Marathon Couples Therapy is an intensive and focused therapeutic modality for couples in high distress. A typical Marathon session lasts between 15 to 20 hours over two, or two and and a half, days. What you can expect from a Marathon session with Connie is to have the trajectory of your relationship shift, to something more positive and more productive.
The goals and intentions of the therapy will be identified early in the process. Couples who end up in Connie’s office don’t always have the same hopes, intentions or goals, yet they need to come to some sort of resolution. Connie honors both individual’s hopes and dreams, and sees her job as facilitating her clients in accessing new strengths, learning new skills and gaining new insights, which then move them in the direction of their goals.
Once you have booked a marathon session with Connie, you will be sent a packet to fill out. In it you will be asked numerous questions about your current state of affairs, as well as to describe what it is you hope to achieve in the two and a half days of therapy. These goals become Connie’s guideposts. She will review this packet of information prior to meeting with you.
Connie is available for Marathons on Thursdays and Fridays. The Marathon begins with Connie meeting with the two of you together for one to two hours. This is followed by Connie meeting with each of you privately. The three of you reconvene. At that time, Connie will offer her assessment of your relationship, how it got there, a summary of its current strengths and challenges, as well as her plan for moving you toward your goals. The rest of the day Thursday and all day Friday are spent working to achieve those intentions.
A few days after your marathon is concluded you will receive a written summary of the work accomplished. This summary contains a detailed description of the tools taught, as well as suggestions and recommendation made to each member of the couple, describing what he or she may wish to focus on, in order to stabilize the changes made in the Marathon Therapy.
