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Intensive Couples Therapy -
Los Angeles & West Hollywood

Intensive Couples Therapy -
Los Angeles & West Hollywood

What Is Intensive Couples Therapy?

Intensive Couples Therapy is a focused, multi-hour therapy experience designed to help couples make faster progress than they can in weekly sessions.


Instead of 50 minutes once a week, you spend several hours in one day (or across 1–3 days) working deeply on the issues that matter most.

For Los Angeles and West Hollywood couples with busy schedules, intensives offer a way to slow down, step out of daily stress, and make meaningful change quickly.

The Four Types Of Intensive Couples Counseling We Offer

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Los Angeles & West Hollywood

The Relationship Audit

A complete Relationship Audit (assessments, interviews, feedback session + a written report with our suggestions for what to do next. 

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The Sunday Sessions

A package of three longer couples sessions on a Sunday morning for busy couples who want to focus on a particular theme or concern.

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Skills and Tools Intensive

An absolute “no-brainer” option for couples wanting  to work on clearer, calmer conversations, a series of private workshops to enhance your skills.

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The Weekend Intensive

The most in-depth option for couples who want focused change, fast. Assessments,  skills, and longer sessions over a weekend

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Los Angeles & West Hollywood

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A short, intensive relationship coaching package for couples who’ve been together a while and want to feel closer, more emotionally connected, and less like “roommates.”

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A Quick Overview 

Click here to get an overview of each of our four intensive couples therapy offerings.

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Where Are You?

If you want to know more about me, the therapy process, where my office is & logistical info, click here.

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Who Is This Right For?

Unsure if marriage coaching is the right thing for you? Read more about who intensives work for.

Intensive Couples Therapy -
Los Angeles & West Hollywood

Your Los Angeles Based Intensive Couples Counseling Therapist

Welcome! 

I'm Oliver Drakeford, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a decade of experience helping couples, families and adults.

My approach to intensive marriage counseling is informed by my experience as a Clinical Director of a residential treatment center in Malibu, CA.

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Los Angeles & West Hollywood

Delivering results in a limited amount of time is part of the experience and promise of any residential treatment center, and over the five years I worked in that field, I became attuned and experienced in creating dynamic and impactful ways to help the couples and families I worked with which translates well to marriage intensive experiences. 

I use a proprietary blend of Systemic Treatment - part of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, skills and tools from The Gottman Method training, as well as my foundational psychoanalytic training.

Who Is Intensive Couples Therapy Best For?

Intensive couples therapy is best suited for highly motivated couples seeking rapid, deep change—especially those facing relationship crises or logistical barriers that make weekly sessions impractical.

This format works well when:

  • Your relationship faces an immediate threat (affair discovery, potential divorce)

  • Weekly therapy hasn't created enough momentum for real change

  • Busy schedules or travel distance prevent consistent attendance

  • You need to resolve a specific issue quickly

At Oliver Drakeford Therapy in West Hollywood, intensive sessions provide the concentrated focus that many Los Angeles couples need—whether they're in crisis mode or simply want to invest deeply in their relationship's future.

Couples in Crisis

Intensive therapy is often the right choice when your relationship is in immediate danger and you can't afford to wait weeks between sessions.

Crisis situations include:

  • Considering separation or divorce — When you're on the brink, an intensive provides space to determine whether repair is possible before making permanent decisions.

  • Relationships that have gone cold — Couples describe feeling "icy," distant, or emotionally disconnected for months or years.

Many couples arrive at intensive therapy as a "last effort" after traditional approaches haven't worked. The extended format allows deeper exploration of wounds that 50-minute sessions can't adequately address.

If you're in crisis, waiting another month for incremental progress often isn't realistic. Intensives meet urgency with appropriate depth.

