Strengthen & Deepen Your Relationship In A Blue Mountains Bushland Setting
Couples Counselling Retreat
Our relationship retreats for couples blends couples counselling with individual sessions. We take a tailored approach to focus on relationship issues particular to you as well as explore foundational issues such as communication, expectations, dealing with conflict, core values, family conditioning and sexual satisfaction.
Carl Jung once said, "Seldom, or perhaps never, does a marriage develop into an individual relationship smoothly and without crises; there is no coming to consciousness without pain."
Couples Therapy Retreat Australia
Our approach is to view relationships as a vehicle for healing and supporting our self-actualisation. Just as an oyster cannot be formed without the irritation of grit, the inevitable trials of relationships can bring about a deepening of the connection if faced honestly and courageously.
Nestled on the quiet side of Katoomba we are just a 5-minute drive to the centre of town should you want to take in local dining and activities.
We’re within walking distance to Mini Ha Ha waterfall for those after a tranquil bushwalk and the opportunity for a swim during the summer months.
Marcus and Ginny are angels on earth. They took the time to listen and analyse our situation and helped us in the most spiritual, emotional, practical and holistic way. I would definitely recommend the couples therapy weekend to everyone that needs help in their relationship and personal growth... - Mirasol M
Mix up the time you spend on couples therapy with activities such as a couples board game, gratitude building/light-hearted relationship reflections, films exploring different relationship themes, reading fables about couples, listening to stories about couples, exploring poetry, getting into your body via yoga, meditation, mindfulness colouring, drawing sacred geometry as well as outdoor activities and time spent in nature.
“The deepest moments of intimacy occur when you're not talking." - Patricia Love
Marriage Retreat
Relationship Counselling
Together or individually, you’ll spend time working through some relationship modules depending on what areas you wish to explore. Afterwards, we will discuss what came up and endeavour to work through issues and challenges to resolve.
“The purpose of an intimate relationship is not that it be a place where we can hide from our weaknesses but where we can safely let them go. Only then can we know an enchantment that lasts.” - Marianne Williamson
Couples Counselling Weekend
Celebrating Your Connection
The expectations and attitudes we develop have an enormous impact on the health of our relationship. Between the activities and overall experience of our retreat for couples, you’ll cultivate a greater sense of appreciation for one another and the memories you have built together.
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more." - Melody Beattie
Couples Therapy Weekend
Individual Sessions
By putting greater focus on our own self-development and how we might better express our passions and core beliefs, we demand less from our partners while creating a container where we have more to offer our relationship. Over the retreat, you’re invited to undertake individual sessions be it around life purpose or undertaking breathwork, energy healing, tarot etc.
“Most arguments can't be resolved because most disagreements are rooted in fundamental differences of lifestyle, personality, or values.” - John Gottman
Couples Retreat Therapist
We promise not to issue matching robes!
Couples Weekend Retreat Therapy
Ginny Shearer
Marcus Dabb
About Ginny
Ginny’s training in guiding and supporting others began with her hairdressing career, informally coaching, listening and offering support to the thousands of clients she came to know both in Australia and while working abroad.
After navigating a crisis period where she had to take control of her life and steer it in a healthier direction she found her calling to work with people who were also ready to reclaim their life.
In addition to following Buddhist practices and doing extensive studies in self-development, she complemented her self-education with formal studies in Youth Work, Community Services and a Bachelor of Social Work.
Finding Breathwork to be a particularly transformative form of healing she has done much training in it and continues to deepen her practice. Ginny is also trained in Theta healing.
Taking an intuitive approach, Ginny found a gift for interpreting the messages offered by tarot cards, working as a spiritual healer and being a clear vessel for the collective unconscious to work through.
Counselling is something that Ginny both enjoys and has a natural affinity for, particularly in the area of relationships. After undertaking a couples therapy retreat, many couples continue with Ginny’s couples counselling to build upon the work completed during the retreat.
About Marcus
Marcus studied Social Work and Education at University, grounding that knowledge through working in a diverse range of roles as an adult educator and caseworker.
Through his time at Rudolf Steiner College, he realised the importance of holistic education and the need to focus on the whole person in contrast to the compartmentalised approach of institutions.
Deepening his knowledge by studying humanistic psychologists such as Abraham Maslow and Carl Jung and spending time in the Jungian community, he gained further insights into the challenges and opportunities relationships afford us.
