The short answer
Quick Answer
Across 10 verified EMDR intensive practitioners surveyed in April 2026, the hourly range is $225 to $500, with most EMDRIA-certified practitioners clustering at $275 to $285 per hour. A half-day (3-hour) intensive typically runs $675 to $1,500. A full-day (6-hour) intensive typically runs $1,350 to $2,100 on standard weekdays.
This guide shows what ten real EMDR intensive practitioners charge today, pulled directly from their public fee pages. It does not tell you what to charge. That decision is yours. The data exists so you can make it with information instead of guessing.
All prices below are what the practitioner publicly lists. All sources are cited so you can verify anything yourself. EMDRIA certification status is as listed on each practitioner's own site or EMDRIA directory profile.
Why pricing EMDR intensives is the hardest part
Most therapists can feel confident about their clinical skills and still freeze on the pricing page. The gap is not technical. The gap is usually between “what I deserve to be paid for this containment and depth of work” and “what I feel comfortable letting a client pay.”
Intensive work widens that gap. The number looks bigger on the page than a weekly rate because it covers more hours. The math is the same $/hour, but clients (and therapists) have not calibrated on intensive rates the way they have on weekly therapy. That makes the posted price feel louder than it is.
The fix is not to talk yourself into a number. The fix is to see what the market actually does, so the number stops being a guess.
What 10 verified EMDR intensive practitioners charge (April 2026)
Every dollar amount below came from a live fetch of the practitioner's public fee page on April 9 or April 10, 2026. If a row says a practitioner charges a specific rate, you can visit the URL in the sources section and see the same number.
| Practitioner | Location | EMDRIA | Intensive Format | Effective Hourly |
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| Future Template Parent (training coach, starting-rate reference) | National, training industry | Reference point | 9-hour intensive | $225/hour |
| Steady Healing (Michelle Spurgeon, LCSW-S) | Dallas TX + virtual TX, FL, LA, VA | EMDRIA Certified | $750/3hr half-day, $1,500/6hr full-day (weekday) | $250/hour |
| Rockwell Wellness (Leah Rockwell, LPC) | Frederick MD + virtual PA, MD, SC | EMDRIA Certified | $1,720/6.5hr day (weekday starting) | $265/hour |
| Dr. Rachel Fish | Cambridge MA + virtual MA | EMDRIA Certified | $2,750 for 10-hour 2-day package, $275/hr hourly | $275/hour |
| Summer Forlenza, LMFT | Rancho Cucamonga CA + virtual CA, OH | Not stated on fee page | $1,400 package (90-min prep + 3-hour intensive + 50-min integration) | $280/hour |
| Steady Healing (weekend rate) | Same as above | EMDRIA Certified | $850/3hr half-day, $1,700/6hr full-day (weekend) | $283/hour |
| Rockwell Wellness (weekend rate) | Same as above | EMDRIA Certified | $2,121/6.5hr day (weekend) | $326/hour |
| Sea Glass LLC (Jennifer Jenkins-Boitnott LPC + Stephanie Schutte LCSW) | Midlothian VA (suburban Richmond) | Not listed | $1,050 per 3-hour session, $525 intake | $350/hour |
| Rachel Stanton, LMHC (EMDR Intensives Boston) | Boston MA (Newbury St) + virtual MA | EMDRIA Certified | $1,800 per 4-hour intensive day, $375 intake | $450/hour |
| Kathy Sarin Therapy | Woodinville WA + virtual | EMDRIA Certified + Approved Consultant | $1,500 per 3-hour intensive, $300 weekly | $500/hour |
The shaded row (Future Template Parent) is a reference point, not a competitor, cited from a training podcast as a starting-rate anchor. All other rows are practitioners in active solo or small-group practice with public fee pages.
Patterns in the data
The overall range
$225 to $500 per hour. That is the full floor-to-ceiling spread across the ten sources. Anywhere in that range is defensible with data.
The median
Roughly $275 to $285 per hour. Most EMDRIA-certified practitioners in the data cluster in this band for standard weekday intensive work. The median is not “the right price.” It is just where most of the verified practices sit.
