A Private Intensive Marriage Retreat
For Couples Coming From Alabama

Most of us want to meet our life-partner, we want to fall in love, become a couple, and make it official by marrying.
As a new couple begin their partnership they will surely find that it’s not all champagne and roses. There will be testing times, arguments, feelings of hurt, and possibly acrimony.

It is vital that couples don’t ignore these bumps in the road, on the contrary, they should approach them unselfishly and recognize the times when they might benefit from outside help.

One of the most beneficial steps that a couple can take when their marriage has hit turbulent times is to find and attend a couples therapy retreat. One who can offer objectivity, guidance, and the means with which to deal with their problems.

Here Are 4 Reasons to Attend a Weekend Marriage Counseling Retreat

You get fascinating insights

You can gain a wealth of useful information from working with a Licensed Marriage Therapist at a weekend marriage retreat. They can give you fascinating insights into your situation. While you are arguing they can see what is actually happening. You may not be able to appreciate your circumstances, while blinded by the rows and rancor, but a counselor, viewing from a detached position, can engage with you and your problems without those distractions.

The counselor has experience in aiding couples with problems just like yours and they bring a fresh outlook. Of course every couple is different but the principle holds true. Their experience with the problems of a wide range of couples from all social strata means it is very likely they have encountered couples with similar problems to yours, and can draw on this experience to help you. A fresh pair of eyes with the perspective of an outsider is an amazing asset, and one well worth tapping.

You get useful advice from an independent source

In times of strife and conflict in your partnership you may well reach out for third-party assistance and counsel. You might call on a close friend in the hope they might have an insightful take on your situation. You partner may well consult their parents for advice. This is all to the good as it could broaden your outlook, but be mindful of the fact that friends and family will probably – perfectly naturally – lean towards one of you or the other.

However, the impartiality of the counselor can be relied upon as they have no knowledge of your personal histories and so no prejudged agenda. Their independence can be trusted as they have no involvement in your day-to-day lives and can simply concentrate on the marital aspects which are causing you problems. Their counsel can be trusted as it’s not tainted by coming from a best friend or family member who your partner might believe to be biased.

As the counselor rests upon objectivity they can manage the arbitration process by treating both of you equally, thus smoothing your willingness to be actively involved and confident in the procedure.

You get tips and tools

You will be supplied with useful advice and tools which you can use when you are alone together, whether at home or during the day.

These might be methods to facilitate discussion, tools to develop conversation and improve your connection as a couple. You might be given some homework tasks, these could involve ways to rekindle your love life. Other techniques could involve providing you with a daily structure which will help you to consciously approach your attempts at remodeling your partnership.

Even at the conclusion of your time at a marriage saving retreat, these little gems of tips and tools are yours to keep and use for the betterment of your relationship in perpetuity. They might well form the base of the next stage of your enhanced marriage.

In a safe space

Rest assured that whatever takes place at marriage intensive retreat – any sensitive information – will remain there. You can speak frankly, always safe in the knowledge that confidences will be kept.

It is a free and secure chamber for debate, designed to ease the open expression of your deepest heartfelt feelings, and you can be confident that, whatever it is that you share, counselors and therapists are not critical or judgmental.

The retreat counselors will encourage and allow you and your partner to make your points with honesty and candor. These sessions of free-speaking and direct communication will give you an excellent grounding from which to work to fix your wounded relationship.

There are of course a number of basic communication rules which have to be followed but the main thrust of the process is to release those pent-up feelings without embarrassment or fear of being harshly judged.

Conclusion

“For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part”. The vows you made on your wedding day were part of a commitment for life.

If you find your marriage is entering stricken times and even showing signs of collapsing, it is surely you and your partner’s duty, to consult with a professional counselor and to seek the mindfulness that they can offer. You can be sure that you won’t be viewed harshly or blamed for anything.

The counselor is there to facilitate reconciliation between you and your partner. You are not alone in having problems. When two people get together for life there are bound to be hiccups and roadblocks.

There are cracks in everything, and if your marriage has a few then it is certainly not unique. With the aid of a counselor at an intensive couples retreat, you might well find a way to fix those cracks and smooth them over.