Brainspotting Therapy Intensives in Baltimore City, MD

Deep therapeutic work for issues that deserve (and sometimes demand) thoughtful care and attention!

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A Brainspotting Intensive is a structured, highly personalized therapy experience that allows you to go deeper and make significant breakthroughs in a shorter period of time. Unlike weekly therapy, where sessions are broken up over weeks or months, an intensive provides:

✔ Extended time to fully process difficult emotions or experiences without rushing or feeling pressured due to time limitations
✔ A distraction-free environment for deep, focused work
✔ Faster relief and progress for those who want and need to feel better sooner than later.

What is a Brainspotting Intensive?

This format is ideal for individuals who:

  • Need to feel better fast so they can function again and get back to their daily lives and routines

  • Don’t have the time or interest in attending weekly therapy

  • Need more time to work through specific issues than is actually available in an hour-long session. 

  • Are already in therapy but need dedicated time to focus on a specific issue

  • Prefer an immersive therapy experience where you can do a deep dive into key issues. 

  • Our intensives are especially popular with teachers, nurses, therapists, first responders, and stressed out professionals who need immediate relief due to the nature of their work and the experiences they are exposed to on the job.

  • Are not especially excited about going to therapy, but know that they need to do something fast. Intensives are great for “rip the bandaid off” types. 

  • Intensives are perfect for people who want to work through a specific traumatic experience, devastating pain from grief & loss, and difficult thoughts and emotions that are interfering with your goals and ability to move forward.

We Make Scheduling Easy!

  • 1. Call Us

    Give us a call at 410-497-8451, Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm and speak with our office admin who will help you get scheduled!

  • 2. Schedule With One of Our Therapists

    Click on the “Make an Appointment” button with the therapist of your choice here (make sure they’re accepting new clients). Follow the prompts to create your account, schedule an appointment, and complete the biography section. You got this!

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Why Choose a Brainspotting Intensive?

Brainspotting Intensives are an investment in deep, therapeutic work with a highly skilled practitioner.  The value of an intensive comes from:

  • ✔ The ability to make significant progress in days instead of months

  • ✔ Dedicated, focused time to process trauma, grief, or other difficult thoughts, feelings, and experiences

  • ✔ One-on-one support from an experienced Certified Brainspotter & Brainspotting Consultant

  • ✔ The freedom to step away from daily stress and focus entirely on your own well-being

Since insurance companies do not cover Brainspotting Intensives, our clients pay privately using:
✔ Credit cards
✔ Checks
✔ FSA or HSA cards

Melissa Wesner,LCPC

Meet Your Brainspotting Intensive Therapist, Melissa Wesner, LCPC

Melissa Wesner, LCPC, Certified Brainspotter, Brainspotting Consultant, & Founder of LifeSpring Counseling Services

Brainspotting Intensives at LifeSpring are personally facilitated by Melissa Wesner, LCPC, LifeSpring’s Founder, a Certified Brainspotter and Brainspotting Consultant with years of experience helping individuals gain insight, make connections, and feel better as a result of Brainspotting. Melissa is: 

✔ Trauma-Informed: having extensive experience treating trauma and PTSD

✔ Experienced in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders: These intensives, however, are not a substitute for seeking medical treatment to taper from substances such as opiates or alcohol. Intensives could be appropriate AFTER receiving a medically supervised taper or detox.

✔ Trained in Sex Therapy: with particular interest and experience in supporting women who have been sexually assaulted, individuals experiencing sexual difficulties as a result of religious upbringing, and/or individuals who have experienced legal or relational consequences resulting from out of control sexual behaviors.
✔ Highly Skilled Brainspotting Practitioner: Melissa is a Certified Brainspotter and Brainspotting Consultant with years of experience using Brainspotting with her clients. 

Not all therapy intensives are created equal. When choosing an intensive, it’s important to ask about the therapist’s training and experience. At LifeSpring, you’ll be working with a highly trained, certified Brainspotter and Brainspotting Consultant who has seen amazing results with many of her clients.

What Our Clients Often Say About Brainspotting Services

While our clients are not always excited about doing Brainspotting (it does involve looking at uncomfortable thoughts, feelings, and experiences, after all), here’s what they often have to say:

  • “I know that this event happened, but I don’t have the same emotional response when thinking about it now.”

  • “That experience feels smaller now.”

  • “That experience feels further away now.”

  • “I don’t feel as activated now.”

  • “Takes the heat out of the pepper.”

    Certified Brainspotter, Sara Secada-Lovio, LCPC

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We offer two in-person Brainspotting Intensive options:

1-Day Brainspotting Intensive

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (includes a 30-minute lunch break & two 15-minute breaks)

30 minute follow-up visit

Ideal for individuals who need focused time to work through a specific issue

Cost: $4,000

Brainspotting Intensive Options at LifeSpring

3-Day Brainspotting Intensive

Three consecutive days, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM daily

30 minute follow-up visit

Best for individuals needing more time and space to work through significant, multi-faceted concerns without feeling rush or pressured. 

Cost: $11,500 (reduced rate for 3-day option)

✔ In-person Intensives are the most popular, but we also offer virtual options.
✔ Weekend availability for those who prefer to schedule without needing to miss work.

What is Holding You Back from Starting Brainspotting Sessions?

Getting Started is Simple!

When you start therapy, you’ll have some decisions to make. Am I interested in online counseling, or do I want to meet with someone in person? From there, you’ll have to think about the type of therapist you think you’d work well with. At LifeSpring, we have both male and female therapists in case you have a preference.

Scheduling your first session is simple:

  1. Click Here to book online 24/7 with the therapist of your choice or give us a call at 410-497-8451 Mon-Fri from 9am-5pm.

  2. Complete your intake paperwork. 

  3. Attend your first session and start feeling better with professional support!

Your healing matters, and you don’t have to do this alone. If you’re ready to experience the benefits of a focused, two-hour Brainspotting session, we’d love to support you. Give us a call today.

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Other Mental Health Services at LifeSpring

Counseling for children and teens isn’t the only counseling service offered at our office. Our Greater Baltimore mental health counseling office also offers individual counseling services for adults and college students dealing with anxiety, depression, grief and loss, interpersonal violence, and trauma. We also offer specialized counseling services including online therapy, Brainspotting, faith-based counseling, and mindfulness-based counseling.