Say Goodbye to Couples Sessions That Go Nowhere...
While working a fraction of the time, having more job satisfaction,
and making more money than you ever thought possible
Does this sound familiar? It’s the end of the session and you’ve just barely started making progress.
Your couple leaves in the middle of getting their hearts ripped open, and you know they’re headed for another week of feeling stuck, in crisis, arguing, and triggering each other.
You're left wondering,
“Did I help them at all?” and
“Why am I so exhausted?”
If you see the same conflicts week after week, couples are still having the same conflicts, couples still recycle the same hurt feelings, and they still argue about sex, it’s no wonder you’re burned out.
Here’s the truth no one wants to admit: the current model of couples therapy is broken.
Not only that, it’s almost unethical.
When couples come to you, they’re in crisis. They don’t have months to wait for a resolution. But that’s exactly what the conventional therapy model of hourly (or even 45-minute) sessions offers…
A chance to stir things up just in time for you to say,
"We're out of time."
It leaves them – and you – frustrated.
And frustration isn't the worst of it. The worst of it is having clients quit before you’ve helped them. Or spending decades of your life feeling like an impostor while making less money than you’re worth.
Couples deserve more than that. And so do you.
It’s time for a new way of helping couples that gets you excited about your work again.
Introducing a therapy model that actually works
for you and your couples:
Couples Intensives
Learn to lead 2-day Couples Intensives to change your clients’ lives and YOUR life.
The most successful therapists know that client breakthroughs take time.
But it doesn’t have to take months or years.
It can happen in 2 days.
Because today’s busy couples are looking for something different.
WE BUILT COUPLES INTENSIVES FOR THERAPISTS AND RELATIONSHIP EXPERTS WHO NEED TO HELP THEIR CLIENTS NOW, WHILE MAKING MORE MONEY AND WORKING LESS
Get Everything You Need To Make A Pivot In Your Practice
Use the Developmental Model to lead 2-day Couples Intensives.
And get ongoing support in a community of top-tier therapists so you can be the best therapist your clients ever had (and the last one they’ll ever need).
Switch from frustrating short sessions to...
More Energy, Less Burnout
Forget cycling through back-to-back sessions every day. Intensives lead to exciting breakthroughs that make work fun and fulfilling.
More Income, Fewer Hours
We teach you how to position Couples Intensives in a way couples can understand. You'll be able to explain how they get fast results, and clients are willing to pay for that. You can charge $4,000-$8,000 for 2-days and couples understand the value.
More Results, More Referrals
When you learn the art of the Couples Intensives and creating a safe environment for couples to do deep work, it supports your reputation as a go-to expert.
More Freedom, Less Work
Hello three-day weekends! Whether you want to have more time off, work on other projects, or spend more time with family, Couples Intensives give you the freedom to control your schedule.
More Confidence, Less Doubt
The Developmental Model has given couples results for 35 years in over 70 countries. Now we’ve fashioned it into a brand new way of helping couples that’s revolutionizing the psychotherapy field.
“This is one of the best things I have ever done.”
Where do you want to be a few months from now?
It’s time to try something different.
The Couples Intensives Training is the fastest, most effective, and most satisfying way to fall in love with your work again.
Here’s What Therapists Are Saying…
“This is one of the best things I have ever done.”
“I see couples falling in love again.”
Testimonials
It’s time to try something different.
Where would you rather be a few months from now?
Feeling drained by short sessions that end at exactly the wrong moment? (And by making less money than you'd like.) Or proud of all you’ve accomplished with your clients and the new career path you’ve taken?
The Couples Intensives Training is the fastest, most effective, and most satisfying way to fall in love with your work again.
Do you want to enjoy your job, make a bigger impact, earn more money, have more free time, and be a part of something that’s changing the world?
This isn’t just another workshop. It’s your moment to revolutionize how you work with couples while boosting your income, your reputation, and your satisfaction.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO LEAD A COUPLES INTENSIVE
Day 1
A Proven Roadmap from Start to Finish
You’ll learn the exact structure of an intensive, from consultation call to goodbye handshake – or hug. You’ll see how each phase builds upon the previous one to create a transformative experience for couples in 2 days. You’ll get our proven list of questions to ask on consultation calls so you can screen for dream clients and two binders full of materials that tell you what to do, when.
Handouts that Do the Heavy Lifting
You’ll get the sequence and handouts for a successful 2-Day Intensive. You’ll see the binder of materials that will guide you as well as the binder of handouts you can send couples home with.
