Marathon Couples Sessions

If you and your partner feel stuck in recurring conflict, are recovering from a major rupture, or simply want faster progress, a Marathon Couples Session can help.

These intensives take place over 2–3 consecutive weeks, with extended daily sessions (4 hours each). This immersive format allows you to:

Slow down and address the root of your struggles
Heal past hurts and rebuild trust
Learn and practice new ways of communicating
Reconnect with warmth and clarity

Many couples find that what might take months in weekly therapy can be accomplished in just a few days with a marathon format.

Contact to Book an Initial Session

Have tried weekly therapy, but feel the changes are incremental and slow?
Feel stuck in recurring conflict, distance, or misunderstanding?
Live far from specialized couples therapy or have schedules that don’t allow for weekly sessions?
Are experiencing relational distress (infidelity, loss, major life transition) and want to address it without waiting months?

Ideal for couples who…

This approach is not suitable for couples who have already chosen to separate or who are unable to engage fully in the therapeutic process.

HOW IT WORKS

What Marathon Couples Therapy Include?

Pre-Intensive Assessment

Begin with a 90-minute initial couples therapy session, followed by the Enhanced Gottman Relationship Assessment and 50-minute individual sessions with each partner. Together, we’ll explore your relationship’s current dynamics, clarify goals for therapy, and lay the groundwork for meaningful progress. Throughout this process, we’ll identify your unique perspectives on key issues, challenges, and areas of conflict to create a clear, collaborative path forward.

Customized Treatment

Based on the results of your assessment, a 2- or 3-day intensive session will be recommended. These intensives may be scheduled over consecutive days or spaced a week apart, with four hours each day dedicated to focused therapeutic work. Each session is customized to your relationship, guiding you to deepen emotional connection, strengthen communication, and foster lasting growth—ensuring a meaningful and supportive experience.

Post-Intensive Assessment

At the end of your intensive experience, we’ll assess whether continued support is best provided through additional intensives, weekly sessions, or monthly sessions. Together, we’ll debrief your experience—reflecting on the insights, relief, and transformation you’ve gained—and create a clear plan for your next steps. The goal is to ensure your continued growth and healing long after the sessions conclude.

FAQs:

What others have wondered about Marathon Couples Therapy sessions

Intensives are concentrated treatment sessions, typically lasting part of a day over several days. Unlike weekly therapy, which is limited to a 50- or 75-minute sessions, they allow for deeper exploration and usually more efficient resolution of the root cause of issues.
Marathon couples therapy sessions may seem long, but most couples find the time passes quickly because the process is so engaging and focused. The first half can feel emotionally intense as you dive deeply into your relationship patterns, but that intensity typically eases as the session unfolds. Many couples leave feeling lighter and more connected—sometimes a bit tired, but encouraged by the meaningful breakthroughs and real progress made in just one day.
It is recommended that clients pause other individual or couples therapy while engaging in an intensive. The intensive format is a focused and comprehensive intervention, and concurrent therapy may introduce overlapping or conflicting treatment goals. Temporarily pausing other services allows you to fully engage in the intensive process and ensures clinical consistency. Following the intensive, ongoing therapy can be resumed with clear recommendations and integrated treatment goals.
The results of a marathon couples therapy intensive depend on the nature and complexity of your relationship challenges. The intensive is designed to provide a highly focused, immersive experience that equips you and your partner with tools and insights to create meaningful change. While it cannot guarantee that your issues will be resolved, most couples experience accelerated progress, deeper connection, and lasting improvements in communication, understanding, and relational patterns.
Marathon couples therapy is a premium, highly focused approach. While the cost of an intensive may seem significant, it is often more time- and cost-effective than traditional weekly therapy. Weekly sessions are limited in time and frequently divided between check-ins and skill-building, whereas marathon sessions dedicate several hours solely to addressing your relationship. This concentrated focus allows couples to make meaningful progress more quickly, often achieving in a few days what might take months of weekly therapy.
You just need to be in the province of BC or the Yukon in order for me to work with you. If you're out of province, you can travel to BC for the Intensive, and many people enjoy the experience as a getaway focused on healing and growth.
Your process begins with a thorough assessment (see “Pre-Intensive Assessment” above) to understand your unique challenges and aspirations as a couple. Reach out to book your initial couple and individual session.