In our approach, being in a bad or miserable place in your relationship is a great place to start. From experience, we know that most couples are making the same two or three mistakes in every area of their relationship. When these mistakes are corrected, the relationship transforms. Unlike many of the programs that focus on healing past wounds we focus on what works and what has the potential to work. Nobody deliberately sets out to sabotage their relationship. However, we help you uncover the ways that you are unwittingly staying disconnected from one another.

Many of the distressed couples we work with have had major communication breakdowns. Oftentimes there are difficulties with issues like trust, fidelity, and other betrayals that have been especially difficult for couples to overcome. Other couples have for years been caught up in other areas of life like child rearing and careers that they have drifted far apart. Before long, they don't know one another anymore and seriously doubt moving on together. Still others have been living lives of quiet desperation in relationships that are very this empowering. There are many situations that during a couple to the brink of staying together. Our specialty is helping couples reverse the trend and moved toward a relationship they may have forgotten is possible.

For the most part, we stay focused on the present and what couples can do immediately to experience some positive difference in their relationship. Inevitably, past issues arise and we deal with those in a very straightforward and practical way. Past hurt doesn't go away overnight. At the same time, there are practical steps people can take to begin healing. A partner or spouse is also in a terrific position to help facilitate healing in their partner. Unfortunately, oftentimes well-meaning attempts at healing are misunderstood and make the problems worse.

With very few exceptions, we believe that most couples have the skills to relate to one another in loving and caring ways. They wouldn't have gotten together in the first place if this wasn't the case. Even after years of hurt and pain, loveless relationships can be transformed into something loving and positive for both partners.

We find that we are able to achieve much more in our weekend retreats because we are not constrained by the clock. We are able to work on issues until they are solved, resolved, or excepted in a way that the couple can move on. In our experience, both partners usually want to move on, they simply have different ideas of that house that should take place. In a very caring and non-playing the environment, we help couples get back on track with more positive than loving relationships and ultimately happier lives.

Because people learn and change in different ways, our comprehensive weekend intervention program is multifaceted to ensure maximum benefit to participants. Our program comprises the following components:

• One-on-one skill building workshops with a relationship communication expert.
   
• Intensive couples therapy sessions designed to build on your already existing strengths and resources to as a couple.

The intensity of the experience, the tranquility of the surroundings, and the time away from work and family commitments, will jump-start your relationship. With new tools, new insights and a new understandings, you will make the necessary shifts to get your relationship back on track.