Relationship Intensives and Kick Start Mini Intensives are a great way for busy, motivated partners to dig into specific areas of their relationship in an efficient, rewarding way without the effort and scheduling hassle of weekly therapy sessions.

Intensives get right to the heart of the matter while still holding traditional therapeutic benefit for partners including increasing communication skills, tackling tough issues that have proven difficult to resolve on your own, and supporting each of you in defining your bottom lines, pushing yourself hard to learn new skills, requesting change, and looking at your end of things.

Relationship Intensives or Kick Start Mini-Intensives with Katherine Waddell start in person in Shelburne Falls or Northampton, Massachusetts over a full weekend, or a day of your choosing. Subsequent follow-up coaching sessions can then be held either in person or online via video chat so that partners traveling from a distance can engage in Intensives follow-up without having to travel to Northampton more than once.

With each Relationship Intensive, partners will receive:

• A FREE consultation call to determine if a Relationship Intensive is the right fit for you.

• A Couples Assessment - usually four documents to be carefully filled out by each of you and sent to me to be reviewed prior to the Intensive. This assessment helps me diagnose your couples stage and challenges for each of you and set the course for our work.

• A 2-day, 14-hour Intensive, or a 1-day, 7-hour Intensive (see schedule details below) in person in the Pioneer Valley during which partners will establish clear goals, learn constructive strategies to meet them, and tackle key focus areas of their relationship that they’d like to work on.

• Supplemental Materials relevant to your situation that you can take with you and utilize in the weeks and months following our work.

Additionally, a great way to follow up is to schedule 90-minute follow-up coaching sessions with flexible scheduling via online video call or in person.

Relationship Intensive Schedule

• Relationship Intensives usually consist of one or two 8-hour blocks of your choice from 9am-5pm including a 1-hour lunch break and a mini-break during the second half. They can also be scheduled and individually tailored to the needs of the couple. 

• Once our in-person intensive has wrapped up, it is beneficial to schedule three 90-minute follow-up sessions to be held either in person at the Couples Center of the Pioneer Valley or online via video call, making these intensives more accessible to clients traveling from a distance.

Relationship Intensive Fees & Payment

• Please contact Katherine at 413-695-7193 to discuss fees.

• A non-refundable deposit of 50% is due upon sign-up in order to hold your initial intensive date. You can pay the remainder the day your intensive begins. **No insurances are accepted**

• Payments can be made through the Couples Center of the Pioneer Valley via cash, check, or credit card.