Therapy intensives are extended, focused therapy experiences designed to support deeper emotional work in a shorter period of time. Instead of meeting weekly, you spend longer blocks of time in therapy to explore patterns, process experiences, and create meaningful shifts.

Couples intensives are for partners who want deeper, more focused support than weekly therapy may allow. They can be helpful for couples feeling stuck, navigating conflict, rebuilding trust, or preparing for important transitions.

Couples intensives can support work around communication, emotional disconnection, trust, intimacy, attachment patterns, life transitions, and long standing relationship dynamics.

Both traditional therapy and therapy intensives are delivered by qualified professionals, but they offer distinct approaches to address your relationship challenges.

Traditional therapy typically consists of weekly 50-minute sessions. With deep work usually starting after 40 minutes, for some, the process might feel slow-moving and repetitive. You come in, discuss the week's issues, head back home, experience conflict. Repeat. While this approach has its merits, therapy intensives are the answer when it feels like time is slipping away, and you can't afford to wait any longer for resolution.

Therapy intensives (also known as Intensive Couples Therapy, Marriage Intensives, Polyamory Therapy Intensives, Couples Marathons, or Couples Retreats) are bootcamp-style sessions designed for couples and polycules who are navigating complex relationship dynamics, are in crisis, or want to deepen their connection.

Intensives grant you the invaluable gift of uninterrupted time with your counselor.

These sessions offer a concentrated alternative to traditional weekly therapy and come in formats of 1 Day (8-hour Program), 2 Days (11-hour Program), or 3 (14-hour Program). Basically, you’ll receive a months’ worth of counseling in just a few days.

During intensives, couples gain more clarity on where they are at and where they want to go, learn a communication formula to enhance productivity and reduce stress in interactions, increase intimacy, foster repairs, and increase trust.

In a world where life moves fast, intensive therapy offers a focused and efficient way to address your relationship challenges head-on within a shorter timeframe.

Long sessions can become your lifelines to rebuild trust, heal old wounds, and discover newfound hope in your relationships.

It's a focused journey towards a brighter and more fulfilling future, designed for those who crave rapid, lasting change.

No. Some couples come to an intensive after years of therapy, while others begin here. Preparation and support are provided regardless of prior experience.

To further maximize efficiency, Couples Intensives are exclusively offered online. Intensives are intended for high-achieving couples and polycules in the state of California. Delivering these intensives online brings several notable benefits:

Convenience: Online Couples Intensives can be scheduled to fit seamlessly into your busy lives, eliminating the need for travel or commuting.

Accessibility: No matter where you and your partner are located, you can access our services from the comfort of your own space, both separately or together.

Flexibility: Online intensives offer flexible scheduling options (on first-come first-serve basis), including evenings and weekends, making it easier for couples to find a suitable time for their sessions.

Comfort: Couples can engage in therapy from an environment where they feel most at ease, further promoting open and honest communication during sessions.

Privacy: Online sessions provide a level of privacy that might be harder to achieve in a traditional in-person setting, encouraging couples to share their thoughts and feelings more openly.

• A comprehensive 60-minute guided intake session for all partners, also known as the “couples therapy assessment.” This session allows me to gather valuable insights into your relationship history, goals, and the reasons bringing you to Therapy Intensives.

• Two Individual Intakes (more for poly partners):

• Individual 60-minute intake session for each member of the couple or polycule. These sessions delve into personal histories and the unique reasons for seeking therapy.

• A tailored Intensive Couples Therapy treatment plan for your relationship

• Research-based skills, strategies and tools taught and provided during Intensive session/s

• Workbook: assessments and activities to prepare for the Intensive. The workbook allows you keep a record of progress on your treatment goals before, during, and after our sessions.

• One follow up session

• Follow up coordination of care by your home local therapist & Giulia P. Davis, if needed

Yes! I offer neurodivergent-inclusive couples therapy with a specific focus on ADHD. The approach is designed to foster understanding on the ADHD effects on life, work, and relationships, by embracing the unique qualities associated with ADHD. The goal is to improve communication, understanding, and connection with yourself and others.

The first step is scheduling a consultation. This conversation allows you to share what you are navigating and explore whether an intensive feels aligned for your relationship.