Marriage and Family Based Retreats

Difficulties are common hurdles which every marriage has to overcome. Marriages which fail to overcome such difficulties are headed to the rocks. A marriage on the rocks can however be salvaged through therapy. Vacation therapy is quickly gaining favor and one location which offers holiday therapy is Nicaragua. The therapy takes place at an inn, with a backdrop of the spectacular Nicaragua South Pacific coast. The two year old facility already holds a track record in helping rocky relationships and marriages turn around. The director of the program, Dr. Stewart, explains how the distance away from home coupled with Nicaragua’s beauty provides a unique environment for couples to try and mend their differences. Most couples are at first drawn to the program by the whole idea of a getaway with the therapy aspect coming in second. The program is however designed to advance intensive therapy treatment involving daily sessions offered to couples, individuals and families.

The therapy sessions help couples, who lack good communication habits, close emotional distances and open up. The sessions also try to resolve resentment issues, infidelity, parenting problems, substance abuse and help parents cope with taking care of special needs children. The program is designed to handle therapy involving individuals, couples and families of up to 8 people. This kind of program is ideal for family reunions taking place under clinically supported treatments. Clients who attend the sessions do not have contact with each other unless this contact is initiated outside the environs of the treatment.

This program has helped in achieving treatment success particularly with individuals who are treatment-resistant. Such individuals are drawn by the vacation extended to them but once they begin the therapy sessions the unfamiliar environment has the effect of helping them open up more than they would in conventional therapy set ups. The programs intensity combines with the daily sessions produces greater progress than weekly sessions back at home would. The program could act as an extension of regular weekly therapy sessions or act as an initial mode of therapy treatment. In special circumstances the program director gets in touch with the clients regular clinicians prior to the vacation therapy as well as after the holiday therapy ends.

The program is ideally set in on a former luxurious inn offering outstanding accommodation choices to those going through the treatment process. The layout of the inn provides a direct view of the ocean which is quite serene and may contribute towards helping the clients attain the relaxation required when going through therapy sessions. The clients are also offered travel support which comes as a package with the program. The clients also get to enjoy Nicaragua’s beautiful beaches with their adjacent restaurants, take part in horse riding, surf and sail, get Spanish lessons and simply lay back and admire the natural Nicaragua beauty.

Come to this great marriage retreat with just you and your spouse, or your whole family! Dr. Stewart has years of experience in family therapy and can help open lines of communication in your family / marriage.