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OUR SERVICES

EMDR Brainspotting Nervous-system Therapy Intensives

Montréal • Québec • Ontario • Online

Focused healing. Deeper processing. Meaningful change.

At Clinique Altera, Trauma Therapy Intensives are designed for individuals seeking more than traditional weekly therapy. These extended sessions offer dedicated time and therapeutic depth to help you move through trauma, emotional blocks, longstanding patterns, or periods of crisis with focused support.

For many clients, intensives create the momentum needed to move beyond feeling stuck and into real transformation. They can also offer the benefit of accessing care sooner, without waiting months for change to unfold gradually. Inspired by prior Clinic Altera offerings.

Available in person in Montreal and virtually across Quebec and Ontario.

Trauma therapy intensives can help with:

  • PTSD & Trauma

    Healing after accidents, violence, abuse, medical trauma, childhood trauma, or distressing life events.

  • Complex Trauma

    Support for longstanding trauma patterns related to attachment wounds, neglect, chronic stress, or developmental trauma.

  • Anxiety & Panic

    Help reduce panic attacks, chronic worry, nervous system activation, and fear responses.

  • Childhood Wounds

    Processing painful early experiences that continue to shape self-esteem, relationships, or emotional reactions.

  • Relationship Trauma

    Healing from betrayal, abandonment, toxic relationships, emotional abuse, or repeated relational injuries.

  • Grief & Loss

    Support for unresolved grief, traumatic loss, complicated bereavement, and life transitions.

  • Performance Anxiety

    For athletes, professionals, creatives, students, and leaders navigating blocks, pressure, or self-doubt.

  • First Responders & Frontline Stress

    Trauma-informed support for cumulative exposure, burnout, hypervigilance, and difficult memories.

  • Self-Esteem & Shame

    Processing experiences that created deep shame, worthlessness, or internalized negative beliefs.

  • Phobias & Fear Responses

    Targeted support for fears, triggers, avoidance, and specific phobias.

  • OCD & Intrusive Distress

    Can help process fear-based memories or emotional roots that intensify intrusive experiences (alongside evidence-based OCD treatment).

  • Stress & Burnout

    When chronic overwhelm, nervous system fatigue, and emotional exhaustion are taking a toll.

  • Victims of Crime

    Sensitive support for survivors of assault, violence, harassment, stalking, or traumatic incidents.

  • Addiction & Recovery

    Addressing trauma and emotional pain that often underlie coping through substances or compulsive behaviours.

  • Body-Based Symptoms

    When stress shows up through tension, dissociation, sleep disruption, headaches, or somatic distress.

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OUR APPROACH

Why do an EMDR, Brainspotting, Somatic, Nervous-System Intensive at Clinique Altera?

At Clinique Altera, intensives are personalized, relational, and trauma-informed. We understand healing as both a psychological and nervous system process. Our work often integrates depth-oriented therapy with evidence-based trauma modalities to support lasting change.

Depending on your needs, your intensive may include:

  • EMDR

  • Brainspotting

  • Somatic and nervous system regulation work

  • Attachment-focused therapy

  • Psychodynamic exploration

  • Parts work / ego state approaches

  • Safe and Sound Protocol integration where appropriate

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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What does a Trauma Therapy Intensive look like?

A therapy intensive is an extended-format psychotherapy experience that may include:

  • 3-hour focused sessions

  • Half-day intensives

  • Full-day intensives

  • Multi-session custom formats

Rather than spreading deeper work across months of shorter appointments, intensives allow continuity, momentum, and immersion in the healing process.

How do I begin?

1. Intake & Planning

We begin with an intake session to understand your goals, history, readiness, and what type of intensive would best support you.

2. Customized Intensive

Your intensive is tailored to your needs, pace, and nervous system capacity.

3. Integration Support

Follow-up sessions help consolidate insights, regulate after deep work, and support continued progress.

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