Why a Pre-Holiday Couples Therapy Intensive Is the Best Gift You Can Give Yourself as a Couple
The holidays are often painted as the most joyful time of year, but for many couples, they also bring stress, tension, and emotional exhaustion. Between family dynamics, travel, and endless expectations, it’s easy to slip into survival mode instead of actually enjoying the season.
That’s why a pre-holiday couples therapy intensive can be such a powerful gift to yourself and your relationship. It’s a chance to pause before the chaos begins, reconnect with your partner, and head into the season feeling more grounded, clear, and connected.
Why the Holidays Can Be Emotionally Challenging
Even when things are going well, the holidays have a way of stirring things up. Family expectations, perfectionism, and unresolved tension tend to surface just when you’re already stretched thin. This season also brings reminders of grief or loss, as it’s often emotionally laden with memories and expectations. As you can see, this time of year simply asks a lot of us emotionally. And when your plate is already full, even small conflicts can start to feel overwhelming.
How a Therapy Intensive Can Help You Prepare
A pre-holiday couples therapy intensive condenses what might take months of weekly sessions into a single, focused experience. Over the course of a day or weekend, you and your partner can work through patterns of disconnection, identify emotional triggers, and strengthen the communication skills you’ll need most during the holidays.
By doing the deeper work upfront, you create space to move through the holidays with more ease. Many couples describe leaving an intensive feeling lighter, clearer, and more like a team again.
Emotional Benefits of a Pre-Holiday Reset
A sense of calm and clarity before the season starts
Tools to navigate stress and conflict with more grace
A renewed sense of connection and teamwork
Confidence in your ability to handle family dynamics together
When you take time for an emotional reset before the holidays, everything else feels more manageable. You’re able to show up with presence and patience, and not because you’re forcing it, but because you’ve truly re-centered yourself.
Making Yourself a Priority
It’s easy to put your own needs last this time of year, telling yourself you’ll “get back to it in January.” But your well-being isn’t something to postpone. A pre-holiday therapy intensive is an act of self-care that benefits everyone around you. When you feel calm and connected, you bring that same energy into your relationships, your family, and your holiday season as a whole.
Schedule Your Pre-Holiday Couples Therapy Intensive Now
If you’re a couple living in Virginia or Florida and are ready to give yourself the space to breathe, reconnect, and reset before the holidays, now is the perfect time. Contact Margaux today to explore whether a pre-holiday therapy intensive is right for you and your SO.
Margaux Flood, LCSW, is a licensed therapist with over a decade of experience supporting clients in Virginia and Florida. She specializes in couples therapy, women’s mental health, anxiety, and self-esteem, using evidence-based approaches like Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), mindfulness-based techniques, and attachment-focused interventions to help clients strengthen connection, build confidence, and feel more grounded in themselves and their relationships. , Margaux Flood, LCSW is committed to providing compassionate, expert virtual care for clients across Virginia and Florida. Her team also provides individual psychotherapy services across the states of Mississippi and Missouri.