PRIVATE COUPLES INTENSIVES · BY APPLICATION
Stay with the conversation long enough to change it.
A private, co-led intensive for couples who are ready to stop restarting the same work every week. 2-5 Days starting at $8,000.
Licensed in California, Arizona, Hawaii & Nevada
Intensives from $8,000
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WHEN WEEKLY THERAPY IS NOT ENOUGH
You can be highly capable and still feel stuck with each other.
The pattern may be familiar: one conversation turns into the same argument, distance replaces warmth, or a rupture keeps shaping the present.
An intensive removes the weekly restart. You stay in the work long enough to understand what drives the cycle, practise a different response, and leave with clear agreements for what comes next.
TWO PRACTITIONERS, ONE RELATIONSHIP
Clinical depth. Lived resilience. No taking sides.
Christina Whitney, LMFT, MBA, and Lane Whitney, ASW, lead the work together. Two informed perspectives make it possible to notice more, hold both partners carefully, and work with the relationship rather than choosing a side.
Christina
Advanced relationship and trauma work, business experience, and clinical leadership.
Lane
Ten years in the fire service and the discipline of a former Division I athlete.
HOW IT WORKS
A clear four-step path, from first call through follow-up.
01 15-minute consultation
Having owned and run businesses, Christina understands risk, payroll, decisions that cannot wait, and the weight of being the one everyone looks to when something breaks.
03 The intensive
Two to five reserved days of structured work co-led by Christina and Lane, built around your relationship.
02 Private Intake
A deeper session maps your history, the pattern between you, and what the intensive needs to accomplish.
04 Follow up
Integration sessions, clear agreements, and practical tools help the work hold when ordinary life resumes.
A QUIETER WAY TO BEGIN
You do not need to decide everything today.
The first step is a brief conversation about what is happening, what you hope will change, and whether an intensive is the right fit.
QUESTIONS
Couples intensive questions
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Couples intensives are co-led by Christina Whitney, LMFT, MBA, and Lane Whitney, ASW. Lane brings ten years in the fire service and the discipline of a former Division I athlete to the work.
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A couples intensive is a deep-dive private therapy experience that helps partners reconnect emotionally, rebuild trust and move forward, usually across two to five days. It replaces months of weekly therapy with one focused container. Retreat formats run two, three, four or five days.
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Couples intensives and private retreats start at $8,000 for two days, with multi-day and travel formats priced above that. Investment is confirmed before anything is scheduled.
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Couples intensives and private retreats are held by telehealth, in person anywhere in California, Arizona, Hawaii, or Nevada, or as a retreat at a location you choose. Christina resides in California; travel to another location is available for additional costs, arranged in advance.
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No. Many couples are high-functioning and simply want a deeper bond, better communication, or resolution of something old that still shapes the relationship.
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Yes. Betrayal repair is a frequent reason couples apply, and the intensive format allows the disclosure, meaning-making and rebuilding steps to happen in sequence rather than being restarted every week.
APPLICATION
Not an open booking. Share what you're comfortable sharing; every application is reviewed privately and receives a direct reply when the work is a fit.
contact@northerncaliforniafamily.com
(530) 638-3811
A confidential conversation.