Couples Preparing for Marriage

Premarital intensive therapy helps engaged couples build a strong foundation before walking down the aisle

What premarital intensives address:

  • Communication patterns that could become problematic under stress

  • Expectations around finances, family, and roles

  • Conflict resolution skills you'll need for the long haul

  • Understanding each other's attachment styles and triggers

Research consistently shows that couples who invest in premarital education report higher satisfaction and lower divorce rates.

This format is especially practical for busy Los Angeles professionals who can't commit to months of weekly sessions before their wedding.

 

A weekend intensive covers significant ground efficiently..

High-Conflict or Distressed Couples in Los Angeles

If you're caught in continuous, destructive conflict patterns—or trapped in silent, stony distance—intensive therapy provides the time needed to break through gridlocked issues.

Signs you might benefit:

  • The same arguments repeat without resolution

  • You've stopped talking about important things to avoid fights

  • Resentment has built up over years

  • Weekly sessions feel piecemeal and don't create lasting change

High-conflict couples often need more than an hour to move past defensive reactions and into genuine understanding. The extended intensive format allows emotions to surface, be processed, and shift—something that's difficult when you're watching the clock.

For West Hollywood and greater Los Angeles couples juggling demanding careers, an intensive weekend can accomplish what months of sporadic sessions cannot. You gain momentum instead of losing ground between appointments.

The goal isn't to eliminate all conflict—healthy relationships have disagreements. It's learning to fight fair and repair quickly, rather than letting every argument become another brick in the wall between you.

Why Choose Intensive Couples Therapy Instead of Weekly Sessions?

Intensive couples therapy compresses months of therapeutic progress into days, offering deeper work, faster results, and practical solutions to scheduling barriers that make weekly sessions difficult for many Los Angeles couples.

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Accelerated Progress and Efficiency

Intensive therapy creates momentum that weekly sessions struggle to match—helping couples break dysfunctional patterns before old habits re-establish themselves between appointments.

The weekly therapy problem: In traditional counseling, you meet for 50 minutes, make some progress, then return to your regular life. By the next session, defensive patterns have had a week or more to solidify again. You spend time catching up rather than moving forward.

Intensives eliminate this cycle entirely.

A single 3-hour intensive session accomplishes the equivalent of five traditional sessions—more than a month of therapy in one day. Some couples report that a weekend intensive provided what would have taken six months of weekly work.

Who benefits most from accelerated progress:

  • Couples who need help immediately and can't wait for gradual change

  • Those who've tried weekly therapy but felt it moved too slowly

  • Partners who want to build new patterns while motivation is high

The extended format doesn't allow time for old habits—which have greater traction than new intentions—to regain their grip.

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Deeper, Uninterrupted Therapeutic Work

The extended intensive format allows couples to move past surface-level discussions and finally address the core issues driving their conflicts.

In a standard 50-minute session, meaningful conversations often get cut short just as you're reaching something important. You leave with unfinished emotional business, then spend days processing alone before you can continue the work together.

What deeper work looks like:

  • Getting to root causes, not just symptoms of conflict

  • Processing past injuries that have never fully healed

  • Breaking through gridlocked issues you've argued about for years

  • Repairing regrettable incidents that still carry emotional weight

At Oliver Drakeford Therapy, the intensive format gives West Hollywood couples the uninterrupted time needed to have conversations that simply cannot happen in traditional counseling. You're not watching the clock or saving important topics for "next time."

The depth and focus of this format cuts quickly to what's actually driving your rigid patterns—rather than circling the same arguments without resolution. When both partners have space to fully express and be heard, genuine understanding becomes possible.

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Logistical Convenience and Crisis Intervention

Intensive therapy solves the practical barriers that make consistent weekly sessions impossible for many busy couples.

Common obstacles intensives address:

  • Demanding schedules — Work travel, unpredictable hours, or childcare responsibilities make weekly appointments unrealistic

  • Geographic distance — You want to work with a specialist (like a Gottman-trained therapist) but don't live nearby

  • Crisis timing — You're facing separation, divorce, or affair discovery and can't wait weeks for the next opening

Many couples intentionally choose intensives for the "retreat" experience—getting away from daily routines, kids, and domestic responsibilities to focus entirely on the relationship. This dedicated time signals to both partners that the relationship is worth prioritizing.

