Couples Intensive:
A focused half-day for couples to understand your cycle and create meaningful movement forward.
A different way forward.
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Focused. Intentional . Meaningful Movement
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Why Choose a Couples Intensive?
In weekly therapy, just as you begin to get into the deeper layers of what’s happening between you, time runs out.
A private half day couples intensive is for couples who want more than a weekly 50-minute session can offer. Using an Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) approach, we will identify and map the negative cycle that takes over between you—the predictable pattern of pursuing, withdrawing, criticizing, defending, shutting down, or otherwise losing connection.
By the end of our time together, you will understand your negative cycle—how it gets activated, how each of you gets pulled into it, and what happens underneath the reactions that keep you disconnected.
How It Works…
Step-by-step Process
Complimentary Consultation: We begin with a brief consultation to talk about what is happening in your relationship and determine whether a couple’s intensive is the right fit for you.
Individual Preparation: Before the intensive, you each will complete a comprehensive relationship assessment. I also meet individually with each partner for 60 minutes. This gives each of you space to share your experience of the relationship, what you learned about relationships growing up, and what you hope to understand or change.
Couples Intensive: We meet together for approximately 3½ hours, from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM.
This extended session gives us the time to slow down, identify your negative cycle, and explore the emotions and attachment needs underneath the patterns that have become painful or repetitive.
The intensive is structured with intention but remains flexible. We will pace the work according to your capacity, allowing for breaks and integration when needed.
Integration: Following the intensive, you will receive a personalized written summary outlining the patterns we identified, important insights from our work, and suggested next steps.
Follow-Up Session: One to three weeks later, we meet for a 60-minute follow-up session to reflect on what you have noticed since the intensive, reinforce your understanding of the cycle, and determine what would be most helpful moving forward.
What You Will Take Away
The intensive is designed to help you see your relationship differently—not as a problem of one partner versus the other, but as a cycle that takes hold between you.
You will have a clearer understanding of:
How your negative cycle gets activated
What happens underneath the reactive behaviors
The emotions and attachment needs that may be driving those reactions
How the cycle affects your sense of connection
How to begin recognizing the cycle when it starts to happen
The goal is not to solve every issue in your relationship in one morning.
The goal is to help you see the cycle clearly so that you can begin to step outside of it rather than continuing to fight against each other within it.
You will leave with a shared language for understanding your relationship pattern, greater clarity about what is happening between you, and a clearer sense of where the work needs to go next.
Fees & What is Included
Couples Therapy Intensive — $1,800
This investment includes the complete intensive process described above.
Optional Extended Follow-Up — $500
For couples who would like additional time to deepen the work, an optional two-hour follow-up session is available.
After the intensive, we will talk together about what would be most supportive moving forward. Some couples choose additional intensive work, while others transition into weekly couples therapy or continue on their own with supportive resources.
Payment Details
A 50% deposit is required to reserve your dates.
The remaining balance is due 7 days before your intensive..
