Private Couples Therapy Retreat in Los Altos CA | 2-Day Marriage Intensive

Step away from daily stress and rediscover each other in a peaceful, restorative California setting.

Imago Couples Counseling Retreats with The Marriage Restoration Project

Our Los Altos marriage counseling retreat helps couples rebuild trust, communication, and emotional safety through the proven Imago Relationship Therapy process. Whether you’re navigating conflict, recovering from betrayal, or simply feeling distant, this 2-day marriage intensive offers a calm, private space to heal and reconnect.

The Marriage Restoration Project offers powerful, results-driven support for couples in crisis through our marriage intensives and online marriage counseling programs. Whether you’re facing communication breakdowns, emotional disconnection, or long-standing patterns of frustration, we’re here to help you restore your relationship.

Rabbi Shlomo Slatkin, a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Certified Imago Relationship Therapist, works with couples virtually from anywhere. For those in the Bay Area, we also offer in-person marriage counseling and intensives with a local Los Altos therapist trained in our proven process. Our immersive 2-day intensives are designed to break through years of pain and rebuild your connection with guided support and transformative tools.

Located in the Upper Happy Valley section of Los Altos, near the Orinda border and just .3 miles from El Nido Ranch Road, our private counseling location provides a peaceful, confidential environment. Couples may choose to meet in our main office or opt for a standalone space on the property for added privacy. For ultimate convenience, our local therapist also offers house calls—bringing the retreat-style experience into the comfort of your own home.

Couples from across the Bay Area—Los Altos, Palo Alto, Mountain View, San Jose, and Cupertino—come to our couples therapy weekend retreat to focus entirely on one another. This immersive, results-driven format allows you to pause the chaos of everyday life and rediscover your connection in a private, peaceful environment.

Many couples choose to turn the experience into a weekend getaway, staying nearby in Los Altos or retreating to the coast after the intensive to integrate the work they’ve done.

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Couples Therapy Weekend Near Me in California

We offer one of the most effective forms of marriage counseling that exists worldwide, the “No Blame, No Shame” 2-day Marriage Restoration Retreat”. Originally founded in Baltimore, Maryland, our unique marriage help program for couples is now available in other cities, with clinicians we have trained to facilitate couples in our exact and unique methodology of counseling! Distance should never be an issue for you to get the best help out there for your most important relationship- your marriage! Especially now that you can attend marriage counseling from the comfort of your home. Our couples retreats are available in a private setting both online or in-person or in a group setting at our marriage workshops.

Rabbi Shlomo Slatkin, M.S., LCPC, Founder

Our Counseling Services & Retreat Packages

Affair Recovery and Infidelity Counseling in Los Altos

Rebuilding trust after betrayal takes more than time—it takes structure, compassion, and guided communication. Our affair recovery retreat provides couples with a safe environment to process pain, repair emotional wounds, and begin the rebuilding process.

Using the Imago framework, we help both partners express their needs and hurts without judgment—restoring transparency, honesty, and safety step by step.

Online Marriage Retreats for Bay Area Couples

Can’t make it to our Los Altos location? Our online marriage retreats offer the same two-day structure and personalized experience from the comfort of your home. With private, live sessions over Zoom, couples across California and nationwide can access the same breakthroughs and structured support as our in-person marriage intensives.

Why Choose Our Marriage Counseling Retreat in Los Altos

Imago Therapist with 40 years of experience in LA counseling couples.
Featured on Fox45, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore Jewish Times & more
Conveniently located in Beautiful Hancock Park
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Imago Relationship Therapist Master Clinician, Certified Imago Workshop Presenter

Our Los Altos marriage counseling retreat is part of The Marriage Restoration Project’s nationwide network of private 2-day marriage intensives. Each retreat offers complete privacy—no groups, no distractions—just you, your partner, and a therapist trained in our No Blame, No Shame method. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, our setting provides the ideal space for calm, focused work on your relationship.

We specialize in helping couples rebuild after years of disconnection, guiding you toward emotional safety, clarity, and renewed connection.

Why Imago Relationship Therapy Works

Imago Relationship Therapy helps couples identify the root cause of conflict by understanding the unmet needs and patterns formed early in life. Instead of blaming or defending, you’ll learn to listen, mirror, and validate—transforming your relationship from reactive to responsive.

This process has helped thousands of couples worldwide rebuild connection and rediscover joy in their marriage.

Just because someone advertises that they see couples, does NOT mean that they have any expertise in the area. A social work degree or a psychology degree, does not make one trained in the extremely specialized and delicate work of marriage counseling.

Just as you wouldn’t go to your general practitioner for an operation, you wouldn’t want to go to a general therapist to save your marriage.

