Regular coaching sessions are typically seventy-five to ninety minutes, once a week or fortnight. They are incredibly valuable but have a natural limitation: there is only so far you can go before time is up and life resumes. An intensive removes that ceiling. Over two full days, we can open things that simply cannot be opened and resolved in a single session. There is space to do deep trauma healing, learn and practise communication tools in real time, and integrate what is arising before you leave. The change you experience tends to be faster, deeper, and more lasting as a result.

Every intensive is shaped by what you bring. If we haven’t yet worked together before we’ll start by looking at what is actually going on underneath the surface. Once we have clarity on the root causes of your challenges we then move into healing and repair work, which might include deep trauma healing and or guided inner child exploration. The final stage is to move into skills - learning specific RLT communication, repair or intimacy tools.

We might also work through a specific rupture or incident live in the room. I respond to what is present, keeping your goals as our compass. You will have a one-hour lunch break built into each day, and tea breaks as needed.

As standard, intensives are held in person at one of a small number of trusted, carefully chosen locations in Devon (or you can choose your own location within a reasonable distance). I will share the options with you after our discovery call so you can choose what feels right.

If you would prefer to work online, or would like me to travel to a location of your choosing, that can be arranged on request with additional costs for travel and accommodation.

Two days is the standard format and works well for most couples. That said, every situation is different. If you have a sense that your needs might call for something shorter or longer, please bring this to the discovery call and we will figure out what makes the most sense together.

Yes. Crisis is one of the most common reasons couples choose an intensive. When things have become urgent and volatile, the concentrated, contained structure of an intensive can offer the focused support that weekly sessions cannot always provide quickly enough. We will talk through your situation in the discovery call to make sure the format is right for you.

No. Many couples come to an intensive as their first experience of couples work. Others come having done some weekly coaching elsewhere and feeling stuck. Wherever you are starting from, we will begin there.

Many couples find that the intensive gives them enough of a shift to continue the work independently, using the tools and insights from our time together. Follow-up resources are included to support your integration once you get home.

That said, some couples choose to continue with regular or occasional sessions after an intensive, either to consolidate what was opened up, or because the two days revealed there is more they want to work on.

This is completely normal and always an option. We can discuss what ongoing support might look like during our time together or in our follow up call which is included in the intensive package.

This is a confidential, no-obligation conversation where you can share what is going on and I can give you an honest sense of whether an intensive is the right fit, or whether regular sessions might serve you better. There is no pressure either way.