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Accelerated Intensive Experience

Healing that happens
in days,
not years.

For the person who is ready — truly ready — to move through what has been weighing them down.

Focused. Held. Transformative.

3-6 

HOURS OF FOCUSED PROCESSING PER SESSION

100%

FLEXIBLE - VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON IN WESTBOROUGH, MA

1-4

DAYS TO PROFOUND LASTING CHANGE

5+

HEALING MODALITIES INTEGRATED DURING INTENSIVE

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EMDR  ·  Brainspotting  ·  Yoga Therapy  ·  Perinatal Mental Health  ·  Somatic Healing  ·  Nervous System Regulation  ·  Attachment  ·  Phobias  ·  Parental Burnout   ·  Performance Blocks  ·  Perinatal Mental Health  ·  Birth Trauma  ·  IVF Process ·  Nervous System Regulation  ·  Racial Trauma  ·  Inner Child Work  ·   Healing Your Inner Critic  ·  Ongoing Traumatic Stress  ·  Perinatal Mental Health  ·  Somatic Healing  ·  

WHO THIS IS FOR

You might be ready for an intensive if…

You don't have to be in crisis to deserve this level of care. You just have to be ready to stop waiting and start moving.

Professionals & Executives

High-achieving and high-functioning — but carrying something that's starting to cost you. You need focused work that fits around your life, not the other way around.

Specific Phobias

Flying, medical procedures, driving, heights — phobias respond exceptionally well to intensive EMDR. Many clients report significant or complete resolution in a single session.

Stuck in Weekly Therapy

You're doing the work, but the trauma isn't moving. An intensive can break through what weekly sessions can't reach — without leaving your therapist behind.

Racial & Identity Based Trauma 

The chronic weight of racial stress, microaggressions, and systemic harm deserves a clinician with deep competency and genuine understanding — not just awareness.

Perinatal & Birth Trauma

Birth trauma, IVF grief, pregnancy loss, the identity rupture of new parenthood. ShaQuan holds perinatal mental health certification & understands the complexity of this chapter.

Burnout 

Professional Burnout, Parental Burnout, Creative Burnout.  Not just tired. Depleted at a cellular level. This isn't a vacation fix — it's targeted processing of the nervous system patterns underneath the burnout.

WHY AN INTENSIVE​

​Weekly therapy is valuable.

WHY AN ACCELERATED INTENSIVE EXPERIENCE?

Both serve a purpose.  They achieve similar goals, but in significantly different timeframes. 

This is different.

WEEKLY THERAPY Steady progress, over time → Present-day stressors interrupt trauma work → Momentum resets each week → Years to reach the deepest material → Scheduling around life every single week → $10,000+ over 1–2 years

ACCELERATED INTENSIVE

Profound change,
in days

  • ✓Uninterrupted, focused processing time

  • ✓Momentum builds across hours, not weeks

  • ✓Reaches deep material rapidly

  • ✓One or a few days, then back to your life

  • ✓Concentrated investment, lasting results

Intensive Experience Formats

Find the Intensive that fits

What you're carrying

All intensives begin with a free consultation to determine which format is the right fit. Every format includes intake, follow-up, and a personalized workbook.

CLIENT OUTCOMES

What becomes possible
on the other side.

Every person's experience is unique. These are the kinds of changes clients have reported after working together — in their own words and their own lives.

Phobia eliminated

Less intrusive thoughts

Triggers deactivated

Back to authentic self

Showing up as a parent

Stronger boundaries

Increased productivity

Business & creative growth

Relationships transformed

Nervous system regulated

Intensive Experience Formats

Find the Intensive that fits

What you're carrying

All intensives begin with a free consultation to determine which format is the right fit. Every format includes intake, follow-up, and a personalized workbook.

A 50% deposit is required to schedule. Payment plans available.
10% Helpers' Rate for mental health professionals booking for their own personal therapeutic work.

ABOUT SHAQUAN

Consultant-level expertise.

Human-level care. 

 

ShaQuan Read has spent over 17 years doing trauma work - walking alongside people through some of life's hardest moments. 

As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with advanced training in EMDR, Brainspotting, somatic therapy, and perinatal mental health,

she brings both the expertise and the presence to make an intensive feel

less like a sprint and more like finally having enough space to breathe.

LMHCEMDRIA Approved ConsultantBrainspotting ConsultantRYT-200 YogaPerinatal Mental HealthSomatic TherapyIFS-InformedPolyvagal TheoryACT · DBT · MBSR

"Most people come to an intensive because they're tired of circling the same pain without enough time to actually move through it. This is that time. I work with the full complexity of who you are - the layers, the history, all of it. The intensive is a space where nothing has to be rushed, minimized, or left at the door."

-ShaQuan Read, LMHC

QUESTIONS

Frequently

asked.

Don't see your question here I'd be glad to discuss it with you during the consultation.

Is this right for me? How do I know which package to choose?

The free 15-minute consultation is specifically designed to help you answer this question. We'll discuss what you're carrying, what you've already tried, and which format makes the most clinical sense for where you are right now. You don't need to come in knowing the answer.

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Are sessions available in person, virtually, or both?

Both. Intensives are available in person in Westborough, Massachusetts and fully virtually to clients in Massachusetts & VermontVirtual sessions are just as clinically effective — you just need a private space and a stable internet connection.

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Do you accept insurance? 

Intensive sessions are self-pay. Most insurance plans cover a maximum of 60 minutes per session, so multi-hour intensives are not covered in full.

Payment plans are available for packages of $1,800 or more.

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What if I'm already in therapy?

The Bridge package is specifically designed for clients already in therapy. With your permission, ShaQuan can coordinate with your primary therapist to ensure the intensive supports and enhances your ongoing treatment - not disrupts it.

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What can I expect after an intensive?

Everyone's experience is different. It's common to feel tired for a day or two. Many clients report feeling more grounded, less reactive to triggers, and a meaningful shift in how they show up — at work, at home, and within themselves. Integration time and a follow-up session are built into every package.

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How many sessions will I need?

It depends. Specific phobias and single-events often resolve in one 1 - 2 sessions. Attachment-based or complex trauma typically requires 2–4 sessions. The scope will be discussed at your consultation and confirmed at intake — there is no pressure to book more than you need. 

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How do I prepare for an intensive?

Treat the days around your session like a personal retreat. Your personalized workbook (included in every package) will walk you through preparation steps. Key guidelines: arrange your schedule so you have no major obligations for 24–48 hours after the session, ensure a private space with stable internet for virtual sessions.

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What is the cancellation and rescheduling policy?

Booking an intensive is a commitment for both of us. A non-refundable deposit is required to hold your date, as preparation begins the moment you book. You may reschedule once at no charge with 14 or more days' notice. Cancellations within 14 days forfeit the deposit in full.

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READY TO BEGIN

The first step is 

a conversation

A free consultation to see if an intensive is a good fit. 

No pressure. No commitment. Just clarity.

©2026 by ShaQuan Read Counseling. 

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