Investment for trauma therapy intensives
Investment: what an intensive costs, and what it holds.
All therapy at Meadow Grove is self-pay and offered as immersive intensives. Here's everything you need to understand the cost and how the process works, laid out plainly, before you ever pick up the phone.
Investment
Time, given fully to you.
The 5-day intensive
Five consecutive days of focused, embodied trauma work with EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and other approaches, shaped entirely around you.
$1,500 per day · five days, 9am to 4pm
Begins with a complimentary 45-minute call to explore fit. If it feels right, a deposit reserves your dates.
Nourish Your Nervous System
A single 3-hour session for self-awareness, skill-building, and nervous system regulation. It can stand on its own or become a first step toward an intensive later.
Nourish Your Nervous System is designed for resourcing and regulation, and isn't a shorter or lower-cost path into trauma reprocessing. For deep reprocessing work, the 5-day intensive is the right fit.
$750 · one 3-hour session · offered when it fits, after your 45-minute call
All therapy at Meadow Grove is self-pay. Intensives are not billed to insurance, and HSA and FSA cards are accepted.
What your investment includes
Support before you arrive, and throughout your days here.
- A complimentary 45-minute pre-intensive call to explore fit and readiness
- A preparation guidebook to work through before you arrive
- Five days together, 9am to 4pm, paced to what your nervous system can integrate
- A thoughtful close on the final day, with time to plan for the weeks after
What five days can hold
Some people wonder whether they need all five days. The time holds more than reprocessing, so the deeper work never has to be rushed. Each week is shaped around you and may include:
- Settling in to the space at an unhurried pace
- Planning together, including identifying memories to focus on, and preverbal experiences when they're part of the picture
- Exploring your inner world: the patterns, parts, and responses that have helped you cope
- Nourishing your nervous system through practices that may include mindfulness, gentle movement, and sound meditation
- Reprocessing, with the time each memory needs varying from person to person
- A thoughtful close, gathering what's shifted and planning for the weeks ahead
A self-pay practice
Self-pay keeps the work private and shaped entirely around you, without an insurance company setting limits on time, diagnosis, or approach.
- HSA and FSA cards accepted. You can use a health savings or flexible spending account to pay for services.
- Superbills available. On request, you'll receive a superbill you can submit to your insurance for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
No outcome can be promised here. What is offered is dedicated time, skilled attention, and space for something to move. Sometimes that's exactly what's needed.
If an intensive isn't within reach right now, that's okay. You're still welcome to schedule the complimentary call, and Vanessa is glad to help you think through other options and resources.
Good Faith Estimate
Your right to know the cost of care before you receive it.
The following notice is required by federal law under the No Surprises Act and applies to all self-pay clients and any client not submitting a claim to insurance for a given service. All therapy intensives at Meadow Grove Counseling are self-pay and fall under this requirement.
Your Right to a Good Faith Estimate
You have the right to receive a "Good Faith Estimate" explaining how much your health care will cost. Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don't have certain types of health care coverage or who are not using certain types of health care coverage an estimate of their bill for health care items and services before those items or services are provided.
- You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any health care items or services upon request or when scheduling such items or services. This includes related costs like medical tests, prescription drugs, equipment, and hospital fees.
- If you schedule a health care item or service at least 3 business days in advance, make sure your health care provider gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing within 1 business day after scheduling. If you schedule a health care item or service at least 10 business days in advance, make sure your health care provider gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing within 3 business days after scheduling. You can also ask any health care provider for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule an item or service. If you do, make sure the health care provider gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing within 3 business days after you ask.
- If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more for any provider than your Good Faith Estimate from that provider, you can dispute the bill.
- Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate.
For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call 1-800-985-3059.
Questions about cost
What people often ask.
How much does a trauma therapy intensive cost at Meadow Grove?
The 5-day trauma therapy intensive is $7,500, or $1,500 per day, for five days of private, one-on-one therapy from 9am to 4pm in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Nourish Your Nervous System, a single 3-hour session focused on resourcing and regulation rather than trauma reprocessing, is $750. The 45-minute pre-intensive call is always complimentary.
Do you take insurance?
Meadow Grove doesn't bill insurance directly. All therapy is self-pay, though HSA and FSA cards are accepted and a superbill is available for possible out-of-network reimbursement. Full pricing is listed on this page so you know the investment before you begin.
Can I use my HSA or FSA card?
Yes. HSA and FSA cards can be used to pay for services at Meadow Grove. If you have questions about what your specific account covers, your plan administrator can confirm.
Can I get reimbursed by my insurance?
Meadow Grove doesn't bill insurance directly, but a superbill is available on request. A superbill is a detailed receipt you can submit to your insurance company for possible out-of-network reimbursement. Coverage depends on your plan, so it's worth checking your out-of-network mental health benefits before your intensive.
Why is the intensive self-pay?
Self-pay keeps the work private and shaped entirely around you, without an insurance company setting limits on session length, number of days, diagnosis requirements, or approach.
Why an intensive instead of weekly sessions?
Weekly therapy fits healing into your life. An intensive steps outside of it. Over five days, the pace follows your nervous system instead of the clock, and what opens in the morning can be followed through rather than set down for a week. For many people, that changes how deep the work can go.
Do I really need all five days?
Many people wonder this. The five days hold more than reprocessing: time to settle in, plan together, nourish your nervous system, and close with care, so the deeper work doesn't have to be rushed. The time each memory needs varies from person to person, and having room means nothing has to be hurried open or left unfinished. Whether this format fits you is something we can explore together on your 45-minute call.
Is a deposit required?
Yes, a deposit reserves your dates. Cancellation and rescheduling terms are shared in the informed consent form after your 45-minute call, so everything is clear before you commit.
What if an intensive isn't within reach right now?
That's completely understandable. You're still welcome to schedule the complimentary call, and if an intensive isn't the right fit financially or otherwise, Vanessa is glad to help you think through other options and resources.
What is the very first step?
A complimentary 45-minute phone call to explore fit and readiness. If it feels right, a deposit reserves your dates and you'll receive a guidebook to prepare, followed by the intensive itself.
Have a question about fit or cost?
The first step is a short, unhurried phone conversation. No forms, no pressure, and no cost.
If you're in crisis or don't feel safe right now, you can call or text 988 in the U.S. to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, any time of day.