If either you or your spouse doesn’t want to go to a couples therapy retreat, you’re just like most people (couples) who ultimately attend A New Dawn Retreat.  Our workshops are filled with couples where one or both spouses were hesitant to attend, especially by themselves. 

 

That is why A New Dawn was designed so that whether you come together or alone, what you learn can still definitely save your marriage. 

 

Throughout the couple's retreat, each spouse works on understanding his or her own personality tendencies, choices and behaviors. There is no blame or shame. The retreat is about understanding and answers that will help you make much more informed choices about how you want to relate to the person you love (or in many cases when couples attend, the person you once loved, now you are not sure how you feel).

 

You will be in a safe place to gain personal insight as to what is tearing your relationship apart. If your spouse doesn't want to come, invite a friend to attend with you.

 

 

If your partner does NOT want to attend with you, I highly recommend you make the very brave choice to attend the relationship retreat alone, because you will:

 

• Learn to understand and manage your personality tendencies

• Learn to understand your partner's personality tendencies

• Learn how to change the destructive ways you are currently relating

• Learn how to communicate powerfully, effectively and respectfully

• Gain knowledge necessary to understand where your relationship derails

• Acquire tools to evaluate your behavior and expectations as a spouse

• Gain knowledge and develop skills necessary to build a strong marital relationship

• Better understand yourself, your personality tendencis and your wants and needs

• Become a better, more insightful person and potential partner, no matter what choice you make about your current marriage

 

 

If you don’t take advange of this great growth opportunity you will:
 

• Pass up an opportunity to better understand yourself and your needs and to learn skills that can help you fulfill those needs

• Miss the opportunity to understand, love and appreciate your partner and yourself like never before

• Experience the pain, loss, frustration, hopelessness and struggle you have been experiencing over and over again

• Your relationship will most likely continue to deteriorate

• If you divorce, you will likely repeat the same destructive behaviors and mistakes in a new relationship

• Never understand "What went wrong?" So that you are armed with the information and relationships skills you need to end the relational dysfunction