A Private Marriage Intensive Retreat
For Couples Traveling From Pennsylvania

Yes, most commonly people seek the guidance of a Marriage Therapist when their relationship is in crisis mode. So, this might sound surprising to you that there are so many other situations that demands the attention of a couples counselor.

Some of these predicaments might sound trivial, but as they say, “nip the problem in the bud.” It’s always a good idea to address relationship issues when they are in the initial stages, instead of letting them grow and become complicated, unbearable living situations.

Here are 7 different types of relationship issues that a professional Therapist at a marriage counseling retreat can help you deal with:

Issues Related to Communication

To maintain any kind of relationship, a certain amount of healthy communication is required. And we aren’t just talking about couples in relationships, but even the simple relationships that you hold with your colleagues or friends requires effective communication, isn’t it?

Lack of communication or misguided communication between any two people could result in either disconnect or conflict. So, it’s very important to make sure that you and your partner learn how to communicate with each other in a constructive manner. A counselor can help you achieve that.

He/she will teach you how to effectively communicate with each other not just in person, but also over the phone, via text messages or social media websites. Non-verbal communication is also a part of these sessions.

People usually pick up poor ways of communication, subconsciously while they were growing up. A child gets hugely affected by his/her environment and if that environment is toxic in nature, the kid will grow up with issues related to intimacy, trust or communication. A counselor works on those aspects of your psyche and knows how to deal with these delicate issues in a professional and healthy manner.

Counselling Before the Marriage

Attending a premarital counseling retreat is a great way of preparing yourself and your partner before taking the big step. Isn’t it a wonderful idea to clear your head and psychologically prepare yourself before taking such an important step in life? There are so many things a couple can discuss with a counselor before getting married. From wedding anxiety and household chores to tricky subjects like financial matters, you can put anything on the table during such counseling sessions.

When you start your journey together with an open heart and an open mind, chances of encountering any major hurdles later on reduces manifolds. You can ask and discuss all those sensitive matters which you wanted to discuss with your partner but couldn’t for some reason.

You can even discuss things like whether kids are going to be in the picture or not or what roles your in-laws are going to play in your life together as a couple. A counseling session gives you a safe environment to resolve such matters with a sense of maturity and with the intention of finding solutions rather than anything else.

Counseling for Your Sex Life

Whether it’s the beginning of your relationship or you’ve been together for years, issues related to sex can be difficult for you to deal with, on your own. But you should try to resolve these issues as soon as they surface, if you want to keep your relationship going in the right direction.

If your sex life is being plagued by anxiety, confusion, embarrassment or anger, you should definitely consider attending a weekend therapy retreat. More often than not, tension in your sex life is a result of other unresolved issues such as fear, trust issues, childhood trauma, issues related to previous relationships, etc.

Infidelity Related Issues

The most tumultuous phase a couple might have to go through in their journey together is when they have to deal with the toxicity of infidelity. So many couples choose to terminate the relationship when something like that happens, because every day of their life becomes extremely distressing and hurtful.

But if you think your relationship deserves another chance, no matter how difficult things seem to be at the moment, opt for counseling. A therapy session would be the healing space you two need to rebuild your relationship during this testing time. Your counselor would give you various kinds of radical and constructive tools and techniques to help you in rebuilding trust and to create an atmosphere of love and respect in your relationship again.

Sessions for Trust Building

It’s not just because of infidelity, there are so many other scenarios that can lead to breaking each other’s trust in a relationship. For example – you are caught lying about something that means a lot to your partner. This can lead to his/her broken trust and can bring a lot of problems into the relationship.

It’s very important that you and your partner should be able to trust each other completely or else this relationship will eventually start feeling like a burden. An immersive couples counseling retreat can help you escalate this otherwise slow and tedious process of learning to trust each other again.

When You are in a Relationship Out of Habit Than Love

This usually happens when you have lived together since many many years. But this can also happen to a couple who’s dated for a short span of time, but for some reason has not fully explored the scope and multidimensional of being in a close, intimate relationship.

Just coexisting in a home is not a sign of a healthy relationship and if this is something you can relate to, you should definitely consider getting help from a professional counselor. Get back the intimacy and passion that you’ve lost on the way or have never really explored.

Digital Media Related Issues

It’s the age of digital media! Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter have become our reality than the actual world in which we are living. It was only a matter of time and now, these heart-numbing trends of digital media have started affecting our personal lives to the extent that we need counseling to handle them too.

So many relationships are being ruined due to excessive or wrongful use of digital media, these days. We get so strongly identified by our digital avatars on social media websites that we ruin our actual relationships with the people who matter the most to us. If you think your relationship is getting negatively affecting due to such a reason, go for a counseling session and make things right.

Conclusion

Relationships can be hard for some people, but there’s nothing a genuinely skilled counselor can’t resolve. When you are trying to heal your relationship, a private couples therapy retreat can assist you in so many ways. A session provides a safe and encouraging environment where the two of you can comfortably open-up to each other and discuss everything that has been bothering you.

The valuable guidance and the tools and techniques your counselor will give you during these sessions will not just help you in getting out of this particular situation, but also, throughout the rest of your life. Using these same techniques, you’ll be able to build and maintain a happy, healthy and loving relationship with your partner that will certainly pass the test of time.