Neuro-Affirmative Intensives
The Radical Reset
At Namasté, our intensives move beyond standard coping mechanisms to help you navigate the truth of your own nervous system. We provide an immersive sanctuary where neurodifferent adults, couples, and trauma survivors can engage in deep, restorative healing.
By weaving together the “Radical Truths” of neurodivergence with cutting-edge modalities, our work is built on autonomy, sensory safety, and the reclamation of an authentic self.
- Neuro-Affirmative Framework: Parts-based, relational care that honors neurodifference without forcing compliance or behavioral masks.
- Sensory-Safe Environment:Immersive cottage setting designed to support regulation, comfort, and deep therapeutic work.
- Integrated Team Care:Licensed psychotherapists and somatic practitioners working together through a psychoneuroimmunology-informed lens.
Choose Your Intensive
Whether you are arriving as an individual, a partnership, or seeking experiential medicine, our multi-day containers are tailored to your exact neurotype and therapeutic needs.
Individual Intensives
A customized 10-day intensive for adults seeking focused support for trauma, neurodifference, relational patterns, and embodied healing.
“I’ve not had a therapist who’s made the rapid impact on my well-being as you have. You and the Namasté team are really nothing short of magic.”
Couples Intensives
Up to 10 days of collaborative care to heal after betrayal, navigate neurodifferent communication, and build an authentic intimacy plan.
“I feel an abundance of love and appreciation for each one of you and for the calm and supportive energy that abounds in that little house.”
KAP Intensives
A 5-day neural sanctuary pairing 3 therapeutic ketamine journeys with sensory-safe preparation and neuro-affirmative IFS and IFIO integration.
“This has been an amazing experience. I want my parents to come here to heal.”
Individual Intensives: A Path to Deep Healing
What brings people here
- Childhood trauma, neglect, and the lasting effects of high-conflict or narcissistic family environments.
- The intersection of neurodifference, mental health history, trauma, and addiction.
- Enmeshment, attachment wounds, Dark Triad behaviors, and recurring difficulties with authentic connection.
What the work addresses
- Halting cycles of compulsive behaviors or substance use that continue despite previous efforts to change.
- Rekindling a connection with your body and healing the wounded parts that have been abandoned or ignored for years.
- Moving out of compliance-based fawning and establishing genuine autonomy within your daily life.
Couples Intensives: Healing Together
Working through betrayal
- Expert guidance through disclosure and post-disclosure work to ensure a clear path toward reconciliation.
- Validating justice sensitivity, deconstructing gaslighting, and establishing measurable relational integrity.
- Providing clarity, stabilization, and ground rules for moving forward.
Understanding your differences
- Communication and conflict tools tailored to relationships where one or both partners are neurodifferent.
- Exploration of each partner’s emotional, sensory, and physical needs.
- A neuro-affirmative sexual intimacy plan grounded in consent, boundaries, and ongoing safety.
KAP Intensives: 5-Day Neural Sanctuary
Combining Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy with IFS, IFIO, psychoneuroimmunology, and Indigenous healing across 3 therapeutic journeys in 5 days.
Preparation
- Tailored dosing that keeps neurodifferent clients present and grounded without autonomic overwhelm.
- A low-demand setting with comfort supports such as weighted blankets and curated soundscapes.
- Neuro-affirmative IFS prior to each medicine journey to cultivate safety.
Integration
- Calming survival systems to gently explore self-love, body safety, and relational connection.
- A team approach incorporating psychoneuroimmunology and Indigenous healing practices.
- Leveraging the neuroplastic window to bypass intellectualized loops.
Ketamine is not appropriate for everyone. Medical assessment is needed to determine suitability, risks, and treatment planning. Learn more about KAP at Namasté.
Why an Intensive?
We know that for the neurodifferent mind, "once-a-week" therapy can feel like a constant cycle of catching up. An intensive offers enough time, structure, and support to stay unmasked for the deeper work to unfold. In five to ten days, we provide an entire support ecosystem—licensed clinicians, holistic providers, and a psychoneuroimmunological approach—to change the trajectory of your life.
