Couples Therapy
Intensives in NYC
Focused, extended therapy for married and long-term couples who need more than one hour a week. When your relationship is hurting, weekly sessions can feel too slow.
When You Know Something Has to Change
You may look fine from the outside — still going to work, caring for your children, keeping life moving. But behind closed doors, the relationship may feel painful, tense, distant, or fragile.
Maybe small conversations turn into arguments. Maybe one of you shuts down while the other keeps trying. Maybe affection has faded. Maybe trust was broken and neither of you knows how to rebuild it.
A couples intensive is designed for couples who do not want to keep circling the same pain without direction. It gives you dedicated time, structure, and clinical support to identify deeper patterns, have guided conversations, and leave with clearer next steps.
"One hour a week can feel too slow when your relationship is hurting."
"You may still love each other, but feel exhausted by the cycle you keep repeating."
"Previous weekly therapy didn't create the movement you hoped for — or life's pace makes it difficult."
Is a Couples Intensive Right for You?
A couples intensive may be a good fit if you are navigating any of the following.
This work is for couples ready to engage honestly, take ownership of their patterns, and invest in a deeper level of support.
What a Couples Intensive
Can and Cannot Do
What it cannot do
- One day or one weekend cannot instantly restore trust or erase years of pain
- It is not a magic fix or a guaranteed relationship repair program
- Trust is rebuilt through consistent behavior over time — not one session
- Emotional safety grows through repeated honesty, repair, and follow-through
What it can do
- Help you slow down what has been moving too fast
- Name the cycle you are stuck in
- Understand the patterns each partner brings into the relationship
- Clarify what repair will require going forward
- Provide tools to slow escalation and better language for conflict
- Give you a personalized path for meaningful next steps
Our Approach to Couples Intensives
Your intensive is personalized around your relationship, your assessment results, and the specific goals you want to address.
Before the Intensive
Each partner completes individual pre-assessments. We review results, identify core patterns, and clarify the focus for the intensive so we use the time wisely.
During the Intensive
Personalized therapeutic sessions covering the patterns and areas most needed — whether conflict cycles, emotional work, trust repair, communication, or intimacy.
After the Intensive
You receive clear recommendations, tools discussed, patterns identified, and your therapist's guidance on what the next phase of your relationship needs to look like.
The intensive may include work on:
Tailored to your relationship and goals.
Choose Your Couples Intensive Experience
Three levels of support. The Full-Day Elevated Intensive is our recommended option for most couples seeking deeper repair.
For couples addressing one specific concern in a focused format
- 30–45 minute pre-assessment
- 3-hour focused couples intensive
- Virtual or in-person format
- Basic written post-intensive summary
- 45-minute post-intensive session
- In-session recommendations
- Drinks & snacks (in-person)
Recommended for couples dealing with more painful or complex patterns
- Individual pre-assessments for both partners
- 1-hour pre-intensive assessment review & goal-setting
- Two 3-hour couples therapy sessions (8 hrs total)
- Private dining pause between sessions (in-person)
- Personalized therapeutic focus
- Post-intensive personalized report
- Tools, therapist recommendations & next steps
- Additional resources when appropriate
Immersive, personalized retreat for couples who need more time and space
- Individual pre-assessments for both partners
- 90-min virtual pre-intensive assessment review
- 15 hours of therapy — five 3-hour sessions over 2.5 days
- Personalized therapeutic roadmap
- Post-retreat personalized report
- One couples' reflection excursion included
- One 90-minute virtual follow-up session
The Private Dining Pause
For in-person full-day intensives, the 1-hour break between therapy sessions includes a private dining pause.
You and your partner will have time to step away from the therapy conversation, share a meal, breathe, and simply be together before returning to the second part of the work.
Your meal is selected ahead of time, and dietary restrictions are taken seriously. The goal is not to create an overdone experience — it is to create a thoughtful pause where your bodies can settle, your minds can rest, and you return to the work more grounded.
A quiet, intentional pause between sessions.
Selected in advance. Dietary restrictions honored.
Private. Unhurried. Grounding.
What to Expect
Every couples intensive begins with a thoughtful process so the work is focused, personalized, and clinically appropriate.
Before the Intensive
- Complete a short form with basic information and goals
- Schedule a consultation to discuss your relationship and fit
- Each partner completes pre-intensive paperwork independently
- Full-day and weekend: complete pre-intensive assessment review session
- Intensive is personalized — not generic
During the Intensive
- Slow down the conflict cycle
- Understand emotional triggers and attachment patterns
- Explore family-of-origin dynamics
- Guided conversations and emotional processing
- Rebuild trust or strengthen connection
- Clarify whether both partners are willing to do the work
After the Intensive
- 3-hour: basic written summary and a 45-minute follow-up session
- Full-day & weekend: detailed personalized report
- Patterns identified, tools discussed, therapist recommendations
- May include continued weekly therapy, individual work, or monthly intensives
- The intensive is a focused beginning — not the end of the work
Faith-Informed Care,
If You Desire It
Your faith can be part of the process if that is important to you. If you desire faith to be included, we can thoughtfully integrate prayer, biblical reflection, spiritual meaning, and Christian values into the work.
If you prefer a fully clinical experience, your intensive can remain focused on evidence-based therapy without spiritual integration. Faith is never forced. Your story, values, and preferences guide the process.
Is a Couples Intensive Always the Right Fit?
No. Because couples intensives are focused therapeutic experiences, we begin with a consultation to determine whether this format is clinically appropriate.
A couples intensive may not be the right fit if:
- There is an active affair currently happening
- There are active abuse or safety concerns
- One partner is unwilling to participate honestly in the process
- One partner is being pressured to attend
- The goal is simply to convince the therapist the other person is the problem
If a different level of care is needed, we will offer recommendations for next steps.
Investment
| Service | Investment | What's Included |
|---|---|---|
| 3-Hour Couples Intensive | $1,500 | 30–45 minute pre-assessment, 3-hour focused intensive, basic written post-intensive summary, and a 45-minute post-intensive session. |
| Full-Day Elevated Couples Intensive Recommended | $3,000 | Individual pre-assessments, 1-hour pre-intensive assessment review and goal-setting, two 3-hour therapy sessions, private dining pause (in-person), post-intensive personalized report, therapist recommendations, and resources. |
| Weekend Couples Retreat Experience | from $10,000 | 15 hours of therapy (five 3-hour sessions over 2.5 days), personalized retreat structure, post-retreat report, one couples' reflection excursion, and one 90-minute virtual follow-up. Travel, lodging, meals, and excursions priced separately. |
Please note: Couples therapy intensives are private-pay services and are not billed through insurance.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ready to Begin?
You do not have to keep having the same fight, carrying the same distance, or wondering alone whether your relationship can be repaired. A couples intensive gives you focused space to slow down, tell the truth, and begin understanding what this relationship needs next.
In-person in Brooklyn & Manhattan · Virtual across New York, New Jersey, and South Carolina · Licensed therapy only where clinically and legally appropriate