We both came away with...more empathy for each other's experiences, and renewed hope for ourselves and our relationship.
About our Intensive Couple Retreats...
Why Couples Choose our Private Intensive Couples Counseling Retreat
In our 12 years working together as marriage and couples co-therapists, we have observed that clients who begin therapy intensively progress more quickly and retain more from the counselling experience.
Our move to the Hockley Valley a little over eight years ago provided us with an ideal place to hold private, one-couple-only three-day Intensive Couple Retreats. Without the time restraints associated with one-hour counselling, our couple clients can enjoy the peace and tranquility of a serene country setting while working intensively on their relationships.
If your relationship is at a standstill, if you have hit a roadblock and don't know what to do, if you have been yearning for more closeness and intimacy, if you are struggling to respond to the demands of both work and family life, or if you are overwhelmed by elder-parent or child care, our Couple Intensive Retreat will help turn things around. By attending our Couple Retreat, and leaving work and family pressures behind, you will give yourself the time to gain new insights, rediscover yourselves as a couple, and deepen your emotional connection.
As your husband-and-wife co-therapists, we will guide you gently through this process so that your relationship moves forward in a more positive direction.
Who typically comes to an Intensive Couples Retreat?
We have worked successfully with both heterosexual and same-sex (both lesbian and gay) couples. Many have come to us when they were:
- caught up in bitter arguing
- hurt by infidelity
- on the verge of divorce
- hoping for reconciliation after separation, or
- wanting an opportunity to rebuild their relationships with new knowledge and practical skills.
If you are having trouble communicating, if you long for more intimacy, if you want to be more united as parents, or if you dream of making a good relationship even better, our Couple Intensive Retreat will provide you with an exciting opportunity for relationship repair and enrichment.
What can you expect from our Couples Retreat?
Our private and intensive Couple Retreat is just for the two of you. It is not a group experience. Think of it as intensive therapy, designed specifically to address your particular needs. You can arrange your Retreat on a weekend or on weekdays.
During the three days of your Couples Retreat, you will explore concrete ways to give your relationship a new lease on life. You will practice new skills to help resolve conflicts. You will learn to respect each other’s differences, and you will develop more tolerance and acceptance of each other's needs. You will be surprised at how quickly you will regain a sense of purpose, revitalize your friendship, and develop a new interest in the relationship.
At our Intensive Marriage or Couples Retreat, you will learn to:
- take risks to be more open and honest
- rebuild trust
- move beyond feelings of anger and resentment
- stop blaming your partner
- reconnect on a sexual/emotional level
- rekindle your capacity for intimacy
- feel empowered by loving unconditionally
Being away from the everyday responsibilities of work and family life will give you the space and time to experience a deeper level of connection.
Our focus will be on helping each of you explore the dynamic that is unique to your relationship. We will help you understand more about yourselves as individuals, we will help you appreciate your common values, and come to terms with the differences in your feelings, thoughts and worldviews.
As your couples co-therapists, we will listen to what you each have to say. But if you are expecting either of us to take your side only, you will soon realize that we are on both your sides. We will listen without judgment and encourage you to do the same.
With new understandings, you will be able to work as a united team to create the life you have always wanted to have together. You will be more hopeful, more caring and more respectful of each other’s needs. You will have a deeper understanding of what it takes to be in an emotionally committed relationship. And you will begin to develop a greater capacity to handle disagreements, knowing that neither of you is right nor wrong. The Retreat will help you experience more emotional intimacy and a deeper sense of connection, which will inevitably lead to a more satisfying sexual life for you both.
During this three-day Couple Retreat, you will meet with us for four hours each day. Most clients find that these sessions go by very quickly. The remainder of each day will give you an opportunity to spend time together as actively or as quietly as you like. The Retreat is booked according to your convenience and our availability. If you are able to come midweek, you will have more choices, as the weekends tend to fill up more quickly.
How will you know if our Couple Intensive Retreat is for you?
CALL US to explore how our one-couple-only, private, Couples Retreat will address your specific needs as a couple.
Looking for a Couples Retreat closer to home?
Our home base is in the Hockley Valley, Ontario.
We also regularly travel to Ottawa and Kingston, ON.
CALL OR EMAIL to let us know where you live.
We are now planning our out-of-town Retreat schedule for 2012.
Learn More
Scheduling a Consult prior to the Couples Retreat
When / Where are Couple Retreats held?
Scheduling an Intensive Couple Retreat
