What does it involve?
Marathon Couples Therapy is an intensive and focused therapeutic modality for couples in high distress or simply in need of a Marriage expert. What you can expect from a Marathon session with one of our counselors is to foster respect, affection, and closeness to build and share a deeper connection with each other’s inner world; to keep conflict discussions calm; to facilitate breakthroughs; to resolve conflict grid-lock; and to strengthen and maintain the gains in your relationship.
We start out by identifying the goals and intentions of the therapy process right from the start. We help couples come to a compromise on their “gridlocked” issues: many times couples do not always have the same aspirations, hopes or goals, yet they need to come to some sort of resolution. We do our best to honor both individuals’ hopes and dreams. Our goal is to facilitate clients in accessing new strengths, learning new skills, and gaining new insights, which moves them in the direction that they want their relationship to go.
Prior to coming in, you will complete an assessment packet that you can do online through our website. In this assessment packet you will be asked several questions about the current state of your relationship, as well as what it is you hope to achieve during therapy. These goals will become our objective, and we will review your assessment packet prior to meeting with you.
We are available for Marathon sessions almost any day of the week, depending of course, on scheduling availability. You will first meet together with your therapist(s), and then each partner will have the opportunity for an individual session as well (Often we do the individual sessions by phone prior to the couple attending the sessions). After that, the therapist(s) will meet with both partners and discuss the current state of your relationship, how it got there, and the establishment of a plan for moving you toward your goals. Once we believe that we are all on the same page, the therapy begins in earnest. Please review the Counseling Services section of our website to get a better description of what therapy will include.
Packages
Two Day Package
Dr. S. LaShay Dowley (In Person) - $3,150
- Includes all of the assessments and interventions mentioned above
- two individual video or phone sessions before arriving
- feedback and goal setting session
- 10 hours of intensive therapy/coaching
- A take home package of tools and supplementary support material.
- Highly skilled therapist who has years of experience working with couples and are certified therapists and educators with the Gottman Institute, and EFT.
Two Day Package
Dr. S. LaShay Dowley (In Person) - $2,025
- Includes all of the assessments and interventions mentioned above
- two individual video or phone sessions before arriving
- feedback and goal setting session
- 5 hours of intensive therapy/coaching
- A take home package of tools and supplementary support material.
- Highly skilled therapist who has years of experience working with couples and are certified therapists and educators with the Gottman Institute, and EFT.
Three Day Package
Dr. S. LaShay Dowley (in person) - $4,275
- Recommended for Affair Recovery
- Includes all of the assessments and interventions mentioned above
- two individual video or phone sessions before arriving
- feedback and goal setting session
- A take home package of tools and supplementary support material.
- Highly skilled therapist who has years of experience working with couples and are therapists.
- 15 hours of Intensive Therapy/Coaching
Four Day Package
Dr. S. LaShay Dowley - $5,400
- Recommended for Affair recovery & those wanting extra support
- Includes all of the assessments and interventions mentioned above
- two individual Skype or phone sessions before arriving
- feedback and goal setting session
- A take home package of tools and supplementary support material.
- Highly skilled therapist who has years of experience working with couples and are therapists and educators with the Gottman Institute and Emotion-Focused Therapy.
- 20 hours of Intensive Therapy Coaching
- can also be divided into 2, 2-day sessions instead of 4 consecutive days