Below are 5 facts about our couples intensive and a snapshot of our intensive facilitator.

Our 4-Hour Couples Intensive is designed for couples who need dedicated, uninterrupted time to address the heart of their challenges. Unlike traditional weekly sessions, this extended format allows you to move beyond surface-level conversations and begin making meaningful progress in a single, structured experience.
1Is a Couples Intensive Better Than Weekly Marriage Counseling?
Weekly therapy can be helpful, but sometimes it’s not enough. When sessions are spaced out, it can take weeks or even months to fully unpack deeper issues. A couples intensive creates the space to address concerns in real time without losing momentum and gain clarity on next steps without prolonged uncertainty.
2How Do I Know If a 4-Hour Couples Intensive Is Right for Us?
This intensive is ideal for couples who are experiencing ongoing conflict or communication breakdowns, navigating betrayal, trust issues, or unresolved wounds, and facing a major decision (stay, separate, rebuild). Whether you're in crisis or simply want to strengthen your relationship, this format allows for deeper, more intentional work.
3What Happens During a 4-Hour Couples Intensive?
Your session is structured to help you move from awareness → understanding → action. During your intensive, we will: Identify core relationship patterns and underlying dynamics. We will also explore emotional triggers and unmet needs. The goal is to process unresolved hurts in a guided, supportive space and develop practical tools you can apply immediately.
4Do You Include Christian Faith in Couples Counseling?
At Therapy Terrace, we integrate evidence-based therapy approaches with a Christian, faith-informed perspective when desired. This means our session is grounded in clinical best practices while incorporating faith, prayer, and biblical principles.
5How Do We Schedule a Couples Intensive?
All couples intensives begin with a consultation to ensure this format is the right fit for your needs. Intensives are available to couples across Florida virtually and in-person.
6How Much Does a 4-Hour Couples Intensive Cost?
Our 4-hour Couples Intensive is $1000 per couple and is designed to provide the equivalent of several weeks of traditional couples counseling in one focused session. During the intensive, you'll work with a licensed therapist to identify relationship patterns, improve communication, address ongoing conflicts, and develop practical tools to strengthen your relationship. Many couples appreciate the uninterrupted time and deeper level of progress that can be achieved in a single extended session.

Deborah Richelieu, LMFT

Couples Intensive Therapist

Deborah Richelieu is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Florida who is passionate about helping couples build deeper, more meaningful connections. She is a sought-after couples therapist known for creating a supportive space where partners can move beyond surface-level conversations and truly understand one another.

Deborah specializes in working with engaged and newly married couples navigating communication challenges, conflict, and emotional disconnection. Her approach helps couples communicate in ways that foster genuine connection—not just conversation.

She is highly trained in couples work, with advanced training in Level 1 and Level 2 Gottman Method Couples Therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). As a Christian therapist, she also integrates faith-based principles for couples who desire it.

Deborah also has experience supporting individuals with depression, anxiety, life transitions, and grief, bringing a well-rounded perspective to her work with couples.

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Dr. Ruth Compere, LMHC

Couples Intensive Therapist

Dr. Ruth Compere is a marriage and family therapist who specializes in helping couples rebuild connection, restore intimacy, and navigate complex relationship challenges. She is especially known for her work through couples intensives, where she helps partners make meaningful progress in a focused, extended format.

Using a trauma-informed approach and training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Dr. Compere helps couples improve communication, rebuild trust, and strengthen both emotional and physical connection. She has extensive experience working with couples facing issues such as conflict, disconnection, and sex and intimacy concerns.

As a Christian therapist, she integrates biblical principles for couples who desire a faith-based approach, while maintaining clinically sound, evidence-based care.

Dr. Compere holds a Doctorate in Marriage and Family Therapy from Nova Southeastern University, where her research focused on sexual trauma within the Haitian community, reflecting her commitment to culturally informed care.

Her approach is direct, compassionate, and results-focused—helping couples move forward with clarity, healing, and renewed connection.

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