Sometimes you burn out do weekly couples therapy.
We understand and we found a better way.
And that way works best for a particular kind of couple.
Why Work With Us
Better therapy – closer team
Do you love your private practice but want to change the way you support couples? This part-time opportunity is offered only to clinicians with a proven track record of having trained in and have experience in couples therapy. You must have your own office and already be in private practice. We augment, not compete with, your own successful practice. Join us.
What We Offer
Working With Us
We offer private intensives—16 hours over two days and one evening—for highly motivated couples ready for real, lasting change. That’s one couple, one weekend, at a comparable rate to seeing 16–32 weekly clients.
We’re looking for seasoned, private practice professionals who value deep clinical work and want to collaborate with other exceptionally skilled therapists—while maintaining full independence.
Our clients are often high-achieving, emotionally intelligent, and used to solving hard problems everywhere but at home. They expect honesty, nuance, and top-tier clinical skill. We do not accept interns or pre-licensed professionals.
Weekend rates are competitive depending on your graduate degree. Our admin team handles all billing and payment, so you can focus on the work.
We don’t compete with your private practice
We offer a few couples therapists a chance to hone their skills in a safe, supportive environment.
We aren’t a referral service or online-only service with hundreds of providers on our “panel.”
Founded by a clinical psychologist, we hire carefully and focus on retention, fit, and those interested in advancing their skills, regardless of attainment.
At a glance:
- Twenty hours each year of ongoing advanced training devoted exclusively to couples
- Monthly clinical case presentations with advanced couples therapists and Master trainers
- Access to Discernment Counseling training and certification at no charge
- Billing, booking, screening, and scheduling for every intensive couples therapy you conduct
- National and international reach to promote your clinical skills as a professional specializing in couples therapy
- Training on a unique diagnostic tool used to assess your couples relationship
- Peer contact, collaboration, and support from some of the most advanced practitioners in the field
Couples Therapy Intensive Retreat Weekend
Our intensives typically run Friday evening through Sunday, though midweek schedules are also available with some clinicians.
Day 1 (Friday, 6–8 PM) Initial warm-up and in-person assessment • Review of the BIG BIG Book © • Structured oral history interview • Clarifying core concerns
Day 2 (Saturday, 9:30–4:30) • Communication videotaping • Individual sessions • Feedback and treatment planning • Beginning therapy
Day 3 (Sunday, 9:30–4:30) • Full-day therapy • Flexibly guided by the couple’s evolving needs
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Support + Assessment Tools
Every couple completes the BIG BIG Book ©, a structured intake that gives you deep insight into their dynamics before the first session. You’ll receive one-on-one training in how to use it effectively.
We provide mentorship, clinical support, and consultation—so you’re never alone in your work, even as you maintain your independence.
Does this sound like a team you would like to join?
Reach out to us!
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Does this sound like a team you would like to join? Reach out to us!
Send Me More Info
You bring the skill.
We bring the structure.
Together, we help couples change their lives.
What Our Therapists Say
We have asked a few of our team to comment on what it is like working in this format and for this company. Here are their thoughts.
Havi Kligfeld
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
“Couples Therapy Inc. has transformed my career – this is not an overstatement…”
“I was a therapist with solid clinical skills but poor business skills and little desire to learn about marketing and how to find, let alone sell myself to prospective clients. Being part of this team allowed me to expand my practice and expertise in several key ways:
First, it taught me a new way of working with couples- the intensive weekend. Working intensively has been one of the most exciting shifts in my career. The longer session format helped me deepen my work with couples, which impacted how I approach my weekly couples as well. While I was nervous at first to spend such long days with couples, I’ve come to understand that the momentum of the time we spend together has the potential to lead to great shifts in intimate relationships. I now approach these weekends with excitement, and they are my preferred way of working with couples.
Second, I feel honored to be part of a stellar team of therapists. We meet monthly, and while I work alone in my office, I get an opportunity to branch out and learn from my teammates each month. Being part of this team has meant support, increased knowledge, and overall professional growth.
Third, the marketing that Couples Therapy Inc has mastered has benefited my private practice, as well. People find me online in various ways, but being part of this group escalates my online exposure significantly and helps prospective clients understand me better and how I work. I believe that being part of this team also elevates and legitimizes the narrative of my skill set and helps couples feel safer in choosing me as a therapist.
Overall, this experience of working with CTI has been a boom to my career. I feel so fortunate to get to be part of this team and to be able to earn a wonderful income while doing the work I love.”
Catherine Pfuntner
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
“I thought the job posting was a scam. It was just too good to be true. But it’s not. It was my dream…”
“Imagine this:
Being on a team of couples therapists where everyone has advanced clinical training and experience in at least one couples therapy model to provide exceptional couples therapy.
Getting to be around a group of not just incredibly skilled clinicians, subject matter experts in a variety of specialties, but also who are just really nice people.
Clinicians with the sound ethical compass of systemic therapists.
Feeling excited to see couples who are so motivated to do the work, clients who have read up on the different therapies, the different clinicians, and by the time you do your “meet and greet” with them, they are ready to pay for an entire weekend with you.
Being able to learn so much about a couple from their assessments before you even sit down with them for a session.
Having their undivided attention to dive so deeply into the therapeutic work for a 3-day intensive, and getting to focus on just providing them the gold-standard of support.
Having the most professional and proficient administrative staff to ensure the marketing, platforms, scheduling, payments, referral process, the multitude of questions clients have are all handled.
And you get to focus on providing the best couples therapy your training and growth allow.
…And getting paid enough that you don’t need to become a burnt-out clinician risking clinical and ethical obligations to sustain yourself or your practice. And all it requires is advanced clinical training, commitment to becoming better than you were yesterday, and meeting up with an awesome team of professionals who teach each other once a month.
I thought the job posting was a scam. It was too good to be true. But it’s not. It was my dream, and I found it with CTI. I cannot imagine a better place to be a couples therapist.”
Our Client
We select our clients carefully
Highly effective, intensive couples therapy is not for everyone.
Sometimes a couple that is looking to schedule an intensive needs to be referred for other services. If there is a history of domestic violence, ongoing drug or alcohol addiction or untreated mental illness we do not recommend scheduling an intensive until after those concerns are addressed.
Their call with our client services team is intended to ensure that our services are a good fit for your client. You are provided detailed notes of their call. A second call, speaking directly to you, allows for you to make a final assessment of fit and discuss their issues and your approach.
