Colorado Couples Intensives
Chad Stiles, PhD, LMFT provides private couples therapy intensives for eligible couples in Colorado. You can explore virtual treatment or an individually arranged private in-person intensive within the state.
When you can describe the disagreement but still cannot change what happens next, protected clinical time can create room to examine the pattern together. The focus is on the interaction between you, including the emotions and protective responses that keep an argument moving or bring a conversation to a halt.
Colorado MFT License #MFT.0003103
Schedule a Free 15-Minute Fit ConsultationProtected Clinical Time
An intensive is concentrated couples psychotherapy with time to clarify what brings you in, follow a difficult interaction more closely, and practice responding differently. Chad’s relational and systemic orientation keeps the work focused on the relationship pattern rather than choosing a side.
More time for the pattern, not just the argument. This means looking beyond the most recent disagreement to how each partner responds to hurt, uncertainty, or disconnection. Time for pacing and regulation is part of treatment, rather than an interruption to it.
Weekly therapy and intensive therapy serve different needs. A concentrated format may be worth considering when continuity is important or scheduling weekly appointments is difficult. It does not replace an individual clinical assessment or promise a particular result.
About Chad and his clinical approachVirtual Care
Virtual intensives may be available to eligible clients physically located in Colorado at the time of service. Chad confirms the applicable licensure requirements and each partner’s treatment location during the fit process. A Colorado home address alone does not establish eligibility.
$2,000
A relatively defined pattern, recurring conversation, or focused relationship goal may be appropriate for one day. This format allows sustained attention to a specific concern without assuming that every couple needs a second day.
Explore the one-day virtual format$3,500
Longstanding or interconnected concerns may call for additional time to explore reactions, regulate, practice, and integrate the work. Two days is considered according to the clinical needs, rather than treated as an automatically better option.
Explore the two-day virtual formatIndividually Arranged Care
Two-Day Private In-Person Couples Intensive
$6,000
Private in-person intensives may be arranged within Colorado. The treatment setting is selected individually for clinical appropriateness, privacy, availability, and scheduling. A general location is discussed first; the specific setting is arranged for your intensive rather than selected from a permanent office network.
The $6,000 fee covers the clinical intensive. Therapist travel and location expenses may apply depending on where the intensive is held and are discussed and agreed upon before scheduling.
You arrange and pay for your own lodging, transportation, airfare or driving costs, meals, recreation, hospitality, and other personal travel expenses. These are separate from the clinical fee, and Chad does not book personal travel for you.
The setting supports the work; it is not the treatment. Choosing an area does not confirm the availability of a suitable treatment space or dates.
Rates and BookingWhen an Intensive May Help
You may recognize a pursue/withdraw cycle: one partner seeks a conversation while the other pulls back, and both end up feeling less understood. Recurring arguments, communication breakdowns, and emotional disconnection can be reasons to discuss whether concentrated work fits.
Trust ruptures or betrayal, trauma-related relationship patterns, and multiple interconnected concerns may also be brought to the consultation. Understanding a pattern intellectually does not always make a different response available in the moment. The intensive offers time to practice, with no guarantee of improvement.
How intensives help with relationship patternsThe Clinical Process
The sequence is a guide, not a rigid agenda. Exact pacing varies with clinical needs, safety, regulation, and what emerges between you. Chad may return to an earlier concern rather than push ahead simply to finish a list.
Clinical Fit
Clinical fit comes before choosing a format. Active or recent interpersonal violence, coercive control, intimidation or threats, severe instability, untreated substance-use concerns that interfere with safe participation, or a situation where either partner cannot speak freely are not appropriate for couples intensive work. A consultation does not guarantee acceptance.
Privacy and Discretion
The intensive is private to your couple, with no groups or shared programming. Couples with demanding professional, leadership, community, or public-facing roles may have particular privacy concerns. Care remains available to any clinically appropriate couple. Discretion is considered within the standard legal and ethical limits to psychotherapy confidentiality.
Do not send protected health information or sensitive clinical details through standard email or scheduling notes. Discuss privacy questions during the fit consultation.
In-Person Planning
Couples should not make nonrefundable travel arrangements until the treatment location and dates have been confirmed.
Review Locations and in-person arrangementsQuestions Before Beginning
Raise this before scheduling. The relevant location is where each partner will physically be during treatment, not simply where the couple lives. Chad must confirm that the applicable licensure and clinical requirements can be met.
No. Describe the concerns and practical constraints during the fit consultation. The clinical focus, location requirements, and availability help determine an appropriate format.
Weekly therapy and intensive therapy serve different needs. Next steps are considered individually. With appropriate client authorization, coordination with an established provider may be considered to support continuity.
For more on eligibility, payment, and preparation, read the couples intensive FAQ.
Getting Started
You do not need to decide the format before the consultation. A free 15-minute conversation with Chad is the first step toward understanding clinical fit, timing, and what is feasible in Colorado.
Schedule a Free 15-Minute Fit Consultation