The Decision Mastery Intensive
For Executives, Business Leaders, and Entrepreneurs Who Are Ready to Move From Months of Analysis to Days of Decision-Making in as Little as One Day Using Accelerated Resolution Therapy
Serving professionals in all of Massachusetts, Washington, Oregon, and Florida
The Real Cost of Decision Paralysis
MISSED MARKET OPPORTUNITIES
Your competitor launched their direct-to-consumer channel while you spent six weeks "evaluating the right approach"
That acquisition target got snatched up while you were commissioning a third due diligence report
Your main competitor secured that partnership while you were still “refining the proposal”
TEAM PRODUCTIVITY DRAIN
Your product manager has been waiting three weeks for budget approval on a $15K user research project
Your star performer mentioned “decision fatigue” in her one-on-one when asked about morale
Your operations lead stopped bringing you process improvement ideas because they sit in your "review pile" for weeks or months
PERSONAL LEADERSHIP EROSION
Your board chair asked if you need "additional strategic support" after you postponed the expansion decision twice
Your leadership team stopped asking for direction on anything non-urgent
You caught yourself Googling "how to make decisions faster" at 2am last Tuesday
What Creates Analysis Paralysis?
The reality is that you don't need more frameworks or decision-making tools. You need to address what’s driving the hesitation.
Experiences like these taught your nervous system to slow down and check everything before deciding:
Standing in the boardroom while the CFO tears apart your quarterly projections slide by slide, asking “Where did you get this number?” as 12 executives watch you fumble for the spreadsheet source
That investor presentation where the lead said “You clearly didn't think this through” because you couldn’t answer one technical question, damaging the deal
The product launch that failed because you trusted the market research, then spent the next year hearing, “We should have validated that assumption” in every meeting
That board meeting where they questioned your “thorough approach” when you missed the market window, and now every decision needs to demonstrate strategic thinking
These were learning experiences that taught your nervous system: “Don't risk being wrong again. The way to avoid being wrong is to gather more information, check everything twice, and make sure you've considered every angle.”
Now, whenever you face any important decision, your brain treats it like one of those high-stakes moments and automatically triggers the same protective response: research more, analyze longer, get one more opinion.
What protected you then is limiting you now (lost revenue, frustrated teams, and board members questioning your leadership speed).
Your brain can’t distinguish between a $50M acquisition decision and that time you were wrong about quarterly projections. Both trigger the same “be more careful” response. The goal isn’t to make decisions carelessly; it’s to trust your ability to course-correct when you have good information but imperfect certainty.
The Weight of Executive Decisions vs. Analysis Paralysis
Let’s be clear: The decisions you make matter. When you’re choosing between strategic directions that will affect hundreds of employees, millions in revenue, or your company’s market position, taking time to think isn’t the problem. Good leaders DO pause, gather input, and weigh consequences.
The problem isn’t thoughtful and careful consideration. It’s when consideration becomes avoidance.
Here’s how to tell the difference…
Thoughtful consideration looks like:
Taking a handful of days to sleep on major strategic pivots
Gathering input from 2-3 key stakeholders before restructuring decisions
Running financial models before major investments
Setting a decision deadline and sticking to it
Analysis paralysis looks like:
Asking for the 4th revision of data you already understand
Researching “best practices” for decisions you’ve made successfully before
Setting decision deadlines then moving them repeatedly
Having the same discussion in 3 different meetings without progress
The Decision Mastery Intensive
This intensive isn’t coaching or consulting.
Executive coaching teaches you decision-making frameworks, but your nervous system overrides them when stakes feel high
Mindset work tells you to “just decide,” but doesn’t address why your nervous system hits the brakes
Traditional therapy explores your patterns over months or years, while opportunities keep slipping away
None of these approaches calm the physical reactions and mental images that freeze your decision-making when you’re under pressure.
That’s where I come in.
Changing your brain’s response Using Accelerated Resolution Therapy
During your Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) intensive, we’ll use eye movements and guided visualization — similar to your brain's natural processing during deep sleep — to help your body release the physical reactions freezing your decisions.
We target the root experiences that taught your brain to hesitate, whether it's:
That boardroom humiliation from 2019
The critical parent who made mistakes feel catastrophic
The failed product launch that shattered your confidence
These moments created automatic reactions that now trigger your need to research "just one more thing" whenever stakes feel high.
