Do you need Marathon Couples Therapy?
Marathon Couples Therapy is an intensive short-term, accelerated approach to counselling that allows couples to learn important new skills and move quickly through a relationship crisis in a short period of time.
This powerful new therapy format is suited for all couples presenting with significant relationship distress but particularly recommended for couples at crisis point, on the brink of divorce or separation.
Marathon Couples Therapy is also ideal for couples who find it hard to make weekly sessions or do not live locally to Newcastle and need to travel a distance to get here. One option is to stay at a hotel overnight in Newcastle and make a weekend of it if you are travelling from Sydney or rural areas.
I cater to couples based on their availability. Therapy can be done over 5-10 hours and can be done in one day or two days. Marathon Couple Therapy is comprised of a thorough assessment of strengths and areas of concern, relationship interventions and educational evidence based relationship formulas.
Prior to coming in, you both will separately complete the 90 minutes Gottman Relationship Check-up which is automatically sent to me on completion. This thorough and comprehensive relationship questionnaire takes an hour to assess before I see you for five hours of Gottman based therapy with scheduled breaks. Marathon Couple Therapy is made up of both couple and individual sessions the structure driven by the couple’s emotional needs.
On going follow-up face-to-face, web conferencing or phone sessions is available to help consolidate and reinforce the new communication skills and strategies learnt. Follow up sessions can be done in subsequent weeks; bi-weekly of monthly, depending on the couples needs.
Marathon Couples Therapy does not suit couples that are dealing with domestic violence, serious drug or alcohol addiction, or serious mental health problems. In these cases, the couples work may need to be coordinated with individual therapy. If there has been an affair I would strongly suggest a couple of sessions of EMDR for the betrayed partner with me prior to couple therapy.
If you would like to know more please contact me at support@martinamagnery.com.au
Please see package prices under Relationship Renewal: