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Weekend Couples Therapy | Private Intensive Retreat

Weekend couples therapy at Couples Retreat means private clinical work, not a workshop or group program, led exclusively by Andrew Sofin across consecutive days. This format creates space for concentrated therapeutic attention dedicated entirely to one relationship at a time.
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What Weekend Couples Therapy Involves

Weekend couples therapy at Couples Retreat is structured across consecutive days. Mornings are dedicated to joint couples work and afternoons to individual sessions with each partner. Sessions continue as long as clinically warranted rather than ending at a fixed hour. The process begins before arrival with a detailed clinical intake reviewed by Andrew Sofin, ensuring he is fully oriented to your relationship’s history and current situation before the first session begins.

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What Weekend Couples Therapy Involves

Weekend couples therapy at Couples Retreat is structured across consecutive days. Mornings are dedicated to joint couples work and afternoons to individual sessions with each partner. Sessions continue as long as clinically warranted rather than ending at a fixed hour. The process begins before arrival with a detailed clinical intake reviewed by Andrew Sofin, ensuring he is fully oriented to your relationship’s history and current situation before the first session begins.

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Who Weekend Couples Therapy Is For

Weekend couples therapy at Couples Retreat is well-suited to couples who have reached a point where weekly sessions are no longer producing movement. Couples navigating infidelity recovery, prolonged communication breakdown, emotional disconnection, or the question of separation find that concentrated clinical time creates a different quality of engagement. It is also a strong option for couples whose schedules prevent regular weekly attendance or who have reached a plateau in existing therapy.

Private Format, Not a Group Workshop

Weekend couples therapy at Couples Retreat is private: one couple, one clinician, no shared sessions. Andrew Sofin, MA, RP, TCF, RMFT, President of the Canadian Association for Couples and Family Therapy (CACFT), leads every session personally. This is not a structured group workshop with multiple couples in the same room. It is individual clinical work dedicated entirely to one relationship, held in complete privacy across consecutive days.
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Weekend Therapy vs. Ongoing Weekly Sessions

Traditional weekly couples therapy distributes work across many months, with a week of daily life separating each session. Weekend couples therapy concentrates that work into consecutive days, meaning each session builds directly on the one before it without interruption. For couples dealing with something that has been building for a long time, this concentration can create a different quality of forward movement than weekly work allows.

Before and After the Weekend

Before the weekend begins, couples complete a clinical intake so Andrew Sofin is fully oriented to the relationship’s history and current situation. After the retreat concludes, post-retreat aftercare planning is part of the process, including virtual follow-up sessions designed to support the integration of what was worked through during the intensive. This continuity distinguishes a clinically structured retreat from a standalone event.
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Before and After the Weekend

Before the weekend begins, couples complete a clinical intake so Andrew Sofin is fully oriented to the relationship’s history and current situation. After the retreat concludes, post-retreat aftercare planning is part of the process, including virtual follow-up sessions designed to support the integration of what was worked through during the intensive. This continuity distinguishes a clinically structured retreat from a standalone event.
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Retreat Locations and the Travel Model

Weekend couples therapy with Couples Retreat takes place at luxury resort settings, including the Riviera Maya and city-based options in New York, Chicago, and Dallas. Andrew Sofin travels to the couple rather than requiring them to come to a fixed office or clinic. This model makes it possible to hold the retreat in a setting that supports full disconnection from daily responsibilities, which the intensive format is designed to require.

Andrew Sofin and Couples Retreat

Andrew Sofin, MA, RP, TCF, RMFT, has more than 25 years of clinical experience working with couples. As a Visiting Professor at the University of Guelph and President of CACFT, his practice is grounded in sustained peer-recognized clinical work. Couples Retreat exists as the private intensive vehicle for that work: one couple at a time, led entirely by Andrew Sofin, at a setting of the couple’s choosing.

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What is weekend couples therapy and how does it work?
Weekend couples therapy is an intensive private format in which a couple and a therapist work together across consecutive days. At Couples Retreat, sessions are structured with morning joint work and afternoon individual sessions. Session length is determined by clinical need. A pre-arrival intake ensures Andrew Sofin is prepared before the first session begins. The format eliminates the week-long gaps that separate traditional therapy appointments, allowing sustained focus on what the relationship needs to address.
The term marriage weekend retreat covers a wide range of formats from faith-based group weekends to private clinical intensives. Weekend couples therapy at Couples Retreat is specifically clinical in nature, led by a licensed therapist, structured around individual and joint sessions, and oriented toward therapeutic progress rather than enrichment or skills workshops. The distinction matters for couples who need clinical depth rather than a facilitated group experience.
Couples Retreat’s intensive format is structured across consecutive days, with session length determined by clinical need rather than fixed time blocks. The number of days is discussed during the pre-arrival intake based on what the couple is working through. The format is designed to provide uninterrupted clinical time without the gaps that come with weekly scheduling. Duration is calibrated to the relationship’s specific situation rather than applied uniformly.
Weekend couples therapy is often particularly well-suited to couples in crisis because it provides concentrated, uninterrupted clinical time rather than distributing work across months. Couples navigating infidelity recovery, communication breakdown, or the question of separation often find that the intensive format allows them to address what is actually happening in a way that weekly sessions do not. Andrew Sofin has worked with couples in acute distress for more than 25 years.
The first step is an initial inquiry by phone or contact form. Once the retreat is confirmed, couples complete a clinical intake before arrival. Andrew Sofin reviews all intake materials and is fully prepared before the first session. From there the retreat is scheduled across consecutive days at an agreed location. Couples are encouraged to call directly to speak about their situation and determine whether this format suits their needs.
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