2027 LUXURY RETREAT FOR COUPLES Reflect - Reconnect - Rebuild RRR©

 

LUXURY RETREAT FOR COUPLES

Reflect - Reconnect - Rebuild RRR©

💚 LUXURY RETREAT FOR COUPLES

Reflect - Reconnect - Rebuild RRR©

📅 19-21 February 2027
📍 Mt Glorious, Brisbane
🌿 3 days and 2 nights

Step away from everyday routines and spend a nurturing weekend together in the beautiful natural surroundings of Mt Glorious.

This small-group retreat, guided by Yaro Starak and Gemma Garcia, offers couples time and space to:

✨ Reconnect in a meaningful and authentic way
✨ Strengthen communication and understanding
✨ Explore unfinished emotional business
✨ Address trust, infidelity and emotional repair
✨ Reflect on your future together
✨ Enjoy a Spanish tapas couples cooking experience

🐦 EARLY-BIRD DISCOUNT
Payment must be received before 10 September 2026.
Rainforest Homestead - private Queen room with shared facilities:

Your retreat includes accommodation, meals, therapeutic workshops, couples counselling support and the Spanish tapas cooking experience.

Places are very limited, with only three private rooms in the Rainforest Homestead and three one-bedroom cottages available.

Payment plans are available.

💌 Book now through the link 

https://www.arttherapygestalt.com/events-1/couples-retreat-reconnect-reflect-rebuild-2

 our bio or contact us for more information.
Contact us for more information: gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com

Yaro Starak & Gemma Garcia
Gestalt Art Therapy Centre Australia

2026 Needle Felting for Stress and Anxiety Relief- Gestalt Art Therapy Face-to-Face Workshop

 

2026 Needle Felting for Stress and Anxiety Relief

 Gestalt Art Therapy 

Face-to-Face Workshop

Needle felting is a tactile, meditative art form that shapes wool with a barbed needle. In therapy- especially from a Gestalt Art Therapy perspective- it becomes more than a craft: a healing process that engages body, emotions, and imagination.

Registrants from Australia can obtain their CPD /OPD hours (non-endorsed activities)

Art Therapy Associations CPD hours

AASW CPD hours

ACA OPD hours

PACFA CPD hours

Needle Felting for Stress and Anxiety Relief: A Gestalt Art Therapy Perspective

Needle felting is a tactile, meditative process that involves shaping wool with a barbed needle.

From a Gestalt Art Therapy perspective, it becomes a therapeutic activity that fosters emotional healing through creativity, embodiment, and mindfulness.

The repetitive hand movement helps ground clients, release nervous energy, and bring focus to the present. This rhythmic action promotes a calming flow state, beneficial for reducing anxiety.

The creative process encourages non-verbal expression, emotional exploration, and decision-making, which support self-agency and control.

As wool shifts shape, clients practice flexibility and tolerance, engaging in playful problem-solving and letting go of perfectionism.

Through this process, unconscious projections often surface, offering opportunities for reflection and emotional integration.

Shaping wool mirrors shaping one’s inner world—transforming emotional tension into tangible forms.

In this way, needle felting supports Gestalt principles such as present-moment awareness, contact, and self-responsibility.

It becomes a powerful therapeutic tool, especially useful in trauma-informed care.

►Art materials Included!

Workshop Objectives: Needle Felting for Stress and Anxiety Relief

(For professionals and non-professionals)

• Introduce needle felting as a creative and therapeutic process that supports emotional regulation.

• Explore how repetitive hand movements and sensory engagement help reduce stress and anxiety.

• Understand the role of the creative process in expressing emotions non-verbally.

• Learn how to facilitate present-moment awareness and grounding through tactile work.

• Discover the symbolic and narrative potential of felted creations in reflecting inner experiences.

• Gain insights into how Gestalt Art Therapy principles can be applied through needle felting.

• Develop practical skills to integrate needle felting into personal self-care or client work.

• Experience hands-on felting activities that model the process of externalizing and reshaping inner tension.

• Build confidence in using needle felting as a tool for mindful creativity and emotional exploration.

• Reflect on how this practice can be adapted for different settings, ages, and therapeutic goals.

Materials included in the workshop cost

Please note that the designs available at the workshop may differ from those shown in the photo. By participating in this event, you acknowledge and accept these conditions.

Workshop information:

Day: September 13th, 2026

Where: Gestalt Art Therapy Centre.

