Therapy Intensives for Life’s Crossroads: Get Results Fast

Serving Virginia Clients Ready for Change

At Onward Growth Psychiatry, we offer therapy intensives for individuals across Virginia facing major life transitions, identity shifts, or high-stakes decisions. If weekly therapy isn’t cutting it—or you need deep, focused support now—you’re in the right place.

Whether you live in Richmond, Northern Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia Beach, or anywhere in the state, our virtual therapy intensives give you the clarity and momentum you need to move forward.


Feeling Stuck? This Is for You.

Our Virginia-based therapy intensives are ideal if you’re:

  • At a career or relationship crossroads
  • Navigating divorce, relocation, retirement, or other transitions
  • Facing a big decision and don’t trust your own voice anymore
  • Feeling lost, overwhelmed, or disconnected from yourself
  • Processing past trauma that’s resurfacing in the present

We help you reset, refocus, and reconnect—with yourself and your next step.


What is a Therapy Intensive?

A therapy intensive is different than traditional weekly or bi-weekly therapy. A therapy intensive offers multiple hours in one sitting in order to dive deeply into a specific topic or challenge.

Generally, an intensive can help condense treatment, meaning instead of working in therapy for months you reach a similar conclusion in a day. An intensive allows you to fully immerse yourself in the experience, which allows you to gain a better understanding of yourself, your life, and/or your partner.

Intensives are also beneficial because you can schedule them in one chunk of time rather than trying to carve out an hour every week. If scheduling around work or family commitments is a hassle, an intensive might be a great solution for you.


Why Choose a Therapy Intensive?

You don’t need months of sessions to make progress. You need the right space, time, and support.

Our self-pay therapy intensives offer:

  • 3–5 hours to go deep, fast
  • Immersive experience. If you’ve ever found yourself longing for a longer therapy session or annoyed that the session is over just as you were getting somewhere, an intensive might be for you.
  • Flexible scheduling with no insurance roadblocks
  • Based on your availability. Your busy schedule may not allow weekly sessions.
  • Faster progress. This is an accelerated form of therapy which allows you to move through a challenge quicker.
  • Trauma-informed, individualized care
  • Options for virtual care statewide

No waiting lists. No surface-level work. Just real breakthroughs, when you need them most.


This Is More Than Therapy. This Is a Turning Point.

You’re not in crisis—but you’re at a critical threshold. And the choices you make now could shape the next chapter of your life.

At Onward Growth Psychiatry, we don’t give advice—we help you access your own inner wisdom. Through focused, compassionate, high-impact work, we guide you back to clarity and confidence.


How does a Therapy Intensive work?

You have options! Choose from either a 3-hour or a 5-hour intensive. The 3-hour intensive starts with a consultation call to see if we’re a good fit for each other; during that consult call we’re schedule a 3-hour session. The five-hour intensive has three parts to it: a 1-hour pre-intensive sessions, a 3-hour intensive therapy session, and a 1-hour post-intensive therapy session. During the pre-intensive we assess your current life stressors, coping skills, strengths, and support system and develop the goals for the Intensive. We determine where you need the most support, what change would look like for you, and what you would like to understand or improve. During the Intensive, we focus on specific goals through deep discussion and problem-solving. The entire Intensive is custom designed for you and your unique experience. After the Intensive, we schedule a post-intensive session to reflect on what was most meaningful to you and how you plan to apply what you learned moving forward.


3-Hour Intensive
$900
5-Hour Intensive
$1500
Couples Intensive
$2500
Brainspotting Intensive
Half day: $1500
2 Half Days: $2500

Serving All of Virginia Via Telehealth

Our services are available to self-pay clients across Virginia, including:

  • Richmond
  • Arlington & Alexandria (NOVA)
  • Charlottesville
  • Virginia Beach & Hampton Roads
  • Roanoke & Southwest Virginia

Therapy Intensives Offered at Onward Growth

The Insight Intensive

This is designed for people who feel stuck, people who are seeking clarity and understanding or trying to make a significant life decision. You may be struggling with:

  • Moving away or back home
  • A relationship change, or potential change
  • Becoming a parent
  • Changing your career or looking for a promotion
  • Facing a significant health challenge, or a new medical or mental health diagnosis of your child
  • Dealing with an unexpected life event
  • Feeling like your life is passing you by
  • Feeling like you failed to launch

If you are struggling to navigate a life transition or trust your own judgement, an Intensive can help you gain the insight, confidence, and clarity to get unstuck.

Therapy Intensive

The Insight Intensive for Couples

This is an Intensive for couples that are seeking clarity about their relationship, how to better communicate with each other, or who are facing a significant life decision. This Intensive is specifically designed for:

  • Couples where 1 (or more) person is neurodivergent
  • Couples struggling with raising neurodivergent children

Both members of the couple must be fully committed to being present and participating in the Intensive. If only one member of the couple is interested, this is not the right Intensive for you.

Therapy Intensive for couples

The Insight Intensive: College Years

Designed for those currently attending college or university. Are you:

  • Starting college for the first time and overwhelmed
  • Struggling with executive functioning
  • Questioning your college, major, or future career choice
  • Wondering if you should take a gap year
  • Preparing to graduate and panicking about the future
  • A recent grad feeling stuck or without direction

This stage of your life is exciting, but it’s also stressful. Get the help you need through a Therapy Intensive.

Therapy Intensive for college students

Brainspotting Trauma Recovery Intensive

We also offer a trauma recovery intensive that you can learn more about here.

Let’s work together to find a way forward

Healing in hours, not months.