Couples Intensives in Raleigh, NC

Why a couples intensive?

Couples intensives are designed for partners who want more than surface-level communication tools. When a relationship has been impacted by infidelity, years of unresolved hurt, emotional disconnection, or a loss of passion, weekly sessions can feel slow or insufficient. An intensive creates the time and space needed to understand what’s really happening beneath the conflict—and to begin repairing it.

In a couples intensive, we spend focused, uninterrupted time working through the patterns that keep you stuck. Rather than putting out one fire at a time, we step back to look at the emotional and attachment dynamics shaping your relationship. This allows for deeper clarity, meaningful repair, and lasting change.

My approach integrates Gottman Method therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and attachment theory. This combination supports couples in developing both practical skills and emotional understanding. You’ll learn how to manage conflict more effectively, repair after ruptures, and communicate in ways that reduce defensiveness and escalation. At the same time, we focus on the underlying emotional needs, attachment wounds, and protective strategies that often drive disconnection.

Healing happens when couples feel both emotionally understood and equipped with tools they can actually use. In an intensive, partners have the opportunity to slow down, truly hear one another, and make sense of how past experiences—both individual and relational—have shaped the relationship. This process helps shift cycles of blame or withdrawal into patterns of safety, responsiveness, and mutual respect.

Couples intensives also create space to reconnect around shared values and meaning. Together, we explore what matters most to you as a couple, what kind of relationship you want to build, and how to move forward with intention rather than fear or resentment.

Whether you’re recovering from infidelity, carrying years of pain, feeling emotionally distant, or noticing a loss of passion, a couples intensive can help you move from survival mode into genuine connection. This work is not about assigning fault—it’s about understanding, repair, and creating a relationship that feels secure, alive, and worth investing in.

Fees:

6 hour intensive - split over 2 days $1500

10 hour intensive - split over 2 or 3 days $2300

Monthly maintenance follow-up 2 hour session $400

All intensives are customizable and payment plans are available.