What matters isn't whether the experience happened at age 7 or 47; it's that your nervous system still treats decisions like threats today.
Here's how we change this:
We locate the mental images and body sensations driving analysis-paralysis
Using eye movements similar to REM sleep patterns, we help your brain release their emotional charge
Your nervous system updates its response: from "danger" to "completed learning experience"
The result: you’ll move seamlessly from information gathering to confident decisions without old hesitation patterns.
This shift doesn't come from willpower or new tactics; it happens by changing how your brain automatically reacts.
A unique element of ART is you don’t need to share any details about painful stories. We work directly with the physical sensations and mental pictures. You’ll only share what you choose to.
Expect Remarkable Results After your ART Intensive
Most clients report noticeable shifts within days, such as...
Making the vendor selection you've been researching for six weeks in one afternoon
Your assistant commenting that your “pending decisions” folder went from 23 items to 8 items in one week
Confidently saying, “Let's move forward” in the Tuesday leadership meeting instead of “Let me think about it over the weekend”
Your head of marketing commenting that you seem “more decisive” after you approve her campaign budget in the same meeting she presents it
Sleeping through the night instead of lying awake running through decision scenarios
ART reduces the physical stress reactions that freeze your decision-making, like racing thoughts and muscle tension
This is for you if…
✓ You've asked your analyst to “run the numbers one more time” on a decision where the 5th model confirms what the first four already showed
✓ You're on version 3.7 of the strategic plan that was supposed to be finalized in Q2
✓ You found yourself researching “best practices for choosing” the thing you've been choosing for three months
✓ You want to walk into Monday’s leadership meeting and give actual answers instead of “I'm still evaluating that”
✓ You can point to at least one missed opportunity that happened because you were “being thorough”
This is NOT for you if…
✗ You think the problem is not having enough information (rather than not being able to act on the information you have)
✗ You believe good leaders never make decisions they later need to adjust
✗ You’re not ready to examine that specific moment when someone made you feel stupid for deciding “too quickly”
✗ You prefer spending six months in traditional executive coaching or talk therapy instead of addressing the root cause in as little as one intensive day
Frequently asked questions
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This intensive is designed for executives, startup founders, entrepreneurs, VPs, and senior managers who are objectively successful but privately struggling with decision paralysis. You’re likely a good candidate if you hold significant leadership responsibilities, have a strong track record of achievements, yet find yourself over-researching decisions you're clearly qualified to make, asking for “one more analysis” on choices you've already thoroughly evaluated, or missing opportunities because you can’t pull the trigger on decisions that should take hours or days, not weeks or months.
You understand that important decisions deserve careful consideration — the issue isn’t that you’re being thoughtful, it’s that you’re stuck in analysis loops on decisions where you already have sufficient information to move forward confidently and course-correct as needed.
ART is effective for both past experiences that created decision-making blocks and ongoing current stressors around high-stakes choices. Most clients see meaningful shifts within the single intensive day.
This approach works particularly well for analytical, results-oriented professionals who have already invested in executive coaching or decision-making frameworks but still experience the underlying hesitation and analysis paralysis that those approaches couldn’t fully resolve.
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Executive coaching and leadership development work at the conscious, cognitive level — they give you new frameworks and strategies. But analysis paralysis isn't a knowledge problem; it's a neurological pattern problem. Your brain has learned to interpret certain situations as threats based on past experiences, triggering responses that override your rational mind. It's like trying to fix a hardware issue with software updates. ART works directly with your brain's threat-detection system to update those outdated patterns.
You already have the skills and knowledge; we're just removing the internal interference that prevents you from accessing them consistently.
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The bilateral eye movements help activate your brain’s natural processing mechanisms while you focus on the memory. When you experience something profound, traumatic, or formative, your brain sometimes stores it in a way that keeps triggering present-day reactions. The eye movements, combined with guided visualization, help your brain reprocess and store the memory without the emotional charge that keeps it activated.
Think of it like helping your brain organize information more efficiently. The simplicity is actually the strength.
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Our intensive sessions offer complete privacy protection. They're conducted entirely remotely via secure video platform from your home office outside of work hours, with no one at your workplace knowing. Since I'm based in Mexico, there's no possibility of running into me in your local community.
