Package Four: Ghita Andersen's Signature 3 Step Package in a Retreat! (6.5 Hours)
★★★★★ Feedback Testimonial 3 Step Package 2022: 'We had been to Couples Counselling before with another counsellor. We felt we were being sold a package last time rather than doing the work, so we did not achieve much. I was convinced that we were separating and it was too late. This session was very different. Ghita nailed our problem and made us negotiate. After many years of arguing over the same thing, she showed us how to do deals. We should have negotiated an agreement long ago. I can see that now. I was of the mindset to leave, but one hour turned it around for us. We negotiated our personal time and even had a contingency plan for when things went wrong. Our homework was to fill in a full agreement covering all the other points we did not cover in session and to stick this on the back of a cupboard door. We both agree this session was nothing like what we expected. Thank you Ghita.' - J & A Tovey. (Hope Island)
Complimentary Take Home Couples Workbook
SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE IN ONE DAY!
This is Ghita's Signature 3 Step Package 'condensed' into one full day retreat!
Fast-Tracked & Intensive Couples Transformation
Ideal for busy couples with a family, the Condensed 3 Step Couples Retreat (Gold Coast) with Ghita Andersen is an INTENSIVE 6.5 hour workshop for couples who are serious about doing repair exercises, CREATING A BRAND NEW RELATIONSHIP and unpacking where they went wrong.
Ghita Andersen's couples counselling retreats are focused therapy sessions that teach couples new tools to rebuild and repair their relationship. These retreats can help couples to understand each other, reduce distress, improve communication and increase relationship satisfaction.
Over 6.5 hours, this one-day intensive is the popular 3 Step Program condensed. A great starting point for couples who want or need change urgently. We are talking about couples who are on the brink of breaking up. (We recommend the two day retreat for separated couples.) This is an essential intervention if you’re recovering from an affair or if one of you has announced that you are thinking of leaving the relationship. Moreover, the benefits involved in our retreats make them highly affordable couples therapy on the Gold Coast.
✅ Outcomes: What You Will Learn in Your Retreat...
✔️ Unpack the issues: Step by step diagnosis
✔️ Individual sessions and stories: What are you bringing into the marriage mix? And how do you see your partner's behaviours? Are there any counter-productive attachment styles?
✔️ What language are you using? What have you learned from your parents? (Good and bad).
✔️ Authenticity training: Learning to be honest with each other
✔️ How to fight fair and communicate effectively
✔️ How to listen (Active Listening techniques)
✔️ Reduce Distress and Improve Intimacy
✔️ Create Safe Spaces
The Key Benefits of a Couples Retreat in One Day:
✅ A Deeper Dive:
The average time couples spend in couples counselling is 4-12 hours. However, it is known that more is achieved in an a weekend retreat, than in one hour sessions. With an intensive workshop there is a Deeper Dive into the key relationship issues the couple experiences.
✅ Cost Effective Couples Retreat
The costs for condensed sessions are equivalent to the weekly sessions, but they save you time and allow you to heal your relationship sooner. Acting sooner and promptly rather than leaving relationship issues to continue for a long time will save the high emotional and potentially high financial costs of a broken relationship, fractured family or separation and divorce.
✅ Fast-Tracked Couples Therapy
Many couples discover that they’re able to make more progress with an intensive day retreat. In fact, being away from their normal context, in an undisturbed environment, couples have the time to resolve deep, difficult relationship patterns.
✅ 50 Years of Evidence-Based Marriage / Relationship Research
Couples Counselling is a process based on decades of research, that has been proven, time and again, to have been a lifesaver for many relationships. The methods included in this retreat to create your personalised 'Marriage Toolkit' are selected from the best of the best methods from around the world. From Andersen, Gottman, Rogers, Perel and Family Dispute Mediation, you can be sure these are tried and true methods...
Couples Retreat Methods:
What Kind of Problems Can be Solved in a Currumbin Couples Retreat?
What Cannot be Solved in a Couples Retreat?
This is Ghita's Signature 3 Step Package 'condensed' into one full day retreat!
