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Couples Therapy Intensives · Online across Ontario
What if you had more than 50 minutes to really hear each other?
Some conversations can’t be squeezed into a weekly hour. An intensive gives you and your partner focused, uninterrupted time to understand the patterns that keep pulling you apart, and to practise finding your way back to each other.

Sound familiar?
It starts with the dishes and somehow ends with everything we’ve ever been upset about.
We’re great at running the house together. We’ve just stopped feeling like a couple.
One of us wants to talk it out. The other needs space. We both end up feeling alone.
By the time we find a babysitter and a free evening, we’re too tired to talk.
We finally started therapy, and every session ends right when it gets real.
Something broke our trust. We both want to repair it, and we don’t know where to start.
If you saw yourselves here, you’re not alone, and you don’t have to figure it out on your own.
Weekly therapy works for many couples. Sometimes you need more room.
In weekly sessions, time goes to catching up on the week, settling back in, and closing up before the hour ends. An intensive removes that stop-and-start rhythm, so you can stay with what matters.
Room to finish the conversation
Stay with a hard topic until you reach a natural pause, not until the clock runs out.
Beneath the argument
Look at the pattern behind the fight, not just this week’s version of it.
Built for busy lives
One or two planned days instead of months of juggling calendars.
Leave with a plan
Shared insights, practical tools, and clear next steps to keep going at home.
Couples often choose an intensive when…
You keep having the same fight and want to understand why.
Schedules, shift work, or kids make weekly sessions hard to keep.
You’re heading into a big change: a wedding, a new baby, a move, empty nest, or retirement.
You’re already in couples therapy and want a focused boost.
You’re both committed to rebuilding after a breach of trust.
You simply want dedicated time to invest in your relationship.
What’s included
1. Free 15-minute consult
See whether an intensive feels like the right fit.
2. Pre-intensive questionnaires
Each partner shares their perspective ahead of time.
3. Individual conversations
A one-on-one session with each partner.
4. Extended couples sessions
Structured time drawing on the Gottman Method and Bowenian family systems, with breaks built in.
5. Wrap-up and next steps
Key themes, tools to practise, and follow-up options.
Choose the format that fits your relationship
Half-day
About [3] hours · [PRICE]
Full-day
About [5–6] hours with breaks · [PRICE]
Multi-day
Across 2 days · [PRICE]
Held by secure video for couples located in Ontario. A [DEPOSIT %] deposit holds your dates. Receipts provided for extended health benefits; check your plan’s coverage for couples psychotherapy.
What a full day can look like
9:00–10:00
Check-in and goals
10:15–11:15
Individual sessions
11:15–12:30
Lunch break
12:30–2:30
Couples session
2:45–3:30
Bringing it together
Schedules are flexible and set at booking.
An honest note before you book
Not recommended if: there is an ongoing affair; one partner is unsure about staying; there is current violence, threats, or fear for safety; or extended time together isn’t possible without conflict escalating.
Not sure? Book a free consult. If you are not safe, contact the Assaulted Women’s Helpline at 1-866-863-0511, or call 911.
Questions about intensives
Your relationship deserves more than what’s left at the end of the week.
Thrive Through Therapy
Trauma-informed online therapy for individuals and couples. Kim Michael, Registered Psychotherapist, CRPO #13293.
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