Couples Therapy Intensives
Months of progress. Three days of deep work.
A private, concentrated couples therapy session for partners ready to do deep work, without spreading it across a season or more of weekly sessions. In-person in Metro Detroit.
A couples intensive may be the right fit if:
You feel stuck and want momentum
You're navigating a specific rupture or crossroads and need focused, uninterrupted time to work through it
Your schedules make consistent weekly therapy difficult
You live outside of Metro Detroit and want to travel in for concentrated work
You've done some therapy before and want to go deeper, faster, in a dedicated container
This format is not the right fit for every couple. Part of my process is a careful assessment beforehand to make sure an intensive is genuinely the most helpful and appropriate option for your situation — and to recommend something else if it isn't.
How it works-
I require an initial consult to get to know each other and assess our fit for working together as well as if an intensive is the right container for your goals and situation. This is about 30 min, and is free. Both partners must attend the consult.
Intensives are typically scheduled to begin Wednesday midday through Friday early afternoon, and are completed during typical business hours in my office in Southfield, MI. Evenings are free.
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After our consult, I will invite you to complete a questionnaire that will give me insight into your relationship. I hope it also serves to clarify some of your own experiences.
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Our first day, we will complete a session with all three of us together where I can begin to explore with you your cycle and get to know your story. Then, after a short break, I will meet with each of you individually. Then, we will break for the day.
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On our second day we will move deeper into understanding your cycle, and the emotional underpinnings of what keeps you stuck there. We will practice sharing those emotions with one another in new, clearer ways.
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On our final day, we will review what we’ve learned, and identify how we might integrate it into your lives moving forward. I will share with you my summary (that you can take with you) that I hope can serve as a touchstone of this time you dedicated to your relationship.
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We will make a plan for follow-up care, with me or another EFT therapist.
What to Expect from an intensive-
The intensive is three days long for a reason. Our bodies and brains need time to process and settle, and that is built in to our structure.
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You can expect to feel some things! I will intentionally slow things down in our sessions so you can feel. If we don’t slow down, we don’t have the opportunity to connect differently.
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I am a trained EFT therapist and I am honored to have your trust and to be your guide throughout the intensive. You can trust that we will collaborate and move at a pace that feels right for you.
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After our intensive is complete, we will arrange for follow-up care. This can be with me at my hourly rate or with another therapist that I can help you to find.
Pain in relationships doesn’t simply improve with time.
Eventually, things will break.
You both deserve to thrive in your relationship, and don’t have to settle for just getting by.
You both deserve better-
That’s why I start with an assessment to determine if an intensive is right, or if weekly therapy or something else might be a better fit.
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I am not in network with any insurance providers. An intensive is a private pay, premium service.
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A couples intensive is $6,700. 50% is due to reserve your dates, and the remaining 50% is paid in 3 payments on each day of your intensive.
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Many couples travel in for couples intensives. Intensives are offered in person only, in metro Detroit. I am happy to offer recommendations for lodging and other accommodations in town.