Private Pay · EMDR-Certified · Virtual & In-Person

Somatic EMDR Intensives
for High-Functioning Women.

Your body already knows how to heal. It's been waiting for the right container.

A 4-hour somatic EMDR intensive. EMDR-Certified. Trauma-informed. Designed for the woman who's done managing and ready to integrate.

Wisconsin
Ohio
Connecticut
Virtual & In-Person
608-844-8492
Is This You?

You've done the work.
It just hasn't moved the thing.

You've built the life that looks like you have it together. The career, the relationships, the routines. From the outside, you're doing fine.

And still — at 2am, in the meeting that shouldn't bother you but does, in the moment your kid says something small and something in you overreacts before you can stop it — the same loop runs.

You're not new to this work. You've read the books. You've done therapy, maybe years of it. You can name the patterns. And yet naming them hasn't moved them.

That's not a failure of insight. That's the limitation of fifty minutes, once a week, with six days in between to seal everything back up.

Your body has been waiting for something longer. Something that doesn't stop right when you're finally starting to go somewhere real.

"Most clients describe a single intensive moving them further than months of weekly sessions. Not because the method is harder. Because the container is finally long enough." — Cassandra Quick, EMDR Certified
The Offering

The Somatic EMDR Intensive.
$888 total. Four hours. The work that actually moves it.

Your intensive begins the moment you book. Everything you need — the preparation, the processing, and a clear path forward — is included in one container.

Hour 1 — Intake & Preparation Session

A 60-minute clinical hour where we gather your story, map the specific memory networks we'll target, and prepare your nervous system for the deep work ahead. This isn't an assessment to see if you're ready. This is where your healing begins.

$188  ·  Paid upon booking

Hours 2–4 — Somatic EMDR Intensive

A 3-hour focused EMDR session integrating somatic practices, EFT, and trauma-conscious yoga. We move at the pace your nervous system can hold — and we go where the weekly hour can never reach.

$700  ·  Paid the day you book your intensive
Payment plans available

Your Personalized Integration Email

Sent within 2–3 days of your intensive. A clear path forward, written specifically for what we did together. Session observations, integration practices, and the next right step. No guesswork. No drift.

Included
About Fit

Most women who book this work have already done the deciding before they reach me. They've read the books, tried the modalities, sat with what isn't working, and felt the yes in their body. If that's you, welcome. Let's begin.

If during Hour 1 we both decide this format isn't right for what your nervous system needs, we'll talk through alternatives and I'll provide a referral. Your $188 covers our clinical time. No questions asked, no shame.

Looking for something longer? Deep Dive Immersions are multi-day curated experiences weaving Somatic EMDR with somatic practices, EFT, yoga, therapeutic journaling, and nature-informed therapy. For the woman who knows three hours won't be enough. Pricing designed during Hour 1. Inquire here →

Travel Destination Intensive

Puerto Rico Immersion

Trade the familiar for something that holds you differently. These private, curated immersions take place along Puerto Rico's coast — a landscape that does its own kind of therapeutic work. Over two to three days, we weave Somatic EMDR, breathwork, ocean-based somatic practices, yoga, and therapeutic journaling into an experience designed entirely around you.

This is for the woman who is ready to leave her context behind — and finally do the thing she keeps putting off. No schedule pressure. No waiting room. Just deep, intentional work in a place that reminds your nervous system what safety feels like.

2–3 Day Private Intensive Coastal Setting Somatic EMDR + Nature Therapy Limited Availability
Inquire About Puerto Rico →
Cassandra Quick, EMDR therapist at Illuminate Counseling, in session with a client

Featured Interview

Live It Up — A conversation about somatic healing and what EMDR intensive therapy actually looks like.

Meet Your Therapist

I believe you are not broken.
You are carrying something that was too much to carry alone.

I'm Cassandra Quick, a Licensed Professional Counselor in Wisconsin and Connecticut, a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in Ohio, and an EMDR Certified clinician specializing in somatic intensive therapy for high-functioning women.

I built this practice as private pay by design. No insurance clock-watching, no session caps, no gatekeeping your healing. This is space for the real work — and you deserve to be fully met in it.

The Illuminate Blueprint emerged from years of clinical work and a deep respect for the intelligence of the nervous system. EMDR's power isn't in the technique. It's in what becomes possible when your body finally has a safe enough container to do what it's always been trying to do.

LPC · Wisconsin LPCC · Ohio LPC · Connecticut NCC BC-TMH EMDR Certified RYT-200 Private Pay
Common Questions

What you might want to know before reaching out.

If you have a question not answered here, call or text directly.

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608-844-8492
A Somatic EMDR Intensive is a 4-hour container combining a clinical preparation hour with 3 hours of EMDR reprocessing, somatic work, and integration. Standard EMDR delivered in fifty-minute weekly sessions means you barely settle in before the session ends. The intensive gives your nervous system uninterrupted time — long enough to actually move material, not just touch it. Most clients describe a single intensive moving them further than months of weekly sessions.
Your intensive begins the moment you book. Hour 1 ($188, paid upon booking) is a 60-minute Intake & Preparation Session: Cassandra gathers your story, maps the specific memory networks you'll target, and prepares your nervous system for the work ahead. This is not an assessment — this is where your healing begins. Hours 2–4 ($700, paid the day you book your intensive) are a focused 3-hour Somatic EMDR session integrating somatic practices, EFT, and trauma-conscious yoga. Book at cassandra-quick.clientsecure.me/request.
Not at all. What matters more than history is readiness: a genuine willingness to engage with your own inner experience and trust your body's capacity to heal. Many of Cassandra's clients have done years of talk therapy that hit a ceiling — and many are women doing real depth work for the first time. Hour 1 is where you and Cassandra get clear on fit. If this format isn't right for what your nervous system needs, Cassandra will talk through alternatives and provide a referral. Your $188 covers that clinical time.
Yes. Virtual Somatic EMDR Intensives have strong research support and allow clients across Wisconsin, Ohio, and Connecticut to access the same depth of care as in-person work. As a Board Certified TeleMental Health clinician (BC-TMH), virtual care is a core part of this practice, not an afterthought. Bilateral stimulation, somatic attunement, and focused processing all translate effectively to telehealth.
Illuminate Counseling is a private pay practice. Your investment goes directly toward your healing, not toward administrative overhead or insurance caps. A superbill can be provided for potential out-of-network reimbursement depending on your plan.
Within 2–3 days of your intensive, you'll receive a personalized integration email from Cassandra: a clear breakdown of what we moved through together, observations from the session, and specific recommendations for what comes next. This is not a generic handout. It is written specifically for you, for the session we just had, for the next right step in your healing.
Begin

The work you keep
circling is closer than you think.

Somatic EMDR Intensives for women in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Connecticut. Your intensive begins with Hour 1. $888 total. Four hours. The work that actually moves it.

Book Your Intensive →
Or call / text 608-844-8492

Private Pay · Virtual & In-Person
Wisconsin · Ohio · Connecticut