COUPLE FOR COUPLES COUNSELING:
PRIVATE INTENSIVE MARATHON THERAPY
COUPLES THERAPY TAILORED TO YOUR UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP!
WE HAVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH HIGH PROFILE COUPLES, CELEBRITIES, PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, HIGH LEVEL BUSINESS EXECUTIVES, REAL ESTATE MOGULS, SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS, AS WELL AS EVERYDAY COUPLES
NO COUPLE AVOIDS PROBLEMS & HARDSHIPS, & WE ALL NEED SUPPORT THROUGH DIFFERENT SEASONS OF RELATIONSHIP
WE’RE HERE TO HELP - AT AN ACCELERATED PACE
~ We are currently taking new clients & on a 6 week waitlist ~
Intensive Couples Therapy (aka Marathon Therapy because it really is akin to running an emotional race) is a dynamic & groundbreaking alternative to traditional weekly couples therapy sessions. It’s an accelerated, condensed, & acutely focused approach to couples counseling that will provide you with the time & space you need to address foundational issues (without getting distracted by the COWs or Crisis Of the Week) through confronting the root of your problems. Weekly couples counseling takes a lot of time, commitment, & tends to be a slow process. Alternatively, private intensives are for the couple who can no longer afford to waste time and wait for the changes and transformation they need to happen.
Private Couples Intensive Marathon Therapy with Chelsea & George is for the couple who has tried weekly therapy before without lasting success; the couple who wants to enrich their relationship through therapy, but doesn’t have the time to commit to a weekly schedule; the couple who is stuck and tired of not moving forward; the couple who is on the brink and ready to call it quits if something doesn’t change; & for the couple needing to have a fresh start in their relationship. Our two to four day private intensives offer couples the tools & resources to catapult their relationship towards their intended direction & generate lasting change. Intensive Couples Therapy is designed to help support you in getting past old issues and moving forward in your relationship to a place of fulfillment.
Intensive Couples Therapy is a specific type of therapy that is short-term &, well, as the name suggests, intense. The structure of each therapy day will vary from couple to couple. Although the intensives are overall strategically structured, we do not take a one-size-fits-all approach & ensure there is plenty of space to tailor therapy to your specific needs and individualized goals. Prior to coming in for your intensive, we gather essential information through various assessment tools. These assessments are crucial to the construction of your treatment plan & ensure every minute of our time together is used intentionally & effectively. Private couples intensives are always completely customized to your unique needs and specific relationship goals.
Private Couples Intensive Marathon Therapy with Chelsea & George
We provide a unique experience with a nontraditional approach & alternatives to traditional weekly couples counseling sessions. Chelsea & George are a married couple who offer couples intensive therapy together as a couple.
Working with couples together allows both our male & female perspectives as well as our diverse modalities to remain present in the room.
We are the third (& fourth) neutral parties who will help guide you along your path to healing. We will hear both of your perspectives and take your relationship’s side. Sometimes this means pointing out dysfunctional behaviors and patterns, and may at times feel unbalanced. This is all in an effort to break out of old cycles that may have helped you survive in the past, but are now costing you harmony in your relationship and preventing you from reaching your own marital desires.
We know firsthand that relationships have the enormous capacity to enrich our lives and make us better; we also know the flipside of that & the huge potential they have to completely destroy us & the things we have worked towards building. We understand what it takes to maintain love long-term, & have a passion for helping couples succeed in their relationship at any stage. We are committed to making our own marriage last, just as we are committed to making yours last. It is never too late to start fresh, & build your “second marriage” as the one you had always intended.
