One Day Intensive

In one day, you walk away with: 1) A detailed explanation for your unique psychological, emotional, psychiatric, and behavioral issues, and what truly stands in your way; and 2) A personalized map of your way out.

This is the deepest look you have ever had at yourself.

What We Do
Intensives involve four components:

1. Understand what you are in the middle of.  This involves a detailed evaluation beyond your symptoms to uncover what you are struggling with, including: dilemmas, home life, relationships, career, lifestyle, life and spiritual direction, substance use, diet, exercise, and other possible problems you deal with.  

2. Understand how you have come to be who you are.  We take a thoughtful look at your early life development, past conflicts, traumas, philosophies and core beliefs, major milestones, hardships, challenges, setbacks, fears, losses, and other possible problem areas.  This helps us piece together how you relate to the world and conceptualize your problems, and why your past efforts have not succeeded.

3. Provide a detailed profile of the problem.  Vague explanations lead to vague and unhelpful answers ("depression" is treated with an antidepressant and cognitive behavioral therapy with little result).  We do something much different.  With the detailed history gathered, we craft a highly specific explanation of what your true underlying problem is. We discover the exact nuances and subtle complexities that are often missed, and unlock more targeted solutions.

4. Map out your personalized path forward.  We all know what to do (maintain close positive relationships, do meaningful activities/work, eat healthy, exercise, sleep well, and avoid substances).  We go further and identify your exact next best moves to make.  Those can be psychological, relational, spiritual, behavioral, lifestyle, medical, etc. - it depends on what we uncover.  You come away knowing precisely what you need to do to finally break through your individual psychological and emotional barriers, and move forward in life. 

Things to Know
  • Intensives can be done in one full day, or in two half days.
  • The first step to booking an Intensive is to speak by phone (512-772-4000) to make sure we are both a good fit and that this is appropriate for you.
  • I actually prefer not to receive any outside information or history about you before we meet so that I can formulate an unbiased assessment that isn’t influenced by preconceived notions.
  • If avoidable, try not to plan any large tasks or responsibilities that day.
  • It is usually best to use most or all of the time for you individually.  It is for us to decide together if it would be a good use of time to include loved ones.
  • As a psychiatrist I can prescribe medication, or provide a second opinion.  If you do wish to start a prescription, you would need to commit to appropriate followup.
  • Some people find one intensive is enough to accomplish what they came for.  Others desire follow up intensives.  We will figure out together what makes sense for you.