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Intensive Couples Therapy Los Angeles:
The Sunday Sessions

A focused, four-week intensive couples therapy program designed to help you stop repeating the same fights, rebuild emotional safety, and rediscover the connection you’ve been missing.

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If you’ve tried to fix things before — but keep getting stuck...


Most couples don’t lack love — they lack structure.
They’ve had the same arguments so many times that every attempt to talk ends up triggering old patterns.

You might recognize it:

  • Conversations turn defensive before they even begin.

  • One of you shuts down, the other pushes harder.

  • The same cycle plays out again and again, leaving both people exhausted.

Traditional therapy can help, but progress can feel slow — stretched out over months of 50-minute sessions.

That’s why I created The Sunday Sessions: a focused, four-week experience that gives you the space, tools, and structure to make real progress — fast.

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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.

The Best Marriage Intensive For Busy Couples

Over four Sunday mornings, we’ll meet for 90-minute guided sessions where we’ll unpack the core areas of your relationship using the C.A.R.E. & Intimacy Framework:

  • Communication – learn to express needs clearly and listen without defensiveness.

  • Affection – build emotional closeness through empathy and validation.

  • Repair & Conflict – move from reactivity to resolution.

  • Equilibrium – balance individuality and togetherness so both partners feel steady.

Each week builds on the last, giving you tangible tools to use between sessions — so change doesn’t stay in the therapy room.

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What Do You Get With Your Intensive Marriage Counseling Experience?

  • 4 x 90-Minute Sunday Therapy Sessions — $900 Value

Four 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.

Couples Intensive Therapy West Hollywood | Los Angeles

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.

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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