Dyad Intensive^TM:
A Better Way for Couples

Overview

 Objectives –

• Fast Track Start – Intensive start to create a rapid, dramatic shift for couples who are:
  • Emotionally disengaged and isolated; leading increasingly separate lives.
  • Experiencing a loss of passion, interest and intimacy.
  • Gridlocked – entrenched and stuck in conflicting positions that may be incompatible and mutually exclusive.
• Sustained Momentum – Transfer gains from therapy to home with phased step-downs.
  • Establish a “culture of two” to continuously nurture and deepen the relationship.
  • Master skills necessary to regulate conflict and repair damage.
  • Create a new communication bridge for addressing core issues and recurrent problems.
  • Integrate these changes into self-sustaining daily routines and activities.
  • Step-downs in duration and/or frequency of sessions as momentum develops.

Assessment & Design Phase – The beginning is itself a therapeutic intervention. The couple completes assessment questionnaires prior to the first meeting. The consultation involves about 6 to 8 hours of contact time with both clinicians spread over 1 to 3 meetings. The goals are:

• Understand the core issues in the relationship, the obstacles they present to marital satisfaction and how the couple can use these issues positively.
• Understand the role that personality style differences and similarities contribute to recurrent problems, and how to use them positively.
• Clarify and deepen awareness of each person’s life dreams and visions with an eye toward creating a shared vision that sustains and enriches the relationship.
• Create a shared vision for the relationship that supports each person’s personal vision and goals.
• Design an Action Plan, an initial strategy for achieving the shared vision. This includes a menu of options from which the couple selects the course that best suits their situation.
  • The Action Plan menu may include:
    • Intensive sessions and additional services we offer
    • Referral to other clinicians
    • Reading and homework exercises
    • Consultation with other types of professionals

Action Phase –

Together, we help you refine and implement the initial Action Plan. This is intended to be a continuously collaborative process. As you and we work together to execute the Action Plan, we keep alert for needed or desired modifications.

Continuing Your Journey –

Your vision will take time to achieve and effort to maintain. You may want to continue the process with us while you have momentum, or check in periodically for a refresher or relapse prevention. Or you may be finished. It’s your call.

For questions or scheduling, call us at

832-618-5156 or 713-922-6751

 Larry & Evelyn