Couples Intensive

10 hours. Lasting change.

Reconnect, Deepen, and Move Forward Together.

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Reconnect, Deepen, and Move Forward Together.

Looking to rebuild connection in your relationship without months of therapy?

Our Couples Intensive is a focused, results-driven experience designed to help you and your partner reconnect, improve communication, and create lasting change. This is a group setting in which you will recieve education as a group, but 1 on 1 time with a counselor to integrate during “break-outs.”

Why Choose a Couples Intensive?

Unlike traditional weekly therapy, a couples intensive allows you to accelerate progress in a short, structured format.

This Experience Is Designed To:

  • Accelerate Reconnection – move from disconnection to closeness more quickly
  • Create lasting change – address deeper relational patterns, not just surface issues
  • Provide a focused, meaningful experience for couples ready to grow

If you’re looking for real progress, not temporary relief, this intensive offers a powerful alternative.

Who This Couples Intensive Is For.

This experience is ideal for couples who want to strengthen their relationship and feel more connected.

You may benefit if you and your partner are:

  • Feeling more like roommates than romantic partners
  • Experiencing a disconnect you can’t seem to resolve
  • Wanting a deeper emotional connection, but your efforts haven’t worked
  • Feeling misunderstood, unseen, or emotionally distant
  • Communicating less or spending less quality time together
  • Sensing the relationship could decline without change
  • Exploring support options but unsure if traditional couples therapy is the right fit

Who This Is Not For.

To ensure the best outcomes for all participants, this couples intensive is not designed for:

  • High-conflict couples
  • Couples in immediate crisis or on the brink of separation
  • Situations where this is a last-ditch effort to save the relationship

What You’ll Gain From This Experience.

By participating in this couples intensive, you can expect to walk away with:

  • Clarity on why connection feels difficult right now
  • A stronger ability to understand your partner without taking things personally
  • Insight into your own relationship patterns and growth areas
  • Practical tools to become a more effective relationship advocate
  • Proven strategies to improve:
  • Being understood
  • Understanding and validating your partner

The Results: What Couples Experience.

By the end of the intensive, many couples report:

  • A renewed sense of connection and emotional closeness
  • Increased empathy and understanding
  • More productive and meaningful communication
  • A clearer, more confident path forward together

Get Started!

  • Where: Life Encounter Counseling, 7320 SW Hunziker Rd, Suite 204, Tigard, OR 97223
  • When: ENROLLING NOW! Email nathan@lifeencounter.com for questions!
  • Fee: $1,700 per Couple

Meet Your Intensive Counselors

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Nathan Hawkins

Licensed Professional Counselor

MA, CCTP, CH.t, LPC · Approved Clinical Supervisor

Areas of Experience: Anxiety, Depression, Relationship Concerns, Communication, Christian Counseling, Self-Esteem, Life Transitions, Trauma Recovery.

Learn more about Nathan Hawkins

Take the First Step

If you’re ready to move out of disconnection and into a stronger, more fulfilling relationship, this couples intensive can help.

How Our Counseling Works.

Our family and marriage counselors/therapists practice side by side supporting one another as needed to offer an extensive range of counseling awareness and fields of knowledge.

We want to be an appropriate resource to you on your journey. We want you to feel heard, respected, cared for and understood. So often times it seems that is all we need. We want you to know that we have the experience to deal with the very hardest obstacles in life. We are honored to serve!

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