When was the last time you gave your relationship the gift of true attention and care?

The Urban Retreat for Couples might just be one of the best gifts you can give yourself and your relationship. You will gain clarity on what true partnership is, and discover tools to nourish it. This short experience will likely reverberate for a long time.

Anyone who has participated in our Urban Retreat for Individuals is welcome to join this Couples Retreat, as our Retreat for Individuals is necessary preparation for your relationship work.

Couples can join to overcome relational difficulties, or to simply enhance their already strong partnership.

Couples will participate in 4 weekly 2.5-hour gatherings, in a welcoming professional setting in Winnipeg. Gather with us in comfortable chairs in a circle around a candle, and allow yourselves to slow down, relax, tune in, and just be you.  

Each gathering is followed by an optional 1-hour at-home audio-guided couples session. 

We strive to make our gatherings safe, confidential, effortless, and restorative. 

We harness the transformative power of connection, acceptance, and truth to help you heal and grow as individuals and to nurture your relationship. 

There is no pressure to share or participate in any of the guided exercises if you do not want to participate. Your presence is always enough. 

Our starting point is full acceptance of the essence of who you both are, and we will invite you to work on fully accepting yourself and your partner as well. Remember that fully accepting who you are does not mean we accept harmful behaviour, even if it stems from the very heart of True You. 

We will outline the principles of healthy relating in general, and you can gain clarity on the unique way you relate as a couple. 

You will be invited to look at the implicit principles and values that guide the way you relate to your partner and others, discover the specific relational chains that cause challenges in your relationship, practice empathic communication and assertiveness to honor yourself and each other in your individuality, and explore possible paths towards more harmonious partnership.

All couple-specific work is done confidentially only between you and your partner. The group is never involved in any processing specifically related to you and your partner. In this way, you can easily preserve the privacy of anything having to do with your relationship. This will also help avoid unnecessary social comparisons among couples, creating even more safety for everyone. 

Typically, couples who are committed to improving their relationship will do so during these retreats. However, the art of love is complex for many reasons, most notably because of discrepancies in the level of commitment between two partners, limits in insight, or the deeply entrenched emotional tendencies that lead to an unwillingness or inability to modify patterns of communication and behaviour. Hence, we cannot make any promises about specific outcomes for your relationship. 

More information on our website @ trueyou.one

Retreat Details

 

Sessions | Four 2.5-hour weekly group sessions. Four optional 1-hour audio-guided at-home sessions.

Cost | $800 (4 X 3.5-hour X $200) per person | Covered by most Extended Health Plans as “Psychological Services – Couples or Group Therapy”

Location | River Heights, Winnipeg.

Facilitators | Dr. Darek Dawda, PhD, CPsych  | Jessica Gonzalez, MSc, MA, CCC & other True You Facilitators