Do you want to strengthen your relationship but weekly therapy doesn’t work with your busy, demanding schedule?
A Couples Intensive might be exactly what you need.
If you’re a busy, motivated couple who wants to improve communication and connection but fitting in a weekly therapy appointment just doesn’t feel possible…you’re in the right place.
Couples Intensives provide a transformative experience designed to enhance your connection and strengthen your relationship in just two days. This focused approach is equivalent to approximately 12 weeks of traditional weekly therapy. It’s a special, immersive opportunity that offers your relationship the attention and care it truly deserves.
Weekday Intensives offered July & August & Weekend Intensives offered September through June in beautiful Newburyport, MA or Gilford, NH.
You feel like maybe you need couples therapy but you don’t have the time or energy to invest in something with an arbitrary end date and/or you or your partner are not into doing traditional therapy.
Every time you both get into an argument or are just in a cycle of feeling really disconnected, you wonder “why haven’t we sought help or done something different yet?”
Working on your relationship has been on your to-do list for months… or years.
You’ve reached a point where something needs to change.
You and your partner are not communicating well and it’s leaving you both feeling unseen, unheard, misunderstood, and/or unappreciated.
You’ve dreamed of feeling a deep emotional bond with your partner but you don’t yet because…
You feel like you don’t have time to focus on your relationship.
You don’t want to deal with finding childcare.
Your partner doesn’t want to commit to couples therapy.
You’re worried that if you seek help, it means that something is wrong with you and your partner.
In a Couples Intensive, I will use Emotionally Focused Therapy to help you increase emotional awareness and experience new ways of communicating.
At the end of our time together, you will have identified the cycle of disconnection within your relationship, increased your understanding of your own needs and your partner’s needs, and practiced new and different different ways of communicating that will help you both feel more seen, heard, understood, and appreciated. While specific outcomes can't be predicted or guaranteed, most couples find that Couples Intensives help shift their relationship to a deeper, more connected place.
Two Day Couples Intensive Schedule & Information
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Day 1
8:00 AM-9:30 AM Couples Session
9:30 AM-11:30 AM Individual Sessions
11:30 AM-12:30 PM Break
12:30 PM-2:30 PM Couples Session
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Day 2
9:00 AM-11:30 AM Couples Session
11:30 AM-12:30 AM Break
12:30 AM-3:00 PM Couples Session
*There is some flexibility with schedule times for Day 1 & Day 2, but this is generally the schedule that I’ve found works best.
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Locations
Most Couples Intensives take place in my private therapy office in beautiful Newburyport, MA.
If interested in a Couples Intensive in a private home in Gilford, NH, please inquire about availability.
Weekday Intensives: July & August. Weekend Intensives: September through June.
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Investment
Weekday Intensives (July & August): $2,500
Weekend Intensives (September through June): $3,200
*Program fee covers participation in the 2-Day Couples Intensive for both partners. Lodging, travel, and meals are not included. Couples Intensives are a specialized intervention not reimbursable by insurance.
An Intensive is for YOU if you both:
✔️ Love each other but you’re just feeling stuck in your relationship and you’re unsure how to reconnect.
✔️ Are willing to try new things that may make you feel uncomfortable to improve your relationship.
✔️ Want to feel closer to your partner.
✔️ Want to put in the work to improve your relationship because you feel it’s worth it.
✔️ Are committed to doing things in a different way to make a positive shift in your relationship.
An Intensive is NOT for you if you:
✗ Are in an abusive relationship (physically, emotionally, verbally, etc.).
✗ Are actively engaged in an affair or recently learned of infidelity within the past three months.
✗ Are often in very escalated arguments with your partner.
✗ Want your partner to change because you believe that they are the problem in the relationship.
✗ Are unsure if you want to continue on in the relationship.
✗ Are not willing to be vulnerable with your partner.
What’s Next?
Make sure to read over the “right for you” and “not right for you” section above.
Send me an email stating that you’re interested in a Couples Intensive and I’ll be in touch within two business days.
To help determine if a Couples Intensive is the right fit for you, I’ll start by asking a few questions via email. If it seems like a Couples Intensive might be a good fit, we’ll schedule a 30-minute virtual consultation to further clarify your goals for the Intensive. The consultation fee is $100, which will be credited toward your Intensive deposit if we decide to move forward with booking the program.
In the 30 minute virtual consult, we we talk more about your relationship needs and goals. After talking, if we will all decide that a Couples Intensive is the way to go, we’ll make plans for the Couples Intensive during the consultation. I will walk you through all the details of paperwork and logistics. The fee for a Weekday Intensive is $2,500 & a Weekend Intensive is $3,200. A 50% non-refundable deposit is due via credit card at the time of booking.
When you arrive for your Couples Intensive, know that it's okay to be exactly where you are, as long as you're ready to approach the process with curiosity, openness, and honesty. Working on your relationship takes effort, courage, and vulnerability, but it's also deeply rewarding. Bring all your thoughts and feelings, and together we’ll work through them, slow things down, and create space for meaningful growth.