For the Love of Your Life©

Thoughtful therapy for stronger relationships.

No matter what state your relationship is in, carving a path toward a more loving, resilient and harmonious relationship is possible. And I know how to help you.

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Alex Szablya understands what makes relationships thrive and flourish. A couples counselor with over 13 years of clinical practice, Alex has trained with some of the top experts in the field of couples counseling and has advanced training in The Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and Relational Life Therapy. With Marathon Intensives, Alex helps relationships become stronger, more resilient, and more joyful, guiding couples onto a positive path of a thriving, harmonious and resilient relationship.

Therapy & Coaching

Marathon Intensive Couples Therapy

 

 

“It is in abiding relationship with others that we come to know ourselves.” – Alex Szablya

Marathon Intensives with Alex Szablya provide an evidence-based approach for deepening partnerships, resolving challenges, and taking physical and emotional intimacy to the next level. Alex guides couples in moving beyond self-defeating patterns that prevent closeness, helping clients embrace communication, goodwill, and vulnerability in surprising new ways that inspire hope.

These transformative two-day workshops are not just for crisis management or a quick fix. They are a jumping-off point for couples to incorporate new tools, adopt positive strategies, and set up a baseline for continued therapy. They can be a jumping-off point for couples to incorporate new tools, adopt positive strategies, and set up a baseline for continued therapy. For some couples, a Marathon Intensive is enough. Others might repeat the protocol or begin weekly counseling, continuing to deepen their bond and elevate their communication skills through cumulative sessions.

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Weekly Therapy

Weekly therapy sessions are two hours long and take place virtually.

They are scheduled for the same time each week, though accommodations may be made when schedules change.

Alex’s approach creates an organic endpoint to your weekly sessions, rather than having a hard stop time. For example, couples are afforded the time they need to complete important conversations, whether they are discussing a conflict that requires resolution or they are achieving a meaningful ‘breakthrough.’ In these cases you may not use all two hours; and as with Marathon Intensives, you pay only for time in session.

Consistent Support

Alex provides a safe, supportive environment where couples can take the risk to be more vulnerable, open, and honest.

Communication

Couples learn the value of communicating with their significant other in ways that prioritize goodwill, respect, and affection.

Deeper Connection

Through Alex’s Marathon Intensives and Weekly Couples Therapy, couples experience a deeper bond and more meaingful, rewarding connection.

Lasting Skills

With Alex’s help, couples take away lasting tools and skills that allow their partnership to flourish, grow, and evolve.

Alex’s Approach

The Therapeutic Approaches Alex Uses

Emotionally Focused Therapy

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) provides skills to help individuals explore the complexities of modern relationships and relearn tenderness, compassion, and perseverance.

Gottman Method

The Gottman Method relies on research-based interventions to help couples experience greater joy, peace, and connection in their relationship and overcome barriers to closeness.

Relational Life Therapy

Relational Life Therapy (RLT) uses a structured approach that identifies unhealthy patters in a relationship, addresses underlying traumas, and teaches practical skills to increase intimacy. The method is extremely effective in allowing for deep and rapid healing in a short time.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Alex Szablya, MA, LMHC

An experienced counselor offering both long and short-term therapy.

Since childhood, Alex aspired to be a psychologist. She achieved her dream when she graduated from Seattle University with a Master’s in Psychology and opened her solo practice. Through Marathon Intensives and weekly couples therapy, Alex focuses on helping couples resolve underlying conflicts so they can enjoy deeper connection and increased empathy, goodwill, and understanding.

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Travel Clients

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Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

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