When the fog lifts, you can see each other clearly again.
Couples Therapy Retreat in Massachusetts
Private, 2–3 day intensive marriage counseling retreats in Boston, Amherst & Wilton.
Worth traveling for—even from across the street.
OUR RETREAT
When the Distance Feels Unbridgeable
Once, a glance was enough to warm the room.
You shared stories, laughter—even the quiet felt safe.
But something shifted.
Now, the silence feels like distance. Inches apart at the table, miles apart in meaning.
The connection that once felt effortless now feels out of reach.
If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone.
Some couples reach a point where weekly therapy can’t hold the urgency of their pain.
The hurt is too raw. The progress too slow.
What they need isn’t more time stretched out over months—it’s time held with focus, privacy, and real momentum.
That’s what our Massachusetts couples therapy retreats offer:
Time. Focus. Privacy.
A way to begin again—together.
Our therapists are master’s and doctoral-level psychologists, fully licensed with advanced training in couples therapy.
These private couples retreats don’t just help you talk differently. They help you live differently—while you’re still in it.
You’ll explore the roots of conflict, rebuild trust, and practice new patterns in real time. It’s immersive, powerful, and designed for couples who want change now—not someday.
Our intensive marriage counseling retreat gives you 16 hours of focused therapy over a 2–3 day retreat—a chance to slow down, reconnect, and rediscover each other.
Experience deeper healing in less time through a marriage counseling retreat in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut.
Why a Couples Therapy Retreat (vs weekly therapy)?
Because some things can’t wait a year to get better.
Weekly therapy can be helpful—until it isn’t.
When you’re in deep distress, one hour a week often feels like a drop in the ocean.
You barely scratch the surface before time runs out. You leave raw, unfinished.
Sometimes, even more disconnected than when you arrived.
A retreat is different.
It’s a concentrated space with no distractions, no interruptions, and no need to perform.
You’re not squeezing vulnerability into your lunch break.
You’re stepping into a protected space—where the only agenda is your relationship.
More time = deeper work.
More focus = faster insight.
More privacy = fewer defenses.
This isn’t therapy as usual. It’s a reset.
One designed for couples who are ready to stop spiraling and start rebuilding.
Weekly Therapy
1 hour per week
Weeks of getting-to-know-you talk
Starts and stops
Regular life distractions
Intensive Therapy
16 hours across 2.5 days
We start where it hurts.
Uninterrupted momentum
Complete focus and privacy
Retreat Locations in Massachusetts
Three Settings. One Purpose.
Each of our New England locations offers a setting intentionally chosen to support deep, focused emotional work.
Boston Couples Therapy Retreat – private 2–3 day intensive.
Meet the Couples Therapist
Kathy McMahon, Psy.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Gottman Certified Therapist, Sex Therapist
Urban Energy, Timeless Beauty
Just steps from the Charles River and the historic Public Garden, our Boston Landing location invites you into a world where elegance meets edge. After sessions, enjoy refined dining, world-class art, or a quiet walk along cobblestone streets.
Stay at The Liberty Hotel—a place as striking and singular as your story.
Amherst, MA Couples Therapy Retreat – natural gem, private intensives.
Patricia Gorman Counseling Psychologist Gottman/EFT Advanced training
Meet the Couples Therapist
Intellectual Quiet
Surrounded by college towns and rolling hills, our Amherst retreat offers both mental clarity and sensory calm. It’s a place where golden leaves swirl through autumn light and quiet trails offer space to walk, talk, or just be. Here, intellect and intimacy find common ground.
Wilton, NH Couples Therapy Retreat – secluded private intensives
Meet the Couples Therapist
Catherine Pfuntner Marriage & Family Therapist Fellow in Discernment Counseling Advanced Gottman & EFT
Seclusion. Stillness. Stars.
If you’re seeking deep retreat, Wilton is our most private location—rural, quiet, and deeply restorative. Tucked into southern New Hampshire’s wooded hills, this hideaway invites complete focus. There’s no rush here, only time to listen, repair, and reconnect under starlit skies.
No matter which location you choose, the work begins the same way:
with honesty, time, and the space to feel again.
The Unseen Cost of Relationship Distress
When your relationship is in crisis, everything else suffers. Conflict erodes your health, your work, your parenting. It isolates you—from friends, from yourself, from each other.
And when advice from loved ones feels shallow—or worse, judgmental—you may wonder if anyone truly understands what you’re going through.
You don’t need platitudes.
You need time. You need skill.
You need someone who sees what’s not being said.
When your relationship is in crisis, everything else suffers—health, work, parenting, even your sense of self. You need more than advice. You need a way forward. That’s why I created our intensive approach—because relationships deserve focused attention.
— Dr. Kathy McMahon, Founder, President of Couples Therapy Inc.
Is an Intensive Retreat Right for You?
Our retreats are designed for couples who are:
If you’re coping with untreated mental illness, active addiction, or domestic violence, those concerns deserve specialized care—and we’re happy to refer you to professionals who can help.
We are not a fit for every couple.
Healing takes courage.
But you don’t have to do it alone.
After the Retreat: Carrying It Forward
The breakthroughs don’t end when your retreat does.
We offer structured follow-up to help you maintain the gains you’ve made, including:
We’re here for your growth.
We’re not just here for your crisis.
How is all of this done?
We don’t expect you to know. That’s our job.
That’s why we built something different: a clear, guided process that starts with listening—really listening—and ends with a match that actually fits.
Human to human. No lists. No strangers.
Whether you’re nervous, hopeful, or somewhere in between, here’s what you can expect:
Let’s Begin
Growth starts when you move.
Not just fixing your marriage.
Reclaiming your life together.
Is Connecticut more convenient? Check out our Ellington, CT Couples Therapy Retreat with Havi Kligfeld.