Private Couples Intensive with an Internationally Renowned Relationship Expert in Colorado

Have tensions mounted between the two of you recently? Has communication turned into fighting or withdrawal?

Does it seem like you can’t stop the cycle of anger, blame, arguments and withdrawal?

Is your relationship starving for affection, romance or passion?

If any of these describe your relationship, come to Colorado for a 2, 3 or 4 day intensive retreat, and let’s attempt to fix what’s wrong. Let’s make changes where the two of you are able to effectively communicate, work through conflicts and be able to be affectionate and romantic with each other.

Learn how to…

Repair what’s wrong in your relationship
Reconnect with each other
Communicate effectively
Resolve conflicts
Reduce anger, arguments, withdrawal and mean-spirited comments
Begin to heal trust
Put romance and passion back in the relationship
Reduce tensions between the two of you
Regain closeness and intimacy
Learn the tools and skills you need in order to communicate effectively and resolve conflicts on your own

What does it cost?

You get your choice of either 2, 3 or 4 days, and your choice of us meeting either 5 or 6 hours per day. If you are wanting to renew your love or strengthen your relationship, come for 2 or 3 days. If you’re in crisis, or your relationship is in trouble–if you can afford it– choose as many days and hours as you can afford, because you don’t want our retreat to end until we’ve repaired everything we can.

Two 6-hour days: $4,800
Three 5-hour days: $6,000
Three 6-hour days: $7,200
Four 5-hour days: $8,000
Four 6-hour days: $9,600

If you’re unsure how many days and/or hours you need, I will be happy to offer you a recommendation once I learn a little bit about your relationship.

Other names for a marriage retreat:

This is much quicker than marriage counseling sessions

An intensive weekend or weekday retreat offers you the opportunity to repair hurt, anger, lack of communication, breaches of trust or disconnection much more rapidly than weekly marriage counseling sessions. Each day of the retreat lasts 5 or 6 hours, and we will all decide when we want to break for lunch. A 3–4 day retreat is roughly equivalent to 5–6 months of weekly marriage counseling appointments, and I have found it to be so much more effective because we have the time to get right down to the core of the issues—and then create solutions to those issues. For any relationship in crisis, it’s a remarkably quicker way to repair what’s wrong.

Frequently a couple who has been together for years slowly loses their closeness, their friendship, the excitement of being together and their passion for each other. Conflicts, disagreements, hurtful words, angry fights, threats, betrayals of trust and emotional withdrawal begin to damage the closeness and the connection between a couple who was once extremely close and connected.

One of the most positive results of a marriage retreat is the renewal of closeness, the regeneration of connection and the reopening of communication channels. I will guide you to learn and practice powerful ways of effectively communicating with each other, as well as indispensable techniques in how to resolve conflicts, disagreements or hurt feelings. Our goal is for your relationship to regain the connection, trust and closeness you once had, and to strengthen the bond between the two of you.

I have two main goals during your marriage retreats. The first is to help the two of you regain your closeness and connection. The second is to instruct you about what I’m doing and how I’m doing it. As a result, you will be able to take these skills home and use them on your own—so you hopefully won’t need additional professional help for married couples in the future.

What does a marriage therapy retreat include?

The specifics of your marriage therapy retreat will be customized to the issues or conflicts in your relationship, and as a result, every couples retreat is unique. This is a private retreat only for the two of you—I do not do group therapy sessions. We might work on communication, conflict resolution, trust, learning more effective ways of expressing anger or hurt, affection and romance—to name a few. But a marriage retreat will also include relationship retreats intensive assistance with specific problems or emotions unique to your relationship. The goal is to eliminate or reduce the power of those issues, and to forge agreements between the two of you so that those issues are reduced or eliminated entirely. Food and lodging are not included. See schedule for some of the activities that are often included in the retreat.

Each person will also receive a complimentary copy of my nationwide #1 bestselling book that has become the definitive marriage do-it-yourself manual on improving your relationship: Love, Sex and Staying Warm: Creating A Vital Relationship. This book has become like a bible for people interested in improving their relationship skills, or who seek couples intensives relationship assistance or advice. There is also a working lunch built into the retreat, where all three of us go out (or order in) and get something to eat.

Why not go to regular Marriage Counseling?

1. You need more intensive counseling in order to help stabilize your relationship.

There may be several reasons for this. It may be that you’re trying to recover from an affair or any other betrayal of trust. It may be that you’re caught in repetitive arguing or conflict that you can’t get out of. It may be that there is so much anger in your relationship that you can’t talk about and resolve issues anymore. It may feel that you are headed toward a divorce/break-up if you don’t do something fast, effective and in-depth.

2. You don’t live in the Denver area and repeated sessions over time would be too difficult or expensive.

More than 50% of the couples who do my marriage counseling retreat come from out of town, and most typically stay at one of the nearby hotels.

3. One (or both) of you are not sure you want to remain together, but you need to co-parent or work together.

In this case, you must learn how to talk, negotiate and deal effectively with each other.

4. Trust has been ruptured and you need it repaired quickly.

You may not have the luxury of going to couples counseling for months on end to fix what’s wrong. You may need a more intensive marital therapy retreat in order to more quickly repair what’s broken.

How is this different from a Marriage Workshop or Marriage Conference?

Private, personalized attention

In a marriage workshop or couples workshop, you have 5, 10 or more couples attending at the same time. Everyone gets the same approach and the same exercises, regardless of what issues brought you in there, and it could be very embarrassing to talk openly about the issues in your relationship in a large group of people. In a Colorado Marriage Retreat, it will only be the two of you—there will not be any other couples present—and you will receive my personal, undivided attention the entire time. All the skill-building activities will be hand-tailored to you. This will be your own private retreat, exclusively for the two of you. This kind of couples retreat will enable you to repair major issues, disputes or conflicts quickly, effectively and privately.

Master instruction in effective relationship skills and/or how to repair your relationship

I am a licensed marriage and family therapist, and I have been in practice since 1980. My relationship advice has appeared in newspapers around the world. Learn more about my experience and qualifications →

Research shows the techniques are effective

The techniques I use from Imago Therapy have been scientifically shown to be effective. You don’t want to leave your relationship to chance.

What if we’re getting along well—or not married?

A couples retreat is not always centered around conflicts or disagreements. Frequently couples come because they want to deepen the connection and intimacy in their relationship, and an intensive couples therapy retreat offers the opportunity for closeness far more quickly than weekly couples counseling appointments can.

A couples retreat also makes a perfect gift for pre-marital couples, for newlyweds, or for long-married couples desiring to strengthen the connection, closeness and intimacy in their relationship. For non-married couples, a couples counseling retreat offers the same benefits as it does for married couples—if not more—since the best time to prevent any issue is before it starts.

This is equally effective for same-sex couples.

Can I expect lasting positive change from Colorado Marriage Retreats?

That’s my intent. One way the two of you can help yourselves achieve that end is to create a list of goals you would like me to assist you in fixing, changing or resolving. Bring these goals into the first session, so that I can address your intentions throughout the entire marriage retreats. I may also guide the two of you to create a shared vision for the future of your relationship.

Not sure if a marriage retreat is right for you?

Call me for a complimentary consultation:

(720) 331-5564