Weekly therapy is powerful. For many couples it is exactly what they need, a consistent rhythm of sessions that builds over time, slowly shifting patterns and deepening understanding.
But some couples need something different. They need real, uninterrupted, focused time to go somewhere that weekly sessions cannot reach. Not because weekly therapy has failed them, but because the work they are ready to do requires more room than a single hour allows.
Some Work Cannot Happen One Hour At a Time
A couples intensive is an extended, deeply focused therapeutic experience, anywhere from three hours to multiple full days, designed to create the kind of breakthrough and movement that weekly sessions build toward over months.
It is not a crisis intervention. It is not a last resort. It is a deliberate choice to invest concentrated time and attention into your relationship, to go deeper, faster, and with more focus than the weekly therapy rhythm allows.
Think of weekly therapy as physical therapy, consistent, gradual, cumulative. A couples intensive is more like surgery. Targeted. Precise. Designed to address something specific with the full weight of concentrated clinical attention.
What a Couples Intensive Is
You want to jumpstart your work together and build real momentum before returning to weekly sessions
You are already in couples therapy and want to go deeper on something specific, an attachment injury, a recurring cycle, a rupture that needs more time than a weekly session can hold
Your schedules make consistent weekly sessions difficult and you want a focused alternative You are at a pivotal moment in your relationship, a transition, a crossroads, a decision that requires clarity
You want an immersive, uninterrupted experience without the week-long gaps between sessions slowing the momentum
A couples intensive might be exactly what you need if:
Who This Work Is For
- There are active safety concerns in the relationship — physical violence, threats, or abuse of any kind
- Either partner is not committed to working on the relationship
- Either partner is actively struggling with substance use that has not been addressed
- There is significant unprocessed individual trauma that would make extended couples work destabilizing without concurrent individual support
- Either partner struggles with significant emotional dysregulation or dissociation in relational contexts
A couples intensive is not the right fit for every couple.
What a Couples Intensive is Not
Every intensive is tailored to the couple, there is no fixed script. But most intensives follow a natural arc:
Before we begin We start with a preliminary consultation, a chance to understand your history, your goals, and what you most need from our time together. Each partner will have an individual session before the joint work begins. This gives me a fuller picture of each of you and allows the intensive itself to go deeper faster.
The intensive itself We work in focused blocks of time with breaks built in, this is not about endurance, it is about depth. We move through the layers of your dynamic together, the patterns on the surface, the emotions underneath, the fears and longings that drive both. The goal is not just insight but experience, a new way of being with each other that you can feel.
After the intensive Some couples benefit from a follow-up session four to six weeks after the intensive, a chance to check in, consolidate what shifted, and identify what comes next.
What the Work Looks Like
Intensives are tailored to what you need and what your schedule allows. The most common formats are:
Half Day — 3 hours A focused, concentrated session ideal for couples who want to go deeper on a specific issue, jumpstart their work, or who cannot commit to a full day. A meaningful starting point that goes further than weekly sessions typically allow.
Full Day — 6 hours A full day of deep couples work with breaks built in. Enough time to move through the surface pattern and begin to access the emotional layer underneath. Often the most popular format for couples doing this work for the first time.
Multi-Day — 2 to 3 days The most immersive option. Two or three consecutive days allows the work to build on itself in ways that a single day cannot, moving from de-escalation and pattern recognition on Day 1 into deeper vulnerability, attachment needs, and new relational experience on Day 2 and beyond. This format is particularly powerful for couples who have significant history to work through or who want a breakthrough rather than a starting point.
Format Options
For Maryland couples who prefer to work in the comfort and privacy of their own home, I am also available to travel to you within Maryland. Please reach out to discuss travel arrangements and any associated fees.
Where We Work
Full Day — 6 hours: $1,440
Multi-Day — 2 days: $2,880
Multi-Day — 3 days: $4,320
All intensives include a preliminary consultation.
Investment
Payment is due prior to the intensive. I understand that intensives represent a significant investment and am happy to discuss payment options directly. Reach out and we can figure out an arrangement that works for you.
The first step is a free 30 minute consultation call. We will talk about where you are, what you are hoping for, and whether an intensive is the right fit, and if so, which format makes the most sense for you.