Clear Blue Sky
EMDR Therapy Intensives
We're about possibilities. Growth after the storm.
Starting fresh and seeing the rainbow.
Intensive EMDR Therapy gets you there faster.
Virtual or In-Person EMDR Therapy Intensives for people in Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin.
Intensive EMDR Therapy—Built for Physicians
Return to Presence, Purpose, and Connection
You’ve sacrificed
late nights, weekend calls, family moments—and still face unrelenting demands
that you sacrifice more. You carry moral injury from impossible cases, silent
grief from losses you can’t unload, and exhaustion that runs soul-deep. Yet
change is possible. Intensive EMDR therapy meets you where you are—on your
schedule and on your terms—so you can reclaim the clarity and calm you need to
lead, heal, and live fully.
Why EMDR Intensives Work for Physicians
- Schedule-First Design Three to five half-day sessions that bend around your call shifts, not a weekly hour you can’t keep.
- Rapid Nervous-System Reset Move trauma from hyperarousal centers into neutral memory storage—so “off-duty” finally feels safe.
- Deep Processing without Deep Disclosure You don’t have to relive every painful detail to get relief. EMDR works at the level of brain-body responses.
- Absolute Confidentiality No Epic chart flags. No insurance claims. No hospital record.
- Trauma-Seasoned Expertise EMDRIA-certified guidance from someone who’s walked the hospital floors in a pandemic and knows exactly what’s at stake.
Four Step Intensive Process
- Clarity & Prioritization
Complete a pre-session worksheet designed to pinpoint the one or two experiences holding you back. - High-Impact Sessions
Three 3–4-hour EMDR intensives—scheduled together or spaced to fit your rotations. - Integration Tools
A physician-specific workbook with pre-, during-, and post-session activities to anchor new neural pathways. - Follow-Up & Maintenance
Optional brief check-ins to ensure gains hold—and supplementary video guides to reinforce your progress.
Who Thrives Here
• Trauma surgeons wrestling with moral injury
• Emergency-medicine residents carrying hidden grief
• Intensivists trapped in hypervigilance after endless codes
• Internists balancing compassion fatigue with research pressures
If you find yourself thinking, “I’m just tired,” but know it means much more—this intensive is for you.
What Clients Discover About Themselves After EMDR
By the end of an EMDR Intensive, my clients consistently report truly embodying these empowering beliefs—in their thoughts, their emotions, and even their bodies:
Thanks to Katherine and EMDR, I have far less crippling self-doubt, more genuine confidence, and far less fear than I used to of my ability to do my job well.
This therapy has been life changing over the past year now, and it continues to help me long after the sessions were done. I can't recommend Clear Blue Sky and EMDR enough.
What Do I Get With An Intensive?
EMDR Intensives for Physicians and Other Medical Professionals
Our EMDR Intensive is tailored to the unique demands of physicians. Each component is designed to validate your expertise, optimize deep focus, and support ongoing integration.
- Pre-Intensive Consultation: a 60- to 90-minute video call to map stressors, refine goals, and co-create your personalized treatment plan.
- EMDR Sessions: three to five half-day sessions over consecutive days, allowing deep focus and minimizing interruptions.
- Mind-Body Workbook: a comprehensive workbook that helps identify blocks, common thinking patterns, increases awareness, and supports ongoing processing between sessions.
- Post-Intensive Follow-Up: a 60- to 90-minute integration call one week later to review progress, troubleshoot challenges, and reinforce new skills.
How It Works
- 30-Minute Clarity Call
A brief conversation to answer your questions, confirm fit, and outline next steps. - Complete the Pre-Intensive Workbook Section
Engage targeted exercises that prepare you for efficient, focused sessions. - Schedule and Attend Half-Day Intensives
Commit to three to five half-day EMDR sessions, delivered virtually or in person. - Continue the Work in the Workbook
Integrate insights through between-session practices to anchor your progress. - 60- to 90-Minute Post-Intensive Follow-Up
Consolidate gains, address any lingering tension, and set a forward path.
Next Step: Complimentary Clarity Call
EMDR Intensives aren’t another item on your to-do list—they’re the most efficient way to reclaim your edge and your life.
Schedule a no-cost, 20-minute clarity call to:
• Explore how intensives fit into your call schedule
• Identify the exact outcomes you need—sleep, presence, calm
• Answer your questions about EMDR, confidentiality, and process
You’ve given everything you have to medicine. It’s time to give yourself the focused care you deserve—so you can keep doing what you do best, without losing yourself in the process.
Frequently Asked Questions
I need to know more
What kind of therapy do you offer?
You’ll receive an EMDR-focused program designed for physicians who’ve mastered crisis care but seek relief from anxiety, burnout, or traumatic residue. As an EMDRIA-Certified therapist with advanced training in Attachment Trauma and Performance Enhancement, I blend relational neurobiology, ego-state work, and attachment science to accelerate healing. Our approach honors your clinical expertise and leverages 20 years of practice—from Mayo Clinic to forensic settings—to deliver clinical excellence, always.
Please note: I offer EMDR only to clients physically located in Minnesota, Wisconsin, or Massachusetts. If you reside elsewhere, we can arrange an intensive onsite in one of these states, potentially paired with additional medical visits in the area.
