You came through something hard.
EMDR Intensive therapy for patients, caregivers, and families navigating life after a medical crisis — or any storm that changed everything.
Virtual or in-person · Available to clients in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts
Changing the model of therapy to meet client needs
You have a lot on your schedule. Finding a weekly hour might not be it. Flexibility in how you receive therapeutic support is important, and the traditional model of weekly psychotherapy is shifting to meet your needs.
Traditional talk therapy is a long-term support system to help you work through life challenges over time. But two things keep coming up for you:
- Your schedule is demanding and unpredictable, making a weekly therapy appointment feel overwhelming.
- You feel like you need help, and quickly. The idea of spending months in talk therapy makes it feel impossible to ever feel better.
Learn more about Katherine here, and why she's passionate about adjusting to the needs of clients.
How Would My EMDR Intensive Sessions Work for Me?
How Do EMDR Intensives Work?
EMDR Intensives Support those who find traditional talk therapy to be too disruptive to their already hectic lives and those who need to feel better now. Whatever the reason that weekly sessions just won’t work for you, EMDR intensives are available to support you during times you need help the most.
Many of our clients traveled to Rochester to go to the Clinic for specialized care. The stress and trauma of serious medical conditions, caregiving, and life at home can all take their toll. While you're here to heal, or taking care of someone trying to heal, we can help.
Read my blog post about why I'm making this change, and the benefits to clients that have already been observed here.
EMDR is not just for trauma; it is also used for performance enhancement, to excel in areas such as athletics, work settings, and relationships. It can help you overcome your obstacles and work toward your goals.
Treatment for Medical Trauma in the Med City
Traveling to Rochester, MN for Medical Care?
Facing a medical diagnosis or undergoing complex treatment can stir up unexpected stress—for you and those who care about you. Integrating specialized EMDR therapy into your care plan helps you process difficult emotions, reduce anxiety, and build the inner strength needed to meet each challenge head-on. We can schedule around your medical appointments
Tailored to Your Goals and Schedule
Our EMDR Intensives deliver a bespoke treatment plan built around your unique needs and timeline. You’ll skip the standard waitlist with priority access to limited spots, then choose half-day sessions that fit your schedule—so you can begin making real progress on your goals without delay.
What Clients Discover About Themselves After EMDR
These are real words from real clients — things they discovered about themselves through their own processing. Not goals I set for them. Not affirmations I handed them. Things they arrived at on their own.
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?
Your Intensive Includes
All Elements are Personalized to You and Your Goals
- Pre-consultation interview to assess for candidacy, as well as target unpleasant beliefs, body sensations, emotions, or images from which you are seeking relief
- HeartMath Sensor and training in interventions to learn about and manage stress with real-time feedback you can practice with before, during and after our sessions.
- Personalized treatment workbook, which allows you to work on your treatment goals before, during, and after our intensive sessions.
- A customized treatment program with targeted treatment goals. Therapy with Katherine is done either in person or virtually, often for 3 sessions (3 to 4 hours each session).
- Post-treatment interview to assess and support your adaptation to positive changes from treatment.
Frequently Asked Questions
I need to know more
What kind of therapy do you offer?
I offer EMDR therapy in an intensive format to help you get to your goals in a focused and efficient manner.
Can EMDR Help Me?
It's highly likely. EMDR can be effectively used for:
Resourcing: We will work to strengthen internal resources while soothing parts of you that feel limited. EMDR uses images, emotions, body sensations, and positive cognitions to increase feelings of calm, safety, and confidence.
Trauma recovery: While I often work with clients experiencing big "T" trauma (a major accident, assault, medical crisis), I also support clients with small "t" traumas — chronic stress, interpersonal conflict, difficult relationships. One of the most overlooked aspects of small "t" traumas is their accumulated effect over time.
Medical Trauma: Patients, caregivers, and families are all impacted by the experience of serious medical treatment. Each role carries its own weight. All deserve support.
Performance enhancement: Difficult experiences don't just affect mood — they affect how we perform under pressure. EMDR helps the brain move past the limiting beliefs and unresolved experiences that create hesitation, self-doubt, and blocks to achieving your potential.
Where and When will we work together?
I support EMDR clients who are physically in Minnesota, Wisconsin or Massachusetts in-person and online in two ways:
- Personalized treatment programs for treatment of mental health (Intensives) including anxiety, depression adjustment, trauma and medical trauma
- Personalized treatment programs to address blocks and yips in achieving highest potential in performance (work, sports, or artistic)
We will determine how long an intensive you want (one half day to 3 full days) and when it fits in the schedule. We can meet where you feel comfortable: a place you know, or a retreat setting I arrange, or online using zoom.
How often will we meet?
Treatment programs are customized for everyone's individual needs. For those on the intensive therapy plan, it can range from half-day to multi-day sessions. I no longer accept new clients for weekly one hour sessions, as I don't find that model to be best suited for the results my clients are interested in.
What if I want weekly sessions or ongoing supportive therapy?
While supportive therapy is appropriate for many clients and therapists, my focus is on working with clients who seek change and are motivated to do intensive focused work to achieve their goals. If you are in Rochester or anywhere in Minnesota and seeking ongoing supportive therapy, I'm happy to provide a list of providers in the area whom you can contact for this type of service. I recommend you start with Family Service Rochester
Are we a good fit?
Let's find out. It's important that you feel safe with your therapist. Therapy is your space to do your work. The clients in my practice have this experience with me. If we feel we are not a good fit after our initial session, I am happy to share additional referrals of trusted colleagues.
Can I use my insurance to pay for therapy?
I'm an out-of-network provider and will provide a monthly invoice for you to submit for insurance reimbursement. It's worth checking your out-of-network benefits before we begin.
Do you offer Sliding Scale rates?
Yes. I offer a 12-hour, sliding scale program for a limited number of clients who wish to work with me on targeted treatment goals and are not able to pay my full fee.
What is your fee?
Personalized EMDR & HeartMath treatment (called intensives) are half-day to multi-day programs that include a customized client workbook specific to your goals. Fees are based on your needs and program design, and are communicated ahead of time in accordance with the No Surprises Act. Typically intensive therapy is $275/hour for in person services and $250 for the work to prepare individualized resources unique to your goals. I prefer to work in an intensive model, meeting for three-hour sessions or longer initially, in a series of 2 or 3. After this, working intensively in 1.5 hour sessions less often on remaining goals is definitely something that we can plan out.
About Katherine
Katherine Driskell, MSW, LICSW is an EMDRIA-certified therapist and the founder of Clear Blue Sky Therapy & Consulting in Minnesota. She specializes in EMDR Intensives for people navigating medical trauma, life after crisis, and the accumulated weight of experiences that weekly therapy can't reach fast enough.
Her clinical background spans community mental health, a leadership role at the Mayo Clinic, and nearly two decades working at the intersection of trauma, nervous system regulation, and healing. She knows what it means to come through something hard — and she knows what it takes to actually resolve what's still stuck.
Licensed in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts · Available in-person and virtually within licensed states
221 First Ave SW, Ste #610
Rochester, MN 55902
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