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Notes on intensives, pricing & a practice that fits your life.

Clinical frameworks and the business of EMDR intensives — written for therapists.
Where should therapists draw the line with AI? Keep client details out of general chatbots, limit what goes into HIPAA compliant tools, and audit your own
EMDR intensive pricing explained: why my three day intensive is $8,000 ($9,000 with ketamine), what the fee covers before, during and after, and when to raise
One of my coaching clients had a coffee chat with a psychiatrist on her calendar and she was nervous. Would she sound clunky? Inexperienced? Would a
Price an EMDR intensive by totaling direct hours, behind-the-scenes hours, hard expenses and advanced training. Most therapists count only the first.

Introduction A week before I recorded this episode, I was at a ketamine assisted EMDR (KAEMDR) training with Candace Dickinson, LMHC, an EMDR consultant and narcissistic

How to Use AI in Your Therapy Practice Without Losing Your Voice Introduction We are in the middle of one of the biggest shifts private practice

Introduction We love intensives for the deep, transformative work they make possible: the container that lets us hold a client fully present without the stop-and-start of

By Dr. Carolyn Solo Picture a Wednesday. You’ve seen five clients. Two more are coming. You’ve been trauma processing all day, you’re somewhere behind on your

By Dr. Carolyn Solo When Carly Costello started her private practice five years ago, she didn’t have a plan. She got the LLC. She credentialed with

A behind-the-scenes look at how I structure a 3-day EMDR intensive — the intake workbook, the RTEP framework, pricing, and what to do when processing stalls.
Social media and SEO alone won't fill an intensive calendar. I break down why personal referrals are the highest-trust marketing strategy for EMDR intensive therapists, who
Episode 150 marks three full years of the Future Template Parent podcast. Here are 12 reflections: four lessons learned, four things that leveled up, and four
If you've ever posted about your EMDR intensive fees and walked away with a handful of comments calling you greedy — you already know what I'm
Dr. Carolyn Solo talks with EMDR therapist Yesim Saldivia about blending EMDR and IFS in therapy intensives, somatic work, and building a sustainable private practice.
A practical 4-step framework for transitioning your weekly therapy practice to EMDR intensives, without losing income or abandoning your clients. From Dr. Carolyn Solo.

Most therapists in private practice believe their work should speak for itself. And it does — for everyone who already knows you. The problem is getting

If you’ve been thinking about becoming an EMDR consultant—or even if you’re just earlier in your EMDR career—there’s a recent update that’s worth paying attention to.

What becoming an EMDRIA-approved EMDR consultant involves, who it suits, and why it may be the simplest next step in an EMDR therapist's career.
The difference between Fraser's dissociative table and the conference table technique in EMDR, and how to choose between them for a dissociative client.
How Fraser's dissociative table technique works in EMDR: setting up the table, meeting parts, when to use it with dissociative clients, and how it fits an

Boundaries are one of those words that get thrown around constantly—especially in the therapy world. But when it comes to EMDR intensives, boundaries aren’t just a

When most EMDR therapists think about marketing, they picture things they’d rather avoid—cold calls, networking events, social media. But what if marketing didn’t have to feel

In this episode of the Future Template Parent Podcast, I want to talk about something I’m seeing over and over again with EMDR therapists who are

In this episode of the Future Template Parent Podcast, I’m pulling back the curtain on what it actually looks like to rebuild an EMDR intensive practice

After several business-focused episodes, this one is intentionally more clinical. In Episode 66 of the Future Template Parent Podcast, I introduce the Integrative Group Trauma Episode

This episode is a little different. Instead of teaching about EMDR intensives in theory, I’m taking you inside my 12-Week EMDR Intensives Group Coaching Program—specifically, Module

This episode wasn’t planned. What I had planned was a more structured topic—but then my week with my kids fell apart, and it became impossible to

Charging $5,000 for an EMDR intensive can feel intimidating—even when you know your work is solid. In this episode of the Future Template Parent Podcast, I

For many therapists, treatment planning carries baggage. It brings up memories of community mental health paperwork, insurance requirements, and sessions that felt more punitive than therapeutic.

One of the biggest reasons EMDR therapists don’t follow through on launching intensives has nothing to do with motivation, intelligence, or clinical skill. It’s a lack

If you want to offer EMDR intensives, you can’t rely on the same clinical approach you use in 50‑minute sessions. In this episode of the Future

One of the most common questions I hear from therapists is: Is business coaching actually worth it—or could I just figure this out on my own?

Perfectionism is one of the most socially rewarded traits in therapists—and one of the most professionally limiting. In Episode 58 of the Future Template Parent Podcast,

One of the most common frustrations I hear from EMDR therapists sounds like this: “I have intensives on my website. I talk about them on Instagram.

Couples EMDR intensives are one of the most talked‑about—and least understood—applications of intensive trauma work. In this episode of the Future Template Parent Podcast, I’m joined

What if, one year from now, your EMDR practice looked completely different? Less burnout. Fewer weekly clients. More spaciousness. More income. More time to actually live

When I started the Future Template Parent Podcast, I wasn’t sure I could keep going. Weekly episodes felt ambitious. Sometimes overwhelming. Often squeezed in between client

When I started the Future Template Parent Podcast, I wasn’t sure I could keep going. Weekly episodes felt ambitious. Sometimes overwhelming. Often squeezed in between client

If you’re starting to offer EMDR intensives in your practice — or even just thinking about it — there are three common mistakes I see therapists

Last week I introduced the early trauma protocol and how to use it in EMDR intensives. Today we’re shifting gears. We’re talking about money. More specifically,

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