The future of your family and peace of mind is at stake. Lucky for you, a nationally renowned therapist is right around the corner.

How Our 2-Day Imago Marriage Intensive Works

My name is Rabbi Shlomo Slatkin and I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and a Certified Imago Relationships Therapist (Advanced Clinician). I’ve put together a tried and true formula for you so that that you can feel optimistic and hopeful again about enjoying a marriage that is respectful, supportive, and healthy. It would be a privilege to work with you and support you in effectively bringing back clarity and love into your relationship.

If you’re experiencing difficulties in your marriage, you NEED to have an intensive experience in order to create a breakthrough for your relationship.

And it is also crucial to have followup to integrate what you’ve learned so that your results will be long lasting- which is what you want!

Unlike a marriage workshop where you participate in a group setting with other couples, the retreat will give the privacy you need to deal with some of the most painful and personal issues you are facing in your relationship.

The Marriage Restoration Retreat is two full days of marital therapy plus 8 follow-up sessions in person or online. If you’re in crisis, the first thing that you are looking for is the hope that your relationship can be better. Weekly sessions, which are normally only 50 minutes with other therapists, will often take a while to get you to a better place, and that’s provided that you have the stamina and resources to stick it out!

Couples leave our 2 Day Retreat with newfound hope for their relationship, an understanding of what went wrong, and new skills to move forward.

Filled with momentum and new commitment to your relationship, you’ve accomplished what would take in 6 months of therapy. All the resistance is gone and now you can do the real work to make your marriage wonderful in our 8 follow up sessions.

During your 2-Day Imago Marriage Intensive, you’ll experience a structured, evidence-based process that helps couples move from blame to understanding. Over two full days, you’ll learn a communication framework that transforms conflict into connection—and practice it with your partner in real time.

Through guided conversations, emotional regulation tools, and new listening techniques, you’ll begin to understand not just what is happening in your marriage, but why. Many couples tell us they leave the retreat feeling heard for the first time in years.

Success Stories

When we participated in your Two Day Marriage Intensive about six weeks ago, we were at a crossroads in our relationship. We were recovering from infidelity, separated, and hoping to get some clarity as to whether there was a future for us and our young family. We walked away with hope that our communication could be different and that we could be more transparent with each other.
We knew it would take time to decide our future but we were definitely open to the possibility that the relationship could last.
Six weeks later, we are still experiencing positive results.
We are spending more time with each other, having fun again, and our able to communicate with out the constant reactivity and defensiveness that was plaguing our relationship. While it will take time to rebuild the trust that was broken, we are hopeful that as we continue to implement and integrate the work we did with you that we will build a more solid future for our family. We can’t thank you enough for your help.

What Dr. Harville Hendrix, Founder of Imago Relationship Therapy, has to say about our work…

“Any couple interested in restoring their marriage and sustaining it will be blessed if they follow the logical and clear steps and processes described by Rabbi Slatkin, MS, LCPC in the Marriage Restoration Project.”

Dr. Harville Hendrix

Founder of Imago Relationship Therapy

Harville Hendrix, Ph. D. co-author with Helen LaKelly Hunt of Making Marriage Simple: Ten Truths for Changing the Relationship You Have into the Relationship You Want.

“By the time you finish reading this, another marriage will end in divorce. Good news, you can do something about it!”

Frequently Asked Questions — Los Altos Marriage Intensive & Couples Retreat

What makes a 2-Day Marriage Intensive different from weekly counseling?

You’ll make six months of progress in just two days. Our private format allows deep, focused work using Imago Relationship Therapy to repair communication and rebuild trust.

Is this retreat private or group-based?

All Los Altos intensives are private—just you, your partner, and an Imago-trained therapist. No groups, no observation, complete confidentiality.

What happens during the 2-Day retreat?

You’ll learn and practice Imago Dialogue, explore the root of recurring issues, and restore emotional safety through guided, structured conversations.

Do you offer online marriage retreats?

Yes. Our online retreats follow the same 2-Day format via Zoom for couples across California or nationwide.

Do couples travel from other Bay Area cities?

Yes. Many come from Palo Alto, San Jose, and Mountain View for our couples therapy weekend in Los Altos, California.

How do we know if a marriage intensive is right for us?

If you’re stuck in conflict, rebuilding after betrayal, or feel disconnected, our couples retreat offers a structured path to healing.

Do you include follow-up sessions?

Yes—each retreat includes eight 60-minute follow-ups to help couples sustain progress long after the weekend.

Where should we stay during the retreat?

Most couples stay nearby in Los Altos, Palo Alto, or Mountain View for comfort and privacy between sessions.

Do you take insurance?

We’re out-of-network, but many clients receive partial reimbursement. Investing in your relationship is worth it.

