The Family Reset Intensive

Months of progress, in a few focused days.

A private, in-person family therapy intensive in Brentwood, for Williamson County families ready to break a hard cycle and reconnect.

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In person only. Curated to your family. Led by Lydia Thompson, LPC-MHSP.

Some families reach a point where the weekly hour is not enough. The same fights keep circling. Someone has gone quiet, or a distance has opened that no one knows how to cross. It can start to feel complicated and overwhelming, like there is too much happening at once to know where to begin.

The Family Reset Intensive gives you a way to slow it all down. It creates more time and structure than a weekly session can provide, so your family can stay with the important conversations instead of stopping when the hour ends. We get underneath the pattern and give your family a clear way forward, together.

New to the idea of an intensive? Our guide to family therapy intensives walks through how it works and who it helps.

Is this your family right now?

High conflict that keeps repeating. The same arguments circle and nothing seems to land.

Rebuilding after a rupture. Something happened, and trust needs repair.

A blended family finding its footing. New roles, old loyalties, real friction.

A home that has grown tense and distant. Everyone is under one roof, and far apart.

Adult family navigating change. Grown children and parents working through boundaries, distance, or patterns that never quite resolved.

A launch that has stalled. A young adult feeling stuck, and a family unsure when to help and when to step back.

The people in the room are up to your family. An intensive can bring together parents and a child, two partners, adult siblings, a grown child and a parent, or the whole household, whatever the situation actually needs.

It is also a decisive first step for parents weighing bigger decisions who want real, concentrated help before making them. If you are not yet sure an intensive is the right move, a Parent Strategy Session is a smaller way to get clarity first.

What the work looks like

Every intensive is curated to your family. Here is how the time is shaped. The half-day is a focused version of this. The full and two-day formats go deeper, with breaks and a catered meal.

1Before we begin

Intake before the day

We speak with your family first, so we arrive already knowing your story. This is also where we make sure an intensive is the right fit before you commit.

2Opening

Together, we name what is happening

We set a clear goal for the day so everyone knows what we are working toward.

3The core work

Smaller sessions, then back together

Each person is heard on their own. Then, with the pattern in view, we help your family relate differently, and practice it in the room.

4Close

Agree on what changes and what comes next

We turn the day into concrete steps your family can actually take.

5After

You leave with something written to keep

Every family leaves with written takeaways. The Full-Day and Two-Day Resets also include the complete plan and a follow-up session, so the work does not end when the day does.

The deliverable

You leave with a plan, not just a feeling.

Your written Family Reset plan names the pattern in plain language, gives each person concrete next steps, and lays out the tools to keep practicing at home. If ongoing support would help, it says so, and points you to it. For some families, that includes continued therapy, with individual members choosing to work on their own issues with one of our other clinicians here at Concord Family Counseling. It is the thing you return to when the old habits try to creep back.

The full written plan is included with the Full-Day and Two-Day Resets. The Half-Day Reset sends you home with a written summary and clear next steps.

How we work

Every intensive draws on attachment and family systems work, with cognitive behavioral tools where they help. We do not take sides and we do not lecture. We help each person feel heard, make the pattern visible, and build a new way of relating that can hold after you leave. It is part of how we work across the whole practice.

Lydia Thompson, LPC-MHSP, founder of Concord Family Counseling

Led by Lydia Thompson, LPC-MHSP

Lydia has spent nine years working specifically with teens and their families, and she built Concord Family Counseling around that work. She personally curates and leads every Family Reset Intensive, so the family in the room always has her full experience behind the work.

Learn more about Lydia

What if someone does not want to come?

Most reluctant family members, teen or adult, come in guarded at first. That is normal, and we plan for it. An intensive is not an ambush. Each person has private time where what they share stays theirs, within clear limits for safety. We build trust before we ask for anything hard, and we help you hold the day. People tend to soften once they feel the room is fair. If someone could also use a space of their own alongside the work, ongoing counseling can be part of the plan.

Choose the format that fits your family

A single intensive gives a family the kind of focused, uninterrupted time that weekly sessions rarely allow.

Half-Day Reset

3 hours

$1,200

A focused reset for a specific rupture or a stuck pattern.

Pre-intensive intake call
Focused assessment
Three-hour in-person intensive
A written summary with your next steps

Most families choose this

Full-Day Reset

6 hours

$2,200

More room to go deeper, with the full deliverables.

Everything in the Half-Day, plus
Intake calls with each family member
A curated, in-depth assessment
Six-hour intensive with breaks
A catered meal
The full written Family Reset plan
One follow-up session

Two-Day Reset

12 hours over two days

$4,500

Our most thorough option, for entrenched situations.

Everything in the Full-Day, plus
A second full day, twelve hours in total
A comprehensive assessment
Catered meals both days
Therapist planning between days to tailor day two
A resource and referral roadmap
A second follow-up session

Every intensive is held in person at our Brentwood office, and begins with a consultation to make sure it is the right fit before you book.

Common questions

What is a family intensive?

It is a longer, concentrated block of family therapy that condenses months of weekly work into a few focused days. Families often reach the equivalent of several months of progress in a single intensive.

How is this different from weekly therapy?

Weekly family counseling is steady and ongoing. An intensive is immersive. Without the week pulling everyone in different directions, a family can get underneath a pattern and shift it faster.

Our situation feels really complicated. Is an intensive still right for us?

Often, yes. When a lot is happening at once, an intensive gives you the time and focus to work through it together, rather than a piece at a time. If more support would help afterward, your written plan will point the way.

Do you offer the intensive by telehealth?

No. The Family Reset Intensive is in person only, at our Brentwood office, because the work depends on being in the room together.

How do we get started?

Request a consultation. We talk through what is happening, confirm that an intensive is the right fit, and then schedule your day.

How soon can we schedule?

We schedule intensives as soon as we can. Because each one takes dedicated time to plan and hold, they usually land two to four weeks out.

When you are ready, we are ready.

Start with a consultation. We will help you decide whether a Family Reset Intensive is right for your family.