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Two Recoveries

The addiction is in recovery. The relationship is still waiting to be tended.

Eight weeks for couples where recovery is established and the relationship is still healing.

When
Weekends · TBD
Length
Eight weeks · 90 min
For
Couples in established recovery
Language
English · Ukrainian · Russian
Approach
The Gottman Method

Recovery from addiction is necessary, and nowhere near the whole story. Many couples get the addiction into recovery and find the relationship still aching — and no one prepared them for that part. A relationship has its own recovery, with its own gentle, learnable work.

The addiction is in recovery. The relationship is still waiting to be tended — and this is eight weeks of the healing that doesn’t get a chip.

This is couples work for partners touched by addiction — a warm, relational group that walks alongside the recovery each of you is already doing, whatever the substance or behavior. Together we rebuild trust as small, daily, doable actions, make room for the feelings that had nowhere to go, and begin picturing a life no longer organized around the addiction. A private conversation with each of you comes first, so we can make sure the group is a good fit for where you are now.

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The eight weeks

From two recoveries to a life that isn’t organized around the addiction.

Week
1

Two recoveries

Yours, theirs, and the relationship’s — three separate healings, and only one of them gets a chip.
Practice
The agreements — including what happens if there’s a relapse.
Week
2

What the years cost

Naming what the years cost — gently, never a trial. Both partners are heard.
Practice
Naming it once, out loud, without defense.
Week
3

Trust is behavioral

Trust isn’t a feeling that returns; it’s evidence accumulating.
Practice
The daily trust discussion — a structured, thirty-second practice, done every day.
Week
4

The watching

The watchful partner’s vigilance: the checking, the tone-reading. It isn’t paranoia — it comes from love and fear — and, over time, it can quietly wear on you both.
Practice
Naming it without shame, on both sides.
Week
5

The anger that had nowhere to go

The other partner often carries years of feeling they were never allowed — because their person was unwell. There’s room for it here.
Practice
Letting it be spoken, and heard.
Week
6

Amends that aren’t a script

Making amends in a program isn’t the same as repair between partners. What actually lands — and how to offer it.
Practice
One repair that isn’t a formula.
Week
7

Roles that outlived the crisis

Manager and managed, parent and child. The roles saved the family. They’re still running.
Practice
Naming yours. Trading one back.
Week
8

A life that isn’t organized around the addiction

What is this relationship for now?
Practice
Building rituals. Yours to keep.
How payment works
$95 per couple, per session
Paid in full at enrollment

Groups run out-of-network and privately. Paying in full at enrollment holds your place for the whole series — and lets the group form as a stable, closed circle: the same people, from beginning to end.

Refunds

A full refund if you withdraw before the first session. In the first two weeks, a prorated refund or a credit toward a future group. Once the group has formed, the remaining sessions aren’t refundable — the circle was built around your place in it — but if something serious comes up, talk to me and we’ll find a fair way through.

Superbill

A superbill is available for possible partial reimbursement through your out-of-network benefits. Whether a group qualifies depends on its nature, so it’s best to check with your insurance company.

Reserve your spot

Seats are limited to keep the group small and safe. Reach out — we’ll find out together whether this is the right next step for you both, and there’s no pressure either way.

Contact to reserve
alesia@ivycounselinggroup.com (609) 688-8300
Where we meet 182 Tamarack Circle, Skillman, NJ 08558