Couples Therapy Online Intensive

Dedicated time for your relationship. Wherever you are.

A Different Way to Experience Couples Therapy

Sometimes, a weekly therapy session isn't enough to explore the patterns, challenges and experiences that have shaped your relationship. 

An Online Couples Therapy Intensive, sometimes referred to as marathon couples therapy, offers an opportunity to step away from the demands of everyday life and dedicate meaningful, uninterrupted time to your relationship.


Rather than spreading therapeutic work across several months, this personalised experience brings together comprehensive relationship assessment and two consecutive days of dedicated couples therapy, allowing us to explore your relationship in greater depth, understand recurring patterns, develop skills and work towards meaningful change.


The intensive format allows us to build on conversations and insights as they emerge, with the flexibility to focus on what matters most to you both.


All from the comfort and privacy of your own home.

Who Is an Online Couples Intensive For?

An Online Couples Therapy Intensive may be right for you if:


  • You find yourselves caught in recurring arguments or patterns of conflict.
  • You're navigating a significant transition or period of uncertainty.
  • You're rebuilding trust following a difficult experience.
  • You want to improve communication, emotional connection or intimacy.
  • You've tried traditional couples therapy and would prefer a more concentrated approach.
  • You have limited time available for ongoing appointments or live somewhere with fewer options for couples therapy.
  • Your relationship is going well, but you'd like to invest in strengthening it further.
  • You don't need to be in crisis to benefit from dedicating time to your relationship.

Because intensive couples therapy isn't appropriate for every relationship, I'll consider whether this format is suitable for you both before confirming your booking.

What to Expect

01. Understanding Your Relationship

Before we meet, you'll each complete a comprehensive relationship assessment, including individual questionnaires and a detailed exploration of your relationship history, strengths and challenges. This allows me to develop an understanding of your relationship before our intensive begins, so that our time together can be focused and purposeful.

02. Two Days of Dedicated Couples Therapy

Over two consecutive days, we'll work together through a combination of guided conversations, therapeutic exercises, reflection and opportunities to practise new ways of relating. Drawing on the Gottman Method and other evidence-informed therapeutic approaches, our work will be shaped around your relationship and what emerges throughout the process.

03. Embedding Change in Everyday Life

Towards the end of our intensive, we'll bring together the key insights, strategies and areas for continued attention. The aim is for you to leave with a clearer understanding of your relationship and practical ways to continue applying what you've learned in everyday life.


Why Choose an Online Intensive?

Two-Day Online Couples Therapy Intensive

  • Dedicated time together
    Create space to focus on your relationship without having to fit important conversations into a weekly appointment.

  • A personalised therapeutic experience

    Your intensive is shaped around your relationship, rather than a standardised workshop or predetermined curriculum.


  • Accessible wherever you are

    Participate from your own private space, without the additional time, travel or accommodation costs associated with an in-person retreat.


  • Continuity and depth

    Two consecutive days allow us to build on conversations and insights as they emerge, rather than repeatedly stopping and restarting the therapeutic process.


Fees

Two-Day Online Couples Therapy Intensive

$5,900 AUD per couple

Your intensive includes:
  • Comprehensive relationship assessment completed in the lead up to your intensive.
  • Review and preparation of your individual and relationship assessments.
  • Two consecutive days of private online couples therapy.
  • Therapeutic exercises, tools and strategies.

All sessions are delivered privately via secure telehealth.

Availability is limited to allow for the preparation and individual attention each couple requires.

Working With Dr Katie Stirling

I'm a Clinical Psychologist and Certified Gottman Couples Therapist, with a Doctor of Psychology (Clinical) and a Master of Sexology.

My approach brings together evidence-informed couples therapy with an understanding of the emotional, relational and practical challenges couples experience throughout their lives.

I believe that meaningful relationship change begins with creating the right conditions for understanding, connection and growth.

Through our work together, my role is to help you better understand the patterns shaping your relationship, create space for conversations that may have become difficult and develop new ways of relating to one another.

Frequently asked questions

How is an Online Couples Intensive different from traditional couples therapy?

Rather than meeting for shorter sessions over several weeks or months, an intensive provides two consecutive days of dedicated therapeutic work. This allows us to explore your relationship in greater depth and maintain continuity throughout the process.

Do we need to complete an assessment beforehand?

Yes. The relationship assessment is an essential part of the intensive process and helps me understand your relationship before our two days together.

Can we participate from different locations?

This can be discussed during the initial enquiry process. Where possible, I encourage couples to participate together from a private, comfortable space.

Do we need to be experiencing serious relationship difficulties?

No. Some couples attend because they're navigating significant challenges, while others want to reconnect, improve communication or invest in their relationship before difficulties become more established.
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