The Initial Consult
Through a live demonstration, you’ll get specific talking points to guide new and existing clients to sign up for an Intensive. From initial consultation to commitment and preparing for the first day, you’ll get the step by step process to confidently get started.
Handling Questions and Objections
Learn what to say if you’re asked tough questions like “Is there a guarantee?” With demonstrations and roleplays, you’ll be ready to handle anything.
Day 2
INTAKE QUESTIONNAIRES
Watch a video of Dr. Ellyn Bader reviewing the intake questionnaire (the
same one you’ll get!) with a couple. You’ll learn the ins and outs of a successful consultation.
Setting the Tone Before You Start
Own Your Role as a Leader
We’ll cover the qualities of leadership that are crucial in an intensive. You’ll discover how to establish your role as a confident expert so couples feel like they’re finally getting the help they want.
Day 3
Charge What You’re Worth
How to Market so Couples Come to You
How to Pivot Your Practice: Follow-ups and Mini-Intensives
Empathy and insight are not enough to facilitate significant change.
That’s why we teach you to go beyond empathy and insight.
You’ll get the skills to become a strong leader who can confidently guide your couples to big, lasting change.
Therapy is an art, meaning no two Intensives will be the same.
We’ll show you the exact steps to lead a Couples Intensive, and how to pivot based on whatever comes up.
Testimonials
Therapists who have taken this workshop have fallen in love with the Couples Intensive Model.
It’s possible for you too.
Imagine what it would be like to…
- Steer your couples toward rapid transformation that sticks
- Get referrals from our network and from happy clients
- Feel confident in your skills and have the time it takes to create change
- Comfortably handle conversations about pricing and earn more money than before
- Have more energy and enthusiasm about your work
- Reduce your workload and increase control of your schedule
- Reconnect with enthusiasm and energy for this work
What’s Included?
Binder For Therapists
A Ticket to the Virtual Couples Intensives Training
Join us virtually for three half-days of transformative training. Get ready for an unforgettable experience that will change your life.
Binder For Couples
You’ll get a sample binder, filled with the exact handouts we use with our couples – perfectly sequenced, highly organized, and ready to use. You’ll also get a complete PDF set to print for every Intensive. This binder of handouts eliminates the guesswork and lets you focus on making the magic happen. The best part? Couples love taking this binder home as a “therapist in their pocket” so they can practice their new skills without calling you for emergency sessions.
Virtual Follow-Up Sessions
You’ll get 3 virtual follow-up sessions to give you guidance where you need it most: navigating the challenges of running Intensives, building confidence in your consultations, attracting clients who are an easy yes, or de-briefing after your first (or tenth) Intensive.
Ongoing Support From the Facilitators & Community
Forget one-and-done trainings. You’re stepping into a long term supportive community of relationship experts who have been where you are and are excited to share what works. Plus, your trainers are available to answer questions long after the training wraps.
You can be the catalyst for a deeper level of healing than your clients ever thought possible
Which makes this training quite possibly the best investment of your career.
With Couples Intensives, you deliver deep healing and learn how to create another revenue stream in your practice.
Want numbers?
Our graduates typically charge between $4,000-8,000 per intensive. One therapist in New York charges $12,000. So by the time you’ve done 5 Couples Intensives, you could earn up to $30,000 (or more depending on your location).
Adding a second stream of revenue to your practice gives you an opportunity to serve clients on a deeper level AND stop being limited by hourly rates. Your trainer Lori Weisman got 12 requests for Couples Intensives this month alone!
Now that’s real income and real freedom.
You can even use Couples Intensives to work fewer days per week. And you have the option to offer follow-up sessions or refer couples out to our built-in community for ongoing support from trusted therapists.
Are couples willing to pay $4,000 and up for an Intensive?
Yes, and here’s why. Couples can pay at least that much in 4-6 months of weekly therapy, without getting anywhere near the same progress. But when given the option of taking two days versus six months (or more) for an experience that will revolutionize their relationship, it’s a no-brainer for many couples.
Couples are looking to Intensives, for results in record time.
This is why you can — and should — charge more.
Many couples say they learned more in two days than they ever did from their last therapist.
You’ll be offering them the chance of a lifetime to work through what could be the biggest challenge of their relationship. Ask any couple and they’ll tell you it’s worth it to feel hope that their relationship will survive.