After running a wide variety of workshops in Australia and overseas he launched his initiative known as Writes of Passage Retreats, in the belief that contemplation, nature, carefully curated ideas and guidance is the ideal means for people to look at life with greater possibility and unearth their own dormant potentiality.
Through his retreat programs and individual counselling work, he has worked with a large number of individuals on their relationship issues as well as through the intensive couples therapy retreat programs employing ideas from relationship experts such as John Gottman and Esther Perel.
Relationship Retreats for Couples
Our customer designed yurt is a cosy space conducive to working through core issues
Take in the magic of waterfalls after dark on a local spectacular floodlit night walk
Nestled in bushland, the retreat space is a tranquil environment
within walking distance of the healing Mini Ha Ha waterfall
Marriage Retreat Australia
Couples Therapy Weekend Getaways
Ginny and Marcus created such a lovely, casual and safe environment for my partner and I to share our fears, learn and grow. They are both extremely knowledgeable and skilled at what they do and how they both connected with us during the two day retreat. I can't recommend them enough for anyone who needs a relationship check and the nudge of encouragement to continue to grow and evolve together. We can't wait to continue our journey with Ginny through ongoing couples counselling. The strength and vitality we have rediscovered in our relationship is truly moving thanks to this wonderful experience. ~ Leah C
Marriage Counselling Weekend Retreats
We can't thank Ginny and Marcus enough for our valuable experience. They were both so insightful and have taught us alot in our time of need. Highly recommend the couples retreat. We felt so comfortable as soon as we arrived. The bush setting is a tranquil bonus. ~Sarah
A marriage enrichment retreat or marriage repair retreat, depending on the state of your relationship.
Program Outline Day 1
Couples Retreat Therapy Sessions
Morning Session
You each have a one-on-one session with Ginny or Marcus to look at your individual healthiness within the relationship and have an opportunity to explore what you see as the fundamental issues in restoring or strengthening your relationship. Both couples therapists have distinct styles and will tease out different themes to focus on.
Mid Morning Session
You and your partner switch facilitators to complete a holistic picture of your concerns and core issues. As David Whyte expressed, "If relationships are an overt opportunity for conversation, generosity and self-improvement, they are also a battleground for all of the unspoken, underground streams that are brought together beneath the steady flow of arrangements."
Lunch
Afternoon Session
During this combined counselling session, you'll work with a facilitator to communicate through the issues that surface as well as discuss foundational areas such as communication, conflict, as well as the strengths and challenges of unique relationship container.
Mid Afternoon Session
Depending on the weather and your energy levels, you can use this time to take in a nearby bushwalk to our local waterfall. Alternatively, you might want to play a couples board game or indulge in some of the relationship themed activities available or simply just be together and talk about your experiences so far.
Dinner (or the option for you to take in one of the local dining facilities)
Optional evening activities
Couples Workshop Retreat
Day 2
Morning Session
Working with the alternative facilitator to yesterdays afternoon session you'll have a combined counselling session which includes a plan outlining steps to take and resources to help improve areas that have been stumbling blocks as well as enhance your relationship.
Lunch
Afternoon Session
The final session will involve a recap as well as your choice of either a) exploration of one another's sexual blueprints or b) exploration of your differing temperamants or life blueprints, both with a view to better understand each others different languages and needs.
Couples therapy retreat vacation packages
Included in your package is an optional stand up paddleboarding session, mountain bike ride or bush walk at the end of day 1 of your program (weather permitting).
All Inclusive Couples Therapy Retreats
Marriage Counselling Weekend Retreats: $1100 for a 2 day weekend program or $1000 for a 2 day weekday program.
Inclusions: Accommodation, meals, workbooks, counselling and activities.
Location: Katoomba, Blue Mountains NSW
“The greatest gift of relationship proves to be that as the result of encountering each other,
we are obliged to grow larger than we had planned.”
Instead of gaming love, master the game of love by understanding your core needs and the stumbling blocks between you and a lasting, enriching connection.
Our self-love retreat is ideal for singles working on relationship patterns and for those who could use some self care and greater appreciation for who they are & what they have to offer the world.
A holistic retreat involving creative expression, life guidance, relationship exploration & a range of activities such as astrology/numerology readings, tarot, breathwork, transpersonal counselling & more.