Our Approach
TIERS OF INTENSIVES
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SILVER
8 Hours of Direct Therapy with George & Chelsea
INVESTMENT: $3,500
TOTAL INTENSIVE VALUE: $4,099
YOU SAVE: $599
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GOLD
11 Hours of Direct Therapy with George & Chelsea
INVESTMENT: $4,500
TOTAL INTENSIVE VALUE: $5,419
YOU SAVE: $919
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PLATINUM
15 Hours of Direct Therapy with George & Chelsea
INVESTMENT: $6,000
TOTAL INTENSIVE VALUE: $7,179
YOU SAVE: $1,179
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DIAMOND
20 Hours of Direct Therapy with George & Chelsea
INVESTMENT: $7,500
TOTAL INTENSIVE VALUE: $9,379
YOU SAVE: $1,879
TIERS OF INTENSIVE COUPLES THERAPY
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SILVER INTENSIVE
Pre-Intensive
(2) 30-MINUTE PHONE CONSULTS • 30-minutes per partner separately at least one week prior to the intensive
QUESTIONNAIRES • Online confidential Gottman assessment to be completed by each partner at least one week prior to the intensive
PERSONALIZED TREATMENT PLAN • Created by both therapists based on your assessment results to target specific issues and needs while utilizing your areas of strength to reach your goals
Intensive
6-HOUR COUPLES INTENSIVE COUNSELING OVER 1 OR 2 DAYS • Personalized & customized by George & Chelsea for your specific needs & goals for your relationship
Post Intensive Follow up Session
(1) 50-MINUTE COUPLES THERAPY SESSION (in person or virtually) • Within 30 days of your couples intensive. After practicing what you learned in real time at home, this refresher session will help solidify strengths & identify areas that are working for you, as well as iron out any hiccups you may be experiencing through applying the new relationship skills acquired during your intensive.
”COUPLES TOOLBOX” • Personalized with gifts to help you put into practice what you learned and connect with your partner
Wellness Checkup
REASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRES • To compare with initial baseline questionnaire. To be completed by each partner at least one week prior to scheduled Wellness Checkup.
(1) 50-MINUTE COUPLES THERAPY SESSION (in person or virtually) • Within six months to one year of your intensive. Refreshing couples counseling session to revisit skills, implementation, & address areas for improvement.
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GOLD INTENSIVE
Pre-Intensive
(2) 30-MINUTE PHONE CONSULTS • 30-minutes per partner separately at least one week prior to the intensive
QUESTIONNAIRES • Online confidential Gottman assessment to be completed by each partner at least one week prior to the intensive
PERSONALIZED TREATMENT PLAN • Created by both therapists based on your assessment results to target specific issues and needs while utilizing your areas of strength to reach your goals
Intensive
8-HOUR COUPLES INTENSIVE COUNSELING OVER 2 DAYS • Personalized & customized by George & Chelsea for your specific needs & goals for your relationship
Post Intensive Follow up Session
(1) 90-MINUTE COUPLES THERAPY SESSION (in person or virtually) • Within 30 days of your couples intensive. After practicing what you learned in real time at home, this refresher session will help solidify strengths & identify areas that are working for you, as well as iron out any hiccups you may be experiencing through applying the new relationship skills acquired during your intensive.
”COUPLES TOOLBOX” • Personalized with gifts to help you put into practice what you learned and connect with your partner
Wellness Checkup
REASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRES • To compare with initial baseline questionnaire. To be completed by each partner at least one week prior to scheduled Wellness Checkup.
(1) 90-MINUTE COUPLES THERAPY SESSION (in person or virtually) • Within six months to one year of your intensive. Refreshing couples counseling session to revisit skills, implementation, & address areas for improvement.
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PLATINUM INTENSIVE
Pre-Intensive
(2) 30-MINUTE PHONE CONSULTS • 30-minutes per partner separately at least one week prior to the intensive
QUESTIONNAIRES • Online confidential Gottman assessment to be completed by each partner at least one week prior to the intensive
PERSONALIZED TREATMENT PLAN • Created by both therapists based on your assessment results to target specific issues and needs while utilizing your areas of strength to reach your goals
Intensive
12-HOUR COUPLES INTENSIVE COUNSELING OVER 3-DAYS • Personalized & customized by George & Chelsea for your specific needs & goals for your relationship
Post Intensive Follow up Session
(1) 90-MINUTE COUPLES THERAPY SESSION (in person or virtually) • Within 30 days of your couples intensive. After practicing what you learned in real time at home, this refresher session will help solidify strengths & identify areas that are working for you, as well as iron out any hiccups you may be experiencing through applying the new relationship skills acquired during your intensive.
”COUPLES TOOLBOX” • Personalized with gifts to help you put into practice what you learned and connect with your partner
Wellness Checkup
REASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRES • To compare with initial baseline questionnaire. To be completed by each partner at least one week prior to scheduled Wellness Checkup.
(1) 90-MINUTE COUPLES THERAPY SESSION (in person or virtually) • Within six months to one year of your intensive. Refreshing couples counseling session to revisit skills, implementation, & address areas for improvement.