2 Findlay St. Ashgrove. Brisbane. Qld.

Time: 5 pm to 7 pm (Brisbane- Australian time) 2-hour workshop

Cost:

Members of the Gestalt Art Therapy Center

Participation: $150Aud

Click here to pay by Credit card (Paypal)

General participants

Participation: $210Aud

Click here to pay by Credit card (Paypal) 

Workshop REGISTRATION HERE

Please note that for payments and refunds processed via PayPal, a 3% commission will be applied by PayPal to each transaction.

By participating in our events, you agree to these conditions.

Workshop only for adults

Please note:

Covid Requirements

Following the Australian Government Health Department's indications and to offer a safe space for all patients and Psychotherapists/ Counsellors:

Every participant before being admitted to each Face-to-face session/ workshop:

• Before each workshop/ session temperature measures will be taken. If the participant has symptoms like fever (37°C or more), coughing, sore throat, or shortness of breath, unfortunately, he/she will not be admitted to the event/ session, and the participant must reschedule the session/ workshop participation. 

Important information from Government:

Testing positive for COVID-19 and close contact and Flu symptoms

Any person who tests positive for COVID-19 or is a close contact, or has Flu symptoms, will not be admitted and will need to reschedule the session/workshop participation.

Payment Methods: Ask us for Bank details, please

More information:

Gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com

If the event does not meet the minimum number of participants and the organizers decide to postpone it, you will be offered the option to transfer your payment to a future event or discuss a refund. Cancellations made less than 24 hours before the event will not receive refunds or credits.

Please note that for payments and refunds processed via PayPal, a 3% commission will be applied by PayPal to each transaction.

By participating in our events, you agree to these conditions.

2026 Sand Play Art Therapy CGAT© a Gestalt Approach - Face to Face workshop

 

2026 Sand Play Art Therapy CGAT© 

a Gestalt Approach 

Face-to-Face workshop

An approach to work in Psychotherapy, Counselling Therapy with children, Adolescents, Adults, Families, Couples and also for Personal growth. Discover the hidden messages of the unconscious through Sand Play and creating figurines. 

Face-to-Face event

Registrants from Australia can obtain their CPD /OPD hours (non-endorsed activities)

ANZACATA Hours

AASW CPD Hours

ACA OPD Hours

PACFA CPD Hours

Introduction to SAND PLAY ART THERAPY- a Gestalt Art Therapy approach - Face-to-face Workshop

Who can participate?

If you are a professional Psychotherapist, Mental health psychologist, Counsellor, Coach, Teacher, or Social Worker, this short workshop will give you an idea about the power of symbols and how to support clients using this approach in therapy sessions.

If you are not a mental health professional, you can also benefit from the knowledge of this technique and the theory of Jung's symbols in combination with Gestalt Art Therapy, for personal growth.

Objectives of the workshop:

· Discover the hidden messages of your unconscious here and now.

· Learn the steps to work with Symbols in the Sand tray.

· Working with stories in a Gestalt Art therapy approach

· Integrate the awareness during the Sand play work in your everyday life.

· Create your own Sand tray in a conscientious manner

· Gain tools to be used with your clients in therapy sessions

· Create your own powerful figurines

Participants will receive a certificate of 2 hours of participation from Gestalt Art Therapy Centre Australia for “Sand Play Therapy Art Therapy- Gestalt art therapy approach”

This Face-to-face workshop is designed for people interested in knowing about how to work with symbols in the sand tray, in their practice and for all individuals with an interest in discovering and learning how to work with their own unconscious, bringing it to the “here and now”

Workshop date:

Day: April 25th, 2026

Face-to-Face

Where: Gestalt Art Therapy centre.

2 Findlay St. Ashgrove. Brisbane. Qld.

Time: 10 am to 1pm (Brisbane- Australian time)

Cost:

Gestalt Art Therapy members Silver or Gold

Participation: $230 Aud

Click here to pay by Credit Card (Paypal)

General participants

Participation: $250 Aud

Click here to pay by Credit Card (Paypal) 

Workshop REGISTRATION HERE

We are not registered for GST.

PayPal payments have platform fees. Ask us for bank details to avoid fees.

Read Policy Cancellation and Participation conditions in the "Event Policy"

More information:

2026 Embroidering Emotions- Gestalt Art Therapy Face-to-Face Workshop

 

2026 Embroidering Emotions

 Gestalt Art Therapy 

Face-to-Face Workshop

From a Gestalt Art Therapy perspective, embroidery becomes a process of repair and integration. Each stitch symbolises resilience, helping transform trauma and unfinished business into a tangible form, where meaning, self-support, and emotional coherence can be restored through creative action.

