Couple's Intensive:

The Estuary offers customized intensives for couples seeking to renew their relationship. Couple’s intensives are appropriate for couples attempting to reconnect after a period of disconnection in the relationship. Disconnection happens frequently in long-term relationships and can be a result of normal life events such as child rearing, significant losses, health crisis, or significant damage to the relationship such as a betrayal or infidelity.

Intensives can vary in length but are typically done in a daylong format and returning home in the evening if the couple is local. Out-of-town couples can stay in a variety of hotels in the area and enjoy the many restaurant options in the Hillsboro Village and West End area of Nashville.

Couples will learn tools for navigating through the challenges of long term committed relationships. They will have the luxury of delving deeply into issues of concern with the time it takes to create major shifts toward deeper connection and intimacy in the relationship.

Issues covered and/or addressed in the couple’s intensive include:

• Communication skills
• Creating emotional connection and intimacy
• Identifying how family of origin issues and past trauma effects the relationship
• Identifying common relationship dynamics that are ineffective and build barriers to intimacy
• Clearing old resentments
• Healing past trauma within the relationship history

Call 615.289.1774 or e-mail jenna@theestuary.org for fees and sliding scale availability.
Assistance with insurance reimbursement provided for psychotherapy services.