, and sometimes a follow-up Intensive session can support that process.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Absolutely! Therapy Intensives work very well as a complement to therapy.
Intensives can supplement the relationship you’ve already built with your therapist, working as an adjunct to help address and resolve any stuck points and break through any plateaus that may be coming up in therapy.
If you feel comfortable with me connecting with your ongoing therapist, we can explore having me consult with them to best support you.
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For Therapy Intensives, a 50% deposit is due upon booking, with the remaining balance due on the day of your first Intensive.
Flexible payment plans are available, and can be discussed during your complimentary consultation.
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Some benefit providers may reimburse the full or partial cost; receipts are provided for you to submit to your insurance benefit company.
Please check with your provider directly for information.
Direct billing is not available at this time.
Ready to get started?
Book Your Complimentary
30-Minute Consult
If you’re ready to move beyond surface-level patterns, reconnect with your body and emotions, and explore deeper healing, let’s explore the ways immersive, client-centered therapy can help you feel more grounded, empowered, and at home in yourself.