Specialized Virtual Couples Intensive Therapy in Texas

A Focused, In-Depth Journey Toward Healing, Repair & Real Connection

With Jessica Elliott, LMFT-Associate
Supervised by Dana Lewin, LMFT-S | Private Pay Only | Telehealth Across Texas

 

When Weekly Therapy Isn’t Enough

Sometimes, the pain between you grows louder than the love.

For couples navigating infidelity, emotional disconnection, addiction recovery, betrayal trauma, high-conflict patterns, or those simply feeling stuck in repeated cycles, weekly therapy may not be enough to create lasting change.

That’s where Couples Intensives offer a different path.

This structured, multi-day format offers a deeply focused, private space for you to pause the chaos and move toward clarity, repair, and reconnection, with professional support and guidance every step of the way.

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Pre-Intensive Safety Protocol: IPV Screening Session

Before Level One begins, we schedule a brief virtual session with each partner individually to screen for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and ensure that this format is safe and appropriate for both participants.

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Here’s how it works:

• You’ll each attend a separate, 30-minute mini-session
   

• These sessions must take place at least 8 days prior to your scheduled intensive
   

• If, based on clinical judgment, the format is not safe or appropriate, both individuals will be referred to individual therapy instead
   

A non-refundable fee of $100 is charged at the time of scheduling these pre-screening sessions.

If the couple is cleared to proceed, the remaining $700 is billed 7 days before the intensive begins.

No assessments will be sent until the full $800 payment has been received.

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Assessment Timeline & Policy

If your relationship is approved for the intensive format:

• You will receive a comprehensive packet of assessments 7 days prior to the intensive
   

• Assessments must be completed no later than 48 hours before the first session
   

• Assessments that are not completed at least 36 hours in advance will not be reviewed, scored, or included in your therapeutic plan
   

• There are no discounts for incomplete assessments
   

It is the couple’s responsibility to complete these assessments on time. These tools ensure your intensive is custom-built for your needs and not starting from zero.

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What Are Couples Intensives?

This isn’t just longer therapy, it’s a focused, immersive journey tailored to your relationship’s unique challenges and strengths.

 

Couples Intensive Therapy is offered in three progressive levels, each designed to support a different stage of your healing journey:

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• Level One: Emotional safety and clarity
   

• Level Two: Conflict transformation
   

• Level Three: Intimacy and meaning-making
   

Sessions are held entirely online, allowing you to work from the comfort and safety of your home, anywhere in Texas.

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LEVEL ONE

Foundation Day: 1 Full Day (8 Hours)

Focus: Building Safety, Clarity & Direction

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We begin by helping you understand your patterns, individually and as a couple, and establish the foundation for secure, intentional growth.

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You’ll:

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• Create a genogram to explore family patterns
   

• Clarify your relationship history and individual experiences
   

• Identify core values and goals for the relationship
   

• Begin rebuilding friendship, admiration, and emotional safety
   

 

Level One Assessments

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• Prepare/Enrich Inventory
   

• Locke-Wallace Relationship Adjustment Test
   

• Weiss-Cerreto Relationship Status Inventory
   

• Sound Relationship House Questionnaire
   

• Gottman 19 Areas Checklist
   

• Three “Detour” Scales
   

• Gottman Emotional Abuse Questionnaire (EAQ)
   

• Control, Fear, Suicide Potential & Physical Aggression Questionnaire
   

• SCL-90
   

• CAGE-AID
   

• b-MAST
   

• ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences)

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These assessments help us understand your relationship from multiple angles, mental health, communication styles, safety concerns, and core relationship strengths and stressors.

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LEVEL TWO

Conflict & Communication: 2 Days (2 × 8 Hours)

Focus: Break Cycles & Rebuild Dialogue

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In Level Two, we explore how you argue, avoid, or shut down, and teach you how to re-engage with empathy and skill.

 

You’ll:

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• Learn the Four Horsemen of disconnection
   

• Practice conflict repair and regulation tools
   

• Explore your nervous system’s role in conflict
   

• Discover how to fight fair and communicate better
   

Level Two Assessments

• Emotional Command Systems Evaluation
   

• Areas of Change (Solvable Problems)
   

• Areas of Disagreement
   

• Flooding Questionnaire
   

• Innocent Victim & Righteous Indignation Scale
   

• Distance & Isolation Questionnaire(s)
   

• Areas of Strength Checklist
   

These assessments help pinpoint the most destructive patterns, and where change is actually possible.

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LEVEL THREE

Intimacy & Meaning-Making: 2 Days (2 × 8 Hours)

Focus: Deepening Connection, Values & Future Vision

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This final phase helps you rediscover emotional and physical closeness and align around shared meaning in your relationship.

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You’ll:

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• Deepen emotional and physical intimacy
   

• Clarify the values and dreams behind your conflicts
   

• Build shared meaning in parenting, sex, money, and more
   

• Create rituals and routines that support connection
   

Level Three Assessments

• What's Your Emotional History?
   

• What is Your Trust Metric?
   

• When to Bail
   

• Is This the Real Thing?
   

These tools give you insight into your love style, trust cycle, and long-term compatibility, and help you consciously shape the relationship you want to keep building.

 

Investment

• Level One (1 Day) – $800
   

  • $100 due at IPV screening
     

  • $700 due 7 days prior to start date (after safety is confirmed)
     

  • Assessments will only be sent after full payment is received
     

• Level Two (2 Days) – $1,200
   

• Level Three (2 Days) – $1,200
   

Bundle discounts available when booking multiple levels together

 

What Makes This Different?

• Private Pay Only: No diagnosis required, no insurance oversight
   

• Telehealth Across Texas: Safe, flexible, confidential
   

• Evidence-Based: Grounded in Gottman, experiential, and trauma-informed care
   

• Inclusive & Affirming: Welcoming of all couples and identities
   

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Ready to Begin?

Let’s start with a free 15-minute consult, just a no-pressure conversation to see if this is the right step for your relationship.

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astrandofhopecounseling@gmail.com

 

(817) 609-4219

 

You’re not failing. You’re trying.

And trying together is the first sign of hope.