Illuminating Hope

Joycy Ann Lacombe · Trauma Intensives

Trauma Intensives & Trauma-Informed Workplaces

Deep work, done with care — in hours, not months.

Weekly therapy moves at the pace of a calendar. A trauma intensive moves at the pace of your healing. Illuminating Hope offers two distinct pathways: focused, one-to-one intensives for people ready to process what happened — and trauma-informed education blocks for workplaces ready to support the people it happened to.

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“Healing doesn't have to be slow to be gentle.”

Every intensive begins with a consultation — a real conversation, not a sales call — to make sure this format is the right fit for you and this season of your life.

Joycy Ann Lacombe

Founder, Illuminating Hope · Licensed Psychotherapist, Certified Trauma Specialist

Two Pathways

One philosophy. Two very different rooms.

For psychotherapy clients

Individual Trauma Intensives

Extended, one-to-one therapy sessions — half-day, full-day, or multi-day — designed for people who want to work through trauma in a concentrated, supported way rather than stretching it across months of weekly appointments.

  • A confidential, clinical psychotherapy service
  • Trauma-focused approaches including EMDR-informed and somatic work
  • Careful preparation and integration built into every intensive
  • Available in person or virtually, where appropriate
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For corporate & organizational clients

Workplace Trauma-Informed Blocks

Facilitated education and support sessions that help teams understand trauma, recognize its impact at work, and build a culture where people can actually function — not just cope quietly.

  • Non-clinical facilitated education and support
  • For leaders, HR, and teams — tailored to your context
  • Practical frameworks, not therapy sessions
  • Delivered on-site or virtually, in structured time blocks
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Individual Intensives

Who this is for

  • You've been in therapy and made progress — but there's one thing you keep circling without landing.
  • A specific event, loss, or season is asking for more attention than a 50-minute hour can hold.
  • Your schedule makes weekly therapy hard to sustain, and you'd rather do focused work in a contained block of time.
  • You're preparing for — or recovering from — a significant transition and want dedicated support around it.
  • You feel ready. Not unafraid, but ready.

Intensives aren't for everyone, and they're never a substitute for emergency or crisis care. That's exactly what the consultation is for — an honest conversation about fit, timing, and readiness.

What to Expect

The shape of an intensive

  1. 01

    Consultation & fit

    A no-pressure conversation about what you're carrying, what you want from the work, and whether an intensive is the right container for it. If it isn't, Joycy will say so — and suggest what is.

  2. 02

    Preparation session

    Before the intensive itself, we build the ground: history, goals, resourcing, and the skills that keep deep work safe and tolerable.

  3. 03

    The intensive

    A half-day, full-day, or multi-day block of focused therapy, with breaks, pacing, and room to breathe. This is deep work, not endurance work.

  4. 04

    Integration & aftercare

    A follow-up session to settle what surfaced, connect it to daily life, and plan next steps — including ongoing therapy with your existing therapist if you have one.

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Workplace Blocks

Who this is for

  • Leaders who suspect their team is carrying more than the org chart shows — and want to respond well, not awkwardly.
  • HR and people teams building trauma-informed policy, return-to-work support, or psychologically safer management practices.
  • Organizations in caregiving, frontline, or high-stress sectors where exposure to others' trauma is part of the job.
  • Teams who've been through something hard together and need structured, facilitated space — not another pizza lunch.

What to Expect

How a block is structured

  1. 01

    Scoping conversation

    We talk with your leadership or HR contact about context, goals, group size, and what your people actually need. No off-the-shelf deck.

  2. 02

    Tailored facilitation blocks

    Structured sessions — typically 90 minutes to half-days — covering how trauma shows up at work, nervous-system literacy, supportive communication, and boundaries.

  3. 03

    Practical takeaways

    Your team leaves with shared language, concrete practices, and clear signposts for when — and where — to refer someone for professional support.

  4. 04

    Optional follow-up

    A debrief block for leaders or HR to consolidate learning and plan next steps for policy and culture.

