"Studies Around the World Confirm That Passion Usually Ends."

No wonder some cultures think that selecting a mate based on something so fleeting is folly.

National Geographic Feb. 2006

Long-term relationship commitment takes more than falling in love

In the same article...

"Scientist are discovering that the cocktail of brain chemicals that sparks romance is totally different from the blend that fosters long-term attachment."

 

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Marathon Couples Therapy

Live out of town? Marathon Couples Therapy might be right for you.

What is Marathon Couples  Therapy?

 We Offer: Marathon Couples Therapy

BestMarriages.com offers Intensive Marathon Therapy through our organization. Arrangements can be made to have longer sessions for several hours or several consecutive days with a Certified Gottman Therapist who provides Intensive Marathon Therapy.

Couples who have experienced this modality and have been in typical counselling sessions said they would never have made the breakthroughs they did without being able to work through their issue in one sitting. They felt that by not being rushed, the needed safety to share, built as they went on in the session.

 What is Marathon Couples Therapy?

Marathon Couples Therapy is an intensive and focused therapeutic modality for couples in high distress or simply in need of a Marriage expert. What you can expect from a Marathon session with a BestMarriages’s counsellor is to foster respect, affection, and closeness. Build and share a deeper connection with each other’s inner world. Keep conflict discussions calm. Break through and resolve conflict grid-lock and strengthen and maintain the gains in your relationship.

We start out by identifying the goals and intentions of the therapy process right from the start. We help couples come to a compromise on their Gridlocked issues. Many times couples do not always have the same aspirations, hopes or goals yet they need to come to some sort of resolution. We do our best to honor both individual’s hopes and dreams, we see our goal as facilitating clients in accessing new strengths, learning new skills and gaining new insights, which then moves them in the direction that they want their relationship to go.

Prior to coming in, you will do an assessment packet that you can do online. In this assessment packet you will be asked numerous questions about the current state of your relationship, as well as what it is you hope to achieve during therapy. These goals will become our objective. We will review this packet of information prior to meeting you. 

We are available for Marathon sessions most any day of the week depending on our availability. You will first meet together with your Therapists and then each partner will have the opportunity to have an individual session as well. Then the therapists will meet with both partners and discuss the current state of your relationship, how it got there, as well as our plan for moving you toward your goals. Once we believe that we are all on the same page the therapy will begin.

Please look under Counselling services on our website to get a better description of what therapy includes.

Who would benefit from Marathon Couples Therapy? 

• Any couple who is experiencing marital or relationship distress and wants their relationship to stay together or would like to explore where they are at in the relationship.  It helps if you are committed to the relationship however many couples who have suffered at set back are just not quite sure. This is OK and we can work with that as well.

• Any couple who does not live in the vicinity of Langley, B.C.

• Any couple who lives more than an hour away from Langley B.C. i.e. Vancouver, Chilliwack or beyond.

Who would not be a candidate for Marathon Couples Therapy? 

If you have already decided to leave your relationship and are not committed to the therapy process.

How does this work?

If you live out of town, you would book several hours in a row, and/or two to three days in a row of therapy. You would stay in a local hotel or commute back to your home depending on distance to travel. Depending on how the therapy evolves you may choose to come back for follow up sessions every couple of weeks or months. You would pay in full prior to attending sessions and there is a 3 week cancellation policy. Your therapist has to make themselves available and arrange their schedules for these sessions so it is imperative that you keep your appointment and are committed to this process.

Rates: Our rates are $150 per hour plus GST.

Please feel free to phone our office and we will answer any questions you may have.  604-539-5277