When Weekly Therapy Can't Hold the Weight of What You're Carrying
Couples Therapy Intensive Sessions in Boston and all of
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Washington, and Florida
​From the outside, your life may still look intact - the house, the routines, the kids, the shared calendar. But inside the relationship, there is a landscape of devastation. The two of you can barely get through a conversation without it turning into another exhausting argument. Every time you start to discuss one thing it topples down into a wave of resentment and disappointments from the past. Everything you knew about your relationship you're questioning, wondering how it ever got this bad, wondering how you can ever trust yourself or your partner again.
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Both of you feel defended and guarded, one wrong tone, one trigger can ruin a whole weekend, so you’ve learned to stay quiet - and now the silence feels just as dangerous as the fights.
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You’re scared love alone might not be enough to stop the growing contempt and hardening of your hearts.​
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Experience has taught me that beneath the arguments about sex, money, parenting, household responsibilities, the affair, or who said what last Tuesday, there is something far more important happening. You both want to know whether the other still cares. Whether you still matter. Whether you are still the most important people in the world to each other.
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A couples therapy intensive offers enough time to open the wounds, to attend to the injuries without watching the clock wind down. There’s room to feel and communicate from the tender place in your heart without worrying you’ll be left hanging. If you want to stop the spiral, stop piling on new interactions that leave you both raw, and bring back the hope - a supportive couples therapy intensive helps address the crisis without descending into chaos. ​
You know your relationship is in trouble, but you're still pretending everything is fine. You dread coming home to the rejection, the scorekeeping, and the feeling that no matter what you say, you'll end up in the same painful place. So why sign up for weekly sessions that only prolong the hurt and allow the resentments to keep piling up? Intensive couples therapy stops the distance from growing because it gives you the time to get into the fight - or unpack the pain - with my help. (Because I don't do arguments in session.)​
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A Therapy Intensive Block Gives You Time
Intensives give you the time to lower your protection - the thing that makes you get loud, repetitive, critical, or go far, far away - and really hear your partner. This is your time to practice something different. My work is to help you both notice when the spiky words, defensiveness, or shutting down begin to take over and then guide you toward a different experience. An intensive offers the time for this to happen and for you to feel the difference when it does.​
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Momentum That Lasts
One intensive won't magically fix everything. Relationship patterns develop over time, and they need time to unwind. But when you follow up with weekly or biweekly sessions - or ongoing intensive work - you have a powerful way to sustain the changes you've started instead of sliding back into old patterns. The intensive creates momentum. The ongoing work gives your relationship the support it needs to keep moving forward.
Couples Therapy Intensives:
Jumpstart Healing When the Arguments Keep Repeating
Online Couples Therapy Intensives in Boston and all of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Washington, and Florida
Intensive Therapy Options
THREE OPTIONS, DIFFERENT NEEDS, SAME GOAL - GETTING OUT OF THE STUCK
One-Day Intensive
We're committed to this relationship. We need help understanding why we keep ending up in the same painful conversations and real tools to help us get out of the loops that keep pulling us apart.
One 3-Hour Intensive Therapy Block
$2,400
​When you know you want to stay together but feel stuck in a fighting pattern you can't change on your own.
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Not appropriate for couples struggling with infidelity or betrayal.​​​
Two-Day Intensive
We've been in the same painful patterns for so long that we can't tell whether we're dealing with a solvable problem or the end of our relationship. Or we're ready to repair but we know we need the tools and the time.
Two 3-Hour Intensive Therapy Blocks, Scheduled Separately
$4,800
When you're ready to feel successful in your relationship or get clarity on whether to move toward separation or divorce.
Three-Day Intensive
We've been carrying broken trust and conflict for a long time. Part of us wants to keep trying. Part of us wonders if too much has happened. We need time to understand what happened to us and whether repair is possible.
Three 3-Hour Intensive Therapy Blocks, Scheduled Separately
$7,200
When you’re ready to turn your relationship around or know, once and for all, that it’s time to move on.
FAQs about Couples Intensive Therapy Sessions
Couples Therapy Intensives in Massachusetts, Washington, Connecticut, & Florida
What is a couples therapy intensive?
A couples therapy intensive is an extended session block of 3 hours (or a series of extended therapy blocks) designed to give you enough time to dive deep into your relationship struggles. Unlike weekly therapy, intensives allow you to find your feelings, let them come alive, and work through them in session rather than table them for another day (and have to find them all over again.)
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How long is a couples therapy intensive?
