As part of your training, you’ll learn how to screen clients so you always work with couples who you can truly help. Couples Intensives are not a good fit for clients who are in active addiction, dealing with untreated mental illness, domestic violence situations, massive infidelity that’s just been discovered, or couples who are super reactive, can’t manage their brain, are hostile, or aren’t motivated. You will not be able to teach them the required skills. On the other hand, ideal couples have the ability to benefit from what they’re learning, so they’re facing problems such as: feeling like platonic roommates, reconnecting after kids leave the house, sex discrepancies, fighting a lot, or those who don’t know how to manage emotional triggers so they keep recycling the same hurt.