For Couples…
Have you been feeling disconnected from your partner? Are you and your partner having a difficult time finding your way back to each other? Maybe you’ve been questioning whether or not this person still feels like the “right” person for you. Maybe you and your partner are looking to explore what “the next step” looks like, but aren’t sure how to navigate all that goes along with these conversations.
Being in relationship is hard. Like really hard. Many couples start out in a blissful, invigorating honeymoon period until one day they find that this same person whose morning breath they actually tolerated is now activating feelings inside them that they never knew they had.
Folks who seek me out for therapy are often at a transition point in their relationship. Sometimes there’s a sense of stagnation or complacency that leads to disconnection and even pursuit of attention elsewhere. Often there is a repeated theme or argument that keeps showing up, but the couple isn’t sure how to resolve and shift this. Sometimes a couple is faced with a pending transition related to a work change or the desire to have a baby.
One doesn’t have to wait to engage in couple’s therapy until they are questioning whether or not to end the relationship. There is no set length of relationship time for an established couple to explore how to update their relationship dynamics to meet their individual and collective needs. Couple’s work gets to be an opportunity to explore dynamics that don’t feel quite right. Couple’s work is an opportunity to explore our own individual and partner’s needs, wishes, and desires in an effort to create greater connection and intimacy.
1hr Couple’s Sessions are $150.
Common goals of couple’s work include:
A wish to feel more emotionally and physically connected;
A wish to feel seen and heard through improved communication and understanding;
A wish to feel less lonely and more secure within the relationship;
A wish to feel desire for and from one’s partner;
A wish to resolve and heal from betrayal within the relationship (i.e. infidelity)
A wish to heal from old relational attachment wounds.
Couples’ Intensives…
Are you experiencing a sense of urgency to address the concerns you are having in your relationship? Are you feeling overwhelmed by how to fit into your schedules a long-term commitment to couple’s therapy? You aren’t sure you have the time to commit to weekly sessions, but having support around your relationship feels necessary. Or maybe you and your partner have your own individual therapists and want some targeted support around a particular relationship pattern that continues to resurface. If these questions resonate with you, a couple’s intensive may be a good fit for you and your partner.
Research shows that therapeutic intensives (sessions longer than 90 minutes) are as effective as the standard model of psychotherapy. Intensives can lead to quicker resolutions due to the nature of having more concentrated time to dig deeper to explore the dynamics at play and design new pathways and patterns for your unique relationship. In fact, it’s possible a committing to a Couple’s Intensive may be a less costly option to addressing your relationship concerns.
Through the lens of Emotion Focused Therapy, an evidence based model for couple’s work, we will identify the relationship patterns at play, create a greater understanding of these patterns while developing new ways of engaging in your relationship that creates greater compassion and connection.
Some ways folks save money with a Couple’s Intensive:
Working Efficiently
Remedies for a couple’s concerns are addressed in a concentrated amount of time rather than over the course of several sessions lasting months;
Reduced Childcare Expense
If childcare is needed it becomes a one time expense versus something to add to your monthly budget;
Working Effectively
The concentrated time offers folks the ability to create a deep dive into their relationship while identifying and applying edits to their relational narrative that can be powerful and transformational.
What can you expect from a Couple’s Intensive…
Initial 20 minute consultation to learn about the concerns as well as the desired outcomes;
Communication with individual therapists, if they are relevant to the desired outcomes;
Document outlining your personal goals and strategies developed during your Intensive along with resources for continued growth and reflection.
Intensives are offered as either 90 minute or 3 hour increments. The consultation time can be used to determine which length of time may be better suited for your needs and goals.