COUNSELING INTENSIVES

Hi! What are you hoping for?  

To reset your life, your relationships?  To heal from betrayals?    To finally release the pain from past experiences / traumas?  To better balance showing up for yourself and for your relationships?Intensives can provide that emotional safety and tools to reset!  

In those 10 or more hours, you can establish greater trust in yourself, in relationships and in the process.  You can be supported to dive deeper into patterns of experiencing, reacting, feeling and thinking - as well as deeper into how that unfolds between partners and between family members.  In real time, you have opportunities to shift those patterns and to join and support others to shift their patterns.

I pull together what best suits you and your relationships from different approaches. These approaches clear the way to feeling secure, understood and accepted, as well as making changes for yourself and relationships.  Healing from emotional wounds & betrayals is essential in our relationships and for our inner world.  

If you are interested, call my office & schedule a brief phone / video call for you, the couple, or family members. 

I want you to have emotional safety and security and to have the tools for both change and acceptance.

Warmly, 

Dr. Patt

Aptaker Psychological Associates, Inc.

INTENSIVE DETAILS

If there is an agreement to move forward, an intensive is available within 1-2 months.  If needed, a paid "Consultation" can be scheduled to further explore the intensive option. 

While most individuals, families, and couples have the resources to address issues, other factors can rule intensives out at that time (certain crises & betrayals, traumatic experiences, active substance usage, compulsive & addictive patterns).  The intensive takes place over 3-4 days within a week, generally 3-5 hours daily, followed by 1 or 2 follow-up sessions. I draw from evidence-based approaches including Emotionally Focused Therapy, Gottman couples therapy, solution focused therapy, mindfulness based counseling, and Internal Family Systems. 

The format is collaborative and determined by a number of factors.   While the approaches are evidence-based, there is limited research on intensives and no guarantee of outcome. Intensives are not covered by medical insurance and no mental health evaluations are given. Additional fees may apply if intensive sessions need to be extended and if parties agree. If you or your couple/family are currently in counseling or have been in counseling, please discuss this with your counselor. 

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