Weekend Couples Retreat
Intimate Reconnections, LLC
Prior to the retreat experience, couples:
Are asked to submit their application which includes a brief written summary of current relationship strengths, concerns, and goals for the weekend.
During the retreat experience, couples:
Will meet as a couple on a daily basis with the therapist as well as participate in a daily two hour group education experience with a maximum of four other couples in which information on communication skills, negotiation and problem solving skills will be presented in an engaging and non-threatening series.
Will be given the opportunity, in the group setting, to practice communication skills and learn various techniques to improve problem solving and intimacy.
Will be invited to incorporate tantric techniques as one modality of experiencing renewed connection.
Will carry out suggested sensual/sexual experiences in the privacy of their accommodations; these structured learning experiences will be processed in the daily couple sessions with the therapist. The series of structured sensual exercises are intended to re-establish comfort and trust and reconstitute the couples’ sensual and sexual relationship.
Can experience a “jump start” effect which can be re-integrated into their everyday life. The long weekend experience leaves plenty of time to learn as well as to relax together without the normal interruptions of life.
After the retreat experience, couples:
Are scheduled, following their return home, for 3 monthly telephone “check-ins” to help assure a successful transition to the pressures of everyday life which are intended to help sustain the progress made on the retreat.
A note about sexual difficulties:
A lack of desire for sexual relatedness and/or sexual boredom are the common threads for couples who have become disengaged. These sexual concerns will likely improve dramatically as a result of this weekend experience.
Sexual difficulties such as erectile dysfunction, orgasmic or pain difficulties will require additional attention. Couples experiencing these challenges are also encouraged to attend the weekend event where assessment and beginning interventions can be addressed. The couple may then choose to continue with a local sex therapist or arrangements can be made to contract with me for additional in-person or telephone sessions to remediate the remaining issues.