Welcome

Access Intensive Therapy provides the latest information and resources for intensive psychological therapies. Whether you’re seeking intensive therapy for yourself, you're a therapist looking for training and tools to enhance your practice, a researcher or organisation, we have everything you need in one place.

On our site, you’ll find:

A Therapist Directory to help you connect with qualified professionals who specialise in intensive therapy.
Free, Reliable Information about intensive therapy, including how it works and what to expect.
Access to The Mitland Plan, our in-house intensive therapy package designed to make intensive therapy easy to understand and accessible.
Access to premium resources, including detailed guides and tools to support your therapy journey.

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Our core values

Empowerment

We offer free information, access to verified therapists, and complimentary initial consultations to help you determine if intensive therapy is right for you.

Excellence

We are dedicated to providing the most up-to-date information and the latest evidence-based treatments. Striving to exceed standards of care, we actively seek feedback to ensure continuous improvement.

Personalised Support
A compassionate professional will respond to your inquiry, with Dr. Butler personally handling many of them to ensure a tailored and considerate approach.

Collaboration
We work closely with clients, therapists, and service providers to deliver the best possible experience. By partnering with you, we ensure transparency and clarity at every stage of the process.

Services

We provide expert advice and consultation to a wide range of organisations seeking to trial or adopt intensive therapy for their service users and beneficiaries. Leveraging our specialised knowledge, we assist researchers, service developers, and individuals by solving problems, offering strategic insights, and providing valuable guidance to those aiming to implement intensive therapy within their organisations.

Our history

Access Intensive Therapy was founded by Dr Sarah Butler, building on her doctoral research, which explored clients' experiences of intensive therapy for post-traumatic stress. Through her research, Dr Butler discovered that intensive therapy was as effective as weekly sessions, while also being cost-effective, time-efficient, and offering clients the benefits of a structured and predictable process.

In 2023, the Mitland Plan was developed to provide clients with a structured and coherent intensive therapy package that includes all the components necessary for the best possible experience and outcomes. These components include resources for self-directed learning to prepare for therapy, access to specialist therapists, evidence-based treatments, and follow-up support. Read more about The Mitland Plan here

The Mitland Plan has since attracted interest from therapists in private practice, charities seeking innovative and cost-effective ways to support their beneficiaries, and researchers looking for a standardised treatment approach for their studies.

Dr Sarah Butler

Dr Butler joined the NHS in 2012, specialising in trauma and PTSD therapy. Her training includes Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).

She completed her doctorate in Counselling Psychology in 2023, during which she spent three years exploring clients' experiences of intensive therapy for post-traumatic stress. Her research can be viewed here. Sarah has presented her research at the Counselling Psychology Conference (2022), EMDR Europe Conference (2023), The Inaugural Conference on Intensive Therapy (2024) and the EMDR UK annual conference (2025).

Sarah is also a member of the NHS clinical entrepreneurial program (SEP) which supports clinicians in developing innovative care solutions. In 2024 Sarah formed the EMDR Association UK Special Interest Group for Intensive EMDR and now presides as Chair.

Sarah is passionate about making intensive therapy accessible to everyone, including clients and therapists. She has delivered workshops to therapists wishing to develop their practice in this area and provided consultation to organisations developing intensive therapy services.

In her spare time, she enjoys cooking and travelling.