Individual Therapy

Online in California • Illinois • Florida

Trauma-informed therapy for adults who are doing their best—and still feel stuck.

You may be here after trying therapy before and feeling like something still hasn’t shifted—or because you know the way things are going isn’t working. This work focuses on loosening what keeps you stuck, so real change can begin to take hold.

How Individual Therapy is Structured Here

Individual therapy here is offered in longer sessions rather than standard 50-minute appointments.

This allows more time to focus and go deeper without feeling rushed, while biweekly spacing between sessions gives change time to settle and carry into everyday life.

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Individual therapy here may be a good fit if you’re looking to:

  • feel less stuck in cycles of self-doubt or internal conflict

  • understand and shift past experiences that shape present reactions

  • feel more grounded in relationships and daily life

  • build steadier confidence and emotional resilience over time

Our Two Individual Therapy Formats

Individual therapy here is shaped around the depth and pace of what you’re working on. Two individual therapy formats are offered:

  • Alternative to standard weekly 50-minute sessions

    How this format works
    You meet one-on-one in longer sessions, allowing enough time to slow down and work more deeply without feeling rushed.
    This format supports focused, ongoing work with experiences or dynamics that benefit from sustained attention, continuity, and space to integrate between sessions.

    Is this a good fit for you?
    This option may be a good fit if:

    • You want deeper one-on-one work with more space between sessions

    • You do your best processing in an individual setting

    • Your work benefits from steady pacing, relational continuity, and time to carry changes into daily life

    Session schedule

    • One 90-minute individual session every other week, or

    • Two 50-minute individual sessions, scheduled days apart, every other week

  • Alternative to standard biweekly 50-minute sessions

    How this format works
    This format combines one individual session and one Group EMDR session each month.
    You use individual sessions to work one-on-one with material that feels bigger, more stuck, or needs focused attention. Together, you identify what’s ready to be processed more deeply, then continue that work in Group EMDR — without sharing details or needing to speak.

    Is this a good fit for you?
    This option may be a good fit if:

    • You want support with stuck experiences without increasing individual session frequency

    • You benefit from both individual guidance and ongoing processing

    • You’re open to working quietly and internally in a group setting, supported by the presence of others

    Session schedule

    • One 90-minute individual session (or two 50-minute sessions scheduled days apart) once per month

    • One 75-minute Group EMDR session once per month

Options Beyond Open-Ended Therapy

Some people are looking for focused, short-term work rather than ongoing therapy. Others want trauma-informed support that’s more flexible and accessible.
Options here include EMDR Intensive Therapy and Drop-In Group EMDR.

Frequently Asked Questions About Individual Therapy

  • All ongoing individual therapy at Root Psychotherapy is billed at the equivalent of $200 per 50-minute session, which translates to the below.

    Biweekly Individual Sessions
    For clients working in the biweekly extended individual therapy format:

    • $200/session when two 50-minute sessions are scheduled close together in the same week every other week

    • $360/session when one 90-minute session is scheduled every other week

    Monthly Individual Session + Group EMDR Session
    For clients working in the monthly individual therapy + group EMDR format:

    • $360/session for the one 90-minute individual session scheduled once per month

    • $75/session for the one 75-minute group EMDR session scheduled once per month

    Both ongoing options are designed to offer a comparable level of therapeutic support, with differences in how individual and processing time are structured.

    Pricing, scheduling, and format are discussed during consultation to determine the best fit for your goals, circumstances, and clinical needs.

  • EMDR is the primary modality used in individual therapy at Root Psychotherapy. Other approaches, such as attachment-focused, somatic-based and parts work, are woven in as needed to support EMDR and help the work feel safe, grounded, and effective.

  • Research on extended session format therapies, including EMDR, suggests that concentrated session time can produce similar outcomes to traditional weekly therapy, often in less overall time, because the work is less interrupted and doesn’t require repeated re-orienting.

    Longer sessions allow meaningful work to unfold more fully, while the space between appointments gives changes time to settle — rather than restarting each week.

    Learn how trauma processing works and why session timing matters →

  • Understanding a pattern doesn’t always change it. Many emotional and relational responses are shaped by earlier experiences and live in the nervous system, not just in conscious awareness.

    This work helps those responses soften and shift over time, so change doesn’t depend on trying harder.

    You can learn more about why patterns can stay stuck, even with insight or effort →

If you’d like help deciding whether this is the right next step.

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