Marathon Couples Therapy is a dynamic alternative to traditional weekly sessions. It’s a condensed and focused approach to marriage or couples counseling that will provide you with the time you need to address specific issues and get your relationship back on track. In this powerful therapy format, you’ll meet with Elizabeth Mahaney, LMHC, MFT, NCC, Ph.D a highly trained and experienced therapist for either one day or three 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.

Gottman Love Lab Assessment

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.

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 consecutive days for six hours a day. In most cases, we recommend a three-day marathon. 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 like sadness, guilt, anxiety, anger, loneliness, and helplessness. Your therapy may also involve recalling unpleasant aspects of your history together and/or individually.

Please reach out if you are interested in MARATHON COUPLES THERAPY.

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

Or text Dr. Mahaney directly #813-240-3237