Couples Intensives in Houston, TX
When weekly therapy isn’t enough - and your relationship can’t wait.
Some couples don’t need more time.
They need focused time.
Maybe you’re stuck in the same arguments week after week. Maybe trust has been broken and the pain feels too big to unpack in 50-minute sessions. Or maybe you’re not in crisis - but you know your relationship needs serious attention before things get worse.
At Renewing Hope Counseling, Couples Intensives offer a powerful, accelerated approach to healing, reconnection, and repair. This is deep work, done intentionally, over one or multiple days - without the distractions of daily life.
What Is a Couples Intensive?
A Couples Intensive is an extended, immersive therapy experience designed to help couples make meaningful progress in a short amount of time.
Instead of spreading difficult conversations over months, we create a structured, supportive space to:
Identify destructive patterns
Address unresolved hurt or betrayal
Improve communication and emotional safety
Rebuild trust and connection
Create a clear plan for moving forward
This is not a retreat. It’s not a lecture.
It’s real therapy - concentrated, intentional, and results-focused.
Who Couples Intensives Are For
Couples intensives are ideal if you are:
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Stuck in high-conflict or emotional shutdown
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Recovering from infidelity, betrayal, or secrecy
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Considering separation or divorce
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Feeling disconnected, distant, or like roommates
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Needing clarity about the future of the relationship
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Wanting to do serious work without months of delay
You don’t have to be on the brink, but you do need to be willing to show up honestly.
Our Clinical Approach
We don’t wing this. Intensives are carefully structured and grounded in research-based models proven to help couples heal.
Our work may include:
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Gottman Method Couples Therapy: Addressing communication breakdowns, conflict patterns, and emotional disconnection.
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Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT): Rebuilding secure attachment and emotional safety.
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Prepare–Enrich or SYMBIS Assessments (when appropriate): Clarifying strengths, growth areas, and relational dynamics.
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Trauma-Informed & Betrayal Repair Work: Stabilizing emotions and addressing relational trauma.
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Practical Skill-Building: Tools you can use immediately — not theory that sounds good but doesn’t work at home.
Each intensive is tailored to your relationship, goals, and level of distress.
What to Expect
Before the intensive, we complete a thorough intake and assessment to understand your story and needs.
During the intensive, you can expect:
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Extended therapy sessions over one or multiple days
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Breaks are built in to regulate emotions and avoid overwhelm
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Clear structure, direction, and guidance
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Honest conversations - held with safety and professionalism
After the intensive, many couples continue with follow-up sessions to support integration and long-term change.
This is hard work - but it’s often the work that changes everything.
