Marathon Weekend Therapy
Marathon therapy is for relationships who want or need space to help their relationship heal in a weekend, rather than months.
The first step is to schedule a free consult.
How Marathon Therapy Works
Before we spend a weekend together, I will spend 3-5 sessions getting to know you and your relationship. Before our marathon, we will complete the relationship assessment of your relationship, and I will start our first block together going over the results of the assessment so that we can start working on your relationship right away.
Relationship Assessment (for all couples) is free for marathon weekend therapy. This includes: 3-5 sessions of couples and individual talking time, a comprehensive Relationship Assessment and the results used to create a plan to help your relationship today. After the assessment, the rate for counseling can be found here.
Marathon Counseling for Couples that want to work on their relationship intensively for a weekend (or weekdays). Marathon sessions are based on availability and your Relationship Assessment is built into the sessions. The minimum time per block is 3 Hours (180 min). The suggested schedule is two 3-hour blocks per day for a minimum of 2 days. Most relationships do 2 or 3 days.
The total cost for the reports, session time and resources for a 12 hour (2 day) or 18 hour (3 day) marathon can be found here.
What to expect out of a weekend of therapy
We will work with specific tools to deepen friendship and intimacy in your relationship. This is the backbone to any relationship and will help you productively manage conflicts that arise. I will be there to help and coach you along resolvable problems and dialogue about gridlocked (perpetual) issues. We will also work together to help you appreciate your relationship strengths and to gently navigate through its vulnerabilities.
If you and your significant other are committed to making your relationship better, this type of therapy strengthens the relationship by improving conflict management, communication, friendship, emotional connection, and intimacy.
If you and your significant other are not sure about the future of your relationship, I can assist you with relationship discernment counseling.
Worried about paying for A Marathon weekend?
Get six months of therapy in a weekend and pay if off over the next 6, 12 or 18 months for those who qualify. You can learn more here.
Learn to Use the Skills that Satisfying Relationships Use
Here’s Drs. John and Julie Gottman going over their research on how to create a satisfying relationship culture and reassurance that even satisfying couples fight. Check out the video below to learn more about what skills you would learn in therapy with me.
Get the type of help you are expecting
Weekly therapy for most couples takes roughly 25, 90-minute sessions on average, which would be a total out of pocket cost of about $10,000 and 6 months to a year of time in your schedule.
In two days of marathon therapy, couples can expect to complete about 6 months of therapy and spend $3,800 as opposed to $10,000.
In three days of marathon therapy, couples can expect to complete about 9 months of therapy and spend $5,00 as opposed to $10,000.
The reason we can accomplish more in a weekend is because weekly sessions have inherent overlap and some sessions are able to “go deeper” than others. In marathon sessions, we have the time and space to do the deeper work all in one weekend as opposed to opening and consolidating the deeper work on a weekly or twice monthly basis.
How do I know I need marathon therapy as opposed to weekly sessions?
Relationship Refresh/Anniversaries
Post Affair(s)
Relationship Integration of Substance/Alcohol Recovery
This type of therapy is not intended to stabilize, detox or replace/adjunct higher levels of care (eg. hospitalization, detox, IOP/PHP).
Preparation for Marriage/Family Planning
Couples Faced with Big Decisions
Relationships Considering Divorce/Separation
Those Short on Time
People who want to make a vacation out of their therapy (San Diego is a great travel destination year round)