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Couples Therapy Intensives
Couples therapy intensives for relationships ready to stop cycling and start changing.
Your Relationship Deserves More Than 60 Minutes a Week.
Most couples in traditional therapy will tell you the same thing: just as things get deep, the session ends. You close the laptop, move into the rest of your evening, and spend the next seven days hoping the thread is still there when you come back.
The weekly model has its place, but for couples navigating patterns that run deep, a 90-minute window once a week can feel like trying to renovate a house one brick at a time.
A couples intensive is different. It gives you and your partner a full, sustained block of time to do the kind of relational work that gives you the time needed to get real work done.
Why an Intensive Changes the Dynamic
Traditional Couples Session
90 min: Check-in, updates, one issue addressed
7-day gap where patterns continue unchecked
Next session often starts from scratch
Hard to build real momentum between meetings
Deep repair work often takes months to access
Couples Intensive
Hours of focused, sustained relational work
No gap — momentum compounds within the session
Space to get beneath the surface pattern
Concrete tools you both leave with the same day
Deep repair work that actually has room to happen
A couples intensive isn’t only for relationships in crisis.
It’s for any two people who are ready to invest seriously in something that matters to them.
Here’s who tends to get the most from this format:
The couple stuck in the same argument
Different trigger, same cycle. You’re both exhausted by it. An intensive gives you enough time to understand the pattern and learn the tools to change it.
The couple preparing for a major transition
A move, a baby, a career shift, a loss. Big changes put pressure on relationships. An intensive helps you face them as a team with tools, not just good intentions.
The couple rebuilding trust
Something happened or something accumulated over time. You both want to stay, but you need more than your weekly session can give you to actually repair it.
The couple who’s drifted
You’re not in crisis. You’re just not as connected as you used to be. An intensive is a way to choose each other intentionally before the distance becomes harder to close.
The couple already in weekly therapy (with me)
You’re doing the work but feel like you’re on the verge of a breakthrough you can’t quite reach in 60 minutes. An intensive is a powerful complement.
The couple without weekly availability
Your schedules make recurring weekly sessions nearly impossible. An intensive lets you do significant relational work in one dedicated block of time.
What’s Included
Half-Day Intensive — 4 Hours
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4.5 hours via SimplePractice, with one 30-minute break or two 15-minute breaks.
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Individual intake forms for each partner sent prior to session — required before booking is confirmed.
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Gottman Method-informed— tailored to your unique dynamics, history, and goals.
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Focus areas are tailored to client’s needs and goals. Common focus areas include: communication patterns, emotional safety, trust, conflict cycles, intimacy, boundaries as a couple.
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Couples Action Plan with communication tools and frameworks delivered within 48 hours
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One 20-minute check-in call within 14 days
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Fully virtual via SimplePractice — both partners join the same session
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Saturdays and select Sundays by appointment only (1 slot per month)
Multi-Day Intensive — 2 Days (8 Hours Total)
For couples ready to go deeper.
Two consecutive days of Gottman-informed intensive work, structured to move from assessment and communication on Day 1 into healing and future-building on Day 2.
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2 consecutive days — 4.5 hours per day (one 30-minute or two 15-minute breaks in included each day) via SimplePractice, totaling 9 hours.
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30-minute joint strategy call 1 week before to set intentions, goals, and ground rules.
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Day 1: Assessment & communication Day 2: Healing, repair & future-building
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Focus areas are tailored to client’s needs and goals. Common focus areas include: deep trust repair, intimacy, shared vision, communication systems, & conflict de-escalation.
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Couples Transformation Plan with 30-day action steps delivered within 72 hours.
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Two 30-minute follow-up calls at 2 weeks and 4 weeks post-intensive.
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Fully virtual via SimplePractice — both partners join the same session each day.
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Weekend pairs (Saturday–Sunday) — by appointment only (1 slot per month, limited availability).
How It Works
Before Your Intensive
Once your booking is confirmed, each partner will receive an individual pre-session intake form. These are completed separately — giving each of you private space to share your perspective, your hopes, and what you most want from your time together. For the multi-day intensive, you’ll also have a 30-minute joint strategy call to set intentions and prepare.
During Your Intensive
Both partners join each session via SimplePractice. The intensive is structured but responsive. We follow the Gottman framework while staying attuned to what you and your partner actually need in the room. Breaks are built in to allow time to breathe, regulate, and integrate before we continue.
After Your Intensive
Within 48 hours of your half-day intensive (or 72 hours for the multi-day), you’ll receive a written Couples Action Plan. For the multi-day, you’re receive a full Couples Transformation Plan with 30-day action steps. This keeps the work alive between sessions and gives you both something concrete to return to.
Follow-up calls are included so you don’t have to navigate the integration alone.
A Note on Who I Work With
I work with couples of all backgrounds, orientations, and relationship structures. You don’t need to be in crisis to benefit from an intensive. What you do need is a mutual willingness to show up and do the work. If both of you are in it, we have something to build on.