Couples Intensive

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Why couples intensives and marriage retreats?

You’re busy.

You don’t have a lot of time, but you want to make a commitment to your relationship and give it your all.

You both want to give each other the best chance.

You recognize that the current disconnect and conflict are neither sustainable nor healthy.

You still remember why you got together in the first place, and you desire transformation.

You want to have relationship tools.

You want to have agreements on how to avoid disconnection and conflict.

You need space to repair past hurts.

You want to know how to regain love.

You want to increase passion and intimacy.

You want to be that passionate couple that genuinely connects!

What we offer

We provide two-day, and one-day, intensive programs for couples.

The aim of all the intensive programs is to restore hope and connection in your relationship.

The two-day program, which includes our traditional couples therapy, provides a more focused exploration of the family of origin and inner child healing for each member of the couple. Couples have found it to be a powerful experience when they participate together.

The one-day intensive program represent our traditional couples therapy offerings, where the goal remains to identify the root of your conflict and provide you with a roadmap to resolve it, should you be motivated to take action.

All intensive offerings create an environment for repairing past wounds and enable both of you to gain confidence in resolving disconnection and conflict when it arises.

They will help you better understand one another, where particular behaviors and reflexes originate, and how to make more relationship-enhancing moves.

We will also focus on how you can cultivate greater harmony, connection, and appreciation for one another, leaving with agreements and a roadmap for fostering enhanced harmony and connection.

Meet Bethany, your guide

The quality of our relationships is one of the most powerful indicators of overall health and life satisfaction. 

Working on our relationships in a supportive, inclusive environment is a vital form of care.

Trained as a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from Northwestern University, I specialize in helping couples transform stuck patterns and emotional wounds into meaningful opportunities for connection and growth.

Couples Intensives are for those ready to do the deep work — not a quick fix or a “Hail Mary,” but an immersive, structured space dedicated to clarity, repair, and growth. 

We map what happens when disconnection takes over, practice real-time regulation and communication, and identify what's necessary to help your relationship thrive.

You’ll leave with language, insight, and tools you can actually use — and a shared sense that you’re no longer working against each other, but with each other.

I have an active therapy style that contrasts with the “blank slate” approach many people expect from therapy. 

I show up engaged, informed, and responsive - change happens when therapy feels like a dynamic conversation, not a monologue.

If you’re ready to pause the pattern and invest in real change, an intensive offers the focused time and guidance to begin again—together.

Reach out to schedule a consultation and explore if an intensive is the right next step for your relationship!

When a Couples Intensive may not be the right fit

Couples Intensives are designed for partners who are emotionally ready and resourced enough to engage in this level of work. 

To protect both partners and ensure the process is effective, intensives are not appropriate when any of the following are present:

  • Active addiction (substance use that has not been stabilized or treated)

  • Active infidelity (an ongoing, newly disclosed, or undisclosed outside relationship)

  • Severe or untreated mental illness that significantly impairs regulation or participation

  • Intimate Partner Violence (When physical violence, coercive control, or intimidation is present in a relationship, couples therapy or intensives are not appropriate or safe. These situations require an individual safety plan and specialized support, not relational therapy.)

Investment

Two-day Intensive Program $4,700

  • The two-day intensive program (Day One: 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, Day Two 9:00 AM-4:00 PM) additionally includes five subsequent monthly one-hour sessions to maintain momentum and progress if necessary. Intensive Days include breaks for lunch. 

One-day Intensive Program $1,900

  • The one-day intensive program (9:00 AM-4:00 PM) additionally includes three subsequent monthly one-hour meetings to maintain momentum and progress if necessary. Intensive Days include breaks for lunch.