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.
“Let’s turn your relationship around and rekindle new fondness and admiration for each other.”
I’ve carefully designed the Couples Counselling Retreat around my popular and proven Save My Marriage Program ensuring a deeply personalised and empowering experience.
Your retreat is tailored specifically to your needs, guided by your Gottman assessments. This means we focus precisely on what matters most to you, allowing for deep transformation uniquely aligned with your relationship’s needs.
With my extensive training and experience in Couples Counselling, you’re in safe hands. Together, we’ll work compassionately and authentically to restore your connection and rebuild the strength of your relationship.
For couples in distress, it's time to get professional help.
Over two full days, we’ll work together 1-on-1, using effective, proven therapies to strengthen and repair your relationship in any of the following areas as required…
Ongoing Conflict
Constant, heated arguments create a cycle of hurt and resentment, leaving you both feeling drained and disconnected. This ongoing tension affects everyone in your household, including children, adding to the strain within your relationship.
Reduce Conflict
De-escalate conflict, feel heard, and ease the tension between you. Start conversations gently, build a shared understanding, and calmly work through the real issues together. Experience a new way of communicating that brings peace back to your relationship.
Broken Communication
Criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling, known as the “Four Horsemen” are clear warning signs of broken communication. These destructive patterns creep in slowly but can ultimately tear your relationship apart if left unaddressed.
Healthy Communication
Eliminate the 'Four Horsemen' to pave the way for healing and smoother conversations. Once these patterns are gone, rediscover respectful communication. Feel heard, validated, and express your needs clearly and lovingly.
Betrayal & Infidelity
The pain of broken trust and betrayal runs deep, often stirring feelings of shame, guilt, and heartbreak. Infidelity leaves lasting wounds and is a leading cause of separation and divorce.
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.
Severed Connection
Mismatched values, diverging goals, and a lack of shared direction can leave your relationship feeling empty. When passion fades and shared dreams disappear, what remains is a sense of disconnection; a life together, yet worlds apart.
Repair Connection
Rebuild fondness and admiration by creating new rituals of connection. Discover shared values, build a deeper sense of meaning, and work through long-standing issues together.
Negative Sentiment
Constantly seeing the negative in your partner and harbouring resentment causes you to drift further apart, eroding your connection. Left unchecked, it becomes harder to see eye to eye, making meaningful communication feel out of reach.
Fresh Positive Outlook
Dissolve negative sentiment clouding your relationship and invite a fresh, positive outlook. See the good in your partner, and let gratitude, fondness, and admiration shine on your relationship bringing light and warmth back into your lives.
Avoidant Behaviour
Turning your back on relationship issues eventually becomes a heavy burden, weighing you down day by day. Depression, sadness, poor sleep, and low energy often follow. Many look for comfort outside the relationship, yet the unresolved problems remain, casting a shadow over everything.
Shared Responsibility
Replace avoidance with shared responsibility, creating a space to resolve issues together. Work through challenges calmly and sensitively, with a refreshed sense of “us.” Enjoy restful sleep and a renewed sense of peace as you find comfort and solace within the relationship once more.
Return to Harmony
Unrelenting Pressure & Stress
Daily pressure and stress can build up and spill over if left unmanaged. From work, family, finances, children, to health issues and more, this constant strain can create destructive behaviour patterns that destabilise the very foundation of your relationship.
Reduce Stress & Manage Emotions
Build self-awareness and discover practical ways to reduce stress and manage strong emotions. Self-soothe to stay calm and grounded, creating space for open, supportive communication in your relationship.
Lingering Resentment
Lingering resentment feels like a sharp stone in your shoe; it grates at every step, slowly eroding your joy and happiness. No matter how much you distract yourself, unresolved resentment can 'drive you crazy' with frustration, taking a toll on your mental health and quality of life.
Peace & Forgiveness
Let go of lingering resentment by embracing forgiveness and starting a new chapter together. Work as a team to find peace and reach healthy compromises, creating a relationship where both partners feel heard, valued, and encouraged to speak openly.
Invisible & Unappreciated
Feeling unsupported and unloved by your partner can take its toll on your sense of identity and self-worth. When you feel used or unappreciated, that loving feeling fades, allowing distance to grow and resentment to fester.
Valued & Appreciated
Celebrate each other’s strengths and support each other’s growth. Feel seen, respected, and loved as you create a committed, uplifting relationship built on mutual appreciation.
Unfulfilled Dreams & Desires
When dreams go unfulfilled, it can feel like life is passing you by. As days and years slip away, feelings of loneliness and desperation can creep in, putting your relationship at real risk of being derailed.
Create a Vision for the Future
Visualise a happy and fulfilling future together based on your shared values. Set intentions that build renewed positivity between you. Create a stronger relationship with more meaning and purpose.
Lost Intimacy
When physical connection fades, it can feel like you’re living as room-mates rather than partners. The lack of intimacy leaves you feeling isolated, unloved, and longing for closeness, putting a silent strain on the love you once shared.
Rekindle Love & Intimacy
Rekindle the spark by creating special moments of closeness and affection that bring you together. Build deeper emotional and physical connection to renew the warmth, trust, and desire in your relationship.
Controlling Behaviour
Feeling controlled by your partner is suffocating and erodes your confidence and self-worth, creating a sense of isolation. This loss of independence fuels resentment and emotional distance, gradually draining the affection and love you once shared until the relationship feels hollow or breaks apart entirely.
Empowered Independence & Freedom
Create a relationship that honours independence and freedom of choice, allowing you to pursue personal goals while also supporting your partner. Build a balanced partnership that feels respectful, rewarding, and deeply fulfilling.
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
My Professional Memberships
- Gottman Relationship Checkup Approved Member
- Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
