"Jody's experience and expertise was on full display during our intensive work together. She was artful, compassionate, creative, and balanced. Best ever couples' therapist hands down!'
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What are Couple's Intensives?
Many couples arrive at this page feeling like they’ve tried everything — date nights, weekly therapy, books, communication exercises — and still can’t break the patterns that keep sinking connection, trust, or joy. That sense of exhaustion and hopelessness isn’t a character flaw — it’s a sign that the problem is deeper than surface behaviors, and that traditional once-a-week therapy often doesn’t create the shift you need.
Couples Intensives offer a different path.
Instead of spreading your work out over months with incremental gains, an intensive creates focused, uninterrupted therapeutic space that gets to the root of what keeps you stuck — relational patterns, attachment wounds, unspoken narratives, and the unmet emotional needs that fuel conflict.
Grounded in evidence-based modalities and customized to your unique history as a couple, these in-person, 3-day sessions don’t just treat symptoms; they create lasting change by helping you:
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identify and transform the core patterns driving conflict, disconnection, or avoidance
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rewrite the unproductive cycles
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strengthen emotional safety, trust, and mutual understanding
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gain clarity about the future of the relationship
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If you’re here because you want real change — not just more discussion of the same issues — intensives are designed for couples who are ready to move past “we’ve tried everything” toward something that heals.
'Jody was more than I could have ever asked for. Created a space for me to be vulnerable. I am forever grateful!!'
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'Amazing! This was a powerful and transformative experience.'
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What's involved in a Couple's Intensive session?
A couples intensive is a focused, in-person therapeutic experience that unfolds over three consecutive days, with approximately six hours of work each day, along with breaks for lunch and integration.
This extended format creates enough time and continuity to work through the full landscape of your relationship — not just the presenting issues, but the underlying patterns, unspoken dynamics, and unresolved moments that couples often keep circling without resolution.
Intensives are held in Sag Harbor Village, NY, in the Hamptons, Outside of sessions, I offer practical suggestions for down time and evenings — simple ways to rest, connect, and enjoy Sag Harbor and a few insider spots the Hamptons is known for.
'This was rough and she handled it with the utmost professionalism. The best.'
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A little bit about Jody's Couples Intensive experience
Jody has spent over two decades working with couples at difficult turning points, including more than 10 years offering couples intensives in her private practice. She also facilitates intensives for Onsite Workshops, and consults with other clinicians who are developing this format in their own work.
To inquire about a couples intensive, please reach out by email. We’ll then schedule a brief conversation to understand what you’re navigating and to determine together whether an intensive is the right next step for your relationship.
'One of the best, most experienced, grounded, tentative, & knowledgeable counsellors we have experienced. She met each of us both where we were and balanced our sessions with guidance, care, empathy, & direction perfectly. So grateful for her!'
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A little bit about The Hamptons
Outside of session time, you’ll have space to explore beautiful Sag Harbor Village and the surrounding Hamptons at your own pace. Time between sessions can be used walking by the water, sharing a quiet meal, resting, or spending unstructured time together.
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'Jody was so understanding, patient, calming and supportive with setting up a game plan for us both, individually and as a couple going forward.'
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