Fast-Tracked & Intensive Couples Transformation
Ideal for busy couples with a family, the Condensed 3 Step Couples Retreat (Gold Coast) with Ghita Andersen is an INTENSIVE 6.5 hour workshop for couples who are serious about doing repair exercises, CREATING A BRAND NEW RELATIONSHIP and unpacking where they went wrong.
Ghita Andersen's couples counselling retreats are focused therapy sessions that teach couples new tools to rebuild and repair their relationship. These retreats can help couples to understand each other, reduce distress, improve communication and increase relationship satisfaction.
Over 6.5 hours, this one-day intensive is the popular 3 Step Program condensed. A great starting point for couples who want or need change urgently. We are talking about couples who are on the brink of breaking up. (We recommend the two day retreat for separated couples.) This is an essential intervention if you’re recovering from an affair or if one of you has announced that you are thinking of leaving the relationship. Moreover, the benefits involved in our retreats make them highly affordable couples therapy on the Gold Coast.
✅ Outcomes: What You Will Learn in Your Retreat...
✔️ Unpack the issues: Step by step diagnosis
✔️ Individual sessions and stories: What are you bringing into the marriage mix? And how do you see your partner's behaviours? Are there any counter-productive attachment styles?
✔️ What language are you using? What have you learned from your parents? (Good and bad).
✔️ Authenticity training: Learning to be honest with each other
✔️ How to fight fair and communicate effectively
✔️ How to listen (Active Listening techniques)
✔️ Reduce Distress and Improve Intimacy
✔️ Create Safe Spaces
The Key Benefits of a Couples Retreat in One Day:
✅ A Deeper Dive:
The average time couples spend in couples counselling is 4-12 hours. However, it is known that more is achieved in an a weekend retreat, than in one hour sessions. With an intensive workshop there is a Deeper Dive into the key relationship issues the couple experiences.
✅ Cost Effective Couples Retreat
The costs for condensed sessions are equivalent to the weekly sessions, but they save you time and allow you to heal your relationship sooner. Acting sooner and promptly rather than leaving relationship issues to continue for a long time will save the high emotional and potentially high financial costs of a broken relationship, fractured family or separation and divorce.
✅ Fast-Tracked Couples Therapy
Many couples discover that they’re able to make more progress with an intensive day retreat. In fact, being away from their normal context, in an undisturbed environment, couples have the time to resolve deep, difficult relationship patterns.
- Fantastic progress in a short time: Learn skills fast and well
- Easier to fit into your busy lifestyle
- Excellent reviews
✅ 50 Years of Evidence-Based Marriage / Relationship Research
Couples Counselling is a process based on decades of research, that has been proven, time and again, to have been a lifesaver for many relationships. The methods included in this retreat to create your personalised 'Marriage Toolkit' are selected from the best of the best methods from around the world. From Andersen, Gottman, Rogers, Perel and Family Dispute Mediation, you can be sure these are tried and true methods...
Couples Retreat Methods:
- The Couples' Relationship Toolbox: Codewords for Couples, Vent or Fix, Gender Pyramids, The Marriage Jar (1 & 2), Metaphors: Marriage as a Plant, Toddler Talk, Negotiating Marital Agreements and Pre-Marital Contracts, Eye Gazing Exercise, Reframing your Internal Language.
- Gottman Love Lab Concepts - 50 Years of marriage research: The Four Horsemen, Leaning Towards, Love Maps.
- Carl Rogers - Active / Reflective Listening (USA) - How to Complain Constructively, How to be Heard/ Listen Actively. This is one of the most effective communication techniques ever taught to couples
- Family Dispute Resolution (Australia, UK & NZ) De-escalating Conflict and Stating Your Needs, Objective Rather Than Subjective (Removing Emotions)
- Esther Perel Concepts (Belgium) - Infidelity (Why it Happens), The Gender Currencies (Anthropology): What sets off the Nervous System?, The Wiring and Motivations of Men and Women
- 5 Love Languages (Gary Chapman, USA) - You and Your Partner's Love Language
- Renegotiating Marriage Contracts: Agreements about roles, responsibilities, household chores, finances, etc.
