Relationship reset private couples intensive
Relationship Reset Couples Intensive
1 Day Private Couples Therapy Intensive on communication and conflict. A focused alternative to weekly couples counselling.
If you find yourselves having the same arguments on repeat and feeling more distant each time, this intensive is designed to help you overcome that cycle.
In the reality of busy, fast-paced lives, attending weekly therapy is not always practical. A couples intensive offers a focused alternative.
Rather than spreading therapy over months, this structured one-day experience provides the time, guidance, and support needed to understand your patterns, learn effective communication tools, and begin responding to conflict in a way that leads to connection rather than further disconnection.
Many couples travel from across North East Victoria, including Wangaratta, Albury-Wodonga, Bright, Beechworth and surrounding regions, as well as Melbourne and interstate.
Why This Couples Intensive Works
This intensive is based on the Gottman Method, one of the most researched approaches globally on couple’s therapy. The focus will be:
- Breaking destructive conflict patterns
- Reducing emotional overwhelm (flooding)
- Improving communication in real time
- Understanding the deeper meaning behind conflict
Research across psychotherapy and couples therapy shows that concentrated, structured interventions can support faster progress than weekly sessions alone.
Extended sessions allow couples to move beyond surface level discussions, work through emotional blocks in real time, and begin making meaningful changes more quickly.
What You’ll Gain from this Intensive
By the end of the day, you will:
- Understand your conflict cycle (why you keep getting stuck)
- Learn how to identify and stop the Four Horsemen (criticism, defensiveness, contempt, stonewalling)
- Recognise when you or your partner is becoming emotionally flooded and how to manage it to reduce damage to the relationship
- Use a clear, step-by-step method to have productive conversations
- Understand the deeper needs and values driving your conflict
- Create a practical plan for handling future disagreements
What is included:
Comprehensive Online Relationship Assessment
Prior to the intensive you will each complete the Gottman Relationship Checkup, a research-based assessment that provides insight into your unique relationship strengths and challenges.
Individual Sessions (One for Each Partner)
Each partner attends a 60-minute individual session prior to the intensive, you have the option to this session via telehealth or in person.
This allows:
- Space to share your experience openly
- Understanding of individual perspectives and history
- Assessment of readiness and safety for joint work
This step ensures the intensive is tailored, appropriate, and effective.
The Intensive Day
A full-day, structured couples therapy experience (8:45am – 3:45pm), designed to create meaningful progress in a focused and supported environment. Throughout the day, we will:
- Review your Gottman Assessment results to provide clarity on your relationship strengths and challenges
- Identify patterns of emotional flooding and how to manage them effectively
- Work through a guided conflict conversation with real-time support
- Explore the deeper meaning beneath your conflict
- Learn and practice a structured method for productive communication
Breaks are thoughtfully integrated throughout the day to support focus, regulation, and integration.
Relationship Plan to Prevent Relapse:
You will leave with:
- A clear understanding of your patterns
- Practical tools to manage conflict
- A plan for maintaining connection and progress
- Resources to support ongoing change
Who This Is For:
This relationship intensive is ideal for couples seeking a focused alternative to weekly couples counselling, it offer's:
- Faster results than weekly therapy
- Dedicated, uninterrupted time together
- Immediate skill application
- Clear structure (no drifting or avoidance)
Not sure if this is the right fit?
If your relationship has been impacted by betrayal or infidelity, you may benefit from the Affair Recovery Intensive, which focuses on stabilisation and support following an affair.
Investment - $2,500 (all inclusive)
Includes:
- Comprehensive Gottman Relationship Assessment to identify your unique relationship patterns
- Individual session for each partner prior to the intensive (60 minutes each) online or in person
- Full day structured couples intensive
- Personalised relationship plan with practical strategies and resources to support ongoing change
Optional: Follow-up Session - $300
A 90-minute session to consolidate progress and support ongoing repair.
This intensive replaces months of weekly therapy and provides immediate, structured support when you need it most.
Travelling for your intensive
Many couples choose to make their intensive part of a weekend away.
A Simple, Practical Schedule:
- Day prior: Travel and settle into your accommodation
- Intensive day: 8:45am – 3:45pm
- After your session:
- Travel home
- Or stay on and enjoy a relaxed weekend together
Turn It into a Weekend Experience
Your intensive takes place in Porepunkah, Northeast Victoria, within 10 mins to Bright, a popular destination known for its natural beauty, great food, and slower pace.
Many couples choose to stay on after their intensive, creating the opportunity to consolidate the work and strengthen their connection. For more information Bright & Surrounds, Victoria - Official Tourism Website
Fees, Booking & Cancellation Policy
A non-refundable deposit of $500 is required on booking to secure your couples intensive.
The remaining balance is due 14 days prior to the scheduled intensive and full payment is non-refundable once received. Due to the nature of intensive therapy, this booking reserves a significant portion of clinical time, including preparation, individual sessions, and the full-day intensive.
Rescheduling
Clients may request to reschedule their intensive with a minimum of 7 day's notice. In this case, the deposit may be transferred to a future booking date, subject to availability.
Requests to reschedule within 7 days of the scheduled intensive cannot be accommodated and will result in forfeiture of payments.
Acknowledgement
By proceeding with the booking, you acknowledge and agree to the above terms.
Once your intensive is booked, I will reach out to schedule your individual sessions that will take place prior to the day of your intensive, and a link will be sent to complete the online Gottman Assessment.
Please feel free to contact me at connectionmatterscounselling@proton.me should you have any questions.
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