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

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Yaro Starak & Gemma Garcia
Gestalt Art Therapy Centre Australia

2026 Working with Couples- A Gestalt Therapy Approach

 

2026 Working with Couples

A Gestalt Therapy Approach

Online

This workshop is designed for counsellors, psychologists, Gestalt therapists, Art therapists, Play therapists, and Social workers who work with couples or wish to deepen their skills in relationship-focused practice.

Working with Couples – A Gestalt Therapy Approach- Online Workshop

Working with couples can be complex, challenging, and deeply meaningful.

This online workshop offers a Gestalt Therapy perspective on couple work, supporting practitioners to deepen their understanding of relationship dynamics, conflict, intimacy, and contact. We will explore the relationship as a living system, where two individuals meet, differ, and co-create meaning together.

The workshop is suitable for practitioners supporting couples across different life stages, cultures, family structures, and relational configurations. This includes couples with children, blended families, and diverse sexual and gender identities.

It is ideal for counsellors, therapists, psychologists, and mental health professionals who are already working with couples, as well as those beginning to integrate Gestalt principles into their clinical practice.

Join us for a reflective and experiential space to expand your confidence, awareness, and skills in working with couples.

If you cannot attend live, you can register to receive the recording.

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

Your Association - CPD Hours

AASW CPD hours

ACA OPD hours

PACFA CPD hours

Day: April 18th

Time: 4 pm to 6 pm (Brisbane- Australian time)  AEST- Australian Eastern Standard Time. UTC/GMT +10 hours

Time Zones

Objectives of the workshop:

• Develop a clear Gestalt Therapy framework for understanding couple relationships as dynamic systems rather than individual problems

• Support practitioners to work with differences in couples, including gender, age, culture, life stage, parenting, blended families, and personal dreams, without pathologising diversity

• Strengthen the ability to recognise and work with conflict as a form of contact, using awareness rather than control or avoidance

• Introduce the two trains metaphor as a clinical and educational tool to support differentiation, autonomy, and connection in couple work

• Enhance practitioners’ capacity to identify where couples become blocked within the Cycle of Experience and to intervene with clarity and presence

• Build confidence in working with polarities, contact and withdrawal, and the paradoxical theory of change in couple dynamics

• Support ethical and grounded exploration of sexuality as a relational language of connection, difference, and vulnerability

• Equip participants with practical strategies to help couples develop self-support, take responsibility, and create healthier patterns of communication and repair

The Inner Couple/Partner Introyect

The Inner Couple refers to the internalised relational archetypes we all carry within us, shaped by early experiences with parents and caregivers, cultural norms, social expectations, religion, media, and romantic narratives from films and stories. These inner figures influence how we love, argue, desire, withdraw, and attach, often operating outside conscious awareness. Conflict arises when our inner partner does not match the stereotypes or expectations we have absorbed about how a partner should be, how love should look, or how relationships are meant to function. In such moments, tension is not only between two people, but between lived relational experience and inherited ideals.

From a Gestalt perspective, working with the Inner Couple invites awareness of these internalised images, allowing individuals and couples to differentiate what truly belongs to them from what was learned, projected, or idealised, opening space for more authentic contact and choice in relationship.

Cost:

Members of the Gestalt Art Therapy Center

Participation: $150Aud

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General participants

Participation: $210Aud

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Workshop REGISTRATION HERE

► This workshop will be recorded, allowing participants who cannot attend due to time zone differences to access the content later. By participating in this workshop, you agree to these conditions.

If you need a Certificate of Participation for CPD purposes but cannot attend the live event, you are still eligible for the certificate. To qualify, you must watch the recording, complete the proposed activities, send us a picture of your creations, and complete a feedback form.

We are not registered for GST.

Zoom (After registration and payment, you will receive the Zoom link )

System:

System and Materials you will need for the workshop participation:

- Internet connection

- Having installed the Zoom program (Download here)

- PC, Laptop, Tablet with webcam & audio

- Paper to write

- Felt pens, or other colored pens that you like

Workshop only for adults.

More information:

Gestaltarttherapycentre@gmail.com

Online Workshops

• Please note that if we do not have the minimum number of participants on the day of the workshop, the live workshop will not proceed.

• Please note that PayPal payments and refunds will incur a 3% transaction fee, applied by PayPal.

• If the minimum number of live participants is not reached, the organisers reserve the right to postpone or cancel the event. In this case, all payments will be fully refunded. Please note that PayPal commissions are not refundable.

• A list of required materials for each workshop can be found on our website and will also be sent via email. These materials are essential, even if they are similar across workshops.

• By registering for and attending our events, you agree to these terms and conditions.

• Please note that this workshop will be recorded. By registering and attending, you agree to be recorded and waive any future claims regarding the use and distribution of the video. The recording will be made available to current and future registered participants.

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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.

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💫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.