Couples Intensives

Good relationships don't just build themselves without daily intentional effort, and problems don't just go away, without healthy conflict and communication skills. Couples Intensives are for couples curious about how adjunct therapy can help improve relationship health. Intensives will help clients create a satisfying relationship based on John Gottman’s 7 Principles of Making Marriage Work. During treatment, you will receive an online assessment specifying treatment goals; receive a 7 Principles kit with workbooks, card decks and a copy of the book. These help you resolve relationship issues in a more dynamic way than the weekly model of therapy.

Couples Intensives are appropriate for couples contemplating engagement, pre-marital couples and those married for decades. It is psycho-educational and is intended for couples who wish to enhance and enrich their relationship.

Why Gottman Intensives?

Couples intensives save time while enhancing therapy with a comprehensive online assessment
Each person meets with me individually to assist in assessing the relationship and will contribute personalized results and specific treatment recommendations for you as a couple.
Save time with busy work schedules and take time to address your relationship comprehensively, vs. traditional weekly models of therapy.
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Here's how to get started:

Please note that clients must be physically in the State of Idaho. If you do not live in Idaho, or we can arrange for you to fly here for treatment.

Schedule A Free Consultation To Get Started

Free Phone Consultation

The process will begin with a brief phone consultation. In the consultation, we will discuss the program. We will assess goodness of fit and candidacy and areas of relational distress, presence of friendship, admiration, escalating conflict, abuse, mental health, and current and historical relational practices.

When we schedule your intensive based on a schedule that works for you and your partner. Both parties will be sent intake paperwork on the patient portal and we will begin further assessment and individual interviews prior to your intensive.

Pre Intensive Interview, Assessment and Individual Sessions

After your interview, each couple will schedule individual sessions and be invited to complete an online assessment. This online assessment consists of 480 questions to discover relationship strengths and challenges before the intensive. This guides treatment goals before, during, and after our intensive sessions and provides valuable information to accelerate the treatment.

These targeted interventions are designed to more effectively improve your relationship health in communication, intimacy and conflict resolution to name a few. At the end of this time, we will have developed a personalized intensive treatment plan.

Couples Intensive Sessions

During the intensive, you will experience a customized treatment program based on the assessment, interviews and couples assessment. . During the intensive, couples will work together privately on dynamic exercises and come away with rich resources and significant relationally altering experiences. Both partners will receive the following:

7 Principles Couples set including 2 Gottman Institute Couples Guides for use during the workshop

One copy of the 7 Principles for Making Marriage Work book

Love Maps and Open Ended Questions Card Decks.

Post Intensive Interview

During this 60-90 minute session we discuss changes that you are experiencing in your relationship.
During your post-Couples intensive interview, we'll discuss a personalized plan for you to continue moving forward. We'll go over your progress and discuss new insights you are having and review gains and challenges, This will enable you to continue your healing journey in the most positive way possible as we wrap up your couples experience.

Program Packages

Half-day, Weekday
Couples Intensive

8-hour program

8 contact hours + resources, assessments, and Gottman Relationship Workbook Kit

Gottman Relationship Checkup Online Assessment
90-minute couple interview before intensive
2, 60-minute Individual Interviews
3 hours during half-day intensive
90-minute interview for follow up

$1,899

Half-day, Evening Couples Intensive

8-hour program

8 contact hours + resources, assessments, and Gottman Relationship Workbook Kit

Gottman Relationship Checkup Online Assessment
90-minute couple interview before intensive
2, 60-minute Individual Interviews
3 hours during half-day intensive
90-minute interview for follow up

$2,899

3-day, Weekday Couples Intensive

14-hour program

14 contact hours + resources, assessments, and Gottman Relationship Workbook Kit

Gottman Relationship Checkup Online Assessment
90-minute couple interview before intensive
Three, half-days (3 hours per day)
90-minute interview for follow up
2, 60-minute Individual Interviews

$3,399

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Benefits of Couples Intensives

Gottman Couples Intensives are designed for couples who know their treatment goal and are ready to address them efficiently.

Achieve optimal relationship health with quicker results!

We get it, you aren’t always going to be able to make weekly therapy appointments. Intensives allow you to have an extended amount of care in a short period of time.
Intensives are for you if you know your treatment goal and are ready to advance your relationship health without the hassle of billing insurance or only spending an hour with your therapist, only to realize you have more to process when the hour is over.

Intensives allow you to skip the waitlists and engage in treatment sooner.
Intensives allow more immediate access to selected therapy spots.
Intensives allow the flexibility of working with your schedule, and adjusting to life challenges, thus reducing the stress of therapy.

The Research

Let the research do the talking!

The Gottman Intensive is designed to help couples enhance and protect their relationship by guiding them through fun, interactive exercises, and effective tools for conflict resolution.
This intervention has been researched on principles of the Sound Relationship House, which was based on over 40 years of research with over 3,000 couples that distinguishes these interventions from others.
The economy is compelling: even compared to other couples therapy, the intensive format may decrease treatment time, because of time NOT spent on:

Checking in at the beginning of each session
Addressing current crises and concerns and relational stressors
Focusing on current crisis or relationship challenges
Assisting the couples in regaining composure at the end of the session

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FAQ

The client-therapist relationship can be life-changing. To help you decide if we are a good fit, here are answers to frequently asked questions.