Intensives also work well as a launching point. Some couples use a weekend intensive to kick-start the therapeutic process, then continue with less frequent maintenance sessions. Others complete their work in the intensive itself.

For Los Angeles couples juggling demanding careers and family obligations, concentrating your therapy into one weekend often makes more sense than months of scheduling gymnastics.

Audit

The Relationship Audit

A Deep-Dive Check-In For Your Relationship

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The Relationship Audit is for couples who don’t necessarily want ongoing weekly therapy, but do want a clear, clinical look at where their relationship stands, what’s working, and what needs attention.

Maybe things feel “mostly fine” but you sense some cracks. Maybe you’ve come through a hard season and want to know if you’re actually on steadier ground. Or you’re considering couples therapy and want a structured starting point instead of guessing what to work on.

This package gives you a focused, start-and-finish process: assess, understand, and leave with a concrete plan you can use at home or with a therapist.


What’s Included In The Relationship Audit

Comprehensive Relationship Assessment Battery

A structured set of relationship assessments (including my CARE & Intimacy framework) that:

  • Identifies strengths and pressure points in how you talk, listen, and handle conflict

  • Highlights patterns of distance, defensiveness, shutdown, or escalation in your communication

  • Gives us data  after structured conversations instead of relying only on memory or “who tells the story better”

I review all assessment results in advance so we can walk into Session One already knowing where to focus your skills work.

One 90-Minute Joint Session: Mapping Your Relationship


Once the assessments and individual interviews are complete, we meet together for a 90-minute session to:

  • Map out the main patterns I’m seeing between you

  • Name the themes in how you fight, avoid, or disconnect

  • Highlight your existing strengths as a couple

  • Start connecting the dots between what you each feel and how you each react

Think of this as the “x-ray reading”—we’re looking at what’s really happening under the surface, not just the symptoms.

Two 45-Minute Individual Interviews

(One With Each Partner)


You’ll each have your own 45-minute interview with me. These sessions allow you to:

  • Share your perspective without worrying about your partner’s reaction in the moment

  • Talk through history, family dynamics, and any “unspoken” concerns

  • Clarify what you most want from the relationship and from this process

These interviews help me see the full picture and keep either one of you from becoming “the problem” in the story.

Personalized Connection Blueprint

After we’ve seen how you communicate in real time and which tools actually work for you, I’ll create a written Connection Blueprint that:

  • Summarizes your main communication patterns and “high-risk” moments

  • Lays out the specific skills and tools we’ve practiced, in simple steps

  • Includes key phrases and scripts that felt most helpful for each of you

  • Outlines how to keep practicing over the next few weeks and months

This becomes your shared reference point: something you can come back to when you feel stuck, and a guide you can take into future sessions (with me, my team, or another therapist) if you choose to keep working.

A structured relationship check-up with clear next steps

  • Comprehensive Relationship Assessment Battery – $299 Value

  • Two Individual Sessions (one-on-one, without your partner, 45–50 minutes each) – $225 x 2 = $450 Value

  • One Joint Session (both partners, 45–50 minutes) – $225 Value

  • Personalized Connection Blueprint – $199 Value

Total Value: $1,173
Your Price: $650


With Payment Plan:

$162.50 per month for 4 months with Klarna

Includes a full assessment of your relationship dynamics plus a written blueprint outlining where you’re strong, where you’re stuck, and what to focus on next.

Skills

The Skills & Tools Intensive

A Deep-Dive Check-In For Your Relationship

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The Skills and Tools Intensive is for couples who are tired of the same arguments, shutdowns, and misunderstandings—and want practical, usable tools to communicate differently, not just insight into why things go wrong.

