Give Your Relationship the Attention it Needs in Intensive Couples Therapy
Is your relationship on the brink? Many people contact us as a last effort to save their relationships. There has been so much pain, and so many efforts to fix things that haven’t worked. It’s the 11th hour and something needs to happen – and it needs to happen fast. It’s not unusual for us to hear from people that they have been to couples therapy several times before, and nothing worked. What we eventually learn is that those other therapies were not like ours. But that’s water under the bridge now. The reality is that you can’t take it much longer. Your reserves are giving out. You need intensive couples therapy that works.
Have a Crisis That Demands Immediate and Intensive Intervention?
But maybe it’s not the 11th hour. And maybe your relationship isn’t on the brink. In fact, it’s only recently that you started feeling that there are serious problems. Life was going along okay, and then something unexpected happened.
… a betrayal
… a change in circumstances
… a really stressful event
In the same way that the diagnosis of a life-threatening medical condition requires immediate and aggressive intervention, sometimes relationship conditions arise that require intensive help.
Intensive couples therapy is the most potent form of treatment that we offer. In many cases, you can get your relationship stabilized or back on track within three days.
Intensive Couples Counseling
Your intensive therapy will be tailored to the unique needs of your relationship. However, intensive therapy often progresses according to a general plan
Day One
You and your partner will each receive personalized manuals that will guide you through the process.
Your therapist will gather information and cultivate a mindset in each of you that’s needed for getting your relationship back on track.
You’ll develop a clear understanding of the ways that you each have contributed to the depleted condition of your relationship and understand the importance of accepting your share of responsibility.
In the evening, you’ll read specific sections of your personalized book, Developing Habits for Relationship Success and engage in writing and reflection that prepares you for a successful second day.
Day Two
You’ll develop a plan for changing your day-to-day relationship habits.
Your therapist will facilitate healing conversations about past hurts, and/or they will help you break out of gridlocks over contentious issues.
Day Three
You’ll each learn how to use exercises and practices that will help you avoid making mistakes that you have made in the past.
You’ll learn daily practices that increase feelings of love and connection.
You’ll leave with a personalized plan for sustaining changes.
Change your Relationship for the Better
Typically, couples who engage in intensive couples therapy continue afterward with follow-up sessions either in person or remotely via video calls.
The three-day intensive format can be modified to meet your specific needs. For example, you may want to jump-start the change process with just one intensive day rather than three. By the end of this day, you’ll receive feedback and concrete suggestions from your therapist.
From there, you can continue with weekly therapy sessions in-person or remotely. Or, you can come back for additional intensive days that are spaced weeks apart. Feel free to discuss the pros and cons of different formats with your therapist before beginning intensive couples counseling.