Meet the therapist who pioneered couples therapy in the 1980s and has revolutionized the field again with Couples Intensives:
Dr. Ellyn Bader
Psychotherapist, Co-Creator of The Couples Institute® and Creator of The Developmental Model
Dr. Ellyn Bader is one of the early founders of “couples therapy,” as well as a recognized thought leader and trailblazer in relationship therapy worldwide. Ellyn co-created “The Developmental Model,” a revolutionary approach that is highly adaptable to the complex needs of two people growing, changing, and staying connected in a relationship. The model has deeply influenced the therapeutic world and is currently used in more than 70 countries. It is taught by many graduate programs using her award-winning textbook In Quest of the Mythical Mate, which has been reprinted more than 20 times.
Ellyn co-founded The Couples Institute® (1984) and co-authored Tell Me No Lies (2001) with her husband Dr. Peter Pearson. She has been a trusted resource for TV, radio, podcast, and print publications, appearing on Nightline, CBS This Morning, Today Show, Good Morning America, and numerous NPR programs; also in O Magazine, Cosmopolitan, and more than 70 others.
Ellyn is joined by the successful therapist who turned the Developmental Model into a winning curriculum for Couples Intensives.
Lori Weisman
Psychotherapist and Co-Creator
of the Couples Intensives Training
Lori is passionate about training therapists to learn this model and has partnered with Ellyn Bader to offer this world class training.
The Wall Street Journal called our
Couples Intensives a process that can
“Fix your marriage in 16 hours.”
You’ll also get training from these specialists
Monte Bertolino
Marketing Consultant Monte is the Launch Manager for the Couples Institute and works with entrepreneurs from startups to seven-figure businesses. She’ll help you get known for offering Couples Intensives no matter where you are in your marketing journey. You’ll learn how to make a name for yourself and to find your ideal clients using free channels and paid advertising based on your team and budget.
Molly Pearson
Expert copywriter Molly has generated millions of dollars in revenue for her clients. Not only will you get ready-to-go Couples Intensives copy for your website, she’ll provide copy guidance so you can speak directly to your ideal client and get booked with as many Couples Intensives as you want.
Breakthroughs don’t happen by chance. They happen when you…
- Follow a proven, reliable process that works every time
- Create uninterrupted time to dig deep
- Give couples communication tools they can use for life (not just “feel-good” exercises that fade away)
- Leverage the latest neuroscience to guide couples through tricky territory like addiction, affairs, or long term resentment
- Get to the root of their struggles instead of just treating the complaints
- Guide them toward new habits and patterns, supported by the personalized binder you give them.
Testimonials
The Next Virtual Intensive Training is July 21 - 23, 11am - 3pm Pacific Time.
The Next Virtual Intensive Training is
July 21 - 23, 11am - 3pm Pacific Time.
The Next Virtual Intensives Training is
July 21 - 23, 11am - 3pm Pacific Time.
The investment for the Intensives Training Package is $8,995.
There are 4 payment options:
- Payment of $8,995 in full
- $1,000 Deposit, and balance of $7,995 due by June 21, 2025
- 5 Payments of $1,800/mo (Available until May 1, 2025)
- 9 Payments of $1,000/mo (Available until April 3, 2025)
Questions? Email lori@loriweisman.com
When you enroll today, you’ll get 2 bonuses we’ve never offered before…
Here are the requirements for enrolling:
- Completion of 1 year of the Developmental Model training program OR
- 5+ years of experience working with 3 or more couples per week and completion of The Change Lab: Immediate Impact with the Initiator-Inquirer.
- Have attended the Psychotherapy Networker 1-day Intensive training with Ellyn and Lori
Contact us for any other exceptions. We want to be sure you can maximize your investment after completing the training program! Apply Here to see if you're eligible.
BONUS 1:
Go Behind-The-Scenes as Ellyn and Lori Work Intensively with a Real Couple
Imagine being a fly on the wall during a 2-day couples therapy intensive led by two of the field’s greatest minds…
You’ll get exclusive access to over 12 hours of a live intensive with Ellyn and Lori. This isn’t just training; it’s a front-row seat to mastery in action with a conflict-avoidant couple who struggled with 10 years of addiction.
Watch as Lori elegantly navigates every stage of the process: diffusing tension, fostering trust, addressing the unspoken, and facilitating massive breakthroughs.
Ellyn takes it even deeper, dissecting Lori’s techniques, revealing the “why” behind every intervention, and showing you exactly how to translate these moments into actionable skills for your own practice.
You’ll observe pivotal moments as they happen – the challenges, the pivots, and the breakthroughs. This isn’t just theory. It’s a front-row seat to transformation in its purest form. By the time you’re done, you won’t just know what’s possible – you’ll see exactly how to make it happen in your own work.
BONUS 2:
Lifetime Access of Live Trainings - For Free!
