BLCC day-long Marriage Intensive is designed to help couples develop a better understanding of how negative thoughts, emotions and behaviors contribute to distress, as well as develop a map for how to move towards healing and growth. Unlike traditional outpatient counseling, which is 1 hour per week, a marriage intensive allows time to explore the history of a relationship and the underlying causes that have contributed to conflict, hurt, and a lack of intimacy and connection.

BLCC’s intensive model includes a combination of psychoeducation, group processing, and marriage counseling with one of our licensed professionals. We believe that couples who participate in our day-long intensive will emerge with the knowledge, skills, and motivation, to help them have greater success as they continue to participate in our traditional counseling process. Our intensive integrates a variety of research-based interventions, including Restoration Therapy, a Marriage and Family Therapeutic Model that efficiently identifies a client’s identity and safety patterns, while empowering emotional regulation and mindfulness for healthy behavioral change.
Couple types who may benefit from our marriage intensive include:

• On the Brink—for couples on their last chance or deciding whether or not to stay
• Disconnected or Devitalized—for couples needing more connection
• Repairing Broken Trust—for couples working through affairs or betrayals
• We’re Too Busy—for couples that want to maximize the impact of counseling
• We’ve Tried Counseling Before—for couples who have not had success with previous attempts at traditional outpatient counseling
• Let’s Start of Right—for motivated couples early in their relationship who want to know how to create a successful relationship from the beginning

What Should We Expect

• Intensive marriage counseling allows time to explore the history of the relationship and underlying causes that have contributed to conflict, hurt, and a lack of intimacy and connection.
• A combination of couple and individual counseling is utilized to explore existing individual and relational barriers to reconciliation.
• BLCC counselors take time to discuss attachment theory and the many complex factors that build safety and security in a relationship, as well as damage marital intimacy.
• Couples emerge with a better understanding of the patterns of behaviors that led to marital discord as well as a map of how to move towards healing and growth.

Intensive Counseling Options

  •  1-day intensive: 6-8 hours total consisting of two, 3-4 hour blocks.
  • Weekly Intensive: Consists of 4 separate 3-hour sessions over a 4-week period: 12 hours total.