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Jim and Felicia Matto-Shepard are licensed psychotherapists in the San Francisco Bay area. They offer retreats, groups and workshops for couples, which incorporate state-of-the-art psychology with historically grounded practices.






Up-Coming Retreats

Saturday & Sunday
October 11 & 12, 2008

Erotic Partnership
Fall "In Love" Weekend


Time:
10:00 to 6:00 Saturday
9:00 to 4:00 Sunday

Location:
Blue Pearl Temple & Retreat House, Sebastopol, Sonoma.


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An After the Honeymoon retreat is a fun and relaxing experience that feels like the best kind of vacation. The kind of vacation that leaves you feeling refreshed and more able to engage with your life when you return home.

Locations are selected to provide a beautiful and peaceful environment for a romantic connection. Activities provide gentle guidance toward intimacy.

There is plenty of alone-time for couples. While we suggest "homework" for couples during these times, it's the kind of homework that you could only wish for when you were in school!

We want participants to come away from our retreats feeling refreshed, having experienced increased closeness and with practical practices through which one's relationship can continue to grow.

After the Honeymoon retreats promote exploration in a small group setting, while honoring the boundaries of each couple. Group activities are always clothes on.

Relationship issues — especially sexuality — are generally very private affairs. In fact, generally, partners do not have open and frank discussions with each other about their relationship or about their sexual relationship. For a variety of reasons, it is not easy to do. Unfortunately, the conversations that do happen are often initiated when partner's are at their wits end — and thus end up hurting more than helping.

When experienced facilitators create a safe structure, balancing privacy needs with direct conversation, small groups can be an optimal learning environment for couples who want to develop their erotic partnership. After the Honeymoon programs offer an opportunity to meet other couples who have similar relationship goals and to learn from others' experience. When on retreat, the small group experience also provides an opportunity for fun and socializing. However, we work primarily to facilitate conversation and practice between you and your partner.



Erotic Relationship Retreats - Dates



Saturday & Sunday October 11 & 12, 2008
An Erotic Relationship Retreat


Fall – “In Love” Weekend (nonresidential)

During this two-day workshop, we will practice the essential ingredients for creating and maintaining a mutually satisfying erotic life.

We will practice effective communication while bridging emotional connection with erotic exploration.

Practical tools are provided that form the basis for relational transformation.

Couples are guided into remembering the depth of their love.

Romance is reignited.

We use discussion and experiential exercises to explore topics such as:

• the importance of erotic connection in committed relationship
• identifying and expressing what you want
• self-empowerment through self-responsibility
• creating the space for love
• approaching sensitive topics in effective ways.

As in all of our retreats, couples are guided in increasingly intimate private conversations, then offered "homework" assignments that deepen into the erotic.

Couples will leave the weekend with a concrete and unique plan for continuing to deepen their emotional and erotic connection over time.

CEUs are available for Marriage and Family therapists and Licensed Social Workers.

TIME: 10:00 to 6:00 Saturday and 9:00 to 4:00 Sunday

COST: $495 per couple
Register by July 31st 2008 - discount price: $419
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LOCATION:
"Falling In Love" will take place in the beautiful Blue Pearl Temple & Retreat Center in Sebastopol, Sonoma, California.

Couples are encouraged to make reservations at either the Sebastopol Inn or the Sebastopol Holiday Inn. Both are a short distance from the retreat site.

There may also be some accommodations at the retreat house located on the property of the workshop area. Contact Jim and Felicia directly to inquire about this.


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Keywords: Marriage counseling retreats, couples counseling retreats, sexuality retreats, erotic partnership, Northern California.

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