My intensive sessions are scheduled in 3-hour blocks. I’ve found this length is long enough to go deep, without pushing either of you outside your window of tolerance. We can stay with the hard material - resentment, anger, sexual secrecy and the all the repeated argument patterns that keep pulling you apart - without things becoming too flooded or shutting down.
I intentionally schedule the intensive sessions about two weeks apart. It gives you time to process what comes up, try out new behaviors and insights in real life, and work through the inevitable stuck points that show up at home once we open things up in session.
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How is a couples therapy intensive different from weekly couples therapy?
Weekly therapy can support steady progress, but shorter sessions often end right when we're getting started. A therapy intensive can help couples start to feel hopeful faster than weekly sessions.
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Can a couples therapy intensive help after betrayal or infidelity?
Absolutely. An intensive provides the time and supportive container to help with disclosure and repair. It's not a quick process, hearts take time to heal, but it provides the momentum and hope most couples need at this crucial time.​
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Are therapy intensives held online or in person?
My intensives are 100% online. No travel required. No added expenses. You'll get the same level of depth and connection without the logistics of travel. When things get heavy, you have the comfort of your home or hotel room to decompress.
**Important: To participate, you must be located in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Florida, or Washington at the time of your intensive, due to licensing laws.
What do I need to prepare for my online intensive?
The usual:
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Choose a private, quiet, secure location.
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Turn off notifications on your device before we begin.
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You’ll need a laptop or desktop for joint sessions. Individual sessions can be done via smartphone.
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Ensure a strong internet connection
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Some clients like to have a notebook, a drink, or a blanket nearby
What is your booking and cancellation policy for therapy intensives?
Full payment is required at booking. When you book, I reserve that time exclusively for you and decline other clients. These policies protect the integrity of the intensive process and honor the commitment we’re both making.
How do we know if a couples therapy intensive is right for us?
Therapy intensives are ideal for couples who:
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Have experienced infidelity, sexual secrecy, or compulsive sexual behaviors that have deeply disrupted the trust between you.
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You are in the aftermath of a disclosure, partial disclosure, or discovery that has left you both scared—scared of what to ask (How much do I want to know?) and scared of how to answer (How many details should I tell?).
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Are stuck in cycles of repeated blame and shut down where conversations go nowhere or escalate wildly but nothing is ever solved or feels better between you.
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Are finding that weekly therapy feels too slow or fragmented, with progress getting lost between sessions or conversations having to be restarted with every session.
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Are questioning whether the relationship can truly recover and have no one they trust to talk to about it.
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Are ready for a focused, therapist-led process to help stop to the repeated arguments, apologies that don't land, layering of new hurts and resentments, and bring hope and
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Can we do an intensive if we’ve never worked with you before?
Yes. Many clients choose intensives as their first experience in therapy with me. You’ll receive intake forms beforehand to help me understand your goals and needs. We’ll hit the ground running - whether we’ve worked together or not.
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Can we do follow-up sessions after the intensive?
I suggest most couples continue in supportive weekly/biweekly therapy after their intensive (with me or another provider).
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Do you offer LGBTQ+ and neurodiversity affirming therapy intensives?
Absolutely. My practice is LGBTQ+ affirming, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive. I welcome individuals and couples of all identities and relationship structures. The process of therapy is built around you and your partner’s unique nervous systems - including neurodivergent ways of experiencing emotion, communication, conflict, and connection.
I want to help you have a thriving relationship built on your authentic way of being and so, I tailor my work to you. I will help you have your best relationship.
Online Couples Therapy Intensives in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Florida, and Washington
I provide online Couples Therapy Intensives for couples struggling with high conflict, infidelity, betrayal, and relationship crises throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut, Florida, and Washington.
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In Massachusetts, I work with couples in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline, Newton, Amherst, Northampton, Wellesley, Worcester, Natick, Quincy, Brockton, Needham, Springfield, Lexington, Concord, Arlington, Belmont, and throughout the state.
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I also provide online Couples Therapy Intensives for residents throughout Connecticut, including Hartford, West Hartford, New Haven, Branford, Stamford, Greenwich, Norwalk, Fairfield, and surrounding communities.
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In Florida, I work with couples throughout Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, Naples, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Orlando, Jacksonville, Sarasota, and across the state.
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In Washington, I provide online Couples Therapy Intensives for couples in Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Tacoma, Spokane, Vancouver, Olympia, Bellingham, and surrounding areas.
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Whether you're recovering from an affair, navigating a relationship crisis, considering divorce, or feeling stuck in painful patterns of conflict and disconnection, intensive couples therapy can help you understand what's happening between you and begin rebuilding.