Couples Therapy Intensives

 
 

break the negative cycle

When couples have been in a negative cycle long enough, you start to lose hope that things can be different. During couple intensives, we work on resentment, trust issues, disconnection, & challenges with communication. As we address years of healing work, you get the sense that your relationship can feel and be good for you both.

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Get Traction now

For many couples, busy schedules, young children, and life transitions can make weekly or bi-weekly therapy sessions difficult. Sometimes couples issues are so critical that weekly therapy isn’t the best route to get the traction that you need. Starting with a couples intensive turns baby steps into accelerated progress. If you need traction now, intensives may be the best choice.

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repair & reconnect

Intensives are a great way to invest in one of the most important relationships of your life. As a result of the stress in our romantic relationships, we struggle to excel and thrive in other areas of our lives. The repair and reconnection that occurs after just one intensive move both partners toward not just the relationship they want, but the life they want as well.

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But How Do Intensives Work?

  • Intensives are offered in three options: (Upon availability)

    1. 4-hour Intensives

    2. One-day Intensives

    3. Two-day Intensives

  • Couples intensives are for you if…

    • You’re tired of spinning your wheels, stuck in negative cycles

    • You need result sooner than later

    • One or both of your schedules will not lend to weekly sessions, but you need help now

    • You think one or both of you will start to consider divorce if something doesn’t change soon

    • Both of you are ready to fight for the healthy relationship you deserve

  • Intensives are NOT right for couples if…

    • Infidelity is fresh and no stabilizing work has been done

    • Domestic violence is active and current

    • One partner is not ready to engage in intensive work

    • Separation or divorce is already in the works, and one or both partners are not serious about repair

    • Addiction or psychotic/serious mental illness is present and untreated in one or both partners.

 

  • Couples are responsible for their lunch during one-day and two-day intensives. A lunch break will be afforded whereby couples can either leave the site or find a nice cozy spot onsite to eat. (A list of nearby eateries will be made available for your convenience).

    If you do not reside in Maryland, you are responsible for securing lodging if you are engaging in a two-day intensive or would like to stay in town after your one-day intensive. (A list of nearby hotels will be made available for your convenience).

    Couples should arrive, wearing comfy clothes that will allow them to do the toughest and most rewarding couples work of their lives.

  • In Bowie, Maryland. As mentioned above, couples that do not reside in Maryland will be responsible for their lodging if they are staying in town.

  • Yes, before we meet for intensives, you will have met with me at least twice. Once for a free mutual-fit call and once for a discovery call (this is part of your investment). Both calls will take place over a HIPPA-compliant video-conferencing platform.

    During the mutual-fit call, you will have the opportunity to learn about my work as a therapist, my practice policies, and how intensives work. You’ll also have the opportunity to see if I am a good fit for you and your partner. I will have the opportunity to learn about your relationship, determine if I am the best clinician for you, and if intensives are the best way forward for you.

    Once we decide it is a mutual fit, we move to a discovery call. During the discovery call, I learn about your relationship in a more in-depth manner, gather information to create a treatment plan, do assessments, and schedule your intensive. At the time of this call, you will be required to pay 25% of the investment in order to reserve the date of your intensive. The rest of the investment is due at the start of your intensive session.

 

  • Couples spend extended time doing the work, rather than starting and stopping for weekly sessions. Most couples try to start with bi-weekly sessions, but when couples are close to a make or break moment in their relationship, concentrated, intentional, uninterrupted work creates progress that weekly or bi-weekly therapy sessions would yield, but after months, in many cases. If you need help and progress now, intensives are the best way to start.

  • 4-hour intensives - $1000

    One-day Intensives - $2000

    Two-day Intensives - $4000

  • You tell me what it’s worth to you by answer the next few questions.

    1. How important is your relationship to you?

    2. How important is your well-being, the well-being of your partner, and the well-being of your children, if you have children?

    3. How do you think your relationship struggles are impacting other areas of your life, like your success in your career, your mental health in general, and your physical health?

    I know. Loaded questions, but that’s what’s at stake here.

    I don’t just share as a therapist. As a client, therapy has changed my life completely. All of my relationships are better because I went to therapy. My body, heart, and mind are healthier because I went to therapy. It’s an investment I would make again and again because it has yielded results that have been transformative and life-altering in the best way, but this is your life and relationship.

    So you have to decide what clearer, calmer communication, more joy, a deeper connection, a better sex life, and/or a harmonious home is worth to you.

    If your romantic relationship is one of the most important relationships in your life, why wouldn’t you invest in making it real good, right now?