Sankofa Intensives™ are immersive trauma healing and nervous system restoration experiences designed for high-achieving individuals ready to move beyond survival mode and into deeper emotional healing, embodiment, restoration, and reclamation.
These curated intensive experiences blend evidence-based trauma treatment with holistic and culturally grounded healing approaches to support meaningful transformation of the mind, body, and nervous system.
Modalities may include:
EMDR, Brainspotting, Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, Hypnosis, Breathwork, Sound Healing, Narrative Therapy, and Embodiment Practices.
When Weekly Therapy Isn't Enough
Sometimes healing requires more than a 50-minute session.
Sankofa Intensives™ provide intentional, immersive spaces for individuals who are ready to process deeper emotional wounds, reconnect with themselves, and experience meaningful nervous system restoration without interruption.
This is not rushed healing.
This is intentional restoration.
These intensives are designed for individuals who are ready to slow down, go deeper, and receive concentrated support in a spacious, restorative environment.
Begin with a Consultation
A pre-intensive consultation is required for all Sankofa Intensive experiences.
This 30-minute consultation helps determine goodness of fit, therapeutic goals, nervous system readiness, recommended intensive structure, and emotional preparation.
Consultation Investment
$75 for new clients
Complimentary for current therapy clients
The consultation fee is applied toward the intensive experience upon booking.
Explore Intensive Options
Half-Day Intensive
ROOTWORK + REMEMBERING™
Naming the wound. Reclaiming the story.
A focused yet immersive therapeutic experience designed to support emotional processing, nervous system regulation, and reconnection with self in an intentional and supportive environment.
Ideal for individuals seeking concentrated trauma-focused support without committing to a full-day immersion.
EMDR, Brainspotting, Somatic Experiencing, IFS, Hypnosis, Breathwork
$1,250
Experience Flow
- Arrival & Grounding Ritual
Nervous system check-in, intention setting, somatic orientation, grounding, and emotional preparation. - Deep Processing Experience
Focused trauma processing using EMDR, Brainspotting, Somatic Experiencing, IFS, or hypnosis. - Integration & Nourishment Pause Light nourishment, tea, grounding, breathwork, and reflection.
- Closing & Stabilization Care planning, emotional stabilization, integration support, and nervous system settling.
Who It's For
Individuals seeking focused trauma processing, emotional clarity, nervous system regulation, and meaningful therapeutic support in a shorter immersive format.
Not a Good Fit
Those seeking crisis stabilization only, unwilling to engage in trauma-focused work, or needing inpatient-level support.
What's Included
Personalized wellness gift, light nourishment, tea, grounding practices, and integration support.
Full-Day Intensive
RELEASE + REPAIR™
Unburdening the body. Reclaiming the self.
A full-day immersive healing experience designed to create spaciousness for deeper trauma processing, emotional release, nervous system restoration, and embodied healing.
This experience allows clients to move beyond surface-level coping and into intentional therapeutic transformation.
EMDR, Brainspotting, Somatic Experiencing, IFS, Hypnosis, Breathwork, Sound Healing
$2,100
Experience Flow
- Sacred Arrival & Nervous System Grounding Opening ritual, breathwork, nervous system assessment, intention setting, and emotional preparation.
- Morning Processing Experience Immersive therapeutic work using selected trauma-processing modalities.
- Midday Nourishment & Regulation Break Lunch, herbal tea, grounding support, movement, and reflection.
- Afternoon Integration & Reprocessing Continued therapeutic processing and nervous system restoration.
- Sound Healing & Regulation Experience Guided sound healing for emotional settling and integration.
- Closing Integration Ritual Reflection, stabilization practices, and post-intensive planning.
Who It's For
Individuals ready for deeper emotional processing, embodied healing, and immersive trauma-focused therapeutic support.
Not a Good Fit
Those uncomfortable with extended emotional processing or seeking quick-fix therapeutic approaches.
