Are you and your partner looking to revitalize your relationship? A Gottman Couples Retreat might be the transformative experience you need. Dr. John Gottman’s groundbreaking research forms the basis for these intensive therapy sessions.
There are actually two formats for Gottman Couples Retreats: a Gottman Private Therapeutic retreat and a group Art and Science of Love workshop. We’ll focus here on the one-to-one private therapeutic retreats we specialize in at Couples Therapy Inc.
These private retreats offer couples a unique opportunity to strengthen their bond and develop essential skills for a lasting, healthy relationship.
What is a Gottman Retreat?
Gottman Retreats are one-to-one immersive experiences designed to help couples improve their relationships through evidence-based techniques. Couples attend weekend retreats to focus on their relationship without daily distractions.
Drs. John and Julie Gottman
The Gottmans are famous couples therapists who have studied relationships for many decades. They created valuable tools and strategies to help couples improve their connection. These therapeutic retreats are designed to help couples:
- Enhance intimacy and friendship
- Create shared meaning in their relationship
- Manage conflict constructively
- Develop problem-solving skills
Our clinical work draws on Dr. John Gottman’s research, identifying key factors affecting whether relationships succeed or fail. By attending a Gottman Retreat, couples gain access to this wealth of knowledge and learn how to apply it to their own relationships.
Why do couples in trouble choose a therapeutic Gottman Couples Retreat?
Gottman Retreats offer several advantages over traditional weekly couples therapy sessions:
- Intensive Focus: Couples can fully focus on improving their relationship during the retreat without any daily distractions.
- Research-Based Approach: Gottman methods are grounded in decades of scientific research on what makes relationships succeed.
- Skill Building: Participants learn practical tools and techniques they can use long after the retreat ends.
- Private Work: These private weekends allow couples to work on their specific issues with the guidance of your own trained Gottman couples therapist.
- Lasting Impact: Many couples report significant relationship satisfaction and communication improvements following a Gottman Retreat.
Transform Your Relationship
At the heart of every Gottman Retreat is the goal of helping couples transform their relationships. Whether you’re facing specific challenges or want to strengthen your bond, these retreats provide a supportive environment in which to work on your relationship.
Couples learn to:
- Build and maintain emotional connection
- Navigate conflicts without damaging the relationship
- Create shared goals and meaning in their life together
- Support each other’s hopes and dreams
Our specialty is working with severely distressed couples using an intensive format. We begin with an at-home online assessment and continue with an in-person interview pinpointing your relationship strengths and areas to improve. This science-based approach allows us to work in a targeted way.
The Gottman Method: A Scientific Approach to Love
Dr. John Gottman’s approach to couples therapy is unique in its emphasis on scientific research. Over the decades, Dr. Gottman and his team have studied thousands of couples. They have found certain behaviors and attitudes that can predict whether a relationship will succeed or fail.
This research forms the foundation of the Gottman Method, which is at the heart of Gottman Retreats. Some critical components of this approach include:
- The Four Horsemen: Identifying and countering criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling – behaviors that can predict the end of a relationship.
- Building Love Maps: Developing a deep understanding of your partner’s inner world, including their hopes, fears, and dreams.
- Turning Towards: Recognizing and responding to your partner’s bids for emotional connection.
- The Sound Relationship House: A theory that outlines the components of a healthy, lasting relationship.
Attending a Gottman Couples Retreat allows you to access these insights and learn how to apply them to your own relationship under the guidance of a trained professional.
Offering You a Private One-to-One Gottman Retreat.
At Couples Therapy Inc., we connect you to some of the most highly trained Gottman Method therapists available. Read more to learn about our remarkable team.
Our specialty is working with severely distressed couples using an intensive format. We begin with an at-home online assessment and continue with an in-person assessment of your relationship strengths.
Meet a few of our outstanding therapists certified in the Gottman Method:
Gottman Retreats in:
Boston, MA
Dr. K is the President and founder of Couples Therapy Inc. She has an active, no-nonsense style sweetened with humor and empathetic engagement.
Gottman Couples Retreats in:
Chicago, IL, and Bellingham, WA
The Gottman Institute chose Dr. McNulty to be part of the first group of counselors trained by Gottman and is praised by the Gottmans themselves. He is an exceptional therapist: kind, extremely insightful and fully tuned in to his couples.
Couples Retreat in:
Washington DC & Virginia
Angela brings a “Joie de vivre” and instills hope to her couples. Given her warm and engaging style, Angela is a highly sought-after therapist.
A GottmanRetreat in:
Las Vegas, NV
Dr. Wolfe is a senior clinician who is experienced and confident offering practical application of Gottman tools and helping couples better navigate negotiable issues and non-negotiable issues between them..
Retreats for relationships in:
Los Angeles, CA
Havi is an incredibly talented and thoughtful therapist. She helps couples find insights into themselves and into their marriages.
Gottman Method Retreats in:
Chicago: IL
Tatiana wants couples to learn to better communicate and build a partnership that provides them with emotional safety, deeper connection, and intimacy.
Gottman Retreats in:
Naples, Florida
Rebecca is a powerhouse in helping couples thrive. She creates an environment of comfort and safety from the minute you meet her.
Couples Gottman Retreats in:
Cincinnati, Ohio
Debbie shows empathy, patience, listening, and reframing in a highly skilled manner. She helps couples to dig deep and get to the root causes of their problems.
Debbie Woodall-Carroll, LPCC-S
Gottman Retreat in:
Lutherville, MD (Baltimore)
Couples call Tim “truly amazing.” He’s known for being extremely effective at helping couples face their conflict head-on in a safe space
Knowing what works
It’s truly a valuable skill to know what elements contribute to relationship happiness and which to dissolution and relationship disaster. Working in a Gottman Retreat provides you clear and unbiased direction, no-nonsense feedback, and helps you to develop clarity in purpose. Rather than the drip-drip-drip of weekly work, this intensive couples retreat is laser focused and properly paced to allow you to have the time you need to digest, practice, and incorporate the powerful direction you’ll be given. Renew respect and caring for one another.
It’s not for everyone, however. Contact us to find out who can benefit from this concentrated approach.