Weekday vs weekend
Two practices in the data (Rockwell Wellness and Steady Healing) charge more for weekend intensives than weekday intensives, with a 13% to 23% weekend premium. Steady Healing: $750 weekday, $850 weekend for a 3-hour half-day (13% bump). Rockwell: $1,720 weekday, $2,121 weekend for 6.5 hours (23% bump). A weekend premium is defensible market practice if you want to protect your own weekends or attract clients willing to pay for Saturday availability.
EMDRIA certification and price
Seven of ten practitioners explicitly list EMDRIA Certified status. Their rates cluster from $250 to $326 per hour on standard weekdays. The one practitioner with the higher EMDRIA Approved Consultant designation (Kathy Sarin) charges $500 per hour. The single practitioner without certification listed (Sea Glass LLC) charges $350 per hour. Pattern: EMDRIA certification does not strictly determine price, but it is the credential most practitioners at the $250+ range hold.
Virtual vs in-person pricing
Multiple practitioners (Steady Healing, Summer Forlenza, Rockwell Wellness, Dr. Rachel Fish) offer both virtual and in-person intensives at the same rate. Virtual does not command a discount in the verified data. If you are building a virtual-only intensive practice, the market does not require you to price below in-person competitors.
Geographic variance
Smaller than expected. Dallas, Frederick MD, Cambridge MA, Rancho Cucamonga CA, Midlothian VA, Woodinville WA, and Boston MA all fall within a $250 to $450 per hour spread for standard weekday work. The top of the range ($450 to $500) is driven by credential and brand, not city cost of living.
Package discount patterns
Dr. Rachel Fish offers a 10-hour 2-day intensive package at $2,750, which is the same $275 per hour as her hourly rate. Sea Glass offers a 2-day program around $2,800, consistent with their single-session rate. Steady Healing bundles fixed-length half-day and full-day rates without per-hour math. Pattern: practitioners are not heavily discounting longer containers.
How to position yourself in the range
These are not recommendations. They are the considerations the data suggests might matter for your specific situation.
Your certification timeline
Seven of ten verified practitioners hold EMDRIA Certification and cluster at $250 to $326 per hour on weekdays. If your certification is still in progress, you are pricing in the pre-certified market. When it lands, you are pricing in the certified market. That is a different reference group. Plan for the transition.
Your current weekly rate
Intensive hourly rates in the verified data are typically 1.1 to 1.5 times the practitioner's weekly hourly rate. If your weekly rate is $150 per hour, 1.5x is $225, which matches the lowest verified starting-rate reference. Where your weekly rate sits influences what feels coherent for your intensive rate, and vice versa.
Your intensive experience
Some therapists price their first few intensives below their eventual target rate as a founding-rate period, both for their own learning room and as a marketing story for early adopters. Others price at target from day one. Both approaches appear in the verified data. Both work. What matters is that the rate is set intentionally, not defensively.
Weekend boundaries
The data shows weekend-accepting practitioners charge 13 to 23 percent more for weekend work. If you do not want to work weekends, pricing weekends higher (or not offering them at all) is a defensible way to protect that boundary while acknowledging the premium.
Package format
Some practices publish a single hourly rate and let clients choose duration. Others publish fixed-price packages by length. Both work. Fixed-price packages tend to be easier for clients to understand and commit to, which matters when your inquiry-to-booking window is short.
Common pricing mistakes therapists make with intensives
Pricing intensives at your weekly hourly rate
Intensives require more preparation, more integration, and more clinical containment per hour than a weekly session. Zero of the ten verified practitioners price intensives at their weekly rate. The multiplier in the data is 1.1x to 1.5x.
Hiding the price behind “contact for details”
Eight of ten verified practitioners post prices on their public pages. The two that don't (Linda Kocieniewski NYC, Pittsburgh Center for Integrative Therapy) require direct contact, which adds friction. If a client has to ask for a price, many of them will not.
Undercutting because you are virtual
Virtual does not command a discount in the verified 2026 data. Practitioners offering both formats price them identically. If you are building a virtual-only intensive practice, you do not need to price below in-person competitors to justify it.
Heavy multi-day package discounts
The verified data shows modest or zero package discounts on multi-day intensives. If you offer a 2-day package, pricing it at roughly 2x the single-day rate is market-standard. A 30 to 40 percent package discount is not.