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Investment

Clear rates, stated plainly.

No packages you didn't ask for, no open-ended retainer, no invoice ambush. Every engagement is a defined piece of work with a defined fee — confirmed with you at the consultation, before anything is booked.

Individual Trauma Intensives

The Standard Intensive

$900

one 3-hour session

A single, structured deep-dive — intake review, focused therapeutic work, and an integration debrief. One payment, no ongoing commitment.

Most requested

The Half-Day Intensive

$1,500

one 5–6 hour day, break included

Deep therapeutic processing in the morning, integration and action planning in the afternoon. A single day for work that a single hour can't hold.

The Intensive Series

$2,400

three sessions, one commitment

Three intensives spaced two to four weeks apart, shaped around a specific arc — purchased upfront as one defined piece of work, not open-ended therapy.

Workplace Trauma-Informed Blocks

$4,000 flat fee

Half-day facilitated block · up to 8 participants

A flat engagement fee, not a per-head charge — easier to budget, and not a transactional meter running on your people. The scoping conversation is included. Multi-block programs and larger organizations are quoted after scoping, in writing.

What the fee doesn't include

Surprises. If anything about your situation calls for a different format or a referral elsewhere, you'll hear that in the consultation — before money changes hands.

Approach & Boundaries

Warm doesn't mean vague. Here's exactly where the lines are.

Individual intensives are therapy.

They are confidential, clinical psychotherapy delivered by a registered professional, within scope of practice, and with informed consent at every step. Intensives complement — and never replace — ongoing care, medical advice, or crisis services.

Workplace blocks are not therapy.

Workplace trauma-informed blocks are facilitated education and support. They are not employee therapy, group counselling, diagnosis, mediation, or a crisis-response service. When someone needs clinical care, we help you point them to it — we don't provide it in the boardroom.

Safety comes first, always.

If you or someone you know is in immediate danger or in crisis, please contact emergency services or a crisis line now. An intensive is deep work — it is never urgent work, and it is not the right door in an emergency.

Questions

Asked often, answered honestly.

Don't see your question here? The consultation exists for exactly that.

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Is an intensive just a really long therapy session?

No. An intensive is a deliberately structured arc — preparation, focused processing, and integration — not a weekly session stretched out. The format exists because some work benefits from continuity and depth that the clock usually interrupts.

Do I need to be in therapy already to book an intensive?

Not necessarily, but it helps. Many clients come with an existing therapist and use the intensive for focused work on a specific issue, then return to their regular care. If you're not currently in therapy, the consultation will explore whether an intensive or ongoing therapy is the better starting point.

Will my employer find out what I share in an individual intensive?

No. Individual intensives are confidential clinical services, bound by professional standards and privacy law — regardless of who referred you. Workplace blocks are a separate service entirely and never involve disclosing any individual's clinical information.

Is a workplace block therapy for our staff?

No — and it's important to be clear about this. Workplace blocks are non-clinical facilitated education and support. They help your organization understand trauma and respond well; they do not treat, diagnose, or counsel employees, and they are not a crisis-response service. We will always help you connect staff to appropriate clinical resources when that's what's needed.

What if someone is in crisis right now?

Please contact emergency services or a local crisis line immediately. Neither intensives nor workplace blocks are designed for emergencies — and no one should wait for a consultation when they need help today.

How much does it cost?

Individual intensives are $900 for a 3-hour session, $1,500 for a half-day, and $2,400 for a three-session series. Workplace blocks are a $4,000 flat fee for a half-day facilitation, with multi-block programs quoted after scoping. Full details are in the Investment section above — and the consultation comes with no booking obligation.

The next step is a conversation, not a commitment.

Whether you're an individual wondering if an intensive is right for you, or an organization wondering what trauma-informed actually looks like in practice — start with a consultation. If we're not the right fit, we'll tell you, and we'll point you toward someone who is.

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If you are in immediate danger or crisis, please contact emergency services or your local crisis line now. The services described on this page are not emergency or crisis-response services.