Couples Workshop : Sydney 7-8 March 2026
Reconnect. Communicate. Choose each other again.
A private, experiential weekend retreat for couples who want to strengthen connection, improve communication, and move out of repeating patterns without group therapy or forced sharing.
📍Crows Nest Community Centre, Sydney
📅7–8 March 2026 | 9.00 am – 6.00 pm
👉Secure Your Early Bird Place – Save $200
Early Bird $995 per couple • Ends 14 February • Limited places
This Workshop Is For Couples Who Want Real Change
This Workshop Is For Couples Who Want Real Change
This is not group therapy.
This is not about analysing or blaming each other.
And you will never be asked to share personal details publicly.
This workshop is for you and your partner, working privately together using the proven structure of Getting the Love You Want and Imago Relationship Therapy.
Most couples describe the experience as safe, grounding, and deeply connecting even if your partner is initially hesitant.
What You’ll Experience Over Two Days
Together, you and your partner will:
- Understand why the same arguments keep repeating
- Learn how to listen without interrupting, defending, or withdrawing
- Practise communication that replaces criticism with curiosity
- Move through the power struggle stage into conscious partnership
- Rebuild emotional safety, empathy, and affection
- Leave with practical tools you can use immediately at home
This is experiential learning. Couples don’t just talk about change, they feel it.
What’s Included
💛 A Getting the Love You Want workbook for each partner
💛 Private partner work throughout (not group therapy)
💛 Clear, structured Imago dialogues and exercises
💛 Neuroscience-informed tools for connection and repair
💛 Optional group sharing. Only if you feel genuinely comfortable
💬 Are You a Therapist, Psychologist, or Imago Trainee?
This workshop is also highly valued by helping professionals who want to experience the work from the inside out.
Many therapists attend with a spouse, partner, friend, or colleague because they want to:
- Experience the Imago dialogues and techniques they recommend to clients
- Understand where clients feel stuck, exposed, or overwhelmed
- Build embodied confidence in using the tools, not just intellectual understanding
- Strengthen their own relationship while deepening clinical insight
“As a therapist, I finally felt what I’m asking clients to do.
It’s changed how I show up in my work, and in my relationship.” TL.
🌿 Professional development and tax considerations may apply (check with your accountant).
Who You’ll Be Working With
Philipa Thornton, Psychologist Advanced Imago Therapist
and
Chris Paulin, Masters in Clinical Psychology (40+ years experience)
We are long-time Imago practitioners, experienced workshop facilitators, dance partners, and a real-life couple who continue to practise what we teach.
We know this work from the inside out, personally and professionally.
Investment & Availability
Early Bird: $995 per couple (until 14 February)
Standard Price: $1,195 per couple (after Early Bird)
Places are limited to keep the workshop safe, spacious, and intimate.
👉 Secure Your Early Bird Place – Save $200
Ready To Join Us?
If you’re ready to slow down, reconnect, create intimacy, and learn tools that last well beyond the weekend, Chris and I would love to welcome you.
📩 To reserve one of the limited places:
philipa@resourcetherapy.com.au