Couple Intensives
Transform Your Relationship, Fast
Is your relationship in an urgent situation and needing immediate change? Are you finding that weekly sessions just aren’t enough?
Flourish Psychotherapy offers couple intensives designed to provide couples with a focused, immersive, and transformative experience that helps couples strengthen their relationship faster than traditional couples therapy, which unfolds over weeks or months.
You can continue reading to find out more information about couple intensives or you can click the button below to jump ahead to more information about what types of couple intensives are offered at Flourish Psychotherapy.
What Are Couple Intensives?
Couple intensives are a focused and immersive couples therapy experience designed to help couples address relationship challenges in a condensed timeframe. Unlike traditional couples therapy, which takes place over weeks or months, couple intensives offer extended sessions over one or multiple days to help couples facilitate deep and transformational change with faster results.
This focused approach allows couples to break through persistent issues, resolve conflict and enhance communication, deepen their connection, and gain practical tools for long-term relationship success.
Why Choose Couple Intensives?
Relationships take work, and sometimes, weekly therapy sessions don’t provide couples with enough time to address deep-rooted issues or persistent struggles. For this reason, many couples find intensives more effective than weekly therapy as it allows them to work through issues more immediately, without having to wait days between their next session.
Deep, focused healing: couple intensives offer extended time in session that allows couples to address their struggles at much deeper levels. Doing this type of deeper work is what creates transformational and long-lasting change as couples can target the root cause of their issues and experience healing on deeper levels.
Faster results: since couple intensives condense months’ worth of therapy into just a few days, many couples experience breakthroughs much more quickly. Without the interruptions of daily life between sessions, partners can remain engaged in the process without losing momentum.
Personalized approach: couple intensives are designed to address the unique needs of each relationship. Your therapist will structure sessions according to a customized treatment plan that takes into consideration your individual and relationship history, relationship challenges, and goals, allowing for an approach that is personally tailored to your relationship.
Immersive experience: couple intensives offer dedicated and uninterrupted time for healing and growth by allowing couples to fully immerse themselves in the experience. Since couple intensives take place over the span of a few days, couples can reserve this time to step away from their routines and reduce the daily distractions of work, parenting, and other factors that may interfere with the process
Urgent support: the condensed format of couple intensives can help couples that are navigating major life transitions and seeking immediate change, clarity, or support. Many life transitions such as having a baby, potential separation or divorce, career changes, trauma, or the loss of a loved one can put significant strain on a relationship that requires immediate and focused support.
What Couples Might Benefit From Couple Intensives?
Couple intensives can be beneficial for a wide range of couples. Here are some examples of couples who would benefit the most from this immersive therapy approach:
Couples on the brink of separation or divorce: if a couple is considering separation but still wants to explore the possibility of saving their relationship, an intensive format can provide a structured environment to address core issues and determine the best path forward.
Couples experiencing trust issues or infidelity: rebuilding trust after an affair or betrayal takes time, effort, and professional guidance. A couple intensive provides the space to process emotions, rebuild security, and begin establishing new foundations for trust.
Couples struggling with high conflict: Frequent misunderstandings, unresolved conflicts, or the same arguments time after time can cause significant strain on a relationship. A couple intensive can help couples breakdown destructive conflict cycles and help partners develop healthier ways to express themselves and truly listen to each other.
Couples coping with trauma or grief: significant events from the past can have ongoing impacts on a relationship in the present. A couple intensive provides a supportive space for healing together rather than letting the strain of grief or trauma drive partners apart.
Long-distance couples: for couples who spend extended time apart due to work, military deployment, or other circumstances, an intensive can help them reconnect and address concerns in a short amount of time.
Couples seeking premarital or marital enrichment: even couples without major conflicts can benefit from a couple intensive. Whether preparing for marriage or simply wanting to strengthen their bond, partners can use this time to enhance their relationship skills and build a strong foundation for the future.
What Happens During A Couple Intensive?
Couple intensive formats can very depending on the type of intensive you choose; however, all couple intensives generally follow a similar format. Here is what you might expect from a couple’s intensive:
Relationship assessment: the assessment phase is a critical step during a couple intensive as it allows your therapist to evaluate your relationship dynamics, identify core issues, and develop a personalized treatment plan that aligns with your goals.
Deep-dive therapy sessions: your therapist will support you and your partner in engaging in structured conversations and invite you to participate in experiential practice exercises to help address the core issues in your relationship.
Skill building: You and your partner will learn and practice new skills in session to help you create the changes you are looking for in your relationship and equip you with the tools you need for long-term relationship success.
Couple Intensives at Flourish Psychotherapy
Flourish Psychotherapy is pleased to offer two types of couple intensives – Mini Intensives and 3-Day Intensives – you can find more information about each intensive below. All couple intensives are facilitated by Nicole Sedlak, a registered psychotherapist, registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO).
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3 weeks’ worth of therapy in 1 day
Best suited for: couples seeking relationship tune-up, premarital counselling or marital enrichment, parenting challenges, and navigating life transitions
Duration: 3 therapy hours in 1 day
When: offered Tuesday-Saturday depending on therapist availability
Mini Intensive Schedule:
Intensive day: 1.5-hour therapy session, short 30-min break, 1.5-hour therapy session
* Mandatory pre-meeting assessment: please note that prior to your mini intensive, a pre-meeting assessment is required for new couples who have not previously worked with Nicole (assessment: 1-hour couple, plus 1-hour each individual)
Total therapy hours: 6 therapy hours with pre-meeting assessment
Mini Intensive Cost:
$1,500
(with pre-meeting assessment – for couples new to working with Nicole)
$750
(without pre-meeting assessment – for couples who have worked with Nicole in the past and have already completed a pre-meeting assessment)
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3 months’ worth of therapy in 3 days
Best suited for: couples seeking deep relationship renewal, affair recovery, coping with and healing from trauma, and experiencing high conflict
Duration: 4 therapy hours each day for 3 back-to-back days
When: take place during weekends from Friday to Sunday
3-Day Intensive Schedule:
Day 1: assessment day: 2-hour couple assessment, 1-hour individual assessments with each partner
Day 2 and 3: therapeutic work days: 2-hour therapy session, short 30-min break, 2-hour therapy session
Total therapy hours: 12 therapy hours
3-Day Intensive Cost:
$3,200
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Please note that as of June 20th, 2024, all psychotherapy services are GST/HST exempt
Ready to Transform Your Relationship?
Are you ready to transform your relationship? Your next step is to book your free 30-minute consultation. During your consultation, Nicole will meet with you to help determine if a couple intensive is right for you and which type of intensive would best suit your specific needs and goals.