What kind of therapy do you offer?

Gottman intensives support the busy parent with kids doing virtual learning, the working professional who has even more on their plate since COVID, or the client who needs help now. Whatever the reason that weekly sessions just won’t work for you, Gottman Couples Intensives are available to support you during times you need help the most. I offer Gottman Couples Intensives for my current clients when they are needing extra support, as well as new clients who prefer to work intensively. Intensives will help you create a satisfying relationship based on John Gottman’s 7 Principles of Making Marriage work. Gottman Intensives are personalized treatment plans that allow you to skip the waitlist by giving you faster access to select spots, and are designed to support your preferred schedule and timeline for your treatment goals. I am a Level 2 Gottman Leader, meaning I have experience using the techniques in your clinical work. Level 2 Training and experience with an in-depth exploration of assessment and intervention with advanced practical guidance for clinical observation and identifying co-morbidities, including PTSD, affairs, and addiction. ABOUT INTENSIVE COUPLES THERAPY Couples Intensives are designed to help couples enhance and protect their relationship by guiding them through fun, interactive exercises, and effective tools for conflict resolution. · This intervention has been researched on principles of the Sound Relationship House, which was based on over 40 years of research with over 3,000 couples that distinguishes these interventions from others. · The economy is compelling: even compared to other couples therapy, the intensive format may decrease treatment time, because of time not spent on a) checking in at the beginning of each session, b) addressing current crises and concerns and relational stressors, c) focusing on current crisis or relationship challenges or d) assisting the couples in regaining composure at the end of the session.
Are we a good fit?

Let's find out. It's important that you feel safe with your therapist. Therapy is your space to do your work. The patients in my practice have this experience with me, and continue to receive treatment as a resource. Please know that with intensive work, we do need to build rapport and therapeutic alliance, and this is valuable to engage in treatment. Let's schedule a free consultation to discuss it!
Can I use my insurance to pay for therapy?

Please know that all intensive work is non-billable and is considered an out of network, specialty service. By signing this you acknowledge we cannot bill insurance for this specialty out-of-network service and will not work with your insurance plan. All payments are out-of-pocket and to be paid at the time of service, unless otherwise specified between the provider and the client. All services for intensive work is non-refundable. It's best to determine the exact details of your policy ahead of time, including what benefits are available regarding out-of-network providers. Any cash payments for services are unable to be refunded.
What is your commitment to your clients?

An effective therapist is informed, and updated on evidence-based psychotherapy research, continuously pursue advanced training and receive ongoing consultation with well-trained Gottman clinicians. I offer a limited number of spots in my practice to ensure that each client gets the attention, care, and responsiveness they deserve. I engage in continuing education in areas of relationship health to provide the most up-to-date interventions and clinical offerings.
What is included in Gottman Couples Treatment?

YOUR INTENSIVE INCLUDES: · Pre-consultation interview to assess for candidacy including relational distress with couples experiencing severe relationship distress, escalating conflict, presence of emotional or physical abuse; significant emotional or mental health distress. · Personalized treatment plan with the Gottman Relationship Checkup: This online program consists of 480 questions to assess your relationship before the intensive. This allows you to work on your treatment goals before, during, and after our intensive sessions. This can provide valuable information to accelerate the treatment process and create targeted interventions to improve your relationship health. · A customized treatment program with targeted treatment goals based on the online assessment. Therapy is done in person often for 3 sessions of 3 hours in person. During the intensive, couples will work together privately on dynamic exercises to enhance their relationship. Each couple will come away with a binder-full of rich resources and significant relationally altering experiences. Each couple will be provided with a workbook and a copy of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage book in addition to 2 card decks to assist in application of skills outside of the intensive. · Post-treatment interview to assess and support your adaption to positive changes from treatment.
What are your fees and Program Packages?

Personalized EMDR treatment (called intensives) are half-day to multi-day programs that include a customized client workbook specific to your goals. Fees are based on your needs and program design, and are communicated ahead of time in accordance with the No Surprises Act. The fees are listed on the main site and you can also look here for program rates. All services are quoted in advance and a deposit of 50% is due at the time of scheduling the intensive. I DO offer FREE 15 minute phone consultations to discuss if we are a good fit for each other and establish rapport. Program Packages Half-day, weekday Gottman Couples Intensive 8-hour weekday program: 6 contact hours + resources/ assessments/ with recommended Gottman Relationship Checkup online assessment to customize treatment (2 hours). · 90-minute interview before intensive · 3 hours during half-day intensive · 90-minute interview for follow up · Gottman Relationship Checkup online assessment TOTAL = $1,999 (with online assessment) Half-day, Evening Gottman Couples Intensive 8-hour evening program: 6 contact hours + resources/ assessments/ with recommended Gottman Relationship Checkup online assessment to customize treatment. · 90-minute interview before intensive · 3 hours during half-day intensive · 90-minute interview for follow up · Gottman Relationship Checkup online assessment TOTAL = $2,899 (with online assessment) 3-day, Weekday GOTTMAN Intensive 14-hour Weekday program: 12 contact hours + resources/ assessments/ with recommended Gottman Relationship Checkup online assessment to customize treatment. 90-minute interview before intensive · 3 hours during half-day intensive · 90-minute interview for follow up · Gottman Relationship Checkup online assessment · TOTAL = $3,399 (with online assessment)

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