Private Couples Intensive
Couples Affair Recovery Retreat
After betrayal, begin with honesty, care, and a steadier next step.
A different kind of space
When trust breaks, everyday life can feel unfamiliar.
After the discovery of an affair, questions can take over every conversation. The hurt partner may feel shocked, angry, or unsure what to believe. The partner who crossed the boundary may struggle with shame, defensiveness, or how to take responsibility without making the hurt worse.
The Couples Affair Recovery Retreat offers private, focused space in Siesta Key to begin addressing the impact of sexual, emotional, or online infidelity. Wendy Haggerty and Dr. Maureen Ryan bring relationship and sexuality expertise to conversations that deserve more care than another late-night argument.
The focus is not quick forgiveness, a polished explanation, or pretending the affair did not happen. It is acknowledging the injury, exploring accountability and boundaries, and considering what a credible beginning to repair might require—if both of you choose that path.
What we can explore together
Repair is a process, not a promise.
Acknowledging the impact
Make room for grief, anger, uncertainty, and the ways betrayal has changed your sense of the relationship.
Accountability without excuses
Explore taking responsibility for choices and their impact. Understanding relationship dynamics does not make the hurt partner responsible for the affair.
Boundaries that mean something
Discuss what honesty, contact boundaries, and mutually understood expectations could look like as you consider repair.
Difficult conversations with care
Explore ways to approach questions and painful reminders without relying on interrogation, avoidance, or defensiveness.
Intimacy at your own pace
Address the impact of betrayal on affection, sexual confidence, and closeness without treating physical intimacy as proof of forgiveness.
A foundation for continued work
Identify the actions, conversations, and ongoing support that may be needed. Trust is shaped by consistent behavior over time, not a weekend alone.
Is this right for you?
For couples affected by infidelity who are willing to explore the possibility of repair, even when hope and uncertainty exist side by side.
You do not need to have the perfect words for what is happening. These experiences may feel familiar.
- The discovery is recent, or an older betrayal still shapes your relationship.
- Questions, defensiveness, or reminders of the affair keep overwhelming conversations.
- You need a more honest conversation about boundaries and accountability.
- You want to consider rebuilding, without being asked to forgive or reconnect before you are ready.
The focus of your retreat
Begin with the injury. Build toward the next step.
Make space for what happened
Focus first on the impact of betrayal and the concerns each partner brings. You do not need to minimize the pain to participate.
Examine what repair would require
Explore responsibility, honesty, and boundaries. Context can help you understand the relationship, but it does not excuse the decision to cross an agreed boundary.
Consider how to move forward
Identify what each person needs to continue exploring repair and where ongoing support is important. Neither forgiveness nor sexual reconnection is a deadline.
Your Therapeutic Guides
Two perspectives. Thoughtful, personal guidance.
Wendy Haggerty, LMFT, CST-S, is an AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist & Supervisor. Dr. Maureen Ryan, DNP, AHNP-C, WHNP, is a nurse practitioner and AASECT-Certified Sexuality Counselor & Supervisor.
Together, they bring complementary relationship and sexual health perspectives to the concerns you bring, with respect for each partner's experience.
Meet your therapeutic guidesBeyond the weekend
What you can work toward.
A more grounded understanding of the injury and the work ahead, with language for boundaries, accountability, and continued support. Recovery takes time, and a retreat cannot guarantee restored trust or reconciliation.
Investment
Simple, transparent pricing.
Every retreat includes three days of private, specialized intensive work with both of your therapeutic guides. Choose the setting that fits your stay.
Without accommodations
$3,500
The full private weekend intensive, with lodging and travel arranged on your own.
With accommodations
$6,500
The weekend intensive plus three nights of luxury accommodations in Siesta Key.
Request information to confirm availability for your dates and what your specific retreat would include.
Questions you may be carrying
Before you reach out.
Retreat disclaimer: These retreats are educational intensives and are not a replacement for ongoing therapy, medical care, or crisis services. Consider how continuing professional support can help you build on the conversations begun here.
Your next step
Begin where you are, not where you wish you were.
You can reach out while things still feel unsettled. Share only what you are comfortable sharing to start a conversation about fit and next steps.
Request informationAsk about couples affair recovery retreat dates, pricing, and availability.