Benefits of Marriage Intensives
Not a workshop. Not therapy.
Marriage Intensives are private retreats designed to move you and your partner through the equivalent of six months of counseling in just a few days.
They are most helpful for couple’s in acute distress, those whose time commitments prevent attending weekly sessions, and those who need an immediate shift in their relationship patterns.
Intensives are tailored to meet your specific relationship needs. Many couples report they go home more connected and more in love than they ever imagined possible.
They are most helpful for couple’s in acute distress, those whose time commitments prevent attending weekly sessions, and those who need an immediate shift in their relationship patterns.
Intensives are tailored to meet your specific relationship needs. Many couples report they go home more connected and more in love than they ever imagined possible.
WHY MARRIAGE INTENSIVES?
- Couples in crisis often need results quickly, and an intensive format helps you make progress faster. In a few days, you will spend the focused attention and receive the professional guidance that normally takes five to six months for couples in traditional weekly therapy to achieve.
- It is easier to take a few days completely off of work than to try to get away for a few hours each week for traditional weekly therapy sessions.
- The retreat setting allows you to leave the everyday stresses behind and truly focus on your relationship without other distractions such as work, kids, life responsibilities or family obligations.
- The Williamsburg or Chesapeake Bay’s East Beach Location are both beautiful getaways! Not only will you have focused therapy sessions, but you will also enjoy strategically built-in breaks that allow you time together for rest and rejuvenation.
- Traveling to a couple’s therapist may allow for greater anonymity for couples who are prominent members of the community or who live in smaller towns.
The Williamsburg location is close to both Colonial Williamsburg and some of Virginia's best wineries making this a perfect location for a romantic getaway to focus on your relationship.
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The Chesapeake Bay's East Beach location is a 10 minute drive from Norfolk International Airport and a 20 minute drive to downtown Norfolk. In just ten minutes you can walk from the beach at the north end of the community to the restaurants and deep water marinas at the south end of the community.
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WHAT MARRIAGE INTENSIVES OFFER:
- A Dedicated Timespan to Create Change — Time spent away from daily stress, to focus on just you and your relationship. The committed timespan allows clarity and change to emerge more strongly and deeply than in week-to-week counseling sessions. This intensive approach supports you to get rapid and profound results.
- Take Home Relationship Tools – Couples often report how traditional talk therapy and counseling did not help. What they needed was new tools. Weekly sessions and the conventional model of couples therapy typically cannot provide these tools. The Intensive’s emphasis is to learn a powerful set of tools to make positive changes. You will get results-oriented, versatile and highly effective coaching. And you will take home new tools that will keep you growing on a positive track.
- Marriage Intensives vs Couple’s Workshops – In a marriage intensives, all the time and attention is devoted to you, your partner and your specific issues. Privacy and anonymity are paramount; there is no group therapy during your stay with us. The goal is to help you resolve the issues that brought you to us and to help you move forward. A Couple’s Workshop, is a group setting where skills are taught. There is no personalization. They are valuable experiences, however, for couples experiencing extreme distress Marriage Intensives are the best option.
- Locations in Williamsburg Virginia or in Chesapeake Bay's East Beach Location. Destination Marriage intensives are offered in specialized locations. Please contact us to discuss what, when, and where works best for you and your partner.
Marriage Intensive Options
Marriage Intensives are typically conducted on the weekends. A full relationship assessment is required. This can happen either prior to the intensive to allow for deeper therapy work over the weekend, or it can happen over the 3 hours at the beginning of the intensive.
1 Day (6 Hrs)Available for current couples who see Liz either weekly or bi-weekly for counseling. A mini intensive is an opportunity go deeper and achieve more security in your relationship after we have already identified and started to change the pattern or cycle that has been blocking the relationship connection.
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1.5 Days (9 Hrs)Want to jump-start marriage counseling? This is an opportunity to reconnect with each other. Whether you are local or traveling from out of town, treat the weekend as a break from daily life. Take a moment to focus on you, your relationship, and reconnect with the one you love most.
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2.5 Days (15 hrs)Hoping to prevent divorce or separation? This full-weekend intensive is for couples who’ve tried everything else but want to try one more thing. A full weekend of intensive therapy and moments that bring you closer together might be just the thing to save your relationship.
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Book. Heal. Grow.
Elizabeth Polinsky, LCSW, currently works at The Relationship Center at East Beach in Norfolk, Virginia.
Online Therapy is available for Virginia, South Carolina, and Arkansas.
Online Therapy is available for Virginia, South Carolina, and Arkansas.
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