Couples intensives

Sometimes one hour at a time isn't enough.

When a relationship is hurting, making meaningful progress in a traditional 50-minute weekly session can be difficult. You may spend most of the session catching up on what happened during the week — only to run out of time just as you begin getting to the heart of the issue.

Two full days9:00 am – 4:00 pmNew Market, Virginia
A couple walking together on a quiet path
Our couples intensives

A weekend focused on your relationship.

Ometz Health offers focused, weekend couples intensives designed to give you and your partner dedicated time to step away from everyday distractions and work deeply on your relationship.

Instead of spreading the work across months of weekly appointments, we spend an extended block of time together identifying patterns, understanding what is happening beneath the conflict, and practicing new ways of connecting.

Your intensive is structured around the specific needs of your relationship. The weekend may include:

  • A comprehensive assessment of your relationship
  • Identifying recurring conflict patterns and areas of gridlock
  • Understanding the emotions and needs underneath those patterns
  • Improving communication and conflict-management skills
  • Rebuilding friendship, trust, and emotional connection
  • Addressing intimacy and disconnection
  • Working through betrayal, resentment, or unresolved hurt when appropriate
  • Developing practical tools to take home with you
  • Creating a plan for what comes next after the intensive
Our approach draws from evidence-based couples therapy, including principles from the Gottman Method, while remaining responsive to the unique history, values, and goals of each couple.
Sample schedule

What the two days look like

Day One · DiscoveryDay Two · Repair
Day one · 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Discovery and Assessment

  • 01Welcome, tour, and orientation to the intensive process
  • 02Define goals, expectations, and hopes for the relationship
  • 03Individual sessions with each partner to develop personal goals for change
  • 04Review assessments and clearly identify target areas for change
  • —One hour lunch break. You step out while your clinicians review progress and finalize the afternoon agenda around your needs.
  • 05Identify each partner's attachment style and how that shows up in the relationship
  • 06Clearly understand perpetual problems and resentments
  • 07Guided observation and coaching during a couple interaction
  • 08Map out relationship patterns and behaviors that are getting in the way of connection
  • 09Reflect on and summarize day one, and depart
After you depart, your clinicians meet to review, collaborate, and design a customized treatment plan in preparation for day two.
Day two · 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Repair and Integration

  • 01Begin the day with a guided exercise designed to promote connection
  • 02Individual check-in session
  • 03Share our observations from day one and introduce the treatment plan
  • 04Receive honest, supportive feedback about patterns that are keeping you stuck
  • 05Practice tools and strategies chosen specifically for your relationship
  • 06Identify past wounds that continue to surface and conduct repair dialogues
  • 07Practice emotional regulation skills and couple attunement
  • —One hour lunch break. You step out while your clinicians review progress and finalize the afternoon agenda around your needs.
  • 08Explore what a stronger, healthier relationship looks like moving forward
  • 09Discuss rituals of connection and creating shared meaning in the relationship
  • 10Practice new ways of interacting with each other
  • 11Identify a vision for the future and complete a guided exercise to support it
  • 12Develop an exit plan to maintain progress made during the intensive
This is a sample schedule. Every intensive is adapted to the specific needs and goals of the couple.
Is an intensive right for you?

Start with a conversation.

Intensives aren't the right fit for every couple, and we'll tell you honestly. A short call with our office is the best place to begin.

Ask about an intensive(540) 726-6777