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Imago Couples Counseling Retreats with The Marriage Restoration Project

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Having relationship problems? Contact The Marriage Restoration Project online to request a free consultation call or call (925) 694-0760 now to speak with our team. We provide intensive marriage counseling for couples in crisis, helping them overcome toxic relationship patterns and behavior. We equip couples with the tools needed to communicate effectively and really hear one another, so they can save their marriage and get back to the loving relationship they remember. Rabbi Shlomo provides online marriage counseling for couples using Imago Relationship therapy, and we have local Los Altos, California couples therapists offering in-person couples counseling.

Los Altos Marriage Counselor & Imago Relationship Therapists

Our marriage counseling office is located at the Upper Happy Valley section of Los Altos near the Orinda border, which is closest to San Francisco. The cross street of El Nido Ranch Road and Upper Happy Valley is about .3 miles from us. The building is situated on about two acres, so we have privacy. Couples can choose between an office inside the building on the first floor or an office in a separate standalone building for even more privacy. Our local Imago Relationship Therapist also makes house calls allowing couples to experience the same immersive 2-day marriage counseling retreat in the comfort of their own homes.

Couples Therapy Office Information

Location Los Altos, CA 94024 Phone: (925) 694-0760 Email: info@themarriagerestorationproject.com View on Google Maps Google Reviews

Rabbi Shlomo Slatkin, M.S., LCPC, Founder

“We offer one of the most effective forms of marriage counseling that exists worldwide, the “No Blame, No Shame” 2-day Marriage Restoration Retreat”. Originally founded in Baltimore, Maryland, our unique marriage help program for couples is now available in other cities, with clinicians we have trained to facilitate couples in our exact and unique methodology of counseling! Distance should never be an issue for you to get the best help out there for your most important relationship- your marriage! Especially now that you can attend marriage counseling from the comfort of your home. Our couples retreats are available in a private setting both online or in-person or in a group setting at our marriage workshops.

Our Counseling Services & Retreat Packages

Why Choose Us?

Imago Therapist with 40 years of experience in LA counseling couples.
Featured on Fox45, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore Jewish Times & more
Conveniently located in Beautiful Hancock Park
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Imago Relationship Therapist Master Clinician, Certified Imago Workshop Presenter

Why Choose Us?

Imago Therapist with 40 years of experience in LA counseling couples.
Featured on Fox45, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore Jewish Times & more
Conveniently located in Beautiful Hancock Park
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Imago Relationship Therapist Master Clinician, Certified Imago Workshop Presenter

In addition, their therapy work for couples has been featured in national blogs and papers such as the Huffington Post, Redbook Magazine, Readers Digest, Psychology Today, Bustle, The Good Men Project, and many more. Just because someone advertises that they see couples, does NOT mean that they have any expertise in the area. A social work degree or a psychology degree, does not make one trained in the extremely specialized and delicate work of marriage counseling. Just as you wouldn’t go to your general practitioner for an operation, you wouldn’t want to go to a general therapist to save your marriage. The future of your family and peace of mind is at stake. Lucky for you, a nationally renowned therapist is right around the corner. Founder Shlomo Slatkin Explains What Happens During the 2 Day Intensive Retreat:

Rabbi Shlomo Slatkin Imago Relationship Therapist

My name is Rabbi Shlomo Slatkin, founder of The Marriage Restoration Project. I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and a Certified Imago Relationships Therapist (Advanced Clinician). I’ve put together a tried and true formula for you so that that you can feel optimistic and hopeful again about enjoying a marriage that is respectful, supportive, and healthy. It would be a privilege to work with you and support you in effectively bringing back clarity and love into your relationship. If you’re experiencing difficulties in your marriage, you NEED to have an intensive marriage therapy experience in order to create a breakthrough for your relationship. And it is also crucial to have followup to integrate what you’ve learned so that your results will be long lasting- which is what you want! Unlike a marriage workshop where you participate in a group setting with other couples, the retreat will give the privacy you need to deal with some of the most painful and personal issues you are facing in your relationship. The Marriage Restoration Retreat is two full days of marital therapy in my Baltimore office, plus 8 followup sessions in person or on Skype. If you’re in crisis, the first thing that you are looking for is the hope that your relationship can be better. Weekly sessions, which are normally only 50 minutes with other therapists, will often take a while to get you to a better place, and that’s provided that you have the stamina and resources to stick it out! Couples leave our 2 Day Retreat with newfound hope for their relationship, an understanding of what went wrong, and new skills to move forward. Filled with momentum and new commitment to your relationship, you’ve accomplished what would take in 6 months of therapy. All the resistance is gone and now you can do the real work to make your marriage wonderful in our 8 followup sessions.