Gottman Marathon Couples Counseling and Intensive Therapy 

Marathon Couples Therapy and Intensive Therapy is a dynamic alternative to traditional weekly sessions. It’s a condensed and focused approach to marriage or couples counseling and/or Individual Therapy that will provide you with the time you need to address specific issues and get your relationship and life back on track. In this powerful therapy format, you’ll meet with Elizabeth Mahaney, LMHC, MFT, LPC, LCPC, CCTP, NCC, DCC, Ph.D a highly trained and experienced therapist (or a Team Colleague) for a Marathon Couples 2 1/2 hr Session (with the option to ADD-ON time for one- to -four consecutive days, depending on your needs.

Couples that participate in Marathon Couples Therapy receive a scientific evaluation of their relationship from the GOTTMAN ASSESSMENT originating from the  Gottman Love Lab, the only one of its kind in the world. The comprehensive relationship assessment will pinpoint the areas in which you can achieve the greatest growth so you can move forward to a place of strength, reconnection, and hope.

Modalities: 

We’ll rely on SEVEN PILLARS to support your relationship:

1. The Gottman Approach

2. Nonviolent Communication (NVC)

3. Internal Family Systems (IFS)

4. Create Awareness, Intentional Choice & Solution Focused

5. Holistic Approach

6. Emotion Focused Therapy

7. Trauma & Compassion Informed Care

1. The renowned Gottman Approach with more than 45+ years of research on relationships, and clinical work with couples, families, and individuals. We create custom couples retreats that integrate Gottman findings from the thorough Gottman Connect Check-Up Assessment. You will learn research-based skills that will dramatically improve the intimacy and friendship in your relationship and help you manage conflict in a healthy, positive way.

2. Compassionate Communication or Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a process of communication created by Marshall B. Rosenberg that allows us to connect with others in a more compassionate and empathetic way. NVC brings to surface the importance of language in our everyday interactions and calls us to make conscious responses to others based on perceptions, feelings, and needs.

3. Internal Family Systems (IFS) subscribes to the notion that human beings grow and have the capacity to transform, both internally and in relationships. (IFS) reminds us to be curious, calm, and much more attuned to our own internal experience and tune into each other’s true intentions resulting in healthy attachments to self and others.

4. Solution Focused helps us listen with more compassion. We are more likely to create awareness and hear the feelings and the needs behind what someone is saying. We’re more likely to see those needs as being understandable and reasonable, and not at all in competition with our own. When we have understanding and empathy, compromise and collaboration becomes easier creating opportunities for intentional choices and solutions for all involved.

5. Holistic Counseling is a process that will help you explore and identify the changes all parties want to make even if you are unsure of what you want. In collaboration, partners will explore, define and concretize the needs and desires of all partners and the relationship. You will learn how to recognize and communicate honestly on your own while holding space for your partner to do the same. Holistic Therapy incorporates Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT),

6. Emotion Focused Therapy is a therapeutic approach based on the premise that emotions are key to identity, individual choice, and decision making. This type of therapy assumes that lacking emotional awareness or avoiding unpleasant emotions can cause harm which may render us unable to use the important information emotions provide. (EFT) takes a compassionate, non-judgmental, and reflective approach to listening and questioning and draws from (CBT) and Gestalt.

Gottman Love Lab Assessment & GOTTMAN CONNECT

The Gottman Love Lab has gained worldwide recognition for John Gottman’s breakthrough research on marital stability and divorce prediction. He has video recorded and studied over 3,000 couples, some for as long as 20 years. The revolutionary couples research lab, first opened in 1986 at the University of Washington, has been reimagined in downtown Seattle for the high-tech modern age.

Marathon Couples Therapy starts with an assessment. When we meet, we’ll talk about how you see your relationship right now. We’ll discuss your relationship and conduct an initial intake.

Then after that, we’ll help you identify areas of continuing disagreements in your relationship.

Based on all of this information, along with your responses to a comprehensive relationship questionnaire, we’ll do a mathematical analysis of your interaction patterns to simulate what your relationship will look like over time and many interventions to facilitate positive change.

