Relationship reset private couples intensive

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.

This couples therapy intensive is offered in Wangaratta and Porepunkah, North East Victoria, and is suitable for couples travelling from Albury-Wodonga, Melbourne and interstate. 

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.

  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

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.

7 Hour Couples Intensive

A full-day, structured session where:

• Results from the comprehensive Gottman Assessment are shared to provide clarity on your current strengths and challenges in your relationship
• Identification of patterns of emotional flooding in conflict and strategies to address them
• Guided conflict conversation 
• Identification of deeper meaning behind your conflict
• Experience of a structured method of engaging in productive conflict

Personalised Relationship Plan

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 

This couple's intensive is designed for couples in Wangaratta, North East Victoria, as well as those travelling from Melbourne, interstate, and surrounding regions.

This intensive is ideal if you:

• Feel stuck in repeating arguments
• Struggle with communication or feel unheard
• Experience escalation or shutdown during conflict
• Want faster progress than weekly therapy
• Are committed to improving your relationship
• Are unable to attend regular weekly sessions due to travel, work or family commitments

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.

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
• 7-hour 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.

This relationship intensive is ideal for couples seeking a focused alternative to weekly couples counselling. Many couples travel from across North East Victoria, including Wangaratta, Albury-Wodonga, Bright, Beechworth and surrounding regions, as well as interstate, to access structured, evidence-based support.

• Faster results than weekly therapy
• Dedicated, uninterrupted time together
• Immediate skill application
• Clear structure (no drifting or avoidance)

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