Couples Therapy Inc

Couples Therapy Inc. is a team of over two dozen clinicians practicing in thirty US states and four countries, many ​with 20-30 years of experience.​ ​Couples come to our private intensive retreats and experience the equivalent of 6-months of traditional couples therapy. ​​

​​Here's what ​you can expect from your weekend intensive retreat​​:

When you schedule your intensive, the two of you will start The BIG BIG Book, giving your therapist insight into your relationship before your intensive begins.

Every intensive begins with a​ State of the Union Assessment​, a comprehensive look at your relationship​. 

Your weekend will focus on the unique needs of yo​ur relationship. Typically, you will meet on Friday evening from 6pm-8pm. On Saturday and again on Sunday you will meet from 9:30am - 4:30pm.​ 

You will ​leave your weekend having the tools and resources to continue your progress​ at home and we're here if you need additional support.

To get started, we ask everyone to set up a phone consultation. ​These 15 minutes are yours: ask any questions you may have, see if our services are the right fit, and hear a little more about our therapists. While both partners are welcome to be present for the call, it is not required​. ​​​You can schedule a time​ for your consultation call​​ here: 

https://couplestherapyinc.as.me/thervo

Please reply with your email and we will be in touch.

All of our therapists have advanced Gottman training and many are certified or even master trainiers of this major science-based couples therapy approaches.

We have over 200 reviews from past clients. Read them here:

https://couplestherapyinc.com/kudos/

Our prices vary depending on the therapist that you choose to work with and our approach is a little different. We specialize in weekend intensive couples therapy. Call us to schedule a consultation.

My own relationship challenges and experience with ineffective couples therapy was a painful one. Like most of you, I blamed my marriage instead of the couples therapy I received.

I then divorced.

Years later, when I learned about science-based couples therapy, I was upset that no one (other than those same institutes...) were talking about how damaging poor couples therapy is.

What passes for therapy with couples continues to this day to be insurance-driven and too often utterly ineffective.

I decided to do something about it. 

I began networking with skilled couples therapists and asked them if they'd be willing to devote part of their practice to doing marriage retreats and online couples therapy with me.

I was surprised by the warm reception!

It turns out that they yearned to be part of a true couples therapy team. Most told me it was lonely to be the sole couples therapist among a sea of individual therapists.

Couples Therapy Inc. was born.

Our Typical Couple

While no two couples are alike, we most often work with couples who are as invested in being successful in their personal lives as they are in their careers, education, or changing the world.

You are the 'Shakers and Movers' of the world. You may run your own successful business, or lead a large corporation. You may be in IT, an app developer, an inventor, an engineer, or in academia, medicine, or law.

You may be in the public eye, either in sports, entertainment, or in your own therapeutic communities, as a therapist, yourself. You seek out the privacy that only a remote clinical office can provide.

Our international clients are often government employees, diplomats, NGO's or CEO's in multi-national corporations stationed overseas or international teachers. Many travel extensively.

Forget about using your insurance. If you do, your sessions are 50-minutes, instead of a science-based length of 1 hour 20 minutes. Sure, your sessions will be less expensive, but chances are you'll spend 1/2 the time needed to see results.

It is far better to see someone with specialty training every other week, than a generalist in 50-minute blocks.

A recent national survey revealed that 81 percent of all private practice therapists in the United States say that they offer marital therapy. But only about 12 percent of the nation’s licensed therapists are in a profession that requires any course work or supervised clinical experience in marital therapy. How can the average consumer find a good marriage counselor when faced with so many choices?

1. Choose a marriage counselor with a practice devoted to couples.

We recommend no less than 50% of their practice is seeing couples, as practice makes perfect. Most of our clinicians work strictly with couples.

2. Pick a couples counselor who is a member of professional organizations devoted to couples.

Consider The American Association for Marriage and Family therapists, The American Association of Sex Educators Counselors and Therapists, or a division of APA that's all about helping couples.

3. Look for someone who studied and trained in a recognized institute in evidence-based couples therapy.

Two great training institutes are The Gottman Institute and The International Centre for Emotionally-focused Couples Therapy. Both provide extensive training in helping couples.

4. Choose a therapist who has the right attitude to be a skilled couples therapist.

Two-thirds of marriage counselors are "neutral" about divorce. That's like a surgeon being "neutral" about whether their patient dies in surgery. Sure it happens, but shouldn't you care?