3 Hour Marriage Intensives
Are you interested in moving at a faster pace than weekly marriage counseling? Are you too busy for weekly counseling sessions? Marriage Intensives (also known as Intensive Couples Counseling or Relationship Intensives) may be a great fit for you.
Marriage Intensives are Focused Sessions Designed for More Progress—In a Single Day
If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or like weekly therapy isn’t moving fast enough, intensive therapy offers a different path. Instead of spreading the work out over weeks or months, we dedicate 3 focused hours to helping you make meaningful progress right now.
What is a Marriage Intensive?
A marriage intensive is an extended counseling session that allows you to go deeper than traditional 50 or 60 minute counseling sessions. With more time and focus, the counseling session can move at a faster pace. We work directly on the core issues that are keeping you stuck or that need attention.
These sessions are personalized and structured around your specific goals. A marriage intensive will give you a space to process, gain clarity, and take steps forward with a licensed professional.
Intensive therapy is a great fit if you:
- Feel stuck in patterns that aren’t changing
- Want faster progress than weekly therapy provides
- Are navigating a crisis or major life decision
- Have limited time due to a busy schedule
- Want to fully focus and working through something in one setting
For couples, this can be especially helpful when things feel urgent or communication has broken down. Some marriages and relationships can benefit from doing more emotional work in 1 extended session.
Working on the relationship may include discussions about:
- Relationship and marriage challenges
- Trauma and past experiences
- Anxiety and overwhelming stress
- Communication and conflict
- Life transitions and decision-making
- Self-esteem and emotional patterns
- How to recover and heal after an affair
- How to find that "spark" again
- How to communicate in a healthy way
- How to fight fair
Before Your Session
Both partners will need to complete intake paperwork and confidentiality forms. A $200 intake deposit required to reserve the appointment.
After Your Session
We want you to leave the counseling session with greater clarity, different perspectives, practical next steps, and hopefully a positive direction forward. Follow-up sessions can be scheduled if desired.
Why Choose Intensives
- Make meaningful progress in a single day
- If you don't like "the stop-and-start feeling" of weekly counseling sessions
- Gain deeper insight and emotional clarity in 1 session
- Build momentum that carries forward
- You don't want to do weekly counseling
This approach is designed for people who are ready to do the work and want real movement—not just maintenance.
Session Options
- 3-Hour Marriage Intensive - Shelly Kessinger, LPC $725
- Virtual Intensives or In-Person Intensives
Limited availability each month to ensure a high level of care and focus.
Ready to make a change in your relationship? Schedule your virtual or in-person marriage intensive today!
Please note: Virtual Marriage Intensives can only be for people physically located in Texas. Online marriage intensives can serve you in the Houston, Austin, Dallas, San Antonio and surrounding areas in TX.