- NLP Language Reframing (USA); Words which cause conflict, Situational rather than Personal, Core Wounds (baggage), Reframing Mindset. Schemas and Mental Filters. The Language Influence: How to Talk to Your Spouse and How to Stop Treating Your Partner Like the Enemy
- Hypnotherapy: The use of Metaphors and Symbolism to secure a visual understanding of concepts. Pattern Interrupt: Shock and Awe. A method to get you off the fence and to work as a team.
- And more...
What Kind of Problems Can be Solved in a Currumbin Couples Retreat?
- One party or both are contemplating a Separation/ Divorce: Long term distress, resentment and lack of attachment.
- Post-Affair Repair: Delving into impact of the affair. Steps to rebuild trust, to forgive and to move forwards.
- Problems with Communication and Understanding Each Other: A framework for true honesty, vulnerability. Reestablishing a framework of communication
- Problems with Emotional and Physical Intimacy: Emotional distancing, attraction suffers, a cycle of disconnection. Tools for intimacy and trust.
- Living Like Flatmates/ Empty Nest Syndrome: Taking each other for granted, neglecting each other's emotional needs for periods. Reestablishing the link.
- Mid-Life Crisis of one partner: Certain milestones in career, retirement, life changes etc. can make a person question everything. Coping skills.
- Pre-Marriage Contracts - Negotiating the deals and addressing issues before the problems even begin.
What Cannot be Solved in a Couples Retreat?
- Abuse: The core of this work is about establishing a foundation of trust. Every kind of family violence destroys trust and makes it impossible to safely open up to one another. Ghita does not take couples with a history of domestic violence.
- Anti-Relationship Behaviours: Active compulsive behaviours involving substances, gambling, or acting single interfere with relationships - especially trust, safety and finances.
- An Active Affair: A huge part of the retreat is the commitment to each other and the relationship. This is not possible with affairs or open relationships.
✅ Real-World Success Stories - Couples Counselling Retreats Australia
93% of Gold Coast Couples Were Empowered With New Skills: Having a strong, happy relationship isn’t just about good luck or timing. It takes effort, understanding, and sometimes help along the way. Ghita Andersen's practical and light-hearted approach, with easy to replicate exercises, means that you have skills to use straight away (Relationship Toolbox) so that you don't have to wait weeks to make any headway or to repair things... Testimonials
93% of Gold Coast Couples Were Empowered With New Skills: Having a strong, happy relationship isn’t just about good luck or timing. It takes effort, understanding, and sometimes help along the way. Ghita Andersen's practical and light-hearted approach, with easy to replicate exercises, means that you have skills to use straight away (Relationship Toolbox) so that you don't have to wait weeks to make any headway or to repair things... Testimonials
★★★★★ 5 Star Google Review: Marriage Counselling: Couples Package 2023:
Ghita provided real strategies that can be implemented to prevent conflict and more empathy within our relationship. We were able to be truthful and honest within ourselves from better self reflection and then she gave us the tools to be able to communicate our needs effectively. We both learnt how to actively listen to one another and remember the other person's needs are different. Ghita was absolutely warm and welcoming, would definitely recommend her intensive program, it has saved our marriage. - Nicole Eggleton (Coomera).
★★★★★ Couples Counselling: 3 Step Package Testimonial 2023: "We did not understand the emotional type of Couples Therapy we tried before and felt that we were getting nowhere. My husband was the most frustrated. With the 3 Step Package we unpacked the issues fast and found out so much about each other, our own triggers and why we were fighting. I am so grateful for your help, it stops me thinking, reacting and jumping to conclusions. We are seeing great benefits." RM (Couples Counselling, Gold Coast).
What is the Difference between the One Day Saturday Retreat and the Condensed 3 Step Couples Retreat?
The 3 Step Retreat is an hour longer (6.5 hours) than the basic One Day Retreat, which is designed for couples who only need to work on communication and reconnection.