Dr. Mahaney will walk you through the findings and what they mean, and will explain to you the specific changes you can make to generate the most effective improvements in your relationship.

At the conclusion of your work with South Tampa Therapy, you will receive an extensive report outlining all of the interpreted data. This report is an amazing tool to be able to give in-depth insight into how to best support you to maintain the progress you have made.

Marathon Couples Therapy

Marathon Couples Therapy is offered either for one day or for three-four consecutive days for 2 1/2 hours to six hours a day depending on needs. In most cases, we recommend a three-day marathon that may be grouped together or spaced out. A one-day marathon is appropriate for couples seeking preventative care, couples with a solid relationship that have some minor issues to work out, and couples interested in premarital preparation.

You will have time to talk in depth about the struggles and challenges of the relationship that simply cannot happen in the tradition style of couples therapy. There is time to process past injuries that have never healed, and time to understand how these injuries have impacted the relationship. There is time to learn and practice new communication skills to help you have more productive conversations. There’s time to rebuild.

Dr. Elizabeth Mahaney will provide an environment of safety for both partners. You will be treated with dignity and respect, without judgment, throughout the process. Couples who have experienced this form of therapy usually describe it as life-changing and transformative.

Marathon Couples Therapy offers some practical benefits as well. It’s a good fit for couples who want intensive therapy. It’s also a good fit for couples whose schedules do not allow for consistent weekly therapy sessions. And finally, it’s a great fit for couples who need to get help immediately.

It is important, however, that you also understand the risks involved. Despite the “nuts and bolts” approach of this method, the Marathon Couples Therapy format may move you more quickly and intensely into the areas of difficulty to be addressed. Therefore, you and/or your partner may experience uncomfortable feelings. Therapy may also involve recalling unpleasant aspects of your history together and/or individually.

Customizable Gottman Marathon Counseling and Intensive Therapy Session Topics and Programs:

• GOTTMAN CONNECT CHECK-UP ASSESSMENT

• COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION (NVC)

• THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES FOR MAKING MARRIAGE WORK

• LOVING AND CONNECTING

• BRINGING BABY HOME

• PARENTING AND EMOTION COACHING

• TREATING TRAUMA AND AFFAIRS

• COUPLES AND ADDICTION RECOVERY

• GOTTSEX THERAPY

• EIGHT DATES CHALLENGE

• 30 DAYS TO A BETTER RELATIONSHIP

• Among many other issues…

Please reach out if you are interested in GOTTMAN MARATHON COUPLES COUNSELING and INTENSIVE THERAPY.

You may book an appointment HERE and select ADD ON TIME AS NEEDED.

Or text Dr. Mahaney directly #813-240-3237 if you would like a more comprehensive in-depth and intensive approach. There are a range of price options for Marathon Therapy:

Here are a few of our more popular program examples:

• One Marathon Session 2 1/2 hours $510 Book Online

• Two Day Program: $1,250 Each Day/ Total $2500 (Call/ Text to Customize Schedule)

  • Day 1: Clinical Intake, Love Lab Inventories, Gottman Connect & Assessments

  • Day 2: Marathon Therapy Sessions

• Four Day Program: $1,250 Each Day/ Total $5000 (Call to Schedule)

  • Day 1: Clinical Intake, Love Lab Inventories, Gottman Connect & Assessments

  • Day 2 to 4: Marathon Therapy Sessions

Interested in making this a COUPLES THERAPY Retreats?

Let us help you plan your customized retreat including:

Accommodations

Romantic Restaurants

Day Trips, Fun Adventures, Excursions, Experiences

Spa Reservations

And much much more…

Dr. Elizabeth Mahaney will discuss options with you to best fit your needs. #813-240-3237

A deposit of 50% is required at the point of reservation and the remaining payment is due before the time of your appointment. Payment arrangements are made with our Clinical Administrator. Credit card payment can be completed online or over the phone.