Join our Private 6-hour Couples Intensive Therapy session. In just one Saturday, you can work towards resolving crises and make deep emotional progress, skipping the delays of weekly counseling.
Michele Haynes, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, has completed level 3 Gottman Method Couples Therapy and is working towards full certification.
You, your partner, and Michele will have a quick chat before the intensive to discuss the Gottman approach, set a date, and see if we all feel good about working together. After this, Michele will help you sign up for the Gottman Relationship Checkup. The link will be sent to both partners, and after one partner pays the $39 fee, each can complete the assessment separately.
8 -9 am –
Settle into our beautiful office near downtown Boise with Nespresso, tea, water, and a light breakfast. Michele will greet you upon arrival and will then allow you to relax with music and journaling prompts.
9-10:30 am –
Michele will continue to explain Gottman Method Couples therapy and the
Let’s dive into your background, focusing on your upbringing and key childhood memories. We’ll also discuss any significant romantic relationships from your past.
10:30-10:45 am –
Short bathroom and refreshment break.
10:45 am -12:15 pm –
Keep exploring how you communicate and resolve conflicts, and reflect on your past experiences.
After receiving the Gottman Relationship Checkup results, we’ll help you and your partner create personalized treatment goals.
12:15-1:15 pm –
Pre-ordered delicious lunch from a local restaurant. Taking this time to reflect on yourself and your relationship while journaling.
1:15-2:45 pm –
At this stage, we start using Gottman tools and exercises. This is where we truly apply what we’ve learned so far.
2:45-3 –
Short bathroom and refreshment break.
3-4:30 –
Continue to learn new skills for handling conflict and improving how you communicate.
After the intensive, you’ll spend two weeks practicing new communication and conflict management skills. We’ll meet for one more 90-minute session to review and fine-tune these tools. Before you leave, we’ll schedule this follow-up session.
• When you spend longer hours, you skip the time-wasting ‘warm-up’ and ‘cool-down’ of shorter sessions.
• Deep Dives give you the time and space to really understand the root of those recurring fights or feelings of emotional disconnection.
• Step out of your daily grind and focus on healing together with our distraction-free environment.
• Couples facing acute crises or major betrayals that require immediate repair.
• We get it, life is busy with work and kids, making weekly or bi-weekly appointments tough to keep up with.
• If weekly therapy isn’t working for you, you’re not alone. Many couples find it slow and frustrating
Six hour intensive led my a licensed marriage and family therapist with almost 20 years of practice and completion of level three Gottman Method Couple’s Therapy.
A 90- minute post-intensive follow-up
Branded journal for you and your partner
Light breakfast, catered lunch, refreshments and snacks
Cost for the intensive is $1300