Intensive Therapy Services in Dublin, Ohio

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Some challenges cannot wait for a once-a-week appointment.

ICFT's intensive therapy condenses focused, multi-hour sessions into one or a few consecutive days, so your path to meaningful progress is faster, without sacrificing depth.

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What is Intensive Therapy

At ICFT, Intensive Therapy groups several hours of therapeutic work together over a short window instead of spreading it across weeks or months of standard 50-minute sessions. The format is flexible: some clients meet for one extended session, others for multiple sessions across consecutive days, depending on what their situation calls for.

Intensive therapy tends to be a strong fit for people who:

  • Want to jumpstart progress that has stalled in ongoing weekly therapy
  • Are facing a specific turning point, conflict, or decision that needs focused attention
  • Have scheduling constraints that make a standard weekly cadence difficult
  • Are traveling into Dublin or the Greater Columbus area and need care condensed into a shorter visit
  • Prefer to work through a defined body of material in a concentrated block of time

Who We Help

Intensive Therapy Tailored to Your Situation

ICFT builds intensive therapy around four groups, each with a format shaped to fit your needs and schedule.

Couples

Concentrated sessions for partners navigating a crossroads, working through ongoing conflict, or preparing for a major transition, guided by the same therapist you would see in weekly couples counseling.

Families

Extended sessions bring family members together to work through communication patterns and conflict in real time, with everyone in the room rather than spread across separate weekly appointments.

Individuals

A focused block of one-on-one sessions for personal growth, stress management, or working through a specific challenge, without the gap of a week or more between appointments.

Children, Adolescents & Young Adults

Age-appropriate intensive formats for younger clients and their families, built on the same individualized treatment plan approach used in ICFT's ongoing adolescent and young adult services.

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How It Works


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Initial Consultation

Reach out to discuss what's bringing you to intensive therapy and confirm it's the right fit for your situation


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Plan the Format

Your therapist recommends a session length and structure based on your goals and schedule.


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Build the Plan

Together, you and your therapist create an individualized treatment plan for the intensive.


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Begin the Intensive

Attend your concentrated sessions and leave with concrete next steps for moving forward.


We are proud to serve clients in Dublin, Columbus, Powell, Lewis Center, New Albany, Upper Arlington, Westerville, Worthington, Hilliard, and surrounding communities.

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Our Team of Licensed Therapists

Every member of the ICFT team holds an advanced degree in marriage and family therapy and is licensed by the State of Ohio to provide therapy services to children and families. We bring clinical expertise, genuine compassion, and a commitment to your mental health care.

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Call, text, or email us today to get started:

Phone

(614) 389-0747

Email

office@icftcolumbus.com

Address

6135 Memorial Dr, Suite 104, Dublin, OH 43017

We try to answer calls live, but sometimes you will get our voicemail if we are helping other clients. If you get our voicemail, please leave your name, phone number, and the best time to reach you. Our admin staff will call you back to answer questions and get you scheduled.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Intensive therapy condenses the work of ongoing weekly care into focused, multi-hour blocks of time over one or more consecutive days, rather than a single 50-minute session once a week. It follows an individualized treatment plan built around your specific goals, using the same evidence-based therapies available in ICFT's standard weekly care, without the wait of weeks between appointments.

Intensive therapy can benefit anyone managing anxiety disorders, relationship conflict, or behavioral challenges, particularly when a traditional weekly schedule doesn't fit the timeframe you need for meaningful mental health care. It's a strong option for anyone who wants dedicated time in a supportive, therapeutic environment to work through mental health challenges without spreading that work across months. Because sessions use the same evidence-based approaches found in ICFT's standard mental health services, clients gain a more concentrated format, not a change in the quality of care.

Intensive therapy at ICFT is built around you, not a group setting with unrelated participants. Sessions are one-on-one with your therapist for individual therapy, or your therapist together with your partner or family members for couples and family work, giving the same personalized attention throughout, just delivered in a condensed timeframe. Many clients choose to bring their whole family or partner in together to work through communication and conflict as a unit. Our intensive treatment program focuses on helping the client make substantial progress in a condensed timeline while in a supportive environment.

Concentrating several hours of mental health care into one or a few consecutive days can accelerate the treatment process, helping you build momentum and practice new coping skills before everyday life and routine get in the way. For many clients, this condensed approach surfaces patterns and breakthroughs faster than the same work spread across weekly sessions over several months.

Length and structure vary by need. Your therapist will recommend a format, whether that's a single extended session or several sessions across consecutive days, based on your goals and schedule.

No. ICFT's intensive therapy is an outpatient talk-therapy format, not a clinical level of care such as an intensive outpatient program, residential treatment, inpatient care, or partial hospitalization treatment. It does not include medication management or substance use treatment. It's simply a condensed scheduling format for the same individual, couples, and family therapy ICFT provides in Dublin, OH, on a weekly basis.

Contact ICFT to schedule an initial consultation. Your therapist will help determine whether an intensive format fits your situation and, if so, build out a plan from there.