Couples Intensives

Emotionally Focused Couples Intensives in Austin, TX

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Do you feel stuck in the same fights?

It can feel incredibly disheartening to care deeply about your partner and still feel emotionally distant or unsure how to move forward. Conversations turn into arguments. You try to explain yourself, but somehow end up feeling more misunderstood, more alone, and further apart.

A Couples Intensive offers a way to slow things down and focus on what’s really happening beneath the surface. Instead of stretching this work out over months, we set aside dedicated time in a supportive space to carefully explore what keeps pulling you into the same patterns- and what you both truly need to feel closer again.

When we have the space to really pause, listen, and be supported through hard conversations, meaningful change can happen more quickly. An intensive allows us to get to the heart of your relationship in a deeper, more focused way.

What is a Couples Intensive?

In an intensive, we take the heart of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)- the same attachment-based approach I use in weekly couples work- and extend it into a concentrated time of healing, understanding, and connection. EFT helps couples understand how their emotional responses and attachment needs are shaping the way they communicate and relate. It invites both partners into a courageous, supportive space where deeper feelings, vulnerabilities, and needs can finally be shared and understood.

During the intensive, we’ll slow down the patterns you get caught in and gently explore:

-What triggers each of you emotionally

-How those triggers shape your reactions

-What each of you really needs underneath the conflict

-How to express those needs in a way that your partner can hear

My hope is that you leave feeling seen, heard, and emotionally closer- not just having tools to manage conflict, but having shifted and straightened the emotional bond of your relationship. Clients often find that misunderstandings become easier to navigate and that the connection they’ve been longing for feels more achievable.

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Who Couples Intensives are for:

A Couples Intensive is a great fit for couples who:

  • Feel stuck in repetitive patterns that weekly therapy hasn’t shifted

  • Have demanding or unpredictable schedules that make consistent weekly therapy difficult

  • Are preparing for major life transitions such as getting married, having a baby, relocating, or blending families

  • Want a “relationship reset” and a chance to reconnect, repair, and strengthen your bond intentionally

  • Prefer an immersive experience that accelerates progress and creates meaningful, lasting change

You don’t have to be in crisis to benefit. Many couples choose an intensive as a proactive way to deepen emotional connection, strengthen communication, and realign before entering a new chapter of life- or simply because they want to invest in the wellbeing of their relationship.

What you can expect

A Couples Intensive is an immersive, structured, and concentrated therapeutic experience designed to help you and your partner make meaningful shifts in far less time than traditional weekly therapy. Instead of meeting once a week for short sessions, we set aside focused time- over the course of several hours across 3 days- so you can dive beneath surface patterns and begin creating real, lasting change.

Before your intensive, we’ll start with a free consultation to talk about your relationship, what feels stuck, and what you truly hope to move toward. This prepares us to use your intensive time in the most intentional and helpful way.

During the intensive itself, we slow things down and work through the emotional and relational patterns in real time- not just talk about them theoretically. You’ll notice the difference right away: instead of squeezing progress into 50-minute increments, we let the work unfold at the pace it needs to. There’s space to slow down, make sense of what’s happening emotionally, and practice new ways of connecting while you’re actually in interaction with one another.

You can expect:

  • Extended, focused sessions that give us the depth and continuity needed for meaningful progress

  • Opportunities to explore triggers, emotional needs, and patterns together

  • Guided conversations that create safety and make space for vulnerability

  • Support as you practice new ways of communicating and responding to one another in real time

Because of this immersive format, couples often describe the experience as capturing the equivalent of many months of traditional therapy in just a few days.

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What Change Looks Like

My hope is that after your intensive, your relationship begins to feel calmer, safer, and more connected. That the emotional tension between you softens, and that conversations feel like opportunities to understand and support each other.

I hope you begin to feel more confident sharing your feelings and needs without fear of being dismissed, misunderstood, or shut down. That you start to trust that your partner can be there for you emotionally, and that you can begin to experience your relationship as a place of comfort rather than stress.

Many couples leave an intensive feeling more emotionally bonded, more hopeful, and more secure in one another. My deepest hope is that your relationship becomes a place where you feel emotionally at home- where you can be yourselves, face life’s challenges side by side, and feel more confident in your ability to repair, reconnect, and continue to grow together.

FAQ

  • A couples intensive is an immersive, extended therapy experience that allows you to make meaningful progress in a short amount of time by working in longer, focused sessions over three days.

  • Intensives provide deeper, more continuous work than weekly sessions and often create breakthroughs that would otherwise take months of traditional therapy.

  • Intensives are ideal for couples who feel stuck, have busy schedules, are navigating trust issues, major life transitions, or want a focused relationship reset.

  • Yes. EFT-based intensives are especially effective for rebuilding emotional safety, trust, and connection.

  • No, many couples choose intensives proactively to deepen connection, repair patterns, or prepare for major life transitions.