One of the most powerful aspects of this program is something almost no one else offers:
You’ll have the chance to rejoin our live training, over and over, for free, every time we offer it.
Feeling nervous about investing in yourself?
We get it.
Let’s review what you’re investing in and who this is designed for…
Change can feel scary. But sometimes, it’s exactly what you need to take your career – and your life – to the next level.
- Break free from the "hourly sessions only model." If you charge $200 per session, you could see 25 client hours – or earn the same amount - in ONE Couples Intensive
- Charge premium rates for the powerful results you deliver
- Escape burnout and regain control over your schedule
- Become the go-to therapist couples have heard about
- Fall back in love with your work knowing you’re helping couples step out of the blame game and communicate effectively
- Create the freedom to take more time off or work on your terms
Here’s the truth: the best decisions – the ones that change our lives – are the ones that make us uncomfortable. If you decide that learning Couples Intensives is a next right step for your career and want to take that leap, we’ll guide you every step of the way.
The Next Virtual Intensives Training is
July 21 - 23, 11am - 3pm Pacific Time.
The investment for the Intensives Training Package is $8,995.
There are 4 payment options:
- Payment of $8,995 in full
- $1,000 Deposit, and balance of $7,995 due by June 21, 2025
- 5 Payments of $1,800/mo (Available until May 1, 2025)
- 9 Payments of $1,000/mo (Available until April 3, 2025)
Questions? Email lori@loriweisman.com
Here's What Therapists Are Saying
“It’s so effective that I’m moving towards just doing this type of work.”
“You get months’ worth of
therapy done in 2 days.”
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Immediately. You’ll leave with everything – handouts, templates, scripts, practice, and two binders – to start booking your first Intensive right away. We’ll even show you how to turn existing clients into Intensive clients so you don’t have to market.
You bet. Couples aren’t paying for your time – they’re paying for the transformation. And an Intensive will completely change their lives — in just 2 days. Don’t worry. We’ll show you how to confidently stand behind your rates.
Both! Whether you are a therapist or a coach, you already have the skills – now you’ll have the structure to go with them.
Yes! Couples are done with dragging therapy out for years. They want results now. Your trainer Lori Weisman even got 12 requests for Couples Intensives this month alone! There’s more interest than we can handle, so we need more therapists with experience doing Intensives to keep up with the demand.
Actually, it’s surprisingly energizing. Without the pressure of fitting everything into a short session, you’ll feel more relaxed, connected, and effective. By the time you get to the second day, the connection in the room is palpable. That’s why Intensives are anything but exhausting. It’s a very fun way of working.
Yes. This workshop is based on the Developmental Model, so we require at least one year in the Level 1 Training Program.
However, we make exceptions for professionals who…
- Have 5+ years of experience as a therapist or coach working with 3 or more couples per week, or
- Complete The Change Lab: Immediate Impact with the Initiator-Inquirer
If you would like to be considered for an exception, you can Apply Here
Think of Level 1 as the foundation. The Couples Intensive Training takes that theory and turns it into a step-by-step 2-day offering. You’ll learn how to attract clients guide them through the right exercises in the right sequence so they can build trust, intimacy, communication skills, and experience a bigger shift than they ever could in a one- or two-hour session. We also bring in copywriting and marketing experts to support you after the training who will teach you how to position yourself and your website so couples will book you for Intensives. And you’ll get ongoing support for an entire year with the 3 virtual follow-up trainings and 6 months in the community membership.
You will get 3 virtual follow up sessions. In the first session you will meet with 2 experts on our team to offer marketing strategies and copy for your website to attract couples for Intensives.
In the second session you will be introduced to the private membership site, where you will get all the support you need from the facilitators and others offering Intensives. You’ll also find all handouts, videos, and an occasional Zoom visit from Ellyn and Lori.
You’ll never be left on your own. Our private community lets you connect with alumni for ongoing support. Your trainers Ellyn and Lori are also in the group and join in to answer questions. This is also a perfect place to find other quality therapists to refer clients to in the event that you don’t want to do follow-up sessions.
The starting rate for Couples Intensives is $4,000 and we’ve had therapists in New York City charge up to $12,000. Just one or two Intensives will cover the cost of this training – after that, it’s all profit.
We teach you exactly how to screen for the right clients. Couples dealing with untreated mental illness, domestic violence, or active addiction won’t benefit. Ideal couples, on the other hand, are those navigating issues like feeling like roommates, desire discrepancies, reconnecting after the kids left the house, or unresolved emotional triggers.
As part of your training, you’ll learn how to screen clients so you always work with couples who you can truly help.
We respect your privacy,