Maybe you keep circling the same issues and conversations always seem to escalate. Maybe one of you shuts down while the other pushes harder. Or you both avoid talking about the hard stuff until it explodes. You don’t necessarily want a long course of therapy, but you do want specific skills, language, and structures you can start using right away.

This package gives you a focused, start-and-finish process: assess your patterns, practice new ways of speaking and listening in session, and leave with a tailored set of scripts, tools, and a Connection Blueprint you can keep using at home.


What’s Included In The Skills & Tools Intensive

Comprehensive Relationship Assessment Battery


A structured set of relationship assessments (including my CARE & Intimacy framework) that:

  • Identifies strengths and pressure points in communication, conflict, intimacy, and cohesion

  • Highlights patterns of distance, defensiveness, and emotional shutdown

  • Gives us data instead of relying only on memory or “who tells the story better”

I review all assessment results in advance so we can make the best use of our time together.

Sessions Two and Three – Practicing Tailored Skills and Tools

The remaining sessions are about practice, not theory. Together, we will:

  • Work through real-life topics using new scripts and structures

  • Practice speaking in a way that is honest without being attacking or vague

  • Practice listening in a way that helps your partner feel understood, not corrected or dismissed

  • Try out specific repair and “reset” moves for when things go off the rails

As we go, I’ll adjust the tools, phrases, and structures so they feel natural in your voices. The goal is that you leave with ways of talking and listening you can realistically use at home, under stress.

Session One – Understanding Your Communication Pattern

In the first 70-minute session, we will:

  • Review your assessment results with a focus on how they show up in real conversations

  • Map the moments where things most often go wrong (tone changes, “that look,” shutdown, spirals)

  • Identify the key skills and tools you actually need: clearer expressing, calmer listening, repair after conflict, or all three

By the end of this session, we’ll have a clear list of skills to focus on that fits your dynamic, not a generic checklist.​

One 45-Minute Results & Recommendations Session

After I’ve synthesized your data and notes, we meet for a shorter follow-up session where I:

  • Walk you through your Relationship Audit findings in clear, practical language

  • Explain the key patterns to pay attention to

  • Offer tailored recommendations for what to do next


You’ll receive a written report summarizing:

  • Your main strengths and stress points as a couple

  • The patterns that most affect your connection, communication, and conflict

  • A clear set of recommendations (e.g., specific skills to practice at home, themes to focus on in therapy, and suggested formats like weekly work, intensives, or groups)​​

Targeted communication work with practical tools you can use right away

  • Comprehensive Relationship Assessment Battery – $299 

  • Three 70-Minute Skills-Focused Sessions – $300 x 3 = $900

  • Personalized Connection Blueprint – $199

Total Value: $1,398
Your Price: $700


Payment Plan: $175 per month for 4 months with Klarna

A focused series of sessions that turn your assessment results into concrete skills, scripts, and structures you can use in real conversations—not just in the therapy room.

Weekend

The Weekend Intensive

A Deep-Dive Check-In For Your Relationship: Intensive Couples Therapy California

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The Weekend Intensive is for couples who want to do more than just “talk about it” once a week and instead set aside focused time to really work on their relationship. It’s built around a thorough, data-driven assessment process so we’re not guessing what the problem is or where to start.

Before we ever sit down for the intensive days, you’ll each complete a battery of relationship assessments and meet with me individually. That gives us two things: your personal stories and perspectives, and hard data about how you each experience communication, conflict, intimacy, and roles. I then compile the assessment results with what I hear in our interviews to form a clear picture of what’s happening between you.

From there, we’ll work together to identify the core problem you most want to address during the weekend—whether that’s constant conflict, emotional distance, a specific rupture, or being stuck at a crossroads. I’ll bring my own clinical observations and experience into that process, so what we target in the intensive is both meaningful to you and grounded in what I see in the data.


