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Couples Intensive Therapy

Rediscover Connection. Rebuild Trust. Reignite Love.
When your relationship feels stuck, strained, or on the edge, traditional weekly therapy might not feel like enough. That’s where Couples Intensive Therapy comes in.

In this powerful, focused experience, we carve out dedicated time—just for the two of you—to break through long-standing patterns, heal emotional wounds, and find your way back to each other. Whether you're navigating a crisis, rebuilding after betrayal, or simply longing to feel close again, intensive therapy offers a deeper dive and faster progress than traditional sessions.

This isn’t just therapy. It’s a turning point.
Let’s gather for real conversations, emotional repair, and meaningful change.

Personalized therapy experiences. 1-day, 2-day and 3-day formats are available.

Is couples intensive therapy right for us, and why choose it over regular therapy?

If you're facing a relationship crisis, feeling disconnected, or simply want faster progress, a couple’s intensive offers focused time to dive deeper and make meaningful change more quickly than traditional weekly sessions.

Busy lives make weekly sessions hard—especially when change feels slow.

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Sometimes, one hour a week simply isn’t enough to untangle the complex dynamics of a struggling relationship. You leave session just starting to open up—and before you know it, time’s up. The momentum fades between appointments, and the deeper healing work never quite gets off the ground.

Couples Intensive Therapy offers a different path.

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Couples Intensives are immersive, focused sessions—spanning several hours or days—to help you move past surface-level conflict and into real healing. Whether you're facing a crisis or craving deeper connection, this format creates space for insight, repair, and renewed hope.

Whether you're facing a major rupture like infidelity, feeling emotionally distant, stuck in cycles of communication breakdown, or simply craving a stronger foundation—an intensive can accelerate progress and offer clarity, insight, and renewed hope.

You don’t have to keep spinning your wheels. You don’t have to do this alone.

You’re in the right place.

Transform your relationship in a focused, immersive experience—where real change happens faster.

What is an intensive?

Couples Intensive Therapy is a focused, immersive experience designed to create meaningful change in a short period of time. Instead of short weekly or bi-weekly appointments, intensives consist of extended sessions of up to six hours each day, over the course of 2 to 3 days.

This approach is specifically catered to busy couples who want to make faster progress and break through long-standing challenges without the wait.

Each intensive follows a customized schedule tailored to your unique needs, ensuring that every moment is spent addressing what matters most in your relationship.

Couples Intensives can be as effective as six months of weekly therapy, helping you tackle key issues, rebuild trust, and reconnect in a fraction of the time.

Investing in your relationship now means a stronger, more connected future for both you and your family.

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Pre-Intensive Assessment

Before starting Couples Intensive Therapy, a comprehensive assessment ensures the therapy is fully tailored to your needs. This includes:

  • One couple session (90 minutes) to discuss your relationship history, goals, and challenges.

  • Gottman Couples relationship online assessment to gain deeper insight into your dynamics.

  • Two individual sessions (50 minutes each) to explore personal concerns and deepen understanding.

  • One treatment planning and review session (75 minutes) to review insights and identify key focus areas for your intensive.

Personalized therapy experiences. 1-day, 2-day and 3-day formats are available.

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Intensive
Session

Couples Intensive Therapy session involves several hours of focused relationship work over one or more consecutive days. This immersive approach allows couples to dive deep into core issues, break unhealthy patterns, and work toward healing and reconnection—all in a concentrated timeframe. By creating space for uninterrupted progress, couples often experience breakthroughs and meaningful change much faster than with traditional weekly therapy.

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Post-Intensive Follow-Up

Following your Couples Intensive therapy, ongoing support is available to help you maintain progress and continue growing together.

For couples who meet their goals during the intensive, 90-minute follow-up sessions are scheduled every six months for up to one or two years to check in and reinforce lasting change.

If more support is needed, ongoing sessions can be scheduled weekly, monthly, or quarterly. These sessions are spaced intentionally, giving you time to apply the tools you've learned while still having access to guidance as needed.

What you get

✓ Targeted, results-oriented therapy

✓ Research-based assessment

✓ Intensive prep guide & customized treatment plan

✓ Comfortable, inviting space (there are even snacks!)

