A couples intensive or private retreat is for you if:
- Your relationship is in crisis and you need it to change quickly and deeply. A couples intensive or retreat means rapid change.
- The way you and your spouse/partner are behaving is having a negative impact on your children and you want to stop harming them.
- You’ve tried relationship counseling before but are experiencing the same arguments, stress, and patterns of behavior as before.
- You want to stop negative patterns in their tracks before they destroy your relationship, even if the issues are not to the crisis level.
What is couples intensive or retreat?
An intensive or private retreat is short-term counseling that helps couples change swiftly to create emotionally safe and secure relationships. It is an investment in solving relationship problems quickly –gaining the understanding, the tools, and the techniques to thrive in a loving environment. Intensives are available to couples in Virginia or Washington, DC either in person in my office in Lansdowne, VA, or via secure video conferencing.
Private retreats are available to any couple, no matter where you live. For the retreat, you would travel to Loudoun County, VA and stay for 2 to 3 days of intensive work. If you are interested in a retreat, contact me, and we can discuss dates and lovely resorts where you can stay in gorgeous Virginia wine and horse country.
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Here’s How It Works
In the first session I’ll help you understand what is happening in your relationship that’s creating the problems, teach you to understand your “attachment styles” and other variables that are important for relationship securitiy, and give you concrete tools that will help you start to repair your damaged relationship. This initial session lasts four or more hours.
Subsequent sessions are three to five hours long, depending on what you prefer. In these sessions you will continue to repair the damage done to your relationship and learn skills to create a safe, secure, and loving environment in your family. Lasting change should happen after a few long sessions
Here’s Why Intensive Therapy Works
It works because it focuses not just on improving communication or healing past relationship wounds. Using a psycho-bio-social approach, intensive therapy targets:
1. The psychological elements of relationships, including attachment styles and family background.
2. The biological elements of relationships–how the nervous system and the brain affect the relationship.
3. The social and cultural elements of relationships, including social and cultural expectations and differences that are affecting the relationship.
Retreat/Intensive Packages
One-day Intensive — 3 hours before lunch, lunch break, 2 hours after lunch. Cost = $1800
Two-Day Intensive — 5 hours each day with lunch breaks. Total of 10 hours with me. Cost = $3600
Three-Day Intensive — 5 hours each day with a lunch breaks. Total of 15 hours with me. Cost = $5400
We can also create a bespoke intensive experience, depending on your needs. Contact me to discuss the possibilities.
A private retreat can be designed to give you both an intensive couples work experience plus other activities that couples can do together to strengthen their relationships. Examples include dancing lessons, art experiences, horseback riding, and sports outings.
Loudoun County, Virginia, is beautiful wine and horse country. If you come for a retreat, we’ll make time for you to enjoy your visit as well as do the work to create the couples connection you desire.
Couples Intensives and Retreats Work Because They Are Not Just Talk.
This approach includes specific actions and activities based on neuroscience and attachment theory that help create a safe and secure environment in which love can reignite and thrive.
It may also include the use of video (not mandatory). Visual images and audio can be invaluable learning tools to help you improve your relationship. Playback of session “tidbits” will enable you to review your facial expressions, micro-movements, body language, tone of voice, and other factors that affect your relationship. You can see in slow motion how you and your partner are reacting to more than just words. It’s fascinating and illuminating.
For more information or to start changing your relationship, call me to ask questions — 703-651-6626 or use the CONTACT FORM. If you are ready to set up a free video consultation, use the button below.
Susan B. Saint-Rossy is a PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy) Level 3-Trained Clinician who is also trained in EFT (Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy) and the Gottman Approach to Couples Therapy. She is a clinical social worker licensed in Virginia and Washington, DC.