What’s Included In The Weekend Intensive

Comprehensive Relationship

Assessment Battery

A structured set of relationship assessments (including my CARE & Intimacy framework) that:

  • Identifies strengths and pressure points in communication, conflict, intimacy, and roles

  • Highlights patterns of distance, defensiveness, withdrawal, and escalation

  • Gives us data instead of relying only on memory or “who tells the story better”

You’ll each complete the assessments before we meet. I review all results in advance so that, by the time we sit down for the intensive, we already know where to focus and aren’t guessing what the real issues are.

Two-Day Intensive: Six to Eight Hours of Focused Couples Work

Across two days, we’ll spend 6–8 hours together in five 70-minute sessions (with breaks). The structure is flexible, but typically includes:

  • Reviewing key findings from your assessments and interviews

  • Mapping the core pattern: what actually happens between you when things go wrong

  • Slowing down tense moments so we can see the moves each of you makes and why

  • Working directly with one or two central themes (for example: ongoing conflict, emotional distance, a rupture you haven’t been able to repair, or a major decision point)

  • Throughout the intensive, I’ll bring both my clinical experience and the data we’ve gathered to help keep us anchored on the core problem you’re here to work on—not just the most recent fight.

Two Individual Prep Sessions

(One With Each Partner)

Before the weekend, you’ll each have your own 45–50 minute session with me. These one-on-one meetings allow you to:

  • Share your perspective without worrying about your partner’s immediate reactions

  • Talk through history, family dynamics, and “unspoken” worries or resentments

  • Clarify what you most hope for—and what feels non-negotiable—for this intensive

I combine what you each share with the assessment data to build a fuller picture of your relationship. This helps prevent either person becoming “the problem” and keeps us focused on the pattern between you.

Personalized Connection Blueprint & Post-Intensive Follow-Up

After the weekend, I take time to synthesize:

  • Your assessment results

  • Our individual prep sessions

  • What emerged during the intensive itself

From there, I create a Personalized Connection Blueprint that:

  • Summarizes your main patterns and recurring “stuck points”

  • Names the specific shifts that seemed to help most during the intensive

  • Outlines clear recommendations for what to do next—at home, in future therapy, or both

We’ll schedule a follow-up session (45–60 minutes) within a few weeks of the intensive to:

  • Check how things are going as you apply the work in daily life

  • Address any trouble spots or questions that have come up

  • Adjust your plan so it feels realistic and sustainable

The goal is that you don’t just have a powerful weekend—you leave with a shared map and a path forward you can keep using.

Sunday

The Sunday Sessions

Four Focused Sessions on a Sunday To Fit Your Schedule

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The Sunday Sessions are for couples who want focused time to work on their relationship, but in a slower, more manageable rhythm than a full weekend intensive. Instead of cramming everything into two days, you get three longer Sunday sessions to learn, practice, and integrate new ways of relating while still living your normal week-to-week life.

Before we start, you’ll each complete a battery of relationship assessments so we’re not guessing where the problems are or what to target. That gives us a mix of your individual experiences and hard data about how you each relate around communication, conflict, intimacy, and roles. I use this to identify the themes that are most worth our time together.

From there, each Sunday builds on the last. We’ll use your assessment results and my clinical observations to decide what to focus on—whether that’s how you argue, how you pull away from each other, how you try to reconnect, or how you talk about needs and feelings. Across the four sessions, we’ll come back to those themes repeatedly, combining teaching, live practice, and feedback so the changes we’re aiming for feel tailored to your relationship and realistic to sustain once the Sundays are over.

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What Is An Intensive Couples Therapy Workshop or Retreat?

Many couples wait, on average, six years before they feel they should try marriage counseling, and at that point, even a traditional intensive marriage retreat might be too little, too late, with 50% of marriages ending in divorce. 

Traditional intensive marriage counseling workshops are ideal for couples in crisis who are experiencing significant distress. They also seem to work best for those who want to work on a specific problem area, such as infidelity or rekindling their love.

