The Reset · Private EMDR Intensive
What can take months of weekly therapy, worked through in focused days.
The Reset is a private EMDR intensive for people who can't disappear into months of weekly appointments, and who need the work done with absolute discretion. You don't get a session. You get a complete arc: prepare, process, integrate.
You have handled harder things than this.
That is usually the problem. The people who come to The Reset are the ones others lean on: the partner who takes the call at 2am, the surgeon who goes back in, the officer who files the report and drives home. Competence is not the same as resolution, and carrying something well is not the same as putting it down.
This is likely a fit if
- You have done talk therapy. It helped. Something still has not moved.
- Your calendar cannot absorb a standing weekly appointment for the next six months.
- You are carrying something you cannot be seen carrying, and a paper trail is not an option.
- You are heading into a transition, a promotion, a deployment, a trial, a loss, and you want to meet it clear.
- You would rather do hard work in one contained window than stretch it across a year.
One honest exception. An intensive is not the right starting point during an acute crisis. If you are in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988 first. We can plan the deeper work once you are steady.
What a Reset actually is
The Reset is a private EMDR intensive delivered over one to three consecutive days in Stephanie’s Charleston office. Rather than spreading reprocessing across months of 50-minute appointments, the work happens in extended blocks, with preparation before and integration after, so the momentum you build in the morning is still there in the afternoon.
It is one-on-one. There is no group, no handoff to an associate, and no retreat center. It is you, a licensed therapist who has prepared for your case specifically, and a private room with the door closed.
You’re not booking an hour. You’re booking an outcome-focused arc.
Every Reset includes the full ecosystem around the intensive, not just chair time.
90-minute preparation session
We map what we'll target and build the regulation skills you'll use during the intensive.
A personalized workbook
Yours to keep, with structure for the work and for the days after.
The intensive itself
Focused EMDR in extended blocks in the Charleston office, scheduled around your calendar, or virtual if you prefer.
90-minute integration session
We consolidate the work and build your plan for what comes next.
A 30-day check-in
A follow-up touchpoint to see how the work is holding.
Out-of-network superbill
If you ever choose to seek reimbursement, though nothing is filed for you.
Inside the day
How an intensive day is built.
We start where the prep session pointed
No warm-up hour spent re-establishing context. The target was chosen before you arrived.
Extended blocks, not billing hours
EMDR runs in long, focused stretches, so momentum builds instead of dissolving at the 50-minute mark.
Breaks are part of the protocol
Your nervous system needs room to settle between blocks. Rest is scheduled, not squeezed in.
We close on purpose
The day ends with grounding and a clear picture of what shifted, never with you walking out mid-process.
Why the intensive format works
EMDR is a structured, evidence-based therapy that helps the brain reprocess distressing experiences so they lose their grip, without requiring you to re-tell every detail. Concentrating that work into consecutive days lets each block build on the last instead of restarting a week later.
EMDR is recommended for post-traumatic stress by the World Health Organization and the American Psychological Association, and a growing body of research on intensive and massed formats reports significant reduction in trauma symptoms. (APA on EMDR)
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LPC · SC #10160 · AL #LPC05573 · EMDR / R-TEP / G-TEP trained
Traveling in
Come from any state. We meet in South Carolina.
A counseling license follows the client’s physical location, not the therapist’s. That means in-person work in the Charleston office is open to you no matter where you live, and clients regularly fly in for a Reset. The only piece tied to residency is virtual care, which requires you to be located in South Carolina or Alabama.
Fly in from any state
In-person work is available to you no matter where you live. What matters is that we meet in South Carolina.
Minutes from the airport
The office sits just outside Charleston, a short drive from Charleston International.
Built around the trip
Two- and three-day intensives are scheduled in consecutive blocks so one trip covers the work.
Protect the day after
Book your return for the following evening if you can. The processing continues after the last block.
Format & investment
One rate. As many days as the work needs.