Our Clinical Roadmap
Pioneered for High-Complexity Neurotypes
Your neurotype, mental health history, and experiences shape your care. We support individuals navigating Autism, ADHD, AuDHD, NVLD, PTSD, C-PTSD, DID, Borderline, Narcissistic traits, OCD, and Bipolar, as well as those healing from intimate betrayal and intimate partner violence.
Neuro-Affirmative IFS & IFIO
Internal Family Systems and Intimacy from the Inside Out help explore the inner world, strengthen self-leadership, and build safer relational patterns.
The Love, Sex, and Autism Framework
Insights from Candice Christiansen’s book inform work with individuals and couples, providing tools for sensory safety and rebuilding sexual identity unique to your neurotype.
Psychoneuroimmunology & Autonomic Regulation
We explore the connections between stress, trauma, the nervous system, and immune function, to de-activate chronic survival mode and cultivate ventral vagal safety.
A Specialized Approach
Our work with compulsive behaviors and intimacy concerns considers dopamine-seeking, emotional regulation, and justice sensitivity through a neuro-aware purview.
Our Methodology
A Neuro-Affirmative Approach
The Healing Environment
A cozy cottage environment, with tea and coffee, nourishing lunches, weighted blankets, stim toys, soft lighting, and other details meant to soothe the senses and support regulation.
Clinical Foundations & Frameworks
A neuro-affirmative model blending IFS, IFIO, and Polyvagal mapping to identify danger cues, cultivate "glimmers" of ventral vagal safety, validate justice sensitivity, and reclaim autonomy following betrayal trauma.
Holistic & Somatic Integration
Translating cognitive breakthroughs into the physiology through Conscious Connection Breathwork, Somatic IFS for legacy burdens, and adapted Task-Based recovery models.
Specialized Neuro-Education
Ongoing advocacy and resources for distinguishing biological neurodifferences (Autism, ADHD, OCD, Tourette’s) from trauma-induced adaptations (PTSD, behavioral addictions, substance use).
Ready to Explore the Right Fit?
If you are considering an intensive and want to talk through which path makes the most sense, reach out and we can help you determine the best starting place.
Start the Scheduling ConversationContinuity of Care
Namasté collaborates with a client’s therapist to support stabilization, ongoing integration, and follow-through after the immersive work ends.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
Contact us to discuss your goals, ask questions, and explore which intensive may fit your needs.
Email to ScheduleIndividual Intensives: A Path to Deep Healing
What brings people here
- Childhood trauma, neglect, and the lasting effects of high-conflict or narcissistic family environments.
- The intersection of neurodifference, mental health history, trauma, and addiction.
- Enmeshment, attachment wounds, Dark Triad behaviors, and recurring difficulties with authentic connection.
What the work addresses
- Halting cycles of compulsive behaviors or substance use that continue despite previous efforts to change.
- Rekindling a connection with your body and healing the wounded parts that have been abandoned or ignored for years.
- Moving out of compliance-based fawning and establishing genuine autonomy within your daily life.
Couples Intensives: Healing Together
Working through betrayal
- Expert guidance through disclosure and post-disclosure work to ensure a clear path toward reconciliation.
- Validating justice sensitivity, deconstructing gaslighting, and establishing measurable relational integrity.
- Providing clarity, stabilization, and ground rules for moving forward.
Understanding your differences
- Communication and conflict tools tailored to relationships where one or both partners are neurodifferent.
- Exploration of each partner’s emotional, sensory, and physical needs.
- A neuro-affirmative sexual intimacy plan grounded in consent, boundaries, and ongoing safety.
KAP Intensives: 5-Day Neural Sanctuary
Combining Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy with IFS, IFIO, psychoneuroimmunology, and Indigenous healing across 3 therapeutic journeys in 5 days.
Preparation
- Tailored dosing that keeps neurodifferent clients present and grounded without autonomic overwhelm.
- A low-demand setting with comfort supports such as weighted blankets and curated soundscapes.
- Neuro-affirmative IFS prior to each medicine journey to cultivate safety.
Integration
- Calming survival systems to gently explore self-love, body safety, and relational connection.
- A team approach incorporating psychoneuroimmunology and Indigenous healing practices.
- Leveraging the neuroplastic window to bypass intellectualized loops.
Ketamine is not appropriate for everyone. Medical assessment is needed to determine suitability, risks, and treatment planning. Learn more about KAP at Namasté.