Marathon Couples Therapy: When You Need More Than a Weekly Session

Extended Sessions Designed for Deeper Therapeutic Outcomes

If things in your relationship have felt a bit stuck, distant, conflictual or you are just wanting a fresh start together, MM’s marathon couples counselling can be a powerful way to reset. Instead of spreading things out over weeks and months, you are given dedicated and personalised treatment time (1-2 days, 8 hours a day) just the two of you and your MM Psychologist. The work is focused, uninterrupted time to reconnect, sort through what really matters, and make genuine progress, fast.

Deep Connection, Fast

In a standard one-hour therapy session, you often spend time catching up or revisiting last week’s issues. Marathon sessions with MM give you 8 hours a day of continuous focus, allowing you to:

  • dig deeper into the things that truly matter

  • create and maintain momentum 

  • less starting and stopping

  • reach meaningful change in a shorter time

Many MM couples say it feels like months of therapy in a single day.

Long Conversations, Big Breakthroughs

Some topics feel too big to try to squeeze into a standard one-hour session. Marathon sessions allow both partners the time and space they need to:

  • slow big topics down

  • understand each other’s perspectives

  • explore emotions without rushing

  • the ability to truly work through long-standing issues

The extended format helps both partners feel validated and less defensive.

Deep, Focused Support for Couples Ready for Change

Our MM marathon sessions follow a Gottman and EFT-informed process whereby you learn:

  • practical communication tools

  • steps to stop recurring arguments

  • ways to manage conflict without further hurting each other

  • skills for rebuilding trust and connection

Time and Space to Truly Hear Each Other

Marathon counselling can be particularly helpful if your relationship has:

  • constant or intensified conflict

  • emotional withdrawal

  • trust or infidelity issues

  • major life trauma 

  • repeated conflict about the same topics

The extra time helps get to the core of what’s happening rather than getting caught up in the small everyday bickering. 

Convenient for Couples

Many couples find it very challenging to find the time for regular weekly sessions. Marathon therapy allows you to commit to one or two intensive days instead of months of frequent appointments. 

  • helpful for working partners 

  • easier to arrange childcare

  • can book a weekend marathon 

  • book ahead at a time that works for you both

You can get the support you need without interrupting your weekly routine.

Walk Away With Real, Usable Tools and Skills

By the end of your MM marathon sessions, you’ll leave with:

  • a clearer more compassionate understanding of each other

  • personalised strategies for communication

  • specific tools to repair your conflict moments

  • personalised emotion regulation skills

  • steps to continue to reconnect emotionally

  • a shared plan for moving forward

You will have actively practiced these skills in the therapy room so you can both feel confident using them at home together. 

Your Relationship Deserves More 

If you have tried other therapy styles, or just want to prioritise your relationship and want:
✔ quicker progress
✔ deeper emotional understanding
✔ more clarity and connection
✔ a structured, effective approach

… Then we would recommend MM’s marathon-style couples therapy as it can be exactly what your relationship is needing. Marathon couples therapy can give your relationship the chance it deserves to reset, rebuild, and reconnect. 

By Carlie Kowald

Esther Pratten