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DIAMOND INTENSIVE
Pre-Intensive
(2) 30-MINUTE PHONE CONSULT • 30-minutes per partner separately at least one week prior to the intensive
QUESTIONNAIRES • Online confidential Gottman assessment to be completed by each partner at least one week prior to the intensive
PERSONALIZED TREATMENT PLAN • Created by both therapists based on your assessment results to target specific issues and needs while utilizing your areas of strength to reach your goals
Intensive
16-HOUR COUPLES INTENSIVE COUNSELING OVER 4-DAYS • Personalized & customized by George & Chelsea for your specific needs & goals for your relationship
Post Intensive Follow up Session
(1) 120-MINUTE COUPLES THERAPY SESSION (in person or virtually) • Within 30 days of your couples intensive. After practicing what you learned in real time at home, this refresher session will help solidify strengths & identify areas that are working for you, as well as iron out any hiccups you may be experiencing through applying the new relationship skills acquired during your intensive.
”COUPLES TOOLBOX” • Personalized with gifts to help you put into practice what you learned and connect with your partner
Wellness Checkup
REASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRES • To compare with initial baseline questionnaire. To be completed by each partner at least one week prior to scheduled Wellness Checkup.
(1) 120-MINUTE COUPLES THERAPY SESSION (in person or virtually) • Within six months to one year of your intensive. Refreshing couples counseling session to revisit skills, implementation, & address areas for improvement.
*All intensives are conducted by both George & Chelsea unless otherwise previously discussed.
**PAYMENT POLICY: 50% of fee is collected at time of phone consult & questionnaires; 100% of fee is collected within 48 hours of scheduled intensive.
***CANCELLATION POLICY: If cancelled within one week of intensive, 50% of fee is due; 100% of fee is due if cancelled within 48 hours of intensive.
In addition to the many benefits intensives can elicit, it is important to also understand the risks involved. Despite putting forth our very best efforts, this format has just as much potential to accelerate you towards the positive as it does towards the negative & into additional areas of difficulty. This may bring up some intense & uncomfortable feelings, as well as temporarily magnify issues both within the relationship & even outside of the relationship. Our approach is naturally to restore the goodness of the relationship (given there are no contraindications or safety issues) to the best of our abilities, but therapy is not guaranteed to work in the direction we hope for. Because of this, & any unknown factors that may come into play during the therapy process, please understand that although we adamantly work towards your goals, we cannot make any promises on what the outcome will ultimately look like for your relationship.
Furthermore, Intensive & Marathon Couples Therapy, as with couples therapy in general, has its own limitations & may not be an appropriate option for every season in every relationship. During the initial individual phone consults with us, we screen for any contraindications to the intensive therapy process, as well as assess for several contributing factors. If any of the following circumstances are actively present within your relationship, we may not recommend moving forward with an intensive, & instead may refer you to individual therapy or other resources. These issues are:
Safety concerns, such as serious physical violence within the context of your relationship, threats by one or both partners that serious violence might occur, or fear of such serious violence on the part of one or both partners
Current, active, and untreated alcohol and/or drug addiction on the part of either or both partners, from either partner’s perspective
If either partner currently has an untreated major mental illness actively contributing to their daily level of function.
If there is an undisclosed, current affair that you are not willing to disclose (such secrets work against the goals intensive/marathon therapy seek to achieve, and predict failure. We uphold a “No Secrets Policy”). In the case of a recent/present affair, removal of that relationship in its entirety is a prerequisite for intensive/marathon therapy.
If either partner is currently experiencing suicidal or homicidal thoughts, or has a history of serious harm inflicted on him/herself or another person.
Upon completion of the therapy, at times we recommend the Intensive/Marathon Couples Therapy be followed by ongoing couples and/or individual therapy.
Further Considerations
Which tier is right for us?
After the initial phone consultations, George and Chelsea will recommend which tier they feel will best fit your relationship based on their professional experience. To gain a better sense of which tier might be right for you before the scheduled phone consultations, here is a general guide for which types of relationships typically fit under which tier.
SILVER & GOLD: These tiers are generally appropriate for low-conflict couples looking for premarital therapy, the adjustment to parenthood or other life transitions, couples who are looking to continue to build upon their established foundation and patterns of interaction, or couples who want to focus on a single solvable issue.
PLATINUM & DIAMOND: These tiers are generally appropriate for higher-conflict couples with chronic and/or acute maladaptive patterns and interactions. It is also appropriate for couples with a history of trauma, past betrayals, addictive behaviors, a current crisis, or gridlocked issues.
Please note, because of the nature of the following issues, only the Platinum and Diamond Couples Intensive therapy options are available for: a major crisis, trauma, affairs, or other types of significant betrayals, and addiction.
