Before you start the therapy, you will fill out an online questionnaire, and record and rate two video conversations of you as a couple. These questionnaires and video conversations are part of your relationship assessment. Detailed instructions will be provided upon registration.

The first day of therapy will consist of the assessment interviews by your therapist. The goal is to get a deep understanding of the current state and history of your relationship and to clarify your goals for the therapy. The assessment is completed with a comprehensive feedback and treatment planning session.

After the assessment on day one, you will start the therapy process which includes using Gottman Method’s effective communication tools and exercises that support couples to create mutual understanding and connection. After the first day, you will meet with your therapist for another one or two full days of therapy.

Consecutive full days of therapy are 6 hours of therapy per day consisting of 2-3 hour sessions with breaks.

• From either partner’s perspective, a partner is struggling with an alcohol or drug addiction;
• There is violence in your relationship, threats that violence might occur, or fear of such violence;
• Either partner currently has an untreated major mental illness (for example, schizophrenia, recurrent psychotic depression, or bipolar/manic-depressive illness);
• Either partner is currently experiencing suicidal or homicidal thoughts, or has a history of serious harm inflicted on him/herself or another person;
• If there is an undisclosed, ongoing extramarital affair that you are not willing to disclose. Keeping such secrets interferes with marital therapy.

Marathon therapy is strictly confidential. Without your permission, nothing will be disclosed to third parties. This also applies when a third party funds the sessions. Confidentiality can only be breached in extremely exceptional circumstances where the health and safety of you or others are at serious risk.

By law a file must be created which contains information about you and your treatment. As your therapist, I do my best to safeguard your privacy. This means that I treat your personal and medical information with utmost care and make sure that others do not have access to your information and data. As your therapist, I am the only person who has access to your file. 

Data from your file can be used for the following purposes:

• To inform other healthcare providers, for example if the therapy has been completed or there is a referral to another therapist. This only happens with your explicit permission.
• For anonymous use during peer review.
• A small part of your file is used for financial administration so that I or my administrator can create and send invoices.

If there is any other reason for me to use your information, I will first inform you and get your explicit permission.

By law your file will be kept for 15 years.

Your invoice will contain the following information so that you will be able to declare the costs with your insurer if you choose to:

• Your name, address, city;
• Your date of birth;
• The date of treatment;
• A short description of the treatment, such as ‘marathon therapy’;
• The costs of the session.

Most marathons will consist of three (consecutive) days at a cost of 3388 euro (including VAT). Costs for offsite or weekend marathons differ. Please contact us with your specific requests.

A two-day marathon costs 2299 euro (including VAT).

Costs include access and use of Gottman Connect assessment materials.

A deposit of 50% is required at the point of reservation and the remaining payment is due at the time of your appointment. 

Cancellations can be made up to 30 days prior to your scheduled appointment with a 500 euro cancellation fee. Deposits are non-refundable within 30 days. Your session can be rescheduled one time. However, the new date must be within 3 months of your original date.