FAQS: Weekend Marriage Intensives
What are your rates?
The fee is $4,000 for a two day weekend marriage intensives in Fallon, Nevada, or online via zoom. There is an additional travel fee of $1,000 for in-person marriage intensives located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
A benefit of marriage intensives is that they are often cost-effective because:
1) They skip the catching up time that is often the start of weekly counseling sessions, and
2) They often allow you to go deeper, faster, and therefore speeding up the process of therapy.
The fee is $4,000 for a two day weekend marriage intensives in Fallon, Nevada, or online via zoom. There is an additional travel fee of $1,000 for in-person marriage intensives located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
A benefit of marriage intensives is that they are often cost-effective because:
1) They skip the catching up time that is often the start of weekly counseling sessions, and
2) They often allow you to go deeper, faster, and therefore speeding up the process of therapy.
What if I need to reschedule?
Life happens, and I know your calendar can be unpredictable. I will hold the dates for your intensive for one week. By that time, I need your paperwork completed in the client portal. Included in the paperwork, we'll need your credit card information for a non-refundable deposit for half the amount of your total intensive cost. You will not be charged any additional service fees for running the credit card. Make sure you have the correct and most current credit card you want me to run in the client portal.
If you have not completed paperwork by one week after booking the intensive, your dates will be released and available to other potential clients. Your card will be run for the non-refundable deposit (half of the total intensive cost) as soon as we have your credit card information.
If you need to reschedule your intensive, you can do so up to 2 weeks before and the non-refundable deposit will be used toward your rescheduled date. If you cancel after the 2-week window, you'll be charged the entire amount of the intensive cost.
Life happens, and I know your calendar can be unpredictable. I will hold the dates for your intensive for one week. By that time, I need your paperwork completed in the client portal. Included in the paperwork, we'll need your credit card information for a non-refundable deposit for half the amount of your total intensive cost. You will not be charged any additional service fees for running the credit card. Make sure you have the correct and most current credit card you want me to run in the client portal.
If you have not completed paperwork by one week after booking the intensive, your dates will be released and available to other potential clients. Your card will be run for the non-refundable deposit (half of the total intensive cost) as soon as we have your credit card information.
If you need to reschedule your intensive, you can do so up to 2 weeks before and the non-refundable deposit will be used toward your rescheduled date. If you cancel after the 2-week window, you'll be charged the entire amount of the intensive cost.
What are marriage intensives like?
At this time, intensives are online though zoom or in-person at either office location. On the first day, we have three hours of assessment in the morning. The first hour you are together and we look at your relationship history; the next two hours are individual sessions. In the individual sessions we'll talk about your personal history and also what it's like to be in this relationship from your perspective. Then we break for lunch. After the break we have a two-hour session in which we start to figure out your negative communication pattern. Then we will take another break, and then wrap up for the day. The second day you'll start with a two-hour session in the morning, take a break for lunch, and do another two hour session in the afternoon. We will have one final break. Then at the end of the second day, we'll spend time reviewing what we did and talking about next steps.
At this time, intensives are online though zoom or in-person at either office location. On the first day, we have three hours of assessment in the morning. The first hour you are together and we look at your relationship history; the next two hours are individual sessions. In the individual sessions we'll talk about your personal history and also what it's like to be in this relationship from your perspective. Then we break for lunch. After the break we have a two-hour session in which we start to figure out your negative communication pattern. Then we will take another break, and then wrap up for the day. The second day you'll start with a two-hour session in the morning, take a break for lunch, and do another two hour session in the afternoon. We will have one final break. Then at the end of the second day, we'll spend time reviewing what we did and talking about next steps.
How do I know if marriage intensives will work for me?
Marriage Intensives may be right for you:
Marriage Intensives are not appropriate when:
Marriage Intensives may be right for you:
- If you are in a crisis - but both partners want to try to make it work.
- If you are stuck in a negative interactive pattern and just can't seem to stop fighting.
- If you feel distant, almost like roommates and don't know how to be close again.
- If you just can't a make weekly counseling work with demanding schedules and/ or the childcare shuffle.
- If you're a current client and you want to deep dive into healing from a betrayal.
Marriage Intensives are not appropriate when:
- Couples in which one or both partners have an active addiction.
- If there is an ongoing affair that hasn't ended yet.
- If you and your partner do not have the same goal for therapy, this isn't a good format for you. In other words, if one partner wants to work on the marriage and the other doesn't - an intensive isn't the place to decide if you want to work on the marriage. When a couple has the same goal, an intensive can be very rewarding.
- If being in the same room for a long time is too triggering (potential trauma reaction) or you haven't been able to be in the same space without being civil in a period of time - this format will not be productive,
- If there is active intimate partner violence, this is not an option.
What is follow-up care like?
Follow up work is key to making the investment last and to ensure you don’t regress. You may be able to do follow up work with me. This could look like weekly sessions or a series of intensives. If scheduling doesn't work for you to do your follow-up care with me, I can help match you with a therapist.
Follow up work is key to making the investment last and to ensure you don’t regress. You may be able to do follow up work with me. This could look like weekly sessions or a series of intensives. If scheduling doesn't work for you to do your follow-up care with me, I can help match you with a therapist.
Do you offer other types of intensives?
I do! I offer 1-Day Premarital Intensives; 2-Day Deployment Preparation and 2-Day Post-Deployment Reconnection Intensives, as well 2 Day Family Intensives for adult children and their parents. If you are interested in a special type of intensive experience, please schedule a consultation so we can address your unique needs.
I do! I offer 1-Day Premarital Intensives; 2-Day Deployment Preparation and 2-Day Post-Deployment Reconnection Intensives, as well 2 Day Family Intensives for adult children and their parents. If you are interested in a special type of intensive experience, please schedule a consultation so we can address your unique needs.
Good Faith Estimate:
You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical care will cost. Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the bill for medical items and services. Client right include:
You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical care will cost. Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the bill for medical items and services. Client right include:
- You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency items or services. This includes related costs like medical tests, prescription drugs, equipment, and hospital fees.
- Make sure your health care provider gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing at least 1 business day before your medical service or item. You can also ask your healthcare provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule an item or service.
- If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill.
- Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate.
How do we get started?
Click on the button below to book your initial 20 minute free consultation to chat with me to see if I am a good fit for your needs. It's important to know that I am often booked a month out. During the consult, if we decide to move toward booking, we will find the next available dates that work for everyone's schedule. I’m really looking forward to hearing from you!
Click on the button below to book your initial 20 minute free consultation to chat with me to see if I am a good fit for your needs. It's important to know that I am often booked a month out. During the consult, if we decide to move toward booking, we will find the next available dates that work for everyone's schedule. I’m really looking forward to hearing from you!