Couple Intensive Retreats in London

An intensive couple retreat and relationship Therapy in London to get you back on track

Intensive Couple Retreats

Are you struggling in your relationship or marriage? Are you desperate to feel connected? Exhausted with what feels like a power struggle? Find yourself walking on eggshells? You feel like your voice is not being heard. You feel like the more you try and get your voice heard the more your partner moves away. You are feeling like your partner doesn’t care altho they say they do. Is it time to recalibrate, stop polarising and rediscover your relationships connection and spark?

Our Intensive Couple Retreats are a solution focussed and effective approach to rediscovering emotional connection and healing past relationship issues. It is a short cut to connecting in a meaningful. The retreats are designed to gain traction in such a way that most people progress through six months’ worth of couples counselling in two or three days.

This is right for you if:

  • You want to invest in your relationship
  • You are committed to start creating a fulfilling relationship
  • Are ready to devote uninterrupted time to focus on creating lasting positive change in your relationship or marriage
  • Want to create a fulfilling future together and improve your connection and intimacy
  • Are looking to rediscover, reinvigorate and recalibrate your relationship

Pam Custers leads The Intensive Couple Retreats an experienced couples therapist MA, BA (hons) PG Dip, EFT trained and founder of The Relationship Practice.

An intensive couple retreat and relationship Therapy in London to get you back on track

What people say

Craig and Anne

“We honestly thought that our relationship was over. Thank you we have re discovered ourselves and our relationship we were so lost”

B&R

“Thank you it felt like a little bit of fairy dust was sprinkled on our relationship”

Terry and Mike

“I think our relationship was stuck in a stale mate. It was like the lights went on for us”
“Pam I am so grateful for your sensitive intervention in our fraught relationship. We really appreciate your authenticity and experience, guiding us through some difficult conversations and painful memories we wake up each day with newfound love and respect for each other and a roadmap to navigate difficult discussions in the future.
Thank you again”
“Pam has a gentle way of working through issues and teasing out the underlying causes. It also aligns well with the Hoffman process.”
“We loved the content and the balance of discussions, written work and the fact that we came home armed with a deeper understanding”
“Our best hopes for the intensive was to get to understand what the underlying issues are and how we have managed to get to where we are.
We needed some of the tools to moving forward so we can create a happy lasting relationship. We got this and so much more.”
“We have come away having been very honest about our most deepest feelings and have managed to become far more connected”
“We now have a future we are looking forward to. Thank you.”
“The concept of attachment styles and how our reactions to situations are influenced by them have created a deep feeling of compassion forgiveness openness and comfort that we can now show each other”
“We were able to gently explore some difficult events in our lives and with a deeper sense of understanding find a way to feel compassion let go of all negative thoughts and moves forward with strength and love”
“Pam is kind and compassionate and makes the process feel safe her knowledge and experience is evident and hugely reassuring we left the retreat and such a positive optimistic place”
“We attended the couple intensive to heal the relationship and be better connected we came away with a far better understanding of how we are unwittingly triggering each other into becoming distance and we were able to put a lot of our past hurt behind us and were able to discuss some of the most difficult issues in our relationship.”
“It was a relief to discover that what we were experiencing is so universal. It stopped us in our tracks in thinking about parting.”
“We really love the long sessions so we could get deeper into discussions and really really discover what each other with thinking and feeling with no interruptions and we felt like we could truly explore our relationship”
“We wanted to attend so we could talk to each other in a way that allowed us to understand each other and stop being so reactive. We wanted to understand what we were doing to create the animosity in our relationship. We came away with tools to connect and sooth each other and to have a more compassionate kind and healthy way of communicating with each other.”
“Pam’s calm and gentle way aloud us to be vulnerable, with each other for the first time ever.”
“My a-ha moment was understanding why I feel such a deep need for reassurance and security and how this could push my partner away from me and they because they have a very different style”
“I loved having the time and space to explore particularly our childhoods and history which has caused wounds in our relationship dynamics and seem to trigger over and over again we were able to heal and understand each other in a very fundamental way”
“We were taken on a relationship journey and we were so pleased to find our destination. ”
“We loved the continuity of having three days just for our relationship it was a real turning point for us and we will be forever grateful. ”

What Our Intensive Couple Retreats Look Like

This is bespoke to your own unique couple relationship needs

The process starts with a deep assessment of your relationship needs wants and desires. You and your love partner will have a full personalised assessment. This takes place prior to the Couple Intensive.

The VIP Couple Intensive retreat will include what is described below and a lot more. We explore issues like Communication, Personality Types, Intimacy and I use neuroscience to understand the science of love and to make profound shifts in relational connection. Couples leave having recalibrated and able to look towards the future armed with the new found, deeper understanding of their partner, them selves and their relationship.

Day 1

  • Co-creating the shared Relationship Vision
  • Evaluating your love story
  • Discovering your relationship dance.
  • Understanding the sabotaging relational moves
  • Implementing a a strategy that shifts old ways of operating
  • Setting a one-month plan
  • Creating the shared understanding

Day 2

  • Daily relationship practices – building the strong foundation
  • Understanding the neurobiology pf strong relationships.
  • Discover your personality and that  we bring of ourselves.
  • Neutralising old patterns
  • Empowerment in processing and healing old hurts
  • Creating a unique plan to connect and create intimacy
  • Evaluating progress
  • Other resources
  • Closing appreciations
  • Commitment
What You Can Expect at our Group Intensive Couple Retreats

Couple maintenance

Your monthly check in.

Having invested in your relationship many couples choose to keep the commitment going. Many couples wish to have on going monthly dedicated time.

A 12 month programme is set up each session covers a unique topic. This is a deep dive into a range of the most important topics in love relationships, from intimacy, family values to money.

It touches on all the big conversations that a couple may wish to explore a little deeper.

Pam uses the insights gained from the couple intensive to construct a very nurturing and supportive process. This builds on the strong foundation that was created on the couple intensive.

Those who have attended either the VIP can sign up to keep the focus and explore deeper the corner stones of couple life. These can be signed at the same time as the intensive.