✓ Stronger emotional bond, lasting tools & support.

Your Options

Choose the right format for you.

I offer intensives in a few formats, depending on your budget, needs, & goals.

  • Ideal for: A relationship tune-up, focused work on a specific issue, or follow-up from a previous intensive.

    • Total Therapy Time: ~6 hours (including breaks)

    • Format:

      • Morning Session (3 hrs): Deep dive into presenting issue

      • Break (Lunch/Rest)

      • Afternoon Session (3 hrs): Skill-building, emotional work, and repair

        Investment $1775 (includes 5 hours of pre-assessment + 6 hour intensive)

  • Ideal for: Couples experiencing recurring conflict, emotional disconnection, or in need of focused support to rebuild their bond.
    Total Therapy Time: 6 hours each day for two days
    Format:

    • Day 1:
      Focus: Identifying negative patterns, improving communication, and beginning emotional repair

    • Day 2:
      Focus: Deepening connection, strengthening relational skills, and future planning

      Investment $2775 (includes 5 hours of pre-assessment + 2 day intensive)

  • Ideal for: High-conflict couples, infidelity, or long-term emotional disconnection.

    • Total Therapy Time: 6 hours each day for three days

    • Format:
      Day 1:

      • Focus: Understanding patterns, beginning emotional and relational work

        Day 2:

      • Focus: Deeper processing of core issues, repair, and rebuilding trust
        Day 3:

      • Focus: Strengthening connection, communication tools, and future planning

        Investment $3775 (includes 5 hours of pre-assessment + 3 day intensive)

Imagine finally getting to…

Rebuild What Brought You Together

Couples wait an average of 6 years before getting help—an intensive can help you catch up, fast. -Gottman Institute

Heal the Hurt That’s Holding You Back

Some wounds can’t wait weeks to be addressed.
Couples intensives provide the space to work through unresolved pain, betrayal, or past disconnects that keep you stuck. With focused support, you can begin to rebuild trust and move toward emotional healing—together.

Create a Secure Attachment, Lasting Love

Science shows emotionally secure couples cope better with stress, illness, and life transitions—EFT helps you build that bond. -Emotion-Focused Therapy attachment-based research

This is the moment to reconnect, repair, and rebuild—together.

faqs

Other intensive questions? I’ve got answers.

  • At The Gathering Relationship Center, I draw from two of the most well-researched and effective models for couples therapy: The Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).

    By combining the practical structure and research-based tools of the Gottman Method with the emotional depth and attachment-based insights of EFT, I help couples not only improve how they communicate—but also understand the deeper emotional needs that drive their patterns.

    This integrated approach allows us to:

    • Identify and shift negative interaction cycles

    • Strengthen emotional connection and trust

    • Build new ways of relating that support long-term intimacy and resilience

    Whether you're recovering from infidelity or simply want to deepen your connection, this blend supports both insight and action—helping you feel seen, heard, and more securely connected.

  • A Couples Intensive is a great fit if you’re ready to devote focused time and energy to your relationship and want to make meaningful progress—fast. It’s especially helpful if:

    • You're stuck in recurring conflicts or disconnection

    • Traditional weekly therapy hasn’t been enough

    • You're navigating a crisis like infidelity or betrayal

    • You have busy schedules and want a more efficient format

    • You're committed to growth and open to deep emotional work

    If you're unsure, we’ll explore it together during the pre-intensive assessment process to make sure it’s the right path for your relationship.

  • Couples Intensives are designed to help you break through the stuck places in your relationship by giving you the time and space to dive deep. They can be especially effective for:

    • Recurring arguments and unresolved conflict

    • Emotional disconnection or growing apart

    • Infidelity, betrayal, or breaches of trust

    • Communication breakdowns

    • High-conflict or crisis moments

    • Parenting or life-stage transitions

    • Intimacy or sexual challenges

    • Desire to strengthen a good relationship before marriage or big changes

  • The next step is to schedule a Pre-Intensive Assessment with your therapist. During this session, you'll discuss your goals, assess readiness, and prepare for the intensive. The therapist will guide you through the process and help you prepare emotionally for the focused work ahead.