*20% Off!

Series of Workshops for Wellbeing

Registrants from Australia can obtain their CPD /OPD hours (non-endorsed activities)

Art Therapy Associations CPD hours

AASW CPD hours

ACA OPD hours

PACFA CPD hours

Series of Workshops for Wellbeing

Embroidering Emotions: A Gestalt Art Therapy Perspective

This workshop introduces embroidery as an accessible, experiential creative practice that supports emotional processing, resilience, and self-regulation. Participants will learn beginner-friendly embroidery techniques while engaging in a reflective, supportive environment that integrates body awareness, creativity, and emotional exploration.

Through guided embroidery experiences, participants will explore how working with thread, fabric, and simple tools can strengthen inner resources and assist in working with unresolved emotional experiences. The learning is practical and experiential, allowing participants to later adapt this approach within therapeutic, counselling, and community contexts. Participation in this workshop contributes to Professional Development (PD) hours.

►Art materials included!

Workshop Objectives: Embroidering Emotions (for beginners)

(For professionals and non-professionals)

• Learn basic embroidery stitches and tools suitable for beginners

• Explore embroidery as a method for emotional regulation and inner stability

• Use tactile creative processes to support presence and embodied awareness

• Express personal experiences and strengths through symbolic imagery

• Work with themes of repair, continuity, and resilience through stitching

• Experience embroidery as a container for complex or unresolved emotions

• Develop confidence in applying this creative approach in therapy and counselling sessions

• Explore ways to adapt embroidery-based activities for community projects and group work

• Understand how this experiential process can be safely introduced to clients

• Gain PD hours through participation in a structured, face-to-face professional learning experience

Materials included in the workshop cost

Please note that the designs available at the workshop may differ from those shown in the photo. By participating in this event, you acknowledge and accept these conditions.

Workshop information:

Day: March 28th, 2026

Where: Gestalt Art Therapy Centre.

2 Findlay St. Ashgrove. Brisbane. Qld.

Time: 5 pm to 7 pm (Brisbane- Australian time) 2-hour workshop

Cost:

Members of the Gestalt Art Therapy Center

Participation: $150Aud

Click here to pay by Credit card (Paypal)

*20% OFF!

$120 Aud

The 20% discount will be applied to payments made before March 15. After this date, the cost is $150.

Click here to pay by Credit card (Paypal)

General participants

Participation: $210Aud

Click here to pay by Credit card (Paypal) 

*20% OFF!

$168 Aud

The 20% discount will be applied to payments made before March 15. After this date, the cost is $210.

Click here to pay by Credit card (Paypal)

Workshop REGISTRATION HERE

Become a Member!!

Please note that for payments and refunds processed via PayPal, a 3% commission will be applied by PayPal to each transaction.

By participating in our events, you agree to these conditions.

Workshop only for adults

Please note:

Covid Requirements

Following the Australian Government Health Department's indications and to offer a safe space for all patients and Psychotherapists/ Counsellors:

Every participant, before being admitted to each Face-to-face session/ workshop:

• Before each workshop/ session, temperature measures will be taken. If the participant has symptoms like fever (37°C or more), coughing, sore throat, or shortness of breath, unfortunately, he/she will not be admitted to the event/ session, and the participant must reschedule the session/ workshop participation. 

Important information from the Government:

Testing positive for COVID-19, close contact, and Flu symptoms

Any person who tests positive for COVID-19 or is a close contact, or has Flu symptoms, will not be admitted and will need to reschedule the session/workshop participation.

Payment Methods: Ask us for Bank details, please

More information:

Gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com

If the event does not meet the minimum number of participants and the organisers decide to postpone it, you will be offered the option to transfer your payment to a future event or discuss a refund. Cancellations made less than 24 hours before the event will not receive refunds or credits.

Please note that for payments and refunds processed via PayPal, a 3% commission will be applied by PayPal to each transaction.

By participating in our events, you agree to these conditions.

Cancellation policy. Read the information during registration.

2025 Couples Retreat- Reconnect- Reflect- Rebuild

 

2025 Couples Retreat

Reconnect- Reflect- Rebuild

LUXURY Retreats for Couples

Reflect- Reconnect- Rebuild RRR©

Mt Glorious- Brisbane

► A place where: 

✴️ Reconnect with your partner in a meaningful and authentic way

✴️ Express your emotions in a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental space

✴️ Explore and address unfinished emotional business through creative processes

✴️ Reflect on the future of your relationship:

 • If separation feels right, gently close the cycle of experience in a respectful and nourishing way for both parties

 • If choosing to stay together, revisit and renew your shared commitments, emotional agreements, and connection

► Working with the couple as a system, considering their relationships with family, friends, children, and society.