These are formulated as intensive weekend couples retreats and provide uninterrupted time to focus on marriages and relationships. Intensive marriage retreats are often costly, as the overhead and expenses for location-based intensive therapy quickly add up.

Unlike traditional therapy, which occurs once a week, a couples immersive experience such as ours takes place with less time between sessions. The concentrated time spent together, along with an increase in the frequency of contact with a skilled therapist, can make it a good move for couples looking for a practical approach. In particular, intensive marriage retreats are well suited to relationship crises or couples in high distress.

What Do You Get With Your Intensive Marriage Counseling Experience?

  • 3 x 80-Minute Sunday Therapy Sessions — $900 Value

Three focused, therapist-guided intensives that teach and practice the four core pillars of connection from the CARE & Intimacy framework.

  • Comprehensive Relationship Assessment — $249 Value

An in-depth diagnostic to identify the exact patterns driving distance, miscommunication, and conflict.

  • Personalized Connection Blueprint — $199 Value

A custom roadmap showing how to apply your assessment results to day-to-day interactions.

  • Words That Work Communication Toolkit — $199 Value

Step-by-step scripts, prompts, and exercises to replace defensiveness with clarity and care.

  • Personalized Couples Recap PDFs with Worksheets & Notes — $99 Value

Session summaries, reflections, and action plans to keep progress going between and after sessions.

Total Value: $1,646 — Yours for $750

Payment Options:

  • Pay in Full: $750

  • Pay Over Time: 4 interest-free payments of $187.50 with Afterpay or Klarna

Because no couple should have to wait to start reconnecting, you can begin this transformation today and pay over time — with no added cost.

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Couples Intensive Therapy California
West Hollywood | Los Angeles

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My office is located in West Hollywood CA 90069, close to Beverly Grove, The Sunset Strip and other parts of Los Angeles. The address is 8702 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood CA 90069.

Relationship Problems and Solutions:
How Our Marriage Counseling Intensive Works

Whether you're a newlywed couple, have hit a rough patch, or want to deepen your connection, Relationship Mapping and our immersive experience can help. Our goal is to fast-track your growth to a happy marriage or relationship as a couple.

Devised by an experienced marriage therapist and utilizing evidence-based techniques from the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. Our intensive couples counseling experience is geared toward busy couples. An experienced marriage therapist devised it using evidence-based techniques from the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, and Family Systems Theory.

Our goal is to make you feel hopeful about the future you see with your spouse or partner over several hours rather than months.

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Your Next Step For Your Couples Intensive

Click below to book a consultation call to reserve your spot in The Sunday Sessions.


You can pay in full or split the cost into four interest-free payments — and start rebuilding your connection this month.

Only 3 couples accepted each cycle. When spots fill, registration closes until the next round.

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Assessments:

Before we meet for the first session, you'll complete an in-depth questionnaire designed for married couples or people in a long-term relationship. This is a crucial part of our information gathering process, as it helps jump-start insights and provides a comprehensive understanding of your relationship dynamics before we begin our work together.

Couples Interview:​

You will then both meet with a licensed marriage and family therapist to discuss your relationship goals and history. This is a traditional couples interview in which we will focus you on current dynamics any patterns in behaviors or concerns you have.

Four Sessions - Four Sundays

In our first call we will lock down the time and date of our sessions and put them in the calendar, we can do this in person or online. My office is located in the heart of West Hollywood, close to most parts of Los Angeles. 

Feedback And Review

In our first session we'll look at the results of your assessment and I'll present a list of ideas of what to tackle in our up-coming sessions based on the analysis and data gathered. Together we'll create a plan as to how to work together so you're left feeling like there's a goal and a strategy.

The Benefits of Intensive Couples Therapy Sessions

  • Our intensive marriage counseling therapy helps you gain a big picture of your relationship patterns.

  • In the hourly sessions, you'll find that our couples therapy approach enables you to identify blind spots and hidden issues in your relationship.

  • Our map gives you a way to visualize a healthy path forward as a couple in daily life.

