Some seasons in a relationship need more than an hour a week.
An intensive gives you a full block of focused time with no interruptions and no waiting until next Tuesday to pick up where you left off. Some couples come to rebuild connection and learn to handle conflict differently. Others come to heal after a betrayal. And some people come on their own, carrying the weight of what a partner did, and need space that belongs only to them.
There are three intensives to choose from, and a short conversation is usually enough to tell which one fits.
Michele Haynes is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has completed Level 3 Gottman Method Couples Therapy training and is trained in EMDR. All intensives are held at our Boise office or virtually for clients in Idaho, Oregon, California, and Washington.
Our Intensives include:
Couples Communication & Connection Intensives (Click Here)
Who it’s for: Couples who are fundamentally stable but stuck in recurring conflict patterns, poor communication habits, or emotional disconnection — and want focused, concentrated work rather than once-a-week sessions stretched over months.
Framework: Grounded in the Gottman Method’s Sound Relationship House and Gottman Method Couples Therapy, this intensive targets the skills that research shows distinguish couples who thrive from couples who don’t.
Format: One day (6 hours) intensive at our Boise location or virtual for couples that reside in Idaho, Oregon, California or Washington. The intensive is pre-scheduled any day of the week, excluding Sundays.
Outcome: Couples leave with a shared language for conflict, concrete tools for de-escalation and repair, and a clearer picture of the dreams and values underneath their recurring arguments.
Six hour intensive led by a licensed marriage and family therapist with almost 20 years of practice and completion of level three Gottman Method Couple’s Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization
A 90- minute post-intensive follow-up
Branded journal for you and your partner
Light breakfast, catered lunch, refreshments, and snacks
Complimentary copies (2) of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman
Cost for the intensive is $1,697.00
Who it’s for: Couples working through infidelity, secret-keeping, or another significant breach of trust, who need concentrated time and a structured process rather than trying to process a crisis in 50-minute increments.
Framework: Draws on trauma-informed and Gottman-based approaches to betrayal recovery (e.g., the Atone–Attune–Attach framework), treating betrayal as a relational trauma that requires distinct phases of healing rather than standard conflict-resolution work.
Format: One day (6 hours) intensive at our Boise location or virtual for couples that reside in Idaho, Oregon, California or Washington. The intensive is pre-scheduled any day of the week excluding Sundays.
Outcome: Couples leave with a shared understanding of what happened and why, a concrete plan for continued healing (including referrals to ongoing weekly therapy), and — for the injured partner especially — validation and tools for managing trauma symptoms.
Six hour intensive led by a licensed marriage and family therapist with almost 20 years of practice and completion of level three Gottman Method Couple’s Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) trained.
A 90- minute post-intensive follow-up
Branded journal for you and your partner
Light breakfast, catered lunch, refreshments and snacks
Complimentary copies (2) of Not Just Friends by Shirley Glass
Cost for the intensive is $1,897
Who it’s for: Individuals who have experienced a partner’s betrayal (infidelity, deception, addiction-related betrayal, etc.) and are struggling with trauma symptoms — intrusive images, hypervigilance, obsessive thinking, panic, or emotional flooding — that are interfering with daily functioning, regardless of whether the relationship continues.
Framework: Combines betrayal trauma-informed clinical care with EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), which is well-supported for treating trauma symptoms by helping the brain reprocess distressing memories so they lose their emotional charge.
Format: Three consecutive days – 90 minutes each day for slow and steady processing is recommended. The sessions are at our Boise location or virtual for individuals that reside in Idaho, Oregon, California or Washington. The intensive is pre-scheduled any day of the week excluding Sundays.
Outcome: Clients leave with reduced intensity around the most distressing memories and images, a clearer understanding of their trauma responses, concrete regulation tools, and a plan for continued individual therapy if further processing is needed.
Four and a half hours intensive led by a licensed marriage and family therapist with almost 20 years of practice and completion of level three Gottman Method Couple’s Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization Repro
Branded journal
Refreshments
Complimentary copy of The Betrayal Bind by Michelle Mays
Cost for the intensive is $715