Can you really transform a relationship in just two days? This is a question I am often asked…

When people began asking me if I worked with couples I started to invite partners to therapy too, to find out if there was a possibility to save their marriage.

I developed a two days intensive and began inviting couples to Buitenplaats Vaeshartelt for two days of intensive work with me to see if we could save their marriage. This became known as my Happy Couple’s Intensive…

A two-day intervention for couples on the brink of collapse, where we would spend two full days doing deep, life-changing work.

At the end, we would decide together whether they were back on track or splitting up.

I’m pleased to say that this approach, the Happy Couple Intensive, helped to save most of these marriages or partnerships. During this journey, this process, I realized I took what worked. These tools and principles formed the basis of my specific approach in the Happy Couple Intensive—the approach to couples therapy I still practice today. I just love to build bridges.

For that reason, Happy Couple’s Intensives are very close to my heart. What I’ve seen them do for my clients over the last years and what they’ve done for my practice is deeply moving and humbling.

Working with a couple in this way is like several months of therapy condensed into two days. The results are accelerated and amplified. It’s rewarding, inspiring, and motivating all at once.

To me it doesn’t feel like work, I go on a journey with the couple. Open, guiding, listening, connecting. It is open, divers, multicultural and I see people from all over the world.  Carefully prepared and respectful to both partners and their stories.

And one important tip: if you are in a discussion and you feel the tension is rising, break the circle of bickering by saying: I am going to get a cup of coffee, do you want one too?

Contact me if you feel you are ready for this approach and let’s start building the bridge.