THERAPY INTENSIVES / DURHAM · NC & SC TELEHEALTH
A focused space for the work you’re ready to explore with Durham-based therapist Felipe Blue.
When a concern needs more room than a usual appointment, an intensive can offer extended time for assessment, conversation, and practice. Start with a consultation to explore whether this format fits your needs.
LCMHC · LCAS · CCS · CCTP / GROUNDED IN UBUNTU
SIX STARTING POINTS. YOUR OWN STORY.
Choose a starting point, not a label. Focus areas can overlap; the plan is developed with you after assessment.
01 / FOCUS
Make room for the conversations that matter.
Explore recurring conflict, communication, emotional closeness, and trust after a rupture. Clarify shared goals and practice new ways of responding, with room for each person’s perspective.
Discuss this focus →02 / FOCUS
Change the pattern. Support the people.
Work with family roles, boundaries, parenting or co-parenting concerns, and transitions. Decide together who participates and how the work can support the relationships around the concern.
Discuss this focus →03 / FOCUS
Honest work. Without shame.
Explore patterns that feel difficult to manage, their impact on relationships, and the changes you want to make. Assessment considers distress, control, context, and values; pornography use alone does not establish an addiction.
Discuss this focus →04 / FOCUS
Build a recovery plan that fits real life.
Explore substance use patterns, motivation for change, triggers, coping skills, and support. When appropriate, include relationship repair and coordination with existing treatment or recovery supports.
Discuss this focus →05 / FOCUS
Start with intention. Keep talking.
Make space for expectations about communication, conflict, money, intimacy, family, values, and life transitions. Practice discussing differences and making decisions before the next chapter.
Discuss this focus →06 / FOCUS
Understand what gets activated. Find room to respond.
Explore the connection between past experiences, present triggers, emotional regulation, and relationship patterns. Readiness, safety, consent, and pacing guide the work; trauma disclosure or processing is never forced.
Discuss this focus →FORMATS TO DISCUSS
Session length, breaks, participants, location, and availability are agreed after screening. These are planning options, not fixed packages.
An extended appointment for a defined concern, with time for assessment, focused work, and a closing plan.
A longer block with planned breaks, reflection, and skills practice when clinically appropriate.
Several planned sessions that allow time to integrate the work between meetings and review the next steps.
In-person or virtual arrangements, service location, ages served, and eligibility are confirmed during consultation. An intensive is a therapy format, not a promise of faster or guaranteed results.
FELIPE KHRISTOPHER BLUE
THERAPIST · CLINICAL SUPERVISOR · EDUCATOR
CLINICAL CARE. SHARED HUMANITY.
Felipe’s work connects mental health, addiction recovery, relationships, creativity, and community. Ubuntu—“I am because we are”—keeps connection at the center of the conversation.
Depending on the assessment and agreed goals, the work may draw on cognitive behavioral approaches, DBT-informed skills, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused practice. The approach, pace, and participation are discussed with you.
Expect a collaborative process: clarify the concern, build understanding, practice skills, and identify what comes next. Follow-up may include ongoing therapy, coordination with your current clinician with your consent, or a referral.
Meet Felipe ↗CLINICAL SCREENING COMES FIRST
For couples and families, screening considers fear, coercive control, and violence. Joint sessions may be inappropriate when a participant cannot speak or take part safely; separate assessment and other support may be needed.
An intensive does not provide emergency care, medical detoxification, or round-the-clock support. Immediate safety risks, acute withdrawal, or a need for more intensive medical or psychiatric care require a different pathway first.
If someone is in immediate danger or needs urgent medical care, contact local emergency services.
For minors, caregiver involvement, consent, and confidentiality are discussed before scheduling. A consultation may lead to an intensive, ongoing appointments, or another service better suited to your needs.
ONE CONVERSATION TO BEGIN
You don’t need to have the whole story figured out.
YOUR STARTING POINT
Bring your questions to the consultation. We can explore the focus and format together.
Book an intensive consultation ↗Opens zcal in a new tab. These selections stay on this page and are not sent to the scheduler. Share only basic scheduling details there; discuss clinical concerns during the consultation.
A consultation does not reserve an intensive date or establish that the format is appropriate.
A FEW QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU BEGIN
An intensive concentrates time around a defined focus. Ongoing therapy spreads the work across regular appointments. Either may be appropriate, and an intensive may be one part of a longer care plan.
Discuss your preference during consultation. The participants and structure are determined through screening, consent, and the goals of treatment. Couples or family participation is not automatically appropriate for every concern.
No diagnosis is assumed from the topic alone. Assessment explores your concerns, the context, impact, level of control, values, and goals in a respectful, non-shaming conversation.
You can ask questions about the proposed approach and discuss readiness, consent, pacing, and stabilization needs. Detailed disclosure or trauma processing is not a requirement for an initial consultation.
Fees and payment arrangements are discussed before scheduling. Coverage for extended sessions, couples or family work, and intensive formats varies. A listed insurance panel does not establish coverage for an intensive; confirm the proposed service with Felipe and your insurer.
View insurance & payment information ↗The closing plan addresses what to practice, what support is needed, and how to review next steps. Continued care may involve further appointments, coordination with an existing clinician with consent, or referrals.