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Couples Intensives
Deep dive into your relationships most challenging issues and experience deeper connection
Couples Brainspotting IntensivesAs humans we are all in relationship one way or another each and everyday. We feel comforted in relationships and we also experience trauma in relationships. Most of us struggle with conflict in our relationships.
If you and your partner are feeling stuck, defeated and cannot communicate because you get triggered into a fight/ flight/shut down, a brainspotting intensive can help. Unresolved trauma and attachment wounding can wreak havoc on our partner relationships and we become so triggered that all the skills we may have or want to use go out the window. Katie Dolinsky, LMFT offers intensive sessions spanning over two or three days in order to provide highly motivated clients with a safe and supportive environment to work through their past trauma and relationship triggers in the most rapid and effective way possible. The couples intensive program is designed to provide clients with a tailored treatment plan to address their specific needs as individuals and as a couple.
Benefits of an intensive include: Customized treatment plan; Katie personalizes each treatment plan to ensure that it caters to the individual needs and goals of each client
Rapid progress; Intensive therapy sessions allow clients to work through trauma at a much faster pace then traditional therapy approaches, leading to faster healing and symptom relief.
Deep brain and body based healing through brainspotting; a powerful brain / body focused treatment method that identifies, processes and released deep neurophysiological and emotional trauma, negative self beliefs, problematic behaviors and performance blocks. Read more about brainspottings impact here.
What To Expect from a Couples Brainspotting Intensive
For two or three days, we will spend intentional time together doing deep therapy work. Each day will begin with either assessment, treatment planning or psychoeducation, followed by several hours of brainspotting for each partner. While brainspotting, both partners will be in the room; one partner will hold space and bear witness to the others processing, which is extremely powerful. Breaks will be factored in. A typical intensive timeline looks like a 9am - 5pm day.
Brainspotting intensives for couples help to achieve “co regulation”. Co-regulation is when someone feeling relaxed can basically "share their calm" with someone experiencing intense negative emotions. It's a warm, responsive, and empathetic way to support or even "coach" people through hard feelings to help them regulate their nervous system.
In couples work, we use co regulation as a way to help "re wire" our brains responses to our partner, and create a long lasting feeling of safety within the relational context, as well as learn how to stay connected through conflict.
Katie interweaves Imago, Brainspotting, Attachment theory, Polyvagal theory and Parts work and, when combined, allows the couple to nurture deep, meaningful, long-term connection. Through the process they will also develop skills for self-mastery through intentional connection.
Step 1
Thorough Intake and Assessment
Tailored treatment plan that is measurable and specific to your relationship and goals
Identify each of your top triggers sabotaging your relationship
Questionnaires to assess both partners symptoms and severity
Thorough timeline of traumatic experiences for both of you
Assess negative beliefs each of you have about yourself
List of positive resources and strengths for each of you
Step 2
Clear Your Traumas and Negative Belief Toward Self
Work one on one with Katie Dolinsky, LMFT and Certified Brainspotting Practitioner to release and clear experiences that have caused suffering
Experience profound healing by achieving deep brain regulation through Brainspotting, the most cutting edge and effective trauma therapy to date
Process and eliminate all negative and limiting self thoughts you have been programed to believe
Heal wounded parts of yourself with inner child and IFS parts work
Step 3
Expansion Brainspotting - Expanding and Manifesting
Recover lost parts of yourself
Strengthen positive beliefs about yourself
Connect to the truth of the goodness inherent in your soul through “Soul Spotting”
Expand desired states of being
Accomplish performance goals you have
Fast forward possibility of stepping in dreams you have for your life
Learn how to listen and respond to your partner when they are sharing challenging emotions or dreams
Discover self compassion and self love
Investment
While intensives are a greater up front investment, the cost is comparable or potentially less to doing weekly therapy sessions when you consider you may do the healing of 6 months worth of therapy in 3 days. Intensives can be an alternative to weekly or bi weekly therapy sessions, or can be combined with weekly talk therapy as a way to accelerate healing.
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2 hour assessment
10 hours of therapy (approx. 4.5 hours of brainspotting for each partner)
90 minute follow up therapy session
$2,645 total investment
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2 hour assessment
15 hours of therapy ( approx. 7 hours of brainspotting for each partner)
90 minute follow up after intensive
$3,645 total investment
Intensives can be done either in person or online ( if you live in Maine or Minnesota). In person is the preferred intensive set up. If you live outside of Maine, its a great place to visit! My office is located right outside of Portland and within 30 minutes of several other popular tourist spots, such as Freeport, Old Orchard Beach and Kennebunkport. Depending on the time of year, Maine has much to offer including beaches, seafood, camping and hiking opportunities, skiing and more. Make your couples intensive a week long vacation and enjoy the sites of Maine after your healing experience.
Please contact me for a free 20 minute consultation to see if a couples intensive is the right fit to help you and your relationship!
