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CONSIDERIng AN INTENSIVE?

Here’s what clients are saying:

Brittany's 2-day Intensive couples' program helped my wife and me to identify negative patterns of communication and interaction and uncover and eliminate the blocks to emotional and physical intimacy that have for years kept us from experiencing the type of marriage we once had and have been searching for for many years. Brittany's empathetic and non-judgmental approach was able to create a supportive and loving environment that helped us feel safe enough and trust each other enough to do the work necessary to rediscover those lost connections. We came away from those two days feeling lighter, happier, better equipped and more hopeful about our future together.

Consider signing up for an intensive by filling out this form, and we’ll get back to you to set up a free 15 minute consultation zoom session.

Here are some scenarios of clients who benefit from a couples therapy intensive:

  • In crisis, but both partners want to try to make it work;

  • Stuck in a negative interactive pattern and can't seem to stop fighting;

  • Feel like roommates and don't know how to be close again;

  • Weekly counseling sessions don’t work due to demanding schedules;

  • Current clients who realize weekly sessions are not realistic;

  • Therapists seeking anonymity, so coming from out of town;

  • Couples wanting to get away & restore the relationship.

Intensive EFT sessions for relationships are an excellent jump start to addressing the challenges your relationship is struggling with. While one-hour weekly sessions show notable improvements in relationships overall, intensives offer an opportunity to dig deeper into understanding the patterns, or cycles, that interfere with your relationship harmony.

One-day intensives are 5 hours - 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon - devoted to identifying what each person is experiencing in the relationship, patterns that hijack your efforts to understand your partner (as well as for you to feel understood) and blocks that keep you from connecting with your partner in ways that feel meaningful. (Cost: $1200)

Two-day intensives follow a similar schedule, with the additional benefit of building on the momentum gained from the first day.  In Day 2, we consolidate key lessons identified in Day 1 and move more deeply into really understanding your unique relationship cycle. (Cost: $2400)

Once you’ve jumpstarted your relationship, ongoing sessions are likely to be recommended in order to truly consolidate the initial shifts made in the intensive sessions, and to continue working toward the goals you want to achieve.

Click here a sample schedule.

What couples are best suited for intensives?

  • Couples ready to jumpstart the process of addressing relationship challenges;

  • Couples committed to working toward improving the relationship; in other words, all parties are “both feet in”;

  • Couples wanting to address relationship ruptures and who need a deeper dive to look at attachment injuries and how to begin the process of repair;

  • Premarital couples wanting to start off on the right foot as they prepare for their future lives together.

Consider signing up for an intensive by filling out this form, and we’ll get back to you to set up a free 15 minute consultation zoom session.

From an Intensive participant:

The structure of the process allowed us to make real progress without the interruptions of daily life. In two days we did what months of couples therapy couldn't do because of the continuity of the sessions. I was able to stay with the feelings, practice the communication skills and left feeling lighter, happier and more hopeful than I have been in a long time.

 
 

Intensive Disclaimer:

Intensives are not recommended for every couple. As you consider an intensive, keep these considerations in mind:

  • Couples in which one or both partners have an active addiction or an ongoing affair are not candidates for intensives;

  • Couples that engage in physical violence should not participate in couples therapy, but begin with individual therapy services. See here for resources;

  • If one partner wants to improve the relationship but the other partner is not committed to working on the relationship then intensives are not the venue to decide. Please consider discernment couples counseling with one of Autumn’s couples therapist;

  • If being in the same room for over an hour is too distressing (and triggers a potential trauma response) or you haven’t been able to be civil for a period of time, an intensive will not be productive. Consider starting with 50 minute deescalation sessions with one of our couples therapists;

  • When all members of the relationship are invested in working on improving the relationship, an intensive can be very rewarding.

If after reading these key points, you are unsure if you are a good fit for the intensive, please call Autumn Counseling at 832-930-2340 or email us at info@autumncounseling.com. We are happy to assist you in assessing if this is a good time for you to engage in this counseling format. If it's not, we’re also happy to help you find resources for other options.

As with any psychotherapy, results are not guaranteed.