You’ve built careers, families, and lives.
Now build the one thing that holds it all: your connection.
“I’m afraid it might not be enough.
And I’m terrified it might be too much.”
We hear this all the time. And it’s right to wonder.
This isn’t a quick fix or a relationship “refresh.”
It’s a focused, immersive process for couples facing pivotal moments—guided with skill, honesty, and care.
You might be a strong fit for an intensive if:
- You’re navigating a serious challenge—like betrayal, ongoing conflict, or emotional disconnection.
- You want to reconnect deeply, but feel trapped in painful, repeating cycles.
- You’re willing to show up with openness, honesty, and a desire to understand—not just to be understood.
- You know that real change takes time, focus, and courage—not just good intentions.
Most couples don’t fight too much. They just pack too heavy.” — Dr. K
Kathy McMahon
Founder, President, Couples Therapy Inc.
Some couples come to fix what’s broken.
Others come to remember what’s worth saving.
Whatever your reason, what happens here can change everything.
Not a spa day. Not a lecture. Not a quick fix.
Some retreats offer yoga classes, group circles, and candlelit massages. That’s not what we do.
This is private, focused work—designed for couples who are ready to get real.
We don’t believe transformation happens by the pool. It happens when both of you sit down, fully present, and say: “This matters. Let’s begin.”
What Your Intensive Weekend Looks Like
We structure your retreat with precision and care—so you have the time, space, and expert guidance to do meaningful, lasting work together.
Friday Evening: Arrival and Opening
This work begins the moment you decide to show up—fully present, with your partner and yourself.
We encourage you to arrive early, settle in quietly, and leave behind daily distractions. These days are for your relationship.
Your intensive begins with a private, welcoming session—a chance to share your story, name your challenges, and remember what once brought you together.
Many couples say that simply beginning this process brings relief and a sense of hope.
Recent intensive client
I was skeptical that anything could help us—but the man who walked out of our intensive was the one I fell in love with, and the change was real.
Saturday: Discovery and Depth
This is the heart of your intensive: a day of deep insight, courageous honesty, and new clarity about how you relate.
Communication Patterns: Seeing What’s Beneath the Surface
You’ll begin with a check-in and a guided conversation around a topic where you often get stuck. Your therapist will review the short recording to study the subtle ways you relate—how connection is built, missed, or interrupted. This becomes the foundation for more focused, compassionate work ahead.
Individual Reflections
Each of you will meet privately with your therapist—not to repeat your story, but to deepen it.
You’ve already shared a lot in your pre-retreat materials. This is a chance to expand on that in focused ways: your family history, life experiences, and what’s shaped the way you show up in this relationship.
These conversations aren’t for keeping secrets. They’re for understanding the full context—so your therapist sees each of you clearly, not just as a partner, but as a person.
Not everyone arrives ready to open up. That’s human.
This isn’t about being equally expressive—it’s about being willing, even if worried or doubtful.
Your therapist creates space for each of you to show up in your own way, without pressure, posturing, or pretending.
Collaborative Feedback and Planning
Your therapist won’t hand you a diagnosis. Instead, you’ll engage in real conversation: reviewing insights, clarifying goals, and agreeing on the path ahead.
This is not a lecture. It’s a working partnership—grounded in respect and mutual commitment.
Therapeutic Work Begins
With clarity in place, you’ll begin guided, focused work—practicing new ways of listening, responding, and connecting.
Your therapist will guide the process, but you set the pace.
You are in the driver’s seat of your relationship. At every step, your feedback matters.
“We’ve shifted—big time. The trauma’s still there, but now we see it. We’re making different choices, with tools that actually help.”
Breaks and Reflection
You’ll have space throughout the day to pause, reflect, and reconnect.
We encourage you to share your reactions as you go—your thoughts, concerns, and hopes. The best therapy isn’t something done to you. It’s something we build together.
Sunday: Integration and Moving Forward
This final day is about weaving together what you’ve discovered into something more resilient, more intentional, and more connected.
You’ll revisit key insights, practice new skills, and begin to imagine what’s possible beyond the intensive.
This day includes:
- Naming your relationship’s strengths and vulnerabilities
- Learning how to de-escalate conflict and repair emotional injuries
- Identifying how old patterns, resentments, and defensiveness block intimacy
- Developing a shared roadmap for change—one you both believe in.
Unlike weekly therapy, intensives don’t build slowly over months.
They’re layered, immersive, and uninterrupted—so you can go deeper, faster, and begin real change without losing momentum.
Every Intensive Is Customized
While every intensive is tailored to your relationship, it’s grounded in real science.
We draw from decades of research—including the Gottman Method, known for helping couples improve emotional connection, repair conflict, and rebuild trust. But we don’t follow a script. We follow what’s true for you.
This is where proven tools meet personalized care.
But no script is followed.
No two Sundays are alike—because no two couples are.
Serious care creates serious change.
At Couples Therapy Inc., we have one focus:
Helping committed couples create real, lasting transformation—not just temporary relief.
Before your first session even begins, your therapist has already studied your in-depth relationship assessment.
That means we don’t waste time gathering your story during therapy.
We start ready—informed, prepared, and sharply focused on what matters most: your relationship.
This depth of preparation is rare.
This level of care is what makes real healing possible.
When you aren’t working, treat it as a weekend away.
Before You Begin: The BIG BIG Book©
Laying the foundation for meaningful change.
Before your intensive begins, you’ll complete The BIG BIG Book©— a thoughtfully designed relationship assessment that invites you to reflect, to share, and to be heard.
This is not just an intake form. It’s the beginning of the work.
Every question is crafted to help your therapist understand not just your story—but the emotions beneath it.
Your therapist does more than just read your answers—they study them.
So when you arrive, your therapist already knows your landscape. And you’re both ready to go deeper, faster.
The BIG BIG Book© isn’t busywork.
It’s an act of devotion to your relationship—and a powerful first step toward real change.
Meet the Therapists Couples Trust
Our team is made up of seasoned specialists who’ve chosen to work with couples—and only couples.
They bring:
- Decades of experience guiding relationships back from the brink
- Advanced training in at least two methods. But methods are just tools. They are no substitute for years of dedicated practice to the art of couples therapy and to working with real couples. Or the decade spent conducting this unique type of work
- A deep understanding of not just the science of relationships, but the real-life complexity that couples live every day.
These aren’t generalists.
They are relationship experts—focused, compassionate, and relentless in their commitment to your growth.
Quiet excellence. Serious care. Unwavering dedication.
We understand this is a significant investment. And we don’t take that lightly.
But when you consider the cost of repeated failed therapy, lingering disconnection, or the emotional and financial toll of divorce—this work may be the most meaningful commitment you can make.
Not because it’s easy. Because it’s worth it.
Let’s Begin
Real change doesn’t come from comfort.
It comes from naming what hurts—and deciding what matters most.