couples intensives
Couples Intensive Therapy - DUMBO, Brooklyn
You two aren't
done yet.
A focused weekend of real work, designed for those who are serious about turning things around quickly instead of treading water in between sessions.
“The measure of a good relationship is not how little conflict there is, but how quickly and repairably you move through it.”
- Terry Real
Is this you?
You've tried to fix it.
It keeps happening.
Couples therapy is supposed to help. But 50 minutes a week with homework you never do, and the same argument waiting at home can feel like spinning your wheels. You need something different.
A couples intensive is a concentrated, immersive experience that replaces months of weekly sessions with a focused weekend of real, deep work. No weekly warm-up time and no need to end the session just as things start cooking. Just you two and a therapist who's all in.
You keep having the same fight — and you're both exhausted by it
You've tried couples therapy before and didn't feel like it moved
You need to make a major decision but you’re not on the same page
You love each other but you don't know how to stop hurting each other
One or both of you is wondering if it's time to call it
A crisis has happened. Infidelity, a betrayal, a rupture- and you need to deal with it now
Weekly sessions don't fit your schedule, your budget, or your patience
What is a Couples Intensive?
More than therapy.
A turning point.
A couples intensive is an extended, focused block of therapy, typically a full weekend that compresses what would take months of weekly sessions into two or three transformative days.
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Unlike weekly therapy, where you spend half the session just catching up and the other half getting to the real stuff right before time's up — an intensive lets us go deep and stay there. We do the cycle-mapping, the skill-building, the hard conversations, and the repair work in one sustained arc.
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It's not a retreat. It's not a couples workshop. It's intensive clinical therapy, done with time and space to actually work.
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Couples who do intensives often describe it as doing the equivalent of six months of therapy in a weekend.
Couples Intensive
Weekly Therapy
Time Together
50-90 min/week
8-12 hrs total
Momentum
Restarts each week
Sustained & building
Depth
Limited by time
We go all the way in
Time to results
Months to years
This weekend
RIght for
Maintenance & growth
Crisis, stuck, urgent
How it Works
A weekend that
actually moves.
01
Pre-Intensive Intake
After we’ve had our consultation and you decide to move forward, I’ll have you complete an intake form that helps me understand from each of your perspectives what appears to be the issue
02
The Weekend Work
We meet for extended sessions across the weekend - typically 4 hours each day, Saturday and Sunday. We map your cycle, build new skills, and do the relational repair work that weekly therapy rarely has time for.
03
Follow-Up & Integration
After the intensive, we debrief and create a plan for what comes next — whether that's ongoing weekly sessions, a check-in schedule, or both. The weekend is a beginning, not an ending.
"I work with couples who are ready to actually do this — not just talk about doing it. If you show up, I will work my ass off for you."
Investment
What's a real
turning point worth?
A couples intensive is a significant investment, and it's also a significantly more efficient use of your time and money than open-ended weekly therapy for a crisis that needs real attention now.
Common Questions
What people ask
before they reach out.
Is a couples intensive right for us if things are really bad?
Often, yes — that's exactly what an intensive is designed for. If you're in crisis, the pacing of weekly therapy can feel unbearably slow. An intensive lets us get to the core of what's happening quickly. The exception is active safety concerns — we'll discuss those in our consultation call.
What if one of us isn't sure we want to stay in the relationship?
That's allowed. An intensive isn't a commitment to stay together . It’s a commitment to doing the work with clarity. Many couples come in uncertain and leave with a much clearer picture, whichever direction that points.
How is this different from a couples retreat or workshop?
A retreat or workshop is psychoeducation where you’re in a group, learning skills. An intensive is one-on-one clinical therapy with just one couple and your therapist. It's personalized, clinical, and goes into the specific dynamics between you two specifically.
Do we need to have done couples therapy before?
No. Many couples come to an intensive as their first experience of couples therapy. Some come after years of weekly work that stalled. Both are fine. We do a thorough intake to make sure this format is the right fit for you.
Where do the sessions take place?
Sessions take place in my private office in DUMBO, Brooklyn (near the York Street F train stop) accessible from across NYC. Virtual intensives are available for couples outside the metro area.