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Expert In Person Marriage Counseling in Raleigh, NC
No amount of success or money can compare to real happiness in your relationship. You are wired for connection and intimacy, so how did you end up feeling like you are just roommates?
Your Are Tired of A Roomate Sexless Marriage.
You love your partner, but lately you feel utterly alone. Every day feels the same in your relationship, getting stuff done but never feeling the love and intimacy that you once had. You don’t know how to talk about it or move past it and any time you try, you just feel unheard and unseen. You’ve tried seeking advice from friends and family (maybe even an attorney).
You do want this to work, to communicate better and to feel connected, but you don’t know how to make it happen.
You want a relationship solution that is proven to work.
You need a place where you can go, get help and leave knowing that your relationship is going to get better - whether you get support together or you decide to get help on your own. Not all marriage counseling Raleigh NC is the same when it comes to relationships and couple. Through marriage retreats in North Carolina, marriage counseling sessions Wake Forest NC, and Ketamine Therapy North Carolina, I help individuals and couples through research based methods to move from feeling alone and disconnected to emotionally safe and secure.
Here’s how improving your relationship works.
Every couple has a dance, one pursues the other withdraws and back and forth they go, never really connecting, only pushing each other away. In marriage counseling Raleigh NC, whether an individual or a couple, there is a proven process that helps you change the dance.
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“Irina is a fantastically patient and kind person. She truly listens and offers balanced guidance when needed. She creates a safe and welcome environment that immediately puts me at ease. I can’t say enough good things about her!”
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DISCOVER
Together, we uncover the hidden patterns, emotions, and needs that keep you stuck in conflict or distance
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SHIFT
After your initial assessment and planning phase, we create powerful, in-the-moment changes so you both can begin to experience each other differently and break old cycles
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RECONNECT
Start to reconnect in your communication and lasting intimacy with a deeper sense of safety, closeness, and confidence.
Marriage Counseling Raleigh NC
with Irina Baechle is not typical
I don’t do “see you next week” therapy. That model drags things out, wastes time, and often leaves couples spinning in the same cycle. Instead, I work exclusively through intensives, because in my 14+ years of clinical experience, they consistently create deeper, faster, and more lasting change than weekly sessions ever could.
As a Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist (EFCT), I use the #1 research-validated relationship therapy—the only couple therapy recommended by the American Psychological Association. In our private intensives, we have the uninterrupted space to dive deep, shift painful patterns, and create new moments of safety and connection.
For some clients who have already done years of talk therapy and/or EMDR, but still find themselves hitting the same sticky points, talk therapy isn’t enough. That’s when I also integrate Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP). In the right setting, ketamine can quiet the mind’s defenses, open access to deeper emotions, and can be the tool that finally loosens what traditional approaches couldn’t.
I offer a marriage retreat in North Carolina, marriage counseling Wake Forest NC, and Ketamine Therapy in North Carilina. For those looking to get relationship help for one, I can help with divorce recovery, healthy second marriages, healing after toxic or unfaithful marriages or just helping you to build healthy fulfilling relationships with yourself and your loved ones.
Important:
This work is not designed as a last-ditch effort or a final attempt before walking away. If you’ve already mentally checked out or have one foot out the door, this may not be the right fit. My couples retreats in North Carolina and marriage intensives are for couples who still want to stay together—who still care deeply, even if they’re hurting or feel stuck. I work best with partners who are willing to lean in, not check out—those who are struggling but committed to finding their way back to each other. If there’s still a spark of hope, even under the heaviness, that’s where real change can happen.
Stop waisting years of your precious life to feel happy, schedule your free consultation call with me today. During the call you will discover how having a place to heal your relationship with a guide, can take you from the hurt to a healthier relationship than the one you grew up with.
You are worth this investment. Your marriage is worth this investment.
Your Roadmap to Healing
Step 1: Schedule Your Free Phone Consultation
A thorough call to hear your story, answer your questions, and decide if an intensive is the right fit.
Step 2: Schedule Your First 2-Day Couples Retreat
For new couples, we begin with a 2-day retreat (6 hours each day). This creates momentum and gives you the space to do real work without rushing.
Step 3: Your First Retreat
We meet in person at my Wake Forest office. Together, we slow down, uncover your negative cycle, and create powerful new moments of safety and connection. We will have a chance to do some individual sessions with each of you as well. If ketamine is part of your plan, we’ll begin exploring how to integrate it with care and intention.
Step 4: Schedule Follow Up Retreats & Medical Evaluation for Ketamine
Schedule your next retreats and, if desired and appropriate, each of you will complete a medical evaluation with my collaborating prescriber to do Ketamine Therapy. I encourage couples to commit to at least 5 intensives to create real traction. Most couples need about 12 intensives across a year to fully stabilize new patterns and prevent backsliding. While 12 months may sound like a long time, it’s a huge upgrade compared to the 2–3 years traditional weekly therapy often requires, or the decades some couples spend in counseling that never addresses the root problems.
Step 5: 1-Day Follow-Up Retreats (with or without Ketamine)
After the initial 2-day retreat, follow-ups are typically 1 day (6 hours each). These include:
1 hour of preparation
2.5 hours of ketamine session (with eye shades and music)
Lunch break (you’ll be fasting before medicine work)
Integration therapy immediately afterward to anchor insights into real change
Step 6: Enjoy Your Awesome Marriage
With the foundation solidified, you’ll have the closeness, safety, and intimacy you’ve been craving—not just for yourselves, but for your family and future together.
Your investment into healing your marriage- $6000 for a 2 day initial retreat, $3000 for 1 day follow up retreat; $400 for 75 minutes for Initial Medical Intake & Screening Consultation (paid directly to the prescriber)+Medicine itself ($40-80 per package to use for 4 sessions)
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ON GOOGLE
“What truly sets Irina apart is her genuine passion for counseling. It is evident that she isn't driven by financial gain but rather by a sincere desire to help couples find happiness and harmony. Irina consistently demonstrated that she had our best interests at heart, and she never hesitated to let us know when she believed we were ready to graduate from therapy or when she felt we needed more work. This level of transparency and honesty allowed us to trust her deeply.”
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Irina has a confident, gentle energy which makes you feel at ease and open. She is kind, patient, and knowledgeable. She truly understands relationship dynamics to support people where they are without judgement.
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My services are explicitly LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) affirming, anti-racist, trauma-informed, HAES aligned (Health At Every Size), culturally responsive, and supportive of individuals in the CNM (Consensual Non Monogamy) communities.
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ON GOOGLE
“What isn’t there to say about Irina! She is the most balanced, knowledgeable & sincere therapist I have met to date. She listens, and I mean really listens, she is compassionate but sure to offer you the professional feedback you need from a perspective that will allow growth, peace and healing in your own situation. She has much experience and was highly recommended and I see why. In a world where many of us just need a healthy resource she was beyond my expectations. I felt she really wanted me to improve on all levels and meeting her has enriched my life is many ways.”
ICEEFT Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist (4 year long post graduate certification training and ongoing individual and group monthly consultation)