One Afternoon Can Change the
Entire Direction of
Your Relationship.
Four focused hours with one goal: getting the two of you unstuck. In person at my office in Temecula, CA.
Janine Piernas, LMFT 105849 · Over 15 years of experience working with couples · Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy
Not a Shortcut.
An Accelerator.
Weekly therapy is powerful. But sometimes the pace is too slow for where you are. You need more than 50 minutes once a week. You need a full day where the only focus is your relationship.
A couples intensive in Temecula, CA gives you four focused hours together with a licensed therapist. Individual sessions with each partner. Joint skill building. A personalized roadmap you leave with. In one afternoon you can cover ground that often takes weeks of weekly sessions to reach.
Couples intensives start at $1,500. The affair recovery intensive, for couples in the first weeks after infidelity, is $2,000.
Not because we rush. Because we finally have the time and space to actually get there.
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Four Hours.
Four Distinct Phases.
Every intensive follows a structured four-phase process designed to get beneath the surface conflict and build something real.
The Intensive Works Well If...
Couples come to intensives from very different starting points. Here are the most common.
When an Intensive Is Not the Right Fit Yet
An intensive asks a lot of both partners. It is usually not the right first step if:
- An affair is still ongoing and has not ended.
- There is violence, threats, or either partner feels afraid of the other.
- Active substance use is not yet being addressed.
- One partner has already decided to leave. The Clarity Session may fit better.
If any of these are true for you, the free consultation is still the right place to start. We will talk through what will actually help.
Three Ways to Do the Work.
Every option is built around the same focused four-hour core. The difference is how much follow-up support carries you afterward. All private pay. A 50% deposit reserves your date, balance due day of, Zelle accepted.
The Package is the option I recommend most. The intensive creates the breakthrough. The follow-up sessions are what make it last.
What It Costs. And What Waiting Costs.
Most couples wait six years before they ask for help. In those years the resentment compounds and the distance hardens. So the real question is not what an intensive costs. It is what staying exactly where you are is already costing you.
A four hour intensive is $1,500, about the price of six weekly sessions, with all of that time focused into one day.
You are not paying for four hours. You are paying for the compression.
Therapy is not the expensive part. Staying stuck is. The sleepless nights, the silences your kids absorb at the dinner table, the life you keep postponing, that has a price too. It is just one you have gotten used to paying.
Book Your Free Consultation50% deposit reserves your date · Balance due day of · Zelle accepted · Not covered by insurance
Stop waiting for things to get better on their own. The free consultation is always the first step. 30 minutes. An honest conversation. No commitment until you are ready.
There Is a Path Through This.
It Does Not Have to Be the End.
The immediate aftermath of an affair is unlike anything else. Your nervous system is in crisis. You cannot think clearly. Waiting a week between sessions is too long right now.
The affair recovery intensive is a concentrated two-week program designed specifically for this moment. Four hours of intensive work plus two follow-up sessions within two weeks so you are never left alone in the hardest stretch.
Can a marriage survive an affair? Yes. Not always. Not without real work. But more often than most people believe when they are sitting in the worst of it.
What Couples Say About Working With Janine.
If you are looking for couples therapy, look no further. Janine provides a transformative experience for couples through her intensives, offering not just insight, but real tools that empower partners to reconnect and heal.
Janine is so patient, compassionate, and helpful. I've been to many different therapists throughout my life, and she is hands down the best. She listens and always has helpful insight. She literally saved our relationship! We would highly recommend her!
Janine was very instrumental in giving us tools to help us with communicating effectively and guiding us in a direction to save our marriage ❤️
We've seen progress in our relationship and we couldn't be more grateful. Highly recommend!
Questions About Intensives.
Honest answers before you book.