What Sets Ghita Apart From Other Couples Retreat Counsellors?
A relationship counsellor and family mediator for over a decade, Ghita understands that couples therapy is very 'personal' and it does make people feel vulnerable and uncomfortable; afterall opening up about your deepest feelings in front of a stranger isn’t the easiest thing to do. But Ghita's counselling style encourages a practical, light-hearted environment. In fact, the process can be both fun and enlightening.
✔️ Top Rated Couples Counsellor on the Gold Coast
✔️ Ghita is a certified Family Dispute Resolution Mediator (FDRP)
If you have any questions for Ghita before committing to a session or a package, please feel free to chat with Ghita via phone or text her for a call-back on 0439 888 070.
Select 'Package Four: CONDENSED 3 Step Couples Retreat' on the booking system under Couples Counselling.
The 3 Step Retreat is an hour longer (6.5 hours) than the basic One Day Retreat, which is designed for couples who only need to work on communication and reconnection.
What Sets Ghita Apart From Other Couples Retreat Counsellors?
A relationship counsellor and family mediator for over a decade, Ghita understands that couples therapy is very 'personal' and it does make people feel vulnerable and uncomfortable; afterall opening up about your deepest feelings in front of a stranger isn’t the easiest thing to do. But Ghita's counselling style encourages a practical, light-hearted environment. In fact, the process can be both fun and enlightening.
✔️ Top Rated Couples Counsellor on the Gold Coast
✔️ Ghita is a certified Family Dispute Resolution Mediator (FDRP)
If you have any questions for Ghita before committing to a session or a package, please feel free to chat with Ghita via phone or text her for a call-back on 0439 888 070.
Select 'Package Four: CONDENSED 3 Step Couples Retreat' on the booking system under Couples Counselling.
Package Four 2026:
CONDENSED 3 Step Couples Retreat (6.5 Hours): $1500
*This workshop is a condensed version of the 3 Step Package which normally takes a few weeks.
Select Package Four: 3 Step Couples Retreat (Crisis Couples 6.5 Hours) on the booking portal (credit card). If booking via phone you can pay via credit card, paypal or bank transfer.
*Intake Forms must be completed as soon as possible
Days: Saturdays are very popular because clients can book them on the booking portal. However, have a chat with Ghita if you would like to arrange a different day so that she can open up the diary for you.
Location: Set with beautiful views of Currumbin Creek/ Estuary, our Currumbin location offers a cosy, comfortable lounge setting with relaxing herbal teas and espresso coffee. Parking is available on the street, and there is easy access to the local cafes: The Boatshed, The Tarte Beach House, Throwers Fish and Chips, Apperitivo and The Pines - during the breaks.
*This retreat is one counsellor per couple and not group therapy
*Therapy only. Retreat does not include accommodation or meals.
Locations and Accommodation Nearby: (Walking distance)
The Rocks Resort and Sanctuary Beach Resort
*We recommend that you book into accommodation the day before and do not travel on the same day as most couples find that they are tired afterwards or want to relax.
Day's Schedule:
Please note that this is an intense marriage workshop with exercises.
The Individual Sessions for Background Info:
Includes Workbook Folder to Take Home
*Intake Forms must be completed as soon as possible
Follow Up:
Your workshop will be followed up with an email after a few weeks to see how you are travelling and whether you need further appointments.
CONDENSED 3 Step Couples Retreat (6.5 Hours): $1500
*This workshop is a condensed version of the 3 Step Package which normally takes a few weeks.
- This package involves in-person therapy (This session is private, just the two of you working with Ghita).
Select Package Four: 3 Step Couples Retreat (Crisis Couples 6.5 Hours) on the booking portal (credit card). If booking via phone you can pay via credit card, paypal or bank transfer.
*Intake Forms must be completed as soon as possible
Days: Saturdays are very popular because clients can book them on the booking portal. However, have a chat with Ghita if you would like to arrange a different day so that she can open up the diary for you.
