Relationship Strategy Session
Clarity Before Commitment
You don’t have to know exactly what’s wrong, or what kind of help you need, to take the first step.
The Relationship Strategy Session is a 90 minute, clinician-led conversation designed to help you understand what’s actually happening in your relationship, why certain patterns keep repeating, and what kind of support will be most effective moving forward.
This is not a sales call.
It’s a professional assessment and guidance session.
Why Clarity Often Comes Before Change
Many individuals and couples have already tried therapy and left feeling stuck, not because they failed, but because the work lacked structure, sequencing, or a clear definition of success.
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When deeper patterns aren’t identified early - especially around trauma, attachment, stress, and intimacy - progress can feel slow or confusing.
The Relationship Strategy Session exists to address this problem directly by offering clarity before commitment.
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This session helps ensure that any next step you take is intentional, appropriate, and effective - rather than another attempt without direction.
Why Starting With a Strategy Session Matters
Beginning with a focused strategy session helps:
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Reduce guesswork about what kind of support you actually need
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Prevent one partner from feeling more invested than the other
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Identify barriers that could make couples work overwhelming or ineffective
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Create shared understanding instead of blame
Rather than committing time, money, and energy without a plan, this approach helps ensure that the work you choose has the highest likelihood of success.
What Happens After the Strategy Session
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The Strategy Session is designed to give you clarity - not to rush you into ongoing work.
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After the session, we’ll determine together whether the most responsible next step is:
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Our 6 Month Relationship Reset Program (for couples ready for structured, comprehensive work)
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Our 3 Month Relationship Readiness Intensive (if individual barriers need attention first)
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Or a different timing or level of support altogether​
This ensures that any work you choose is aligned with your needs, readiness, and goals.
The RISE Approach to Lasting Change
What to Expect
Whether you come in as an individual or with a partner, this work is intentional and structured, not performative or pressure-driven.
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Change often involves honest reflection, learning new ways of responding, and practicing skills that may feel unfamiliar at first.
At RISE, that process is guided carefully, with attention to safety, pacing, and readiness.
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During the session, we’ll look at:
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The patterns shaping conflict, distance, or shutdown
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How stress, attachment, trauma, or anxiety may be influencing connection
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Where communication breaks down and why
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Whether couples work, individual readiness work, or a different approach makes the most sense right now
Many couples report feeling relief simply from having their experience named clearly and coherently.
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Here’s how the process unfolds:
1. Clarify the problem
We identify the patterns beneath conflict, distance, or shutdown - so the focus shifts from blame to understanding.
2. Dismantle the barriers to connection
We address the emotional, relational, and nervous-system obstacles that make intimacy and communication feel unsafe or overwhelming.
3. Create lasting change
Through structured, evidence-based work, new skills and responses replace old cycles.
4. Build a secure, connected relationship
Connection becomes more stable, resilient, and sustainable - rather than fragile or effortful.
Session Details & Investment
Format
One private, 90 minute strategy session conducted online.
Focused, structured, and tailored to your specific relationship dynamics.
Investment
$450 for the session.
This reflects the depth of assessment, clinical expertise, and personalized guidance you’ll receive.
Who This Is For
This session is designed for individuals or couples who:
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Feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure what to do next
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Want professional clarity instead of more guessing
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Are ready to understand what’s actually getting in the way and what will help
Scheduling
Sessions are scheduled in advance to ensure focused, high-quality care and adequate preparation for each client.
To make the most of our time together, completion of a comprehensive diagnostic relationship assessment is required prior to the session. This allows us to enter the conversation with clarity and structure, so the session can be fully focused on insight, direction, and next steps.
No Pressure. Just Clarity.
This session is not about being sold to or pushed into a decision.
It’s about finally understanding what’s actually happening in your relationship.
Here’s what typically happens:
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Some couples gain clarity and feel ready to move forward quickly
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Others take time to reflect on what they learn
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Many feel immediate relief just knowing what the real issues are—and that they’re workable
All of those outcomes mean the session did its job.
The goal isn’t urgency.
The goal is clarity so that the next step you take is confident and intentional.