When Relationship
Stress Starts Affecting
Everything Else

Conflict with your spouse or partner can take a toll far beyond the relationship itself. When communication breaks down, you may find yourself feeling anxious, frustrated, disconnected, or stuck in the same arguments over and over again.

Over time, relationship stress can affect your sleep, work, physical health, emotional well-being, and even your relationships with other family members and friends.

Conflict with your spouse or partner can take a toll far beyond the relationship itself. When communication breaks down, you may find yourself feeling anxious, frustrated, disconnected, or stuck in the same arguments over and over again.

Over time, relationship stress can affect your sleep, work, physical health, emotional well-being, and even your relationships with other family members and friends.

Explore Our Approach
  • Pennsylvania licensed clinicians
Becky Slade and Susan Coneybeer

Learn to Communicate Differently

At Intensive Care Counseling, we believe that strengthening our closest relationships is some of the most important work we can do.

Our goal is to help couples move from conflict and frustration toward greater understanding, connection, and peace. We help you learn how to clearly communicate what you need, better understand what your partner needs, and develop practical strategies for responding to each other in healthier ways.

Sometimes relationship struggles are connected to experiences or wounds from the past. When appropriate, we can also help individuals understand and work through those experiences so they have less power over the relationship today.

  • Need meaningful change in a shorter timeframe?
  • Finding it hard to coordinate weekly appointment
  • Facing a relationship or family crises?
  • Want a more focused therapeutic experience?

Support That Fits Your Needs

Perhaps you find your relationship at a critical point and need relief. Or maybe you are already in couples counseling and you want more intensive work to get to a better place in the relationship. We offer several ways to get more support:

Free Webinars

Learn more about how communication strategies can shift the relationship. This one-hour free webinar gives you a chance to learn about how we work.
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Virtual Workshops

Our two-hour, virtual workshops are designed for couples who want practical tools and more support around improving communication, understanding barriers to ...
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Full-Day Couples Intensive Workshop Package

Step away from the demands of everyday life and dedicate focused time to your relationship. Our six-hour in-person intensive workshops are focused on ...
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Couples Retreats

Coming in 2028. Attend our weekend retreat designed for couples to reconnect, reflect, learn, and work on your relationship away from the distractions of everyday life. Locations, dates and pricing to be announced.
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Our Services

Individual Counseling

Build insight, manage stress, and create lasting change.

Couples & Family Counseling

Improve communication, rebuild connection, and navigate life's transitions.

Intensive Therapy

Focused, extended sessions for deeper, progress, when you need it most.

Couples We Support

Our programs can be especially helpful for couples navigating major changes or transitions, including:

  • Newly married couples learning how to build a life together

  • Empty-nest couples

  • Recently retired couples

  • Recently discovered infidelity and wanting to rebuild trust