Location: Set with beautiful views of Currumbin Creek/ Estuary, our Currumbin location offers a cosy, comfortable lounge setting with relaxing herbal teas and espresso coffee. Parking is available on the street, and there is easy access to the local cafes: The Boatshed, The Tarte Beach House, Throwers Fish and Chips, Apperitivo and The Pines - during the breaks.
*This retreat is one counsellor per couple and not group therapy
*Therapy only. Retreat does not include accommodation or meals.
Locations and Accommodation Nearby: (Walking distance)
The Rocks Resort and Sanctuary Beach Resort
*We recommend that you book into accommodation the day before and do not travel on the same day as most couples find that they are tired afterwards or want to relax.
Day's Schedule:
Please note that this is an intense marriage workshop with exercises.
The Individual Sessions for Background Info:
- 9 am - 10.30am: Individual Session One (One party has a creek/ beach walk, coffee or tea at a cafe)
- 10.30am - 12pm: Individual Session Two (One party has a creek/ beach walk, coffee or tea at a cafe)
- 12pm - 1pm: Couples Session: Unpacking the information from the individual sessions. Looking at the needs and vulnerabilities from both sides. Skills Toolbox: Leaning Toward (Gottman), Code Words/ Vent versus Fix (Andersen), Gender Currencies (Perel), Tone and Language (NLP), Family Genograms, etc.
- 1pm - 1.30pm: Lunch Break
- 1.30pm - 3.30pm: Two Hour Intensive Communication Workshop with the Andersen RELATIONSHIP TOOLBOX: Active Listening, I Statements, Communication Strategies, Love Maps (Gottman), etc.
Includes Workbook Folder to Take Home
*Intake Forms must be completed as soon as possible
Follow Up:
Your workshop will be followed up with an email after a few weeks to see how you are travelling and whether you need further appointments.
Terms and Conditions of Package Four:
Please read our terms and conditions before purchasing. By booking this special, you agree to our terms.
Please read our terms and conditions before purchasing. By booking this special, you agree to our terms.
- Have a chat to Ghita before booking.
- Full deposit is required upon booking this package (Full payment is required to confirm your date).
- Ghita does not accept couples with a history of family violence - including chronic verbal abuse, violence, intimidation, sexual abuse or financial control
- CANCELLATIONS: We cannot fill a full day of the diary at short notice. By booking this package you agree to our cancellation policy: NO REFUNDS WITH LESS THAN 14 DAYS NOTICE: Client Break-ups, Separations, Illness, Travel or Babysitting issues are not valid excuses for short notice cancellations. We can offer video sessions.
- If postponed (with 14 days notice) and credit retained the package is valid for 3 months from purchase date.
- There is no guarantee that your Health Fund will rebate couples counselling. We do not have affiliations with any particular health fund as there are so many. Please check with your provider
- If for any reason you cannot attend in person, you will be offered an online video session
- Note: Private home venue: Accommodation and meals are not included. Teas and coffees however are included.
- Note: This type of retreat/ workshop can be used more than once to tackle different issues.
- Agreeing to our terms when booking and then later saying that you did not read them is no excuse
- Disclaimer
✅ Queensland Retreat Location: Set with beautiful views of Currumbin estuary and five minutes walk to the beach, our Currumbin location offers a cosy, comfortable lounge setting with relaxing herbal teas or coffee. Parking is available on the street, and there is easy access to the local cafes: The Boatshed, The Tarte Beach House, Throwers Fish and Chips, Apperitivo and The Pines - during the breaks. *This retreat is therapy only and does not include accommodation or meals.
Locations and Accommodation Nearby: (Walking distance)
The Rocks Resort and Sanctuary Beach Resort
*We recommend that you book into accommodation the day before and do not travel on the same day as most couples find that they are tired afterwards or want to relax.
Locations and Accommodation Nearby: (Walking distance)
The Rocks Resort and Sanctuary Beach Resort
*We recommend that you book into accommodation the day before and do not travel on the same day as most couples find that they are tired afterwards or want to relax.
Currumbin Beach and Creek
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