
Jillyn Kaufman, LISW, LCSW

Marriage & Couples Counseling
Strengthen Your Connection
We all crave deep connection, and the quality of your partnership profoundly shapes your overall well-being. Using evidence-based approaches, we help you and your partner cultivate a resilient and fulfilling bond. You'll gain fresh insights, rebuild trust, and foster a deeper level of understanding and intimacy for lasting positive change.
Services offered:
Premarital Counseling
Couples Counseling Intensives
Couples Counseling Maintenance Sessions
Discernment Counseling
Workshops & Trainings
Couples Counseling Intensive
Reignite Your Relationship
Intensive couples counseling is like 3 to 6 months of traditional therapy in just two days. Unlike traditional therapy, where it can feel like progress isn’t always being made, intensives offer the ability to build and maintain momentum allowing couples to achieve breakthroughs and make accelerated progress on their most pressing concerns.
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Intensive counseling is especially helpful for couples who are in facing:
Infidelity
Betrayal
Affairs
Relationship in Crisis
Dishonesty
Destructive Patterns
Lack of Transparency
Urgent Matters that Need to Be Resolved Quickly
And More...
Please note that the following circumstances are contra-indicated for intensive couples counseling:
active alcohol and/or drug abuse or addiction on the part of either or both partners, from either partner’s perspective
active or feared domestic violence in your relationship, threats that serious violence might occur, or fear of violence from one or both partners
either partner is engaged in an ongoing affair
either partner is experiencing suicidal or homicidal thoughts
If any of the above is active in your relationship, seek professional individual mental health services. Finding mental health professionals who have specifically trained in your areas of need is your best option.
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Research tells us that all couples experience distress when they become disconnected from one another. This is normal. We also know that couples in strong relationships know how to connect in meaningful ways, have healthy conflict, and repair successfully. Intensive couples counseling teaches partners these skills and will likely result in you feeling stronger and closer than ever as a couple.
Couples counseling intensives are provided in a confidential space. You are treated with dignity and respect, without judgment, throughout the entire process. There is time to process past injuries that have never healed, time to understand how these injuries have impacted the relationship, and time to rebuild.
As a natural part of such a focused situation, there are some risks involved. While the duration is short, engaging in counseling in this format often results in partners moving quickly and more intensely into areas of discomfort or difficulty. You or your partner may experience both pleasant and uncomfortable emotional reactions. Your counseling may involve revisiting painful parts of your relationship history or personal history. At any point during the intensive you are encouraged, allowed, and able to take breaks to self-soothe and take care of your physical, mental, and emotional needs.
Despite our skill and experience, counseling may not work out well for all couples. If one of you has little motivation to work on your marriage in a heartfelt way, or is seriously considering divorce, discernment counseling may be recommended instead. Your desire and interest in improving your marriage is essential for this work to positively impact your relationship. It requires both of you to be open and willing to change. As with all counseling, results cannot be guaranteed.
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Pick The Package That Works For You And Your Partner:
1 or 2 day Intensives (in-person or online)
Weekend or Weekday Schedules
Reach Out To Reserve Your Couples Counseling Intensive:
Get in touch with Jillyn to ask any questions you may have about the process. If you decide to proceed with an intensive, you can then book and pay for your couples counseling intensive. Full payment is required in order to reserve your couples counseling intensive. Your intensive dates are exclusively reserved for you and your partner.
After booking your couples counseling intensive, you and your partner will receive links to complete comprehensive questionnaires about you and your relationship. All forms and documents need to be completed at least 14 days prior to your scheduled intensive start date. This in-depth information will be reviewed prior to beginning your couples counseling intensive, allowing you to hit the ground running and making good use of your time together.
* Intensives are not covered by insurance
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We understand that things come up. Cancellations made more than 14 days prior to the first day of your scheduled intensive will be refunded less a $75 administrative fee, $39 assessment fee, and 50% of the booked intensive fee. There will be no refunds when canceling 14 days or less before your scheduled intensive, for no shows, or for early departures.

As a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, Jillyn brings a wealth of experience in counseling adolescents, adults, and couples across various environments. She is deeply committed to partnering with clients, leveraging evidence-based therapeutic strategies to facilitate genuine, healthy, and impactful transformations. Jillyn cultivates an environment where clients feel secure enough to explore their vulnerabilities, live in alignment with their values, and embrace their intrinsic worthiness, acknowledging that self-discovery is an ongoing process.
Specialized trainings that will facilitate our work together:
Gottman Level 3 Trained
EFT Externship & EFT Core Skills Trained
IFS Level 1 Trained (and Level 2 anticipated completion in Fall of ‘25)
AANE Certified Neurodiverse Couples Therapist
Certified Discernment Couples Counselor
*Accepting most insurances and private pay for individual therapy.
*Insurance is not accepted for: couples counseling, discernment counseling, couples intensives, presentations, workshops, or trainings.