Next step
Pricing is one layer. Getting inquiries is another.
Most EMDR intensive pages sit on therapy websites that no one finds. If you have published your intensive page and the inquiries are not coming, the bottleneck is usually not the price. It is visibility: Psychology Today, Google Business Profile, and the directories that send clients to specialty work.
The Practice Foundation ($697 founding rate) covers the three layers that actually move inquiries for specialty work: PT profile rewrite with specialty language, Google Business Profile setup, and a 45-minute strategy call on where EMDR intensive inquiries actually come from.
See the Practice FoundationFrequently asked questions
How much do EMDR intensives cost in 2026?
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Across 10 verified EMDR intensive practitioners surveyed in April 2026, the hourly range is $225 to $500, with the median cluster at $275 to $285 per hour. A half-day (3-hour) intensive typically runs $675 to $1,500. A full-day (6-hour) intensive typically runs $1,350 to $2,100 on standard weekdays.
Are EMDR intensives priced the same for virtual and in-person?
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In the verified 2026 data, yes. Multiple practitioners who offer both charge identical rates for virtual and in-person intensive work. Virtual does not command a discount in the market.
How does EMDRIA certification affect EMDR intensive pricing?
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EMDRIA certification is correlated with the $250+ per hour price band but does not strictly determine rate. Seven of ten verified practitioners hold EMDRIA Certification and cluster at $250 to $326 per hour on weekdays. The pattern: certification is the credential most practitioners at $250+ hold, but it is not the sole pricing lever.
Should I charge more for weekend EMDR intensives?
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Two of the ten verified practitioners charge 13 to 23 percent more for weekend intensives than weekday intensives. If you want to protect weekends or attract clients willing to pay for Saturday availability, a weekend premium is defensible market practice.
What should I charge for my first EMDR intensive as a new intensive provider?
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The lowest verified starting-rate reference in the 2026 survey is $225 per hour. The median is $275 to $285. New intensive providers typically price at one of three points: at the starting-rate floor of the market, at a small discount from their target rate as a founding-rate period, or at target from day one. All three approaches appear in the verified data.
Do EMDR intensive packages come with a discount?
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Modest or nonexistent in the verified 2026 data. Dr. Rachel Fish prices a 10-hour 2-day package at the same $275 per hour as her hourly rate. Sea Glass LLC prices a 2-day program consistent with their single-session rate. Practitioners are not heavily discounting longer containers.
What hourly rate should I charge for EMDR intensives if I currently charge $150 per weekly session?
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Intensive hourly rates in the verified 2026 data are typically 1.1 to 1.5 times the practitioner's weekly hourly rate. If your weekly rate is $150 per hour, that translates to an intensive rate of $165 to $225 per hour. Most practitioners in the survey charge at least 1.5 times their weekly rate for intensive work.
Are EMDR intensives covered by insurance?
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Most EMDR intensives are cash pay. Some clients submit itemized superbills for partial out-of-network reimbursement, but this is client-driven and not guaranteed. None of the ten verified practitioners in the 2026 survey bill insurance for intensive work directly.
Sources
Every dollar amount in this guide came from a live fetch of the practitioner's public fee page on April 9 or April 10, 2026. If a practice is listed with a price, you can visit the URL and see the same price.
- Steady Healing (Michelle Spurgeon, LCSW-S): steady-healing.com/fees
- Rockwell Wellness (Leah Rockwell, LPC): rockwellwellness.com/emdr-intensives
- Dr. Rachel Fish: drrachelfish.com
- Summer Forlenza, LMFT: summerforlenza.com/fees-insurance
- Sea Glass LLC: seaglassrva.com/emdr-intensive-programs-cost
- Kathy Sarin Therapy: kathysarintherapy.com/rates-payment
- Rachel Stanton (EMDR Intensives Boston): emdrintensivesboston.com/fees
- Future Template Parent, Episode 130: futuretemplateparent.com
Two practices (Linda Kocieniewski NYC, Pittsburgh Center for Integrative Therapy) do not publish pricing publicly and are not included in the rate table. Several others appeared in third-party blog posts without verifiable primary-source pricing and were excluded.