Now Enrolling · June 2026 Cohort
Become a Certified Couples Intensive Therapist
In-Person June 24–28 · Denver, CO · Element Denver Downtown East
A 12-month training experience for couples therapists who want to do deeper work, build a more sustainable practice, and get real results with the couples who need them most.
Cohort limited to 12 therapists
How do you help a couple actually change?
In a weekly couples session, most of the hour goes to just getting there, rebuilding rapport, waiting for nervous systems to settle enough to do real work.
I started experimenting with longer formats and noticed significant changes.
When couples have extended time in the room, their nervous systems settle, the 50-minute clock disappears, and the work gets traction in a way that's hard to create in weekly therapy.
A six-hour intensive moves faster than twelve weeks of sessions, not because you're rushing, but because you finally have enough room to slow down.
I built the 4C's framework: Consciousness, Curiosity, Compassion, Connection; to hold that work structurally. This training is how I'm passing it on.
The Program
The Certified Couples Intensive (CIT) training is a 12-month experience training built around the 4C's framework. It's the methodology I've developed through years of intensive clinical work, and it's what I've been sharing through the podcast, my practice, and now a small, vetted cohort of therapists who want to go deeper with this work.
Phase 01
5-Day In-Person Residency
Five days of live, small-group immersion. You'll watch real session footage, observe the methodology in action, and practice with actual material, not hypotheticals. This is where it clicks.
June 24–28 · Denver, CO · Twelve therapists. Supported practice. Real work.
Phase 02
12 Months of Support, Consultation, and Implementation
The residency gives you the foundation. The 12 months after is where you build. You'll get ongoing consultation calls, continued training, and direct support as you bring the
intensive model into your practice: how to talk about it with clients, how to structure your offerings, how to hold the work in the room.
Phase 03
Certification and Directory
Once you've completed the program requirements, you'll receive your official Couples Intensive Therapist (CIT) certification and a listing in the growing directory of
certified therapists. A credential that signals to couples and referral sources exactly what you're trained to do.
Ongoing
1 Year Inner Circle Pro Access
Full community access, monthly live Q&A calls, ongoing training, and the "Ask Shane" AI clinical assistant, trained on my complete content archive.
Value: $1,000
Two things most trainings never give you.
What You'll Walk Away With
Clinical Depth
A Clear Model for Couples Work
This is what makes the work generational, not that you've figured it all out, but that you're willing to keep showing up and create space for something different.
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Practice Development
A Premium Intensive Practice
Multi-day intensives are among the most effective, and most profitable, services a couples therapist can offer. You'll leave knowing exactly how to structure, price, market, and fill them in your own practice. More impact. More income. Fewer weekly slots.
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This is a small cohort, and it works best for a specific kind of therapist, not because there's a wrong way to do couples work, but because this particular training requires real commitment to get full value from.
You're probably a good fit if...
You're already working with couples and want to go deeper
You're curious about what becomes possible with more time in the room
You want to grow revenue without growing your caseload: intensives make that possible
You're drawn to consciousness work alongside communication skills
You're open to doing your own inner work as part of becoming a better clinician
You can commit to the in-person residency June 24– 28 in Denver, and you're ready to invest in a full year of clinical development
This probably isn't the right fit if...
You're not currently seeing couples clinically
You can't make the June 24–28 residency in Denver
The timing isn't right for a 12-month, in-person commitment, personally or professionally
Investment
The Certified Couples Intensive (CIT) is a high-touch, small-cohort program. Pricing reflects the level of access and the depth of the work.
Cohort limited to 12 therapists.
CIT Certification Program
$6,500
Monthly payment option available
5-Day In-Person Residency, June 24–28, Denver (travel and lodging separate)
Couples Intensive Therapist (CIT) Certification and Directory Listing
CIT Certification Badge for your website and marketing
1 Year Inner Circle Pro Access (value: $1,200)
12 Months of Consultation Calls and Ongoing Training
Cohort Community Access
Self-As-Therapist experience as part of the residency
Stay
The residency is held at the Element Denver Downtown East. A room block is available for cohort members.
Details and booking instructions will be sent upon enrollment.
Getting There
Denver International Airport (DEN) is the closest airport. Plan to arrive the evening of June 23.
Cohort limited to 12 therapists.
What happens in Denver
The 5-Day Training
Five days of live, small-group immersion with real session footage, supported practice, and enough time to actually absorb the work.
Day 1
The Model and the Room
We start with the clinical theory behind the 4C's and how to read a couple from the very first session: what you're looking for, what's driving the pattern, and how to move them from blame to something they can actually work with.
Day 2
Consciousness and Curiosity
Family of origin work, nervous system regulation, and how to help partners see themselves clearly without shutting down. Small group case consultation in the afternoon.
Day 3
Compassion and Connection
Inner child work in a couples context. What it actually looks like to move someone from defended to vulnerable and how to hold that in the room without losing the thread.
Day 4
Building the Practice
How to structure a multi-day intensive, price it, talk about it with clients, and market it in a way that attracts the right people. The clinical work is one half. This is the other.
Day 5
Integration
Live consultation on your cases, review of the certification path, and your 12-month support planmapped out before you leave Denver.
Are You Ready?
Talk It Through
No pressure. Just a 30-minute conversation about where you are in your practice and whether this is the right next step.
30 minutes · Zoom · Free
Reserve Your Seat
If you've already spoken with Shane and you're ready to commit, you can pay your deposit here to hold your spot in the June cohort.
Cohort limited to 12 therapists.
About Shane
Nine years of hosting The Couples Therapist Couch podcast has meant the chance to learn from some of the people I respect most in this field — Sue Johnson, Dan Siegel, Lori Gottlieb, Harville Hendrix, Stan Tatkin, Harriet Lerner, and many others.
Those conversations, alongside thousands of hours of advanced clinical training, shaped how I think about what actually creates change in relationships.
What I've landed on is that the intensive format, paired with a clear framework, creates conditions for change that weekly therapy often can't reach. That's what I've been practicing, and what I want to pass on.
I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, host of The Couples Therapist Couch, and founder of the Inner Circle, a community of over 8,000 therapists.