This Isn’t Weekly Therapy.
It’s a 2- or 3-Day Emotional Reset.
One-on-one, high-impact, immersive therapy designed to get to the root of your patterns and create real change fast.
Individual Intensive Counseling Retreats
Why You’re Here
You’re not new to therapy. You’ve tried to heal, grow, and understand yourself. But the same old reactions, shutdowns, and spirals keep showing up.
This retreat was built for that exact moment. When you’re ready to go deeper fast.
Whether you’re dealing with:
Relationship patterns you can't break
Emotional overwhelm or shutdown
Anxiety, shame, or feeling "not good enough"
Or just a sense that something isn’t right inside
You’re in the right place.
Imagine Walking Away With:
A calmer nervous system
A clear understanding of your emotional patterns
Tools to stop reacting and start leading
Relief from years of emotional pain
A new connection to your true self
This is years of therapy, condensed into days.
What Makes This Different
Two Days. One Focus: You.
This isn’t talk therapy. This is transformation.
In your private, 2- or 3-day intensive, you’ll:
Emotional Blueprint Mapping
Explore and chart the key emotional patterns that have shaped your inner world and relationships.
Uncover Protective Patterns
Identify the defenses, survival strategies, and early emotional wounds that still influence your behavior.
Embodied Healing Practices
Engage in somatic techniques that help you process and release stored emotional pain through the body.
Inner Integration Work
Use mirror work, parts dialogue, and deep somatic inquiry to connect with and heal fragmented parts of yourself.
Activate Adult Mindset
Learn to consistently access your wise, grounded adult self as the internal leader of your life.
What Clients Are Saying About Counseling Retreats!
Years of other therapy did not work. Three days with Fae did!!
My intensive therapy retreat with Fae was life altering. Five decades of unprocessed trauma, anxiety, depression and other issues were dealt with, and for the first time in my life I feel whole and loved. Years of other therapy did not work – three days with Fae did!! I’m still amazed at the 180° total change in perspective towards myself and others. I was finally able to let go and truly heal. I’m so unbelievably grateful! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
– H.I.
This is probably the best decision I have ever made!
I have no words! I met with Dr. Kathleen Kelly for a two-day retreat to help me deal with