Course Architecture Intensive

Course Architecture Intensive

Turning your expertise into a teachable program. Collaboratively, clearly, and without overwhelm

The Course Architecture Intensive is a focused, collaborative process for clinicians and educators who are really good at something and want to teach it, but feel stuck when it comes to structure, execution, or knowing where to begin.

You don’t need an outline.
You don’t need slides.
You don’t need to know exactly what you’re building yet.

All I need is:

• An idea you care about

• Some level of expertise in what you want to teach

From there, we figure out the rest together.

Who This Intensive Is For?

This work is especially supportive for two groups:

Clinicians New to Teaching or Training

You might:

• Have a specialty or niche others regularly ask you about

• Feel drawn to teaching but unsure how to start

• Have ideas but no clear structure

• Feel intimidated by the execution side of building a course

You don’t need to have it figured out.
You just need to be good at what you do and interested in sharing it.

Experienced Trainers Who Feel Stuck or Overextended

You might:

• Already be teaching but feel scattered, bloated, or unfocused

• Struggle to narrow your content or clarify your core message

• Feel pulled in too many directions by what could be included

• Want your material to be more explicit, more accessible, or more sustainable

This work can help you refine, condense, and reorganize what you’re already doing — without losing depth or integrity.

How We Work Together

This is a collaborative, execution-focused process.

I bring structure, pattern recognition, and a decade of experience teaching and supervising clinicians. You bring your expertise, values, and voice.

You don’t lose control of your content.
Nothing gets locked without your input.
I take feedback seriously and adjust quickly.

I’ll offer ideas, ask a lot of questions, and make recommendations — and you get to decide what fits and what doesn’t.

The Process (4–5 Days, Depending on Scope)

Day 1: Deep Interview & Content Extraction (3 hours)

We start with a lengthy, focused interview designed to capture the content from your head.

I’ll ask questions about:

• What you know

• How you think about the material

• What feels most important to teach

• Where you feel stuck or overwhelmed

After this session, your job is to let me go to work.

As an autistic clinician and educator, this is where my hyperfocus and structural thinking shine. I begin to organize, sequence, and build the course using your content.

Day 2: Clarification & Direction

As I build, I identify the specific questions I need answered to move forward cleanly. These aren’t busywork — they’re decision points.

We meet to:

• Clarify direction

• Refine focus

• Make key choices together

Then I return to focused build mode.

Day 3: Review & Refinement

You review draft materials and share feedback. This day is about:

• Tightening language

• Clarifying emphasis

• Making sure the structure fits how you actually teach

I take that feedback and continue refining.

Day 4 (and Sometimes Day 5): Delivery & Integration

We review final materials, discuss next steps, and ensure you feel oriented to what you’re walking away with.

If the scope is larger, or if additional refinement is needed, we may extend to a fifth day.

Developing You as a Teacher, Not Just a Course

Course architecture isn’t only about organizing content; it’s about learning how to teach what you know in a way that other people can actually follow.

Many clinicians are excellent at doing the work, but have never been supported in translating their internal process into something teachable. Teaching requires a different skill set than clinical work: slowing down, naming decision points, anticipating questions, and making implicit knowledge explicit.

As part of this intensive, we work directly on your teaching skill development alongside course design. You’ll essentially teach the material to me as we go, and I bring sustained curiosity, structure, and clinical-educational expertise to help draw out what’s happening in your mind as you work.

Together, we will:

• Clarify the step-by-step process you’re already using, even when it feels intuitive or automatic

• Identify where learners are likely to get confused, overwhelmed, or stuck

• Practice answering questions in ways that are clear, contained, and aligned with your teaching goals

• Refine how you explain why you do what you do, not just what you do

• Organize the material so it lands for your specific audience, across different learning styles

This process helps you move from “I know how to do this” to “I can teach this confidently, clearly, and ethically.”

By the end of the work, you’re not just walking away with a course; you’re better prepared to lead trainings, respond to participants, and teach in real time with more confidence and precision.

What You Leave With

Deliverables are not predetermined. We decide them together as the work unfolds.

Depending on your goals, you may leave with:

• An organized PowerPoint slide deck

• PDF handouts for trainees

• A clear course structure and teaching flow

• A draft website page describing your offering

• Guidance on pricing and positioning

• Recommendations for how to advertise or describe the course

• Feedback forms or evaluation tools

• Support structuring live, on-demand, or Zoom-based trainings

In some cases, I’m also willing to attend your first training session to help you get your feet under you.

The goal is not perfection. It’s something real, usable, and sustainable.

Neurodivergent-Informed Course Design

A core part of this intensive is supporting accessibility for neurodivergent clinicians without diluting content.

This includes attention to:

• Pacing and cognitive load

• Clarity of expectations

• Structure that supports different processing styles

• Designing learning environments that don’t rely on overwhelm or endurance

This applies whether you’re building something new or overhauling existing material.

Relationship to EMDR Trainer Development

The Course Architecture Intensive is separate from formal EMDR trainer development.

If your goals include becoming an EMDR trainer or developing a formal training pathway, I offer a separate trainer development program focused on readiness, execution, and teaching skills.

We can determine together whether course architecture alone is the right fit or whether a trainer pathway makes more sense.

Getting Started

This work begins with a discovery call designed to assess fit, scope, and readiness.

The initial meeting is a 1-hour conversation where we’ll discuss your ideas, goals, and the level of support you need. This allows me to determine whether course architecture support is the appropriate next step and what a realistic build would entail.

Consultation fee: $250. If we decide to proceed with a course architecture package, this fee can be credited toward your total investment.

You’re welcome to bring notes, ideas, or draft content, if available, but preparation is not required. This session is about gaining clarity, not presenting something polished.