What is a couples intensive, and how do you know whether it’s right for you?

 A couples intensive is a private day or 2-day weekend tailored specifically for you and your partner to achieve 1.5 to 3 months of therapy in one day or weekend.

What situations lend themselves to couples intensives?

· Jump start weekly couples therapy by creating a strong base

· Shore up a relationship before a lengthy overseas assignment

· No time for weekly couples therapy because one or both members of the couple travel extensively  

· Complete the last stage of couples therapy

· Repair an affair or betrayal (mid-therapy)

What is not a good fit for couples intensives?

· Active addictions

· Ongoing affair

· One partner is not committed to working on the relationship

· Domestic violence

If you’re not sure your situation is a good fit, we can do a brief call to screen for whether it is.

I offer one-day and two-day intensives on select Fridays and Saturdays, in-person at my office in Vienna, VA (Tysons Corner, just outside Washington, D.C.).

Call for current rates.

Sample Schedule

Friday

10-11 couple history and goals

11-1 hours for individual sessions to get family of origin and attachment history (done separately)

1-2 lunch

2-4 Finish couples’ assessment and begin mapping out negative cycle  

Saturday

10-12 finish mapping out negative cycle and begin working on deeper layers

12-1 lunch

1-3 work on deeper layers of negative cycle

Interested? Book a free consult.