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Couples Therapy · Ontario
We offer traditional and intensive couples programs for couples wanting to make meaningful changes in their relationship. Sessions are tailored to your experiences, providing a safe, supportive space to improve your relationship, rebuild trust, and reconnect while honoring your story, identity, and journey.
The Format
Couples therapy at Trauma Care Psychology offers two formats depending on your needs. Weekly or biweekly sessions work best for partners who want steady, consistent support to improve their relationship over time, ideal for recurring conflicts, communication challenges, or emotional distance. Couples therapy intensives are specifically designed for couples who feel stuck, overwhelmed, hopeless, or disconnected and who are ready for meaningful, accelerated progress. These intensive sessions give partners the space, safety, and uninterrupted time needed to work on a deeper level through long-standing patterns, strengthen emotional connection, and create lasting change.
At a Glance
Formats
Half-Day, 1-Day, or 2-Day
Format
Both partners attend together
Delivery
Virtual across Ontario · In-person in Toronto
Approach
EFT, DBT, trauma-informed, and CBT as needed
Is This Right for You
Traditional weekly therapy can be helpful, but sometimes relationship challenges require deeper, more concentrated work. Intensives provide dedicated time to address core issues without the stop-and-start of weekly sessions, accelerated breakthroughs for attachment or trauma-related patterns, stabilization and clarity during high-conflict phases, and a structured, evidence-based plan tailored to your unique relationship.
An intensive may be a good fit if you:
Research on concentrated therapy formats suggests that couples who receive the same number of therapy hours grouped intensively at the start of treatment show larger positive effects and lower relapse rates than those who receive the same hours distributed weekly over time.
Intensives are also well-suited to couples who travel to Toronto specifically for treatment, or who prefer to do deep relational work away from the week-to-week rhythm of regular sessions.
Follow-up sessions are recommended after an intensive to consolidate progress. We typically suggest at least one session in the month following, and another at three months.
Book a Free Intro CallOur Formats
Each format is a self-contained intensive session. The right choice depends on what you are working on, how much time you have, and how deep you want to go. Our intake call will help you identify which format fits best.
Half-Day · 4 hours
Couples stuck on one specific issue who need a concentrated session to identify the root cause, de-escalate, and leave with a clear plan forward.
1 Day · 8 hours
Couples caught in repeating conflict patterns or emotional disconnection who need the time and space to explore emotional cycles, attachment, and long-standing hurts.
2 Days · 12 hours
Couples seeking deep, lasting change who want to repair attachment wounds, rebuild safety and intimacy, and leave with a detailed roadmap for the relationship going forward.
Core Focus Areas
Across all formats, the work is tailored to your specific relationship. The therapist draws from multiple evidence-based frameworks to address what is most relevant to your situation and goals.
Therapy Approaches
Intensives can be delivered using any of our couples therapy approaches, or an integrative blend. If your situation calls for a specific evidence-based protocol, that can be structured into the intensive format.
An integrative approach blending EFT, ACT, CBT, and DBT to help partners understand how trauma shapes their relationship patterns and rebuild safety, trust, and emotional connection together.
A structured, DBT-based program for couples experiencing frequent, intense conflict. Targets emotional reactivity, not just communication skills, across five stages over 12–20 sessions.
The SAGE program: a 12-session, DBT-informed protocol for couples where one partner has BPD. Reduces relationship crises, self-harm risk, and emotional dysregulation while strengthening the bond.
Cognitive-Behavioural Conjoint Therapy, the only evidence-based protocol specifically designed to treat PTSD within the couple. Reduces PTSD symptoms while improving relationship quality simultaneously.
Common Questions
Regular couples therapy typically involves weekly or biweekly 50-minute sessions. Intensives provide several hours or days of consecutive, uninterrupted work, giving couples the depth and continuity that weekly sessions often cannot. Many couples find that a full day or two in therapy moves them further than months of weekly appointments. Research supports this: concentrated early therapy hours tend to produce larger effects and lower relapse rates than the same hours distributed over time.
The Half-Day Focused Reset works best when there is one specific issue to address. The 1-Day Deeper Exploration suits couples stuck in repeating patterns or emotional disconnection. The 2-Day Relationship Transformation is the right choice when the goal is deep, lasting change across multiple areas of the relationship. If you are unsure which fits, that is completely normal. Our intake call will help you work that out before you commit to anything.
Yes, and many couples find this combination particularly effective. Intensives can complement ongoing therapy, provide a concentrated boost when progress has stalled, or serve as a standalone intervention. If you are working with another therapist, our clinician can coordinate as needed to make sure both approaches are working in the same direction.
The approach is tailored to the couple's specific history and goals, not applied from a template. We draw from Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), DBT-informed couples work, trauma-informed frameworks, and Cognitive-Behavioural approaches as appropriate. If you are already engaged in a specific program such as CBCT or SAGE, intensives can be incorporated into that existing structure.
Yes. Couples intensives are conjoint: both partners attend all sessions together. The work focuses on the dynamic between both partners, and meaningful change in that dynamic requires both people in the room. Some couples arrive feeling very differently about being there, and that is okay. The therapy makes space for where each person actually is.
Most extended health benefit plans cover sessions with registered psychologists and psychotherapists. We provide detailed receipts for all sessions to support reimbursement. If you are unsure what your plan covers, you are welcome to ask during your intake call and we will help you figure it out. Visit our Fees and Coverage page for full details.
Take the First Step
Our intake call will help clarify whether an intensive is the right fit, and which format makes sense for where you are right now.
Book an Intro CallVirtual & In-Person · Ontario
Getting Started
Get in touch by booking a call online with our intake coordinator or by completing the contact form. You can also email admin@traumacarepsychology.ca or call (647) 456-7500.
Complete a 20-minute intake call so we can determine the best therapist fit and treatment direction. Alternatively, browse our clinician directory and book a free 20-minute consultation directly with a clinician you feel is a good fit.
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