Absolutely! Hold Me Tight© is VERY helpful to couples already in counseling, whether its EFT couples counseling or not. The work you will do in a HMT retreat will certainly enhance and move you along in your couples counseling. Other couples find it helpful and want to go to therapy after attending a Hold Me Tight© retreat. We can help you with a referral.

The program is psycho-educational and no one is required, nor encouraged to share private information about themselves. The sharing is encouraged to be real and authentic but appropriate for the setting and not extremely detailed. It's not group therapy. Detailed information may be shared during the couple exercises with your partner. It's not a "kumbaya" experience, it's meant to help you grow closer with your partner, not with the group!

When couples talk to each other during the exercises, each conversation creates a little "bubble" with the other conversations appearing as white noise in the background. This keeps the conversation private, even from those next to each other. If the couple gets stuck and wants help, they can raise their hand and one of the EFT therapists assisting will come and help the couple move through the exercise. Many have remarked that this is the most helpful part of the entire program.

If your partner is at least WILLING to come, we will do the rest! There is often a hesitancy or a fear for one or both partners coming into the retreat. Most often, once the couple gets there and begins to participate and see others participating, the fears dissipate and they will really enjoy and engage in the retreat.

We try to balance content, practice, examples, humor, and discussion to keep it lively and engaging. No boring lectures! ​