Connection-Focused Coaching Retreats

I am so glad that you are stopping by the retreat page. Good for you! Many people miss out on the benefits for growth that only groups and retreats can often offer. Dr. Salvino's retreats are designed to make you think about what is important, explore compatibility, deepen connection, and work on couples strategies that fit your relationship for ongoing satisfaction. She talks about concepts that are easy to forget over time, relationship values, and couples road maps. You are likely to feel that you worked hard together as a couple, but in a way that energizes you through connection - rather than feeling the energy drain that comes from working so hard just to keep spinning your wheels. 

 

There are some ways to set yourself up to get the most out of Synergy's retreat experience. Here are some of those ways: 

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1) Safe Connection. Practice meditation, breathing skills, or grounding exercises together.
*If you or your partner tend to react to stress, conflict, or the unknown with hostility and aggression, you may need to see a couples therapist prior to joining a retreat. Sometimes, couples forget that the way they cope with anxiety or stress can come out as hostility and aggression - even when the topics are positive. If there has been any intimate partner violence within one year, couples therapy may need to occur prior to joining a retreat. Please discuss this with your mental health professional.

2) Attend the entire retreat. Each retreat is designed to meet certain coaching milestones from beginning to end, and then to really pull it all together in the final hours. 

3) Share your thoughts and engage the material in discussions as much as you are comfortable. Stretch yourself to share a little more if you are feeling safe to explore your connections with others. 

4) Communicate with your coach facilitator about how group is going for you and if you have any needs or concerns to discuss. 

5) Try to be open, especially when others have different views than you do. Groups help us to learn how to do perspective-taking, hear feedback from people who want to be supportive, figure out how to use our voices in helpful ways, identify and smooth out our rough edges, and learn how to grow in our capacity to build community connections. 

6) Always be respectful to your partner and all others at the retreat. Diversity and difference is a beautiful contribution to the mosaic of humanity. Let's appreciate and learn from one another. 

7) Take advantage of the self-care table as a couple or as individuals.