► Addressing infidelity and rebuilding trust within the relationship, supporting couples through the recovery process.

► Developing effective communication strategies to enhance connection, deepen understanding, and strengthen the partnership.

This retreat offers a respectful and nurturing space for emotional growth, self-discovery, and meaningful connection with your partner.

Activities will be thoughtfully tailored to suit the needs of the group and individual couples.

The retreat is inclusive and open to all types of couples, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, or relationship structure (e.g. marriage, cohabitation, long-term partnerships).

Retreat 2025:

Friday November 7th from 5pm

Saturday November 8th

Sunday November 9th until Lunch time

3 days, 2 nights

► Explore the relationship as a dynamic system, including influences from family, friends, children, and society.

► Address situations of infidelity with a focus on rebuilding trust and emotional repair.

► Learn practical strategies to enhance communication and deepen connection.

► Experience a journey of self-discovery and shared growth with your partner in a respectful, empathetic environment.

This retreat is a space for emotional development, mutual understanding, and relational healing.

Activities will be thoughtfully adapted to suit the needs of the group and individual couples. Open to all couples, regardless of gender, partnership type, marriage, or cohabitation status.

BOOK NOW

💫Included in the participation Retreat: Couples Cooking Experience – Spanish Tapas

As part of the retreat, couples will enjoy a hands-on cooking experience, learning to prepare authentic Spanish tapas together.

This joyful and collaborative activity offers a unique opportunity to nurture your relationship, strengthen your connection through teamwork, and create lasting, happy memories in the kitchen.

Guided by the retreat leaders Yaro Starak and Gemma Garcia— Gestalt Therapists—this experience goes beyond food. It becomes a space for playful connection, emotional presence, and shared joy, all while discovering the flavours of Spain together.

Perfect for all couples looking to reconnect, laugh, and grow side by side. (When registering, please let us know if you have any food allergies or dietary requirements)

🌟Contact us to learn more about the retreat program and our therapeutic approach to couples counselling.

• Accommodation:

  
  

🌿 Rainforest Homestead – Shared Accommodation

Each couple will have their private room with a Queen bed.

There are 4 rooms available.

Shared Facilities:

• 2 Bathrooms

• Fully equipped kitchen

• Comfortable common areas for rest and connection

Rainforest Homestead -Retreat Cost per Couple (2 people):

Early Bird – Payment before July 20th, 2025:

• Gestalt Art Therapy Club Members: $1650

• Non-Members: $1750

Standard Price – Payment after July 20th (Members & Non-Members): $1950

💳 Payment Plan Option – Total: $1950

• Deposit (before July 20th): $700

• Payment 1 (before August 10th): $312.50

• Payment 2 (before August 24th): $312.50

• Payment 3 (before September 7th): $312.50

• Final Payment (before September 14th): $312.50

🏡 One-Bedroom Private Cottage

Only 2 cottages available – book early to secure your spot!

Each cottage includes:

• 1 private bedroom with a Queen bed

• 1 private bathroom

• Fully equipped kitchen for your use

  
  

One-Bedroom Private Cottage- Retreat Cost per Couple (2 people):

Early Bird – Payment before July 20th, 2025:

• Gestalt Art Therapy Club Members: $1850

• Non-Members: $1950

Standard Price – Payment after July 20th (Members & Non-Members):

• $2200

💳 Payment Plan Option – Total: $2200

• Deposit (before July 20th): $1000

• Payment 1 (before August 10th): $300

• Payment 2 (before August 24th): $300

• Payment 3 (before September 7th): $300

• Final Payment (before September 14th): $300

Payment Options:

Please get in touch with us to receive our bank transfer details or a secure PayPal link for credit card payments.

​Included:

• Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast, lunch, dinner, Sunday breakfast, lunch.

• ​Workshops for Couples during the Retreat and Couples Counselling support

  
  

We are not registered for GST.

Please note that payments made via PayPal will incur a 4% PayPal processing fee, including on any refunds processed through this platform.

If you prefer to avoid PayPal fees, feel free to request our bank transfer details.

We encourage you to read our cancellation policy for further information.

Costs are in AUD.