  • Invest in your marriage in an efficient, impactful way, in conjunction with or separate from your therapist

  • Save money on long-term couples therapy and or an expensive couples retreat.

  • Understand what steps you need to take for a more fulfilling relationship.

Why Choose a Couples Relationship Intensive:

  • Many couples will find that the concentrated format achieves months' worth of progress in a few sessions.

  • More affordable and time-efficient than long-term marriage counseling and hourly sessions.

  • Our skilled therapist's holistic approach helps you examine your relationship in the context of your full lives because we use a family systems perspective.

  • You will leave with clarity and an expert-designed roadmap to a stronger marriage or committed relationship.

  • Understanding Relationship Dynamics Through Mapping: Visual relationship maps clarify past, present, and future relationship dynamics, guiding couples toward more profound understanding.

  • Addressing Pain Points and Finding Solutions" By mapping out relationship types and connections, couples gain insights into unresolved issues and explore practical solutions in therapy.

  • Empowering Connections Through Relationship Mapping: Visualizing relationship patterns, growth opportunities, and mutual goals strengthens bonds and fosters communication in couples therapy.

  • Recognizing Relationship Connectivity for Early Intervention: Recognizing the importance of seeking therapy early helps address conflicts and disconnections in relationships before they escalate.

  • Maximizing the Benefits of Relationship Mapping: Explore how Relationship Mapping effectively addresses relationship challenges, offering quick results in therapeutic settings.

  • Leveraging Visualization for Enhanced Insights: Empower yourself with insights into potential challenges, fortify connections, and adapt to strengthen relationships through visual mapping.

  • Fostering Communication and Collaboration: Identify key influencers, optimize communication channels, and promote collaboration to build a more cohesive and supportive relationship.

Other Questions About Intensive Couples Therapy

Is This Right for You?

This program is a great fit if you and your partner want to:

  • Stop having the same unresolved arguments

  • Feel emotionally safe enough to be honest

  • Rebuild connection after distance or stress

  • Learn tools that actually stick long-term

It’s not for couples looking for a quick fix without reflection — but if you’re ready to show up and do the work, I’ll give you the structure and support to make lasting change.

What Is A Marriage Intensive Therapy Program?

A marriage intensive or couples intensive is a period of therapy over a short time. Intensive couples therapy, also known as a marriage intensive, is a focused counseling period where licensed therapists work with you and you to address deep-rooted issues in your relationship. Unlike traditional counseling sessions that last around 50 minutes, intensive therapy allows for longer, more in-depth sessions over a shorter period of time.

Why Choose Intensive Couples Therapy?

Intensive therapy offers a more advanced approach to addressing problems in your relationship. By choosing intensive treatment, you can save time and instantly see results. Instead of waiting months for progress, intensive therapy allows you to receive the support and tools you need to quickly

How Does Intensive Couples Therapy Work?

During intensive therapy, therapists use proven models and tools to help couples identify relationship issues such as patterns and behaviors that are causing conflicts. By entirely focusing on these issues over an extensive period of time, it becomes obvious what changes need to be made to strengthen the relationship.

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Pricing For Couples Intensives

Contact

8702 Santa Monica Boulevard

West Hollywood, CA, 90069

Our Commitment to Your Privacy and Confidentiality

Privacy Policy: At Oliver Drakeford Therapy, we deeply respect the privacy and confidentiality of our clients. We adhere to the highest ethical standards to ensure that all information shared during therapy sessions is kept strictly confidential. Our therapy process is built on a foundation of trust and discretion, and we are committed to creating a safe and supportive environment for our clients. We follow all legal and professional guidelines to protect your personal and sensitive information. Please feel free to discuss any questions or concerns regarding our privacy and confidentiality practices with us during your initial consultation or at any point in your therapy journey

Oliver Drakeford, LMFT, CGP - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, #104987

Oliver Drakeford Therapy West Hollywood Los Angeles
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