Stop Waiting a Week to Finish the Conversation.

A couples therapy intensive is an extended format that lets you work through relationship concerns in a focused, uninterrupted way — instead of pausing every 50 minutes and waiting a week to pick back up, you meet for several hours over 1-2 days in Montclair, NJ or virtually across New Jersey, and work through what's going on to completion.

A couples therapy intensive removes the time spent re-checking in each week, remembering where you left off, and managing whatever came up in between sessions. That often means real progress happens faster than in weekly couples therapy, and can be especially useful if coordinating two schedules for ongoing weekly appointments has felt unmanageable.

We start with an intake together, then two individual sessions so I understand each of your histories and perspectives separately, then extended two-hour couples sessions with real breaks built in. By the end, we talk through next steps — whether that's ongoing weekly couples therapy, a follow-up intensive, or feeling complete for now.

Yes. As a therapist for betrayal trauma, I work with couples rebuilding trust after cheating, infidelity, or a significant breach of trust. A couples therapy intensive is often the right format once the betrayal has been disclosed and both partners are ready to work on it together.

Not while it's still active or hidden. A couples therapy intensive works best once both partners are aware of what happened and working toward the same goal. If infidelity has been disclosed and you're ready to process and rebuild, the intensive or the Betrayal Recovery Program can help. If it's still ongoing or secret, that needs to be addressed first.

A couples therapy intensive works best when both partners share the same goal, even if that goal is simply to try. It's not the right format for deciding whether you want to stay together — if that's where you're at, a free consultation can help figure out a better starting point.

This is a private-pay practice, so insurance isn't billed directly. Many out-of-network plans reimburse a portion of the cost of a couples therapy intensive, and a superbill is provided for that purpose. Mentaya is also available to help simplify the reimbursement process.

Yes. Couples therapy intensives are available virtually anywhere in New Jersey, or in person at the Montclair office.

Book a free 15-minute consultation to start. We'll talk through what's going on — whether it's infidelity, trust issues, or a pattern you're ready to work through — and confirm a couples therapy intensive is the right fit before scheduling anything.

As with any therapy, results aren't guaranteed and every couple's experience is different. Couples therapy intensives are genuinely intense — it's common to feel emotionally tired afterward, and sometimes to notice more friction at first before things settle. Real breaks and a manageable pace are built in throughout, and you'll both feel supported the entire time.

For the 1-day, 5-hour intensive: a 1-hour intake together, two 1-hour individual sessions (one with each partner), a short break, then a 2-hour extended couples session.

For the 2-day, 9-hour intensive: day one follows that same structure, and day two adds two more 2-hour couples sessions with a break in between.