What's Included
Personalized wellness gift, lunch, herbal tea, sound healing, grounding practices, and integration support.
Two-Day Immersive
REBIRTH + RECLAMATION™
Honoring legacy. Reclaiming identity. Returning to self.
Our most immersive and transformational healing experience.
Designed for individuals seeking deeper emotional healing, trauma integration, nervous system restoration, identity reclamation, and intentional reconnection with self through spacious and supported care.
EMDR, Brainspotting, Somatic Experiencing, IFS, Hypnosis, Breathwork, Sound Healing, Narrative Therapy, Embodiment Practices
$3,800
Experience Flow
Day One: Rootwork + Remembering
Theme: Naming the wound. Reclaiming the story.
- Sacred Opening & Nervous System Assessment
- Narrative Mapping & Parts Exploration
- Deep Trauma Reprocessing
- Nourishment & Reflection Pause
- Embodied Restoration Experience
Day Two: Release + Repair
Theme: Unburdening the body. Reclaiming the self.
- Somatic Emotional Processing
- Identity Restoration & Reclamation
- Sound Healing & Nervous System Integration
- Rebirth & Closing Ritual
Who It's For
Individuals seeking deep transformational work, identity healing, trauma integration, and expanded nervous system restoration support.
Not a Good Fit
Those unable to commit to extended immersive care or currently seeking only short-term symptom management.
What's Included
Personalized wellness gift, lunch both days, herbal teas, sound healing, grounding nourishment, integration resources, and optional beach grounding or yoga integration.
Sankofa Intensives™ May Be Supportive For Individuals Who Are:
- Emotionally exhausted or burned out
- Feeling stuck despite years of therapy
- Navigating trauma, grief, relationship wounds, or identity shifts
- High-achieving but internally overwhelmed
- Struggling with perfectionism or overfunctioning
- Seeking deeper nervous system healing
- Ready for immersive trauma-focused support
- Wanting a more holistic and embodied approach to healing
Sankofa Intensives™ May Not Be Appropriate For:
- Individuals currently in active crisis
- Those needing emergency mental health services
- Individuals unable to tolerate extended emotional processing
- Active unmanaged psychosis or substance dependence
- Individuals seeking rapid "quick-fix" solutions without integration work
- Individuals who are not clinically appropriate for an intensive level of care at this time
Optional Integrative Healing Enhancements
For clients desiring a more holistic and spiritually integrative experience, additional healing supports may be woven into your intensive experience based on comfort, alignment, and clinical appropriateness.
Enhancements may include:
- Thai Yoga Bodywork
- Guided Breathwork
- Sound Healing
- Tarot-Informed Reflective Exploration
- Shamanic-Informed Grounding Practices
- Reiki & Energy Balancing
- Beach or Nature-Based Grounding Practices
- Hypnosis & Guided Visualization
Investment in Yourself
Sankofa Intensives™ are private-pay experiences.
Payment plans may be available upon request. While intensive experiences are not billed directly to insurance, a superbill may be provided for possible out-of-network reimbursement when clinically appropriate.
Weekend intensives may require an additional fee.
Your Therapist
Dr. La'Toya Nicole Edwards is an award-winning Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Board Certified Diplomate (BCD), and Board Certified Hypnotherapist. A sought-after consultant, trainer, and therapy expert, she specializes in trauma-focused therapies. With extensive training in EMDR, Brainspotting, Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and trauma-conscious yoga, Dr. Edwards integrates evidence-based modalities with a holistic approach to help clients heal, grow, and thrive. As a Reiki Master, Shaman, and Thai Yoga Bodyworker, she enriches her work by incorporating energy healing and body-centered practices into her transformative intensives. Dr. Edwards is the only practitioner in Virginia offering this unique and comprehensive blend of services.
Your Healing Deserves Space
Healing is not meant to happen in survival mode.
Sankofa Intensives™ were created to provide intentional space for restoration, emotional processing, nervous system healing, and reconnection with self.