When the Weight of Medicine Feels Too Heavy

EMDR Intensives Built for Physicians -- Confidential, Efficient, Transformational

You’ve given everything you have to medicine: nights on call, weighty decisions, patient outcomes that linger in your mind. But what happens when your inner tank is empty and the demands keep coming? Intensive EMDR is designed to meet you where you are—on your schedule, in your pain—so you can reclaim clarity, presence, and safety again.

From:

Exhausted, wired, and unable to truly rest
Carrying guilt and frustration home after every shift
Feeling “always on,” never off-duty
Living with fragmented sleep and constant hypervigilance

To:

Restorative sleep that actually leaves you refreshed
Presence with your family, without the mental load of the hospital following you home
Clear decision-making and focus at work
Renewed sense of purpose in medicine — and healthier boundaries around it

Why Intensives Work

Fits your schedule — three to five half-day blocks, flexible around call and clinic.
Brain-based, efficient — no endless talking, just proven EMDR strategies that reset your nervous system.
Private and discreet — no insurance trail, no stigma, no one else needs to know.
Clinician-led with respect — guided by someone who has walked hospital floors and understands the toll of medicine.

What Clients Experience After EMDR Intensives

Sleep that actually feels restorative instead of fragmented
A calmer baseline — less reactivity in high-stakes moments
The ability to leave work at work, without carrying the shift home
Feeling more present with family and less distracted by hospital stressors
Relief from the weight of past events that used to replay on loop
Renewed clarity and purpose in practicing medicine

By the end of an EMDR Intensive, clients often describe embodying these empowering shifts — not just in their thoughts, but in their emotions and even in their bodies:

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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.
Anonymous

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.
Anonymous

How It Works

Strategy Session (30 minutes) — a focused conversation to answer your questions, confirm fit, and outline next steps.
Pre-Intensive Consultation (60–90 minutes) — map stressors, refine goals, and co-create your personalized treatment plan.

Workbook Preparation — complete targeted exercises that increase awareness, identify blocks, and prepare you for focused sessions.

EMDR Intensives (3–5 half-day sessions) — delivered virtually or in person, scheduled around your availability for deep, concentrated work.

Mind-Body Workbook & Resources — continue integrating insights between sessions with structured exercises and recorded tools.

Post-Intensive Follow-Up (60–90 minutes) — one week later, review progress, troubleshoot challenges, and set a forward path.

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About Katherine

I’m Katherine, founder of Clear Blue Sky Therapy & Consulting. I’m an EMDRIA-certified therapist with deep expertise in trauma recovery — and I’ve seen firsthand the toll medicine takes after walking hospital floors during COVID. I designed EMDR intensives specifically for physicians who need results that respect their time, privacy, and calling.

My goal: to help you reclaim clarity, presence, and rest — so you can keep practicing medicin e without losing yourself in the process.

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.

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Treatment for Medical Trauma in the Med City

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

You don’t have to keep pushing through burnout.

Step into an intensive designed for physicians — confidential, efficient, restorative.

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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

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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.

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I need to know more

You’re not the first physician to wonder about these things — here are the questions I hear most often.

How is this different from weekly therapy?

Weekly therapy can take months or years. Intensives condense the work into 3–5 half-days, so you experience relief and clarity faster, without the scheduling burden.

Will this fit my schedule?

Yes. Intensives are designed around your call rotation and availability. We’ll create a plan that allows you to be fully present without constant rescheduling.

Is this confidential?

Yes. I do use a secure electronic medical record for notes, but it is not Epic and is not linked to your hospital or employer. Nothing is shared unless you ask me to release it.

Does insurance cover intensives?

Maybe. I don’t bill insurance directly, but I can provide a superbill for you to submit to your insurance. Reimbursement depends on your specific plan.

Do I have to be in Minnesota?

I’m licensed in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts. You’ll need to be physically located in one of those states at the time of our work together. Intensives can be done virtually or in person (in Minnesota).

What kinds of issues do intensives help with?

Physicians come to intensives for many reasons, including:

Burnout and moral injury
Sleep disturbance and hypervigilance
Carrying traumatic events from training or practice
Feeling emotionally flat or disconnected at home
Guilt, shame, or self-criticism that won’t let up

If the weight of medicine feels too heavy, intensives are designed to help you reset and move forward with clarity and presence.

What if I’ve never done EMDR before?

That’s fine. The strategy session and pre-intensive consultation will prepare you fully. I’ll guide you step by step, and the workbook helps reinforce the work between sessions.

Don’t see your question here? Bring it to your Strategy Session — we’ll cover what matters most to you.

You don't have to keep pushing through burnout.

Step into an intensive designed for physicians — confidential, efficient, restorative.

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When the Weight of Medicine Feels Too Heavy

EMDR Intensives Built for Physicians -- Confidential, Efficient, Transformational

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