What can we Expect?

During this intensive two-day retreat, you will gain a deeper understanding of the patterns that shape your relationship, including how past experiences influence emotional triggers, communication and connection. You'll leave with practical skills and strategies to help you build a stronger, healthier relationship together.

Reset

Gain new insights into your relationship and practical skills to strengthen friendship, affection, intimacy and healthy conflict management.

Refresh

Learn practical ways to strengthen respect, affection and understanding while creating a deeper emotional connection with one another.

Refocus

Leave with practical tools, renewed hope and a shared vision for the future of your relationship.

The retreat draws on well-established, evidence-based approaches to relationship therapy, including Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), the Gottman Method and the Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT). Throughout the retreat you'll receive practical tools, exercises and resources to support your relationship long after the weekend has finished.

How much does it cost?

The cost includes 2 days of intensive couple work, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and resources to take home.

$1700 per couple

This price also includes a one-hour follow-up session with one of our relationship therapists to help you consolidate what you've learned and continue building on the progress made during the retreat. It is recommended that this session be booked within 6 weeks after the retreat.

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Is a Couples Counselling Retreat right for us?

Our Relationship Retreat has been developed for couples in committed relationships and is suitable for couples of all ages, backgrounds and sexual orientations.

Whether your relationship is already strong or you're experiencing challenges, the retreat provides practical insights and evidence-based strategies to help you better understand one another, strengthen communication and build a deeper, more connected relationship.

While our retreat is suitable for many couples, it may not be appropriate for relationships affected by active domestic violence, coercive control, untreated addiction or significant mental health concerns. If you are unsure whether the retreat is right for you, please contact us before booking. We are happy to discuss your circumstances and help you determine whether this program, relationship counselling or another form of support is likely to be the best fit.

Throughout the retreat, our therapists are available to guide and support you during the exercises. Couples come together for the educational sessions, however all discussions and activities are completed privately with your partner. There is no group participation or public disclosure.

Day One

9:30am - 4:30pm

Topics we will cover on day one include:

What is the current state of your relationship?

How you would like it to be?
How to identify your triggers that cause conflict in your relationship.
Explore areas of conflict that remain unresolved
Regulate and manage emotions for more effective communication.

Day Two

9:30am - 4:30pm

Topics we will cover on day two include:

Come together to create a shared vision of the future.
How to negotiate expectations.
Improve your intimacy and affection.
Create a stronger connection.
How to stay on the path for a healthy & happy relationship.

The Venue

We were very purposeful in selecting Mandoon Estate to host our relationship retreats. As Tracey will show you in this very short video the grounds give you lots of wonderful spaces to spread out and do the individual exercises, and the room itself is large enough to have your own space while being comfortable enough to sit back and take in the valuable content.