Couples Counselling Retreat
Revitalise Your Relationship
With Couples Counsellor - Jacqueline Hogan
McCrae on the Mornington Peninsula - Near Melbourne in Victoria
Repair Your Relationship with Jacqui's Couples Counselling Retreat
Start a new chapter in your relationship. Create the shift you desire in as little as a weekend.
Avoid the stop-start flow of traditional session-based couples therapy and benefit from ‘full-focus days’ to make a bigger improvement in your relationship sooner.
My Couples Counselling Retreat is perfect for busy Melbourne based couples who can carve out a weekend or a 2-day block of time together, to work on their relationship.
Couples retreats are an increasingly popular way to deliver marriage therapy. We make great use of our time together, and hit the ground running.
The greatest benefit is having the luxury of time to ‘keep going’ and achieve the breakthroughs you’ve been searching for.
No more: “I’m sorry – That’s all we have time for”…
There are many benefits of my Couples Counselling Retreat. However, it’s an intensive form of marriage therapy, so It’s not for everyone.
Keep reading to learn more about the benefits and find out if my Couples Counselling Retreat is the right choice for you.
For couples in distress, it's time to get professional help.
Let’s repair your relationship together, and recover from the issues affecting your relationship. This includes…
Ongoing Conflict
Broken Trust & Betrayal
Negative Sentiment
Broken Communication
Severed Connection
Avoidant Behaviour
Lingering Resentment
Unrelenting Pressure & Stress
Unfulfilled Dreams & Desires
“Let’s turn your relationship around and rekindle new fondness and admiration for each other.”
Revitalise Your Relationship
I’ve designed the Couples Counselling Retreat around my popular and proven Save My Marriage Program.
Your retreat is tailored to your needs based on your Gottman assessments, so we work on what matters most for you.
Using proven therapies, over 2 full days, working together 1-on-1, we improve your relationship over the following themes…
Reduce Conflict in Your Relationship
De-escalte conflict, feel heard and ease the tension between you. Start conversations softly. Create shared understanding. Process underlying issues calmly and welcome a new way of communicating.
Rebuild Trust
Process betrayal and broken trust sensitively. Create hope for the future and a pathway toward forgiveness and re-connection. Start new trust building behaviours and set standards & boundaries to shape a closer, more loving relationship.
Repair Connection
Rebuild fondness & admiration and create new rituals of connection. Discover shared values. Develop shared meaning. Resolve gridlocked issues & more.
Reduce Stress & Manage Emotions
Develop a new sense of self-awareness and learn new strategies to reduce stress, manage strong emotions, and self-soothe.
Return to Harmony
Create a Vision for the Future
Based on your top shared values, visualise a happy and fulfilling future together. Set the intention in motion and create renewed positive sentiment.
Compromise & Win-Wins
Find areas of compromise, work together - like you're on the same team and allow win-win ideas and solutions to enrich your relationship and satisfy each other's needs.
Love & Kindness
Know your partner better. Do more of what works, and create a healthy, happy home - one that welcomes love, warmth and kindness.
Support Each Other
Support each other. Have each other's back when times are tough. Help your partner to help your self. Make better choices and know where to turn during difficult times.
Client Success Stories
Benefits of Jacqui's Couples Counselling Retreat
Also known as ‘Intensive Marriage Therapy’ – the top benefits of Jacqui’s Couples Counselling Retreat include…
- Achieve great outcomes for your relationship over a weekend.
- Deeper transformation and faster breakthroughs.
- Have time to reflect on your achievements and fast track your transformation.
- Spend quality time together doing exactly what you need to get your relationship back on track.
- Leave the stress of work, and family life behind for a moment, and reconnect with a focus on your relationship
Spacious & Relaxing Seaside Accommodation
Our new location in McCrae has it’s own separate, comfortable & spacious unit, perfect for a marriage counselling getaway. Stay, repair, relax and unwind.
McCrae is conveniently located on the Mornington Peninsula, just a short drive from Melbourne, Victoria.
You have the whole private and comfortable unit to yourself. Warm and welcoming with bay views, it’s the perfect space to reconnect and repair your relationship.
“Your couples retreat has a Mediterranean flair, complimented with alluring bay views from the bedroom, kitchen, and lounge.”
Are You Suited to a Couples Counselling Retreat?
For more information, and to discuss your suitability, please get in touch. See below.
In general, Jacqui’s Couples Counselling Retreat will suit you, if you and your partner align to the following points:
- You are both committed to repairing the relationship.
- You are both resilient and have the capacity to endure longer therapy sessions over the course of two days.
- You are both open minded and can manage your emotions and are able to handle feelings of discomfort.
- You are both willing to try new things, consider new ideas and listen to different perspectives respectfully.
- You are both able to make the time available in your schedules and make the retreat a priority – with minimum distraction.
- You both have the best intentions for each other and the relationship.
- You are both willing to participate in therapy and are able to talk about what you are feeling, thinking, needing, etc.
You are unlikely to be suited to Jacqui’s Couples Counselling Retreat if you don’t align with the points above, and/or the following below points ring true for you or your partner.
- You’re currently having an affair.
- You’ve not told your partner you’re having / had an affair.
- You have untold secrets that would likely halt the retreat.
- You want to leave the relationship.
- You are unsure about saving the relationship.
- You feel you’d struggle with long therapy sessions over the course of two days.
- There is current or historic violence / abuse in the relationship (physical, verbal, emotional)
- You are emotionally unstable, irritable, or quick to anger.
- You are closed minded, and/or avoid feelings of discomfort.
- You are unwilling to participate in therapeutic exercises & discussion.
- You are unwilling or find it difficult to open up and talk about sensitive or difficult topics, including those from your past.
- You are unable to commit to making ‘distraction-free’ time available in your schedule. (e.g. On-call workers, parents, etc.)
- You are easily distracted.
- You have a current addiction – Alcohol, drugs, gambling, pornography, etc.
- You otherwise have ill feelings toward your partner.
- You / Your partner are feeling threatened / controlled / manipulated in any way.
Contact Jacqui to Learn More & Get Started
If you feel like the Couples Counselling Retreat is right for you, the first step is to get in touch.
The retreat is based on my proven & popular Save My Marriage Program, and the process of getting started is similar.
After our free short chat, booking in your 90 minute discovery session with me is the next step.
Your discovery session is a welcome relief and provides a beacon of hope, helping you decide your next steps.
If you’re suited to my Couples Counselling Retreat and you want to Save Your Marriage – we will get the ball rolling for you right away!
Questions? Dates? Prices?
Get in touch to learn more and request a brochure for more details.
Learn More About Jacqui
Jacqui is a warm and compassionate Couples Counsellor with 25 years of counselling experience. Jacqui tailors her approach to your needs and preferred learning style.
Jacqui draws upon a lifetime of experience and specialist training. Her most significant Couples Counselling related training includes:
- Gottman Therapy – Level 3
- Relational Life Therapy, Terry Real – Level 3
- Emotionally Focused Therapy – Esther Perel
- Treating Affairs & Trauma – Gottman Institute
- Multi-generational Trauma: Treating the Past to Heal the Present – Terry Real, Relational Life Institute
- Working with Infidelity and Making Love Work – Terry Real, Relational Life Institute
- The Relational Brain – Terry Real & Julianne Shore, Relational Life Institute
- Staying in Love – The Art of Fierce Intimacy, Terry Real, Relational Life Institute
- Grandiose Women and Shut Down Men – Terry Real, Relational Life Institute
Formal education
- Bachelor of Social Work (BASW) – Latrobe University
- Diploma of Counselling Psychology – Ampersand Australia, 2009