Many executives frame this work as "leadership development" or "performance optimization" when discussing professional development with colleagues — which is technically accurate.
The virtual format gives you complete control over your privacy while addressing what may be the final barrier to operating at your full executive potential.
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ART typically takes 1-5 sessions to achieve significant results — compared to 12-20 sessions for traditional therapy approaches. Our intensive format allows us to complete this work in one focused day with appropriate breaks.
The reason ART works efficiently is because it targets the specific memories and experiences that created your imposter syndrome, rather than spending months building coping strategies around them. ART uses bilateral eye movements (similar to what happens during REM sleep) combined with guided visualization to help your brain reprocess upsetting memories. This allows your nervous system to properly process and store these experiences so they stop triggering current-day stress responses.
Think of it like updating outdated software: we're not rebuilding your entire system, just correcting the specific programs that aren't working properly. Multiple clinical studies show 94% completion rates and sustained results at follow-up, because we're addressing how these memories are stored and processed, not just teaching you to manage around them.
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Your success comes from your intelligence, skills, and work ethic, not from your decision paralysis. The anxiety and self-doubt are actually performance drains, not performance enhancers. Think about how much mental energy you currently spend managing those feelings, second-guessing decisions, or over-preparing to compensate for perceived inadequacy. ART clients typically report increased efficiency, faster decision-making, and better strategic thinking because they're not wasting their cognitive resources. Your drive will remain; but it will be powered by confidence and clarity, rather than anxiety and compensation.
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No. ART works by processing the emotional charge of memories, not analyzing business decisions or strategies. You don't need to share:
Confidential company information or data
Details that might violate NDAs or confidentiality agreements
Specific names, numbers, or proprietary information
Information that could create legal or professional liability
We focus on how past experiences felt and the patterns they created, not the present-day business details.
You can say "There was a situation where I was publicly criticized for a decision" without explaining what the decision was, what company it involved, or any confidential details. The therapeutic work happens at the emotional and neurological level.
Everything discussed is protected by full therapeutic privilege and remains completely confidential.
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The ART intensives I offer are focused, one-day virtual sessions conducted via secure video platform. Think of it like a high-level strategic consultation from your home office.
We start by reviewing your completed Executive Performance & Stress Assessment to identify specific situations where performance blocks show up most, then trace them back to their origin points. Then we use the ART protocol to reprocess those foundational experiences that created the current analysis paralysis pattern of behavior.
The entire process takes 5-7 hours with breaks. To prepare, you'll complete the EPSA assessment and required consent/HIPAA documents that I will email you when you schedule your intensive — these help us maximize our session time and target the most impactful areas.
Set yourself up in a private space with reliable internet, wear comfortable clothing, have water and snacks available, and clear your entire day. Most clients find the virtual format surprisingly effective and appreciate the complete privacy of being in their own space.
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The investment for a one-day ART intensive is $5,000. Many executives use HSA/FSA funds or consider it a professional development expense — roughly equivalent to a high-level executive coaching program but with faster, more targeted results. Friday and weekend intensives are available.
To get started, you'll schedule your intensive and pay your nonrefundable deposit. My record system will then email you the Executive Performance & Stress Assessment (EPSA) and consent documents to complete and sign virtually.
Since it's virtual, there are no travel time or location constraints — just block out one full day in your calendar.
I also include brief follow-up check-ins at 30, 90, and 180 days to ensure sustained results.
Self-Schedule Your ART Intensive Here…
If you’ve read through my website and you are ready to schedule, you may do so using my self-scheduling link below. No need to contact me first unless you choose to.
You’ll be taken to a calendar and payment form. Please choose your day and time and pay your $2,500 deposit that will be put towards the total intensive cost, with the remaining $2,500 being paid within 24 hours before your intensive starts. (Read my full payment and scheduling policies here.)
Currently, intensives are scheduled on Fridays and Saturdays. Please plan for 5-7 hours (including breaks).
You may request a different day by contacting me using the form below (please allow up to 3 weeks for different availability).
Allyson Clemmons, LCSW, LICSW
Executive Intensives
About
As a business owner myself, I understand you need solutions that work on your timeline.
My job is simple: find what's blocking your advancement, fix it, and get you moving again.
ART makes this possible by targeting the specific experiences that created your analysis paralysis at the neurological level — resolving in as little as one day what traditional therapy takes months or years to address.
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