Can EMDR Help Me?
It’s highly likely. EMDR engages your brain’s neuroplasticity to transform limiting beliefs, soothe stress responses, and unlock resilience. Common applications include:
- Resourcing: Build internal safety and confidence using images, body cues, and positive cognitions.
- Relationship repair: Heal attachment wounds from neglect or abuse to improve connection and trust.
- Trauma recovery: Process both large “T” events (e.g., critical incidents, assaults) and compounded small “t” stressors (e.g., chronic conflict, financial pressure).
- Medical trauma: Address distress in patients, caregivers, and providers who’ve faced the limits of medicine under high stakes.
- Performance enhancement: Release shame or fear that undermines peak performance in surgery, sports, or leadership.
For a deeper dive into EMDR’s mechanisms and your next steps, visit our resource page.
Where and When will we work together?
I support physician clients in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts through intense, personalized programs:
- Mental health Intensives (anxiety, depression, trauma)
- Performance Intensives (work, sports, artistic blocks and “yips”)
You choose the format that fits your schedule—a half-day up to three full days—delivered in your preferred setting: your office, a retreat location I arrange, or via secure Zoom.
How often will we meet?
Every program is customized. Intensives range from single half-day sessions to multi-day series. I no longer offer traditional weekly hour-long appointments, as focused EMDR blocks yield more rapid, durable results for busy physicians.
What if I want weekly sessions or ongoing supportive therapy?
My practice specializes in intensive change work. If you require ongoing weekly support, I’m happy to refer you to trusted colleagues—beginning with Family Service Rochester—for the continuity you need.
Are we a good fit?
Your sense of safety and collaboration matters most. Our first session will clarify fit and goals. If it feels off after that meeting, I’ll share referrals to other highly qualified therapists so you never lose momentum.
Can I use my insurance to pay for therapy?
Many of my physician clients choose to work outside of insurance networks—and here’s why it benefits you:
- Out-of-Network Reimbursement
I'm considered an out-of-network provider. I’ll send you a monthly invoice you can submit to your insurance for partial reimbursement—just confirm your policy details in advance. - Increased Confidentiality
Without an insurance claim filing, no diagnoses or session notes go to a third party. Your EMDR work remains strictly between us, protecting your professional privacy. - Freedom from Coverage Restrictions
Insurance today typically limits sessions to 75 minutes, allows only one session per day, and involves extensive provider paperwork. By operating outside these rules, we can:- Schedule uninterrupted half-day intensives
- Tailor session length and frequency to your goals
- Avoid delays, denials, and retroactive “clawbacks”
- Focus on Clinical Excellence
Skipping the insurance maze frees up time to concentrate on your healing, not on billing codes or authorization hurdles.
If you’d like to explore how this model supports deeper, confidential work without administrative burden, let’s discuss your coverage and next steps.
What is your fee?
Intensives include:
- Customized client workbook tailored to your goals
- Three-hour (or longer) initial sessions, typically in a series of two or three
- Subsequent sessions of 1.5 hours as needed
Fees comply with the No Surprises Act and are provided upfront. Typical rates:
- $300/hour for in-person intensive sessions
- $150/hour for individualized workbook and resource preparation
Ready to reclaim calm focus and peak performance? Let’s schedule your clarity call.
About Katherine
Helping people find their clear blue sky possibilities after their storm
Katherine Driskell, MSW, LICSW has been in the non-profit and mental health space for more than 20 years. With experience in therapy with clients from 8 to 80+, in a variety of settings, she is able to start with clients where they are, and help them reach their goals. 
She is a certified EMDR Therapist and Consultant-In-
Training through EMDRIA and a Certified HeartMath Interventions Practitioner. She is a member of the Minnesota Society for Clinical Social Work.
Training through EMDRIA and a Certified HeartMath Interventions Practitioner. She is a member of the Minnesota Society for Clinical Social Work.
She focuses on motivated clients with clear goals. She helps them meet their goals through short-term intensive work focused directly on the origins of the blocks and beliefs that hold them back. She works with high achieving professionals and performers as well as individuals who have experienced traumas big and small. Located in the heart of the Destination Medical Center district in Rochester, Minnesota, she loves working with patients and their loved ones, doctors and providers to overcome the medical trauma that is sometimes part of healing and illness. She combines mental health and counseling knowledge and skills with cutting edge, research-supported approaches to remove barriers to achieving potential.
She has worked for the State of Minnesota providing mental health care to clients with chronic mental and behavioral challenges. She was in a leadership position at the Mayo Clinic for five years before joining a local non-profit organization to guide a program providing mental health therapists to provide care in schools.
Katherine is available for Consultation for EMDR Therapists who have completed EMDRIA-Approved Basic Training and want to pursue certification. Click here to join the next cohort.
Katherine has also provided license supervision to social workers and professional clinical counselors for nearly a decade. She sought supervision outside of her place of employment as well, knowing the value of an outside perspective. Clinicians must continually reflect on their own well-being and responses to the work they do with clients. In a safe, nurturing supervisory relationship, clinicians can become the healers they seek to be. Each year she takes on a small cohort of Clinical Social Workers and candidates for licensure as Professional Clinical Counselors for license supervision. Reach out to get on the waiting list for the next cohort here
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