Intensives are $2,500 per day, scheduled as one, two, or three consecutive days in the Charleston office. We’ll confirm the right length together on your free Clarity Call and in the prep session.
The Reset
A private EMDR intensive in focused, extended blocks, scheduled around your calendar.
$2,500per day
4–7 hours with you each day, plus 12+ hours of work on your case
- Focused EMDR in extended blocks
- Prep session, workbook, integration, and 30-day check-in
- In the Charleston office, or virtual across SC & AL
Best for: Anyone who can't spread this work across months of weekly appointments.
Start with a Clarity CallOne day
The most-chosen length: burnout recovery, anxiety, or the weight of executive-level stress.
Two days
Depth for complex or layered material, or patterns that have kept you stuck. Built around travel if needed.
Three days
A deep reset for attachment trauma or sustained, concentrated work.
Before an intensive you complete a 90-minute Assessment & Roadmap ($450), where we map exactly what to target and confirm the right length. It is credited toward your intensive if you book within 30 days. HSA and FSA cards are welcome.
The honest cost comparison
A single Reset day is $2,500. Six months of weekly private-pay sessions runs roughly $6,500, spread across half a year of restarting each week. The intensive concentrates the work into days built around your schedule, with nothing filed on any third-party record.
Common questions
- What can an EMDR intensive realistically do?
- An intensive concentrates EMDR work that's often spread across many weekly sessions into focused days. Most clients experience meaningful relief from the specific events or patterns we target, though no responsible therapist can guarantee a particular clinical outcome. We'll define what we're working on together in the prep session.
- Can I travel in from another state?
- Yes. Clients travel in from across the country. A counseling license follows the client's physical location rather than the therapist's, so in-person work in the Charleston office is available to you regardless of where you live, as long as we meet in South Carolina. Virtual sessions are the part that's limited: those require you to be physically located in South Carolina or Alabama, where Stephanie is licensed.
- How is the intensive priced?
- The Reset is $2,500 per day, scheduled as one, two, or three consecutive days. Each intensive is a complete arc: a 90-minute preparation session, the intensive itself, a 90-minute integration session, a personalized workbook, and a 30-day check-in. You are not paying for chair time.
- How is this different from weekly therapy?
- Weekly therapy spreads work across months, restarting each session. An intensive holds the focus, so momentum builds across hours and days rather than dissolving between appointments, which suits people whose schedules don't allow consistent weekly slots.
- What if I've already tried therapy and it didn't work?
- That's the most common starting point for this work. Talk therapy asks you to describe an experience; EMDR works with how that experience is held in the nervous system, which is why it often reaches what insight alone couldn't. If you've been articulate about your history for years and still feel the same charge around it, that's a reason to consider a different method, not a reason to conclude you're beyond help.
- Is the cost worth it compared to weekly sessions?
- Consider the math: a single Reset day is $2,500, while six months of weekly private-pay sessions runs roughly $6,500, spread across half a year of restarting each week. The intensive concentrates that work into days built around your calendar.
- Do you take insurance?
- Intensives are private-pay by design. That's what keeps your care off any third-party record. I can provide a superbill if you choose to pursue out-of-network reimbursement, but nothing is filed on your behalf.
- In person or virtual?
- Both. Intensives take place in person in the Charleston office, and are also available virtually across South Carolina and Alabama.
Begin your inquiry
Start with a conversation, not a commitment.
The next step is a free, confidential 20-minute Clarity Call to talk through what you're carrying and which length fits. No records are created, and there is no obligation to book anything.
Call the office
The Clarity Call is free, confidential, and about twenty minutes. Nothing is filed and no record is created by reaching out.
Mon to Thu, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. If you reach voicemail, Stephanie is with a client, leave a first name and a number and she will call you back.
See if The Reset is right for you.
A free 20-minute Clarity Call to talk through what you're carrying and which format fits, all confidential, with no records and no pressure.