Matthew Gilbert, MA, LMFT Building Connection · Couples Intensives
Slow down. Notice patterns. Practice new ways of relating together.
Two Building Connection paths — couples therapy intensives with a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT). Choose a focused 90-minute single-couple session or a deeper 3-weekend multi-couple intensive.
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist · Washington · License #LF00002537
Choose Your Path
90-minute: a single session for the two of you. 3-weekend: a longer program with up to three couples, coming soon.
For virtual intensives, every attending partner must be physically located in Washington at session time.
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Single-couple session
Building Connection 90-Minute Couples Intensive
$250
A focused, structured session for partners who want dedicated time to look at how they communicate, work with conflict, and decide what comes next together. Includes skills practice and psychoeducation — clinical intensive work, not an education-only workshop.
- Format: Either virtual or in person at the Edmonds office — telehealth statewide in Washington.
- Structure: One 90-minute session for one couple at a time.
- Availability: In person — both partners attend at the Edmonds office. Virtual — both partners must be physically located in Washington at session time.
Investment: $250 for the 90-minute session.
Coming soon, early 2027
Multi-couple intensive
Building Connection 3-Weekend Couples Intensive
A structured couples therapy intensive for partners who want more time than a single session to work with communication, conflict, and connection. Includes skills practice and psychoeducation — clinical intensive work, not an education-only workshop.
- Format: Virtual only — three Saturdays, four hours each, every two weeks (telehealth statewide in Washington).
- Structure: Up to three couples. Three Saturdays × 4 hours (~12 contact hours), every two weeks.
- Availability: Both partners in each participating couple must be physically located in Washington at session time.
Investment: Inquire for current fees and to explore fit.
What We Explore
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The Book
Coming soon
Nobody Taught Us How to Ask
A Guide for Men on Naming What We Feel and Reaching for the People We Love
A lot of us were handed rules about what a man is supposed to be: work hard, push through, keep it to yourself. Usually those rules came from people doing the best they knew. But they often left us without words for what we feel, and without a way to reach for the people we love.
Drawing on two decades as a licensed marriage and family therapist, much of it spent with couples, Matthew offers a warm, practical guide to noticing what is going on inside, putting it into words, and asking for connection. Along the way you’ll meet three fictional men and the people they love. Each chapter closes with Try This Week, Process Questions, a Chapter Summary, and space for your own thoughts.
It’s written for men, and for the people who love them.
Matthew Gilbert, MA, LMFT, has been a licensed marriage and family therapist in Washington State since 2006. He has a private practice in Edmonds, where most of his work is with couples.
Inquiry Form
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