How A Couple Counseling Intensive Could Transform Your Marriage: Tips From a Couples Therapist
Couples retreats. Couples weekends. Couples workshops. A myriad of online courses and events. So many services are aimed at helping couples who are looking to relieve the pain in their relationship and do it quickly.
And it makes so much sense! When you are struggling with pain in (what is supposed to be) your closest and most intimate relationship, it isn’t just a headache or something you can try to ignore. It is excruciating!
How a Couples Counseling Intensive Works
Couples caught in a cycle of arguments, fault-finding, score-keeping, silent treatments, and explosive accusations can’t simply hold their breath and wish for the heartache to go away. In fact, ignoring the problem only ensures that the stress in the relationship will grow into an even bigger problem later.
The good news is that these kinds of time-intensive couples counseling interventions exist because they really can work! Taking the time out of your usual scheduled chaos to focus intently on your intimate relationship, allows both of you to put aside all the usual distractions. To start to see each other again, for the first time.
What Happens in a Couples Counseling Session
And it really can feel like you are seeing each other for the first time. When so much of the recent past has been dominated by avoidance or rage or straight-up apathy. When the time is dedicated just to your re-connection, it makes it easier to set aside the assumptions and misunderstandings that have been making open, honest, and kind communication just about impossible.
The beauty of an intervention in your marriage where you meet with a couples therapist for 2-3 hours at a time to explore each other’s needs and learn new skills, is that you come away from each session having made so much more progress and having worked through the usual roadblocks where you normally feel stuck. All under the supportive guidance of a trained professional who is used to helping couples deal with the messiness of life and emotional wounds.
How Couples Counseling Intensive Works at Satya Counseling & Yoga
That’s why I, a Gottman-trained couples therapist, offer couples counseling in the intensive format for clients who are desiring to work with me. Because I know that if you are committing time and money and energy towards couples counseling, it’s because you have a big problem to solve, not a small, minor inconvenience. Both of you want a better quality relationship to go along with a better quality of life. And you would rather try to save your relationship before it gets any worse, rather than throw in the towel, walk away, and start all over again.
By addressing the needs of you and your partner in intensive 2-hour sessions, you have plenty of space to work through your individual doubts, air out your hurts and frustrations, give and receive forgiveness and work together on your new skill sets, all while being reminded that the two of you are on the same team.
Not to mention, you will see tremendous progress in a matter of 3-4 weeks, rather than 3-4 months. Or years!
Conclusion: Get Started On Your Relationship Transformation Today
If you are in this place of relationship stress now, do yourself a big favor and reach out to me through my Work With Me page. Set up a consultation to discuss your specific needs. I can help you put together a plan that will set up the future of your relationship for success.
About The Author
Linda Sanderville, LCSW is a psychotherapist with over ten years experience in effective trauma treatment and training and supervision of other mental health professionals. Currently, she provides specialty services to adults seeking recovery from stressful life events and those who desire to optimize their wellness and the health of their relationships.
Interested in Starting an Intensive for Couples Counseling in Charlottesville, VA?
Is constant misunderstanding and conflict straining your relationship? Reclaim the love and harmony you both deserve by enrolling in couples counseling at Satya Counseling & Yoga. Discover effective communication techniques, learn to resolve conflicts, and rebuild a strong and connected partnership from a Gottman-trained couples therapist. Act now and take a proactive step towards a happier and more fulfilling relationship. Follow these three steps to get started:
Schedule a complimentary 20-minute call to see if we’ll be the right fit
Begin meeting with me, Linda Sanderville, Gottman Couples Therapist for your session
Start moving forward in your relationship in a positive and healthy way!
Other Services Offered at Satya Counseling and Yoga
At Satya Counseling and Yoga, I want to help create a safe space for my clients to start their healing journey individually or as a couple. To help accommodate you at my Northern Virginia practice, the services I offer in addition to couples counseling include trauma therapy, anxiety therapy, and depression therapy. I also offer a Transformation Therapy Intensive for those looking to seek accelerated progress toward their identified goals and personal growth and Yoga for Therapy to help increase your mental resilience and enhance your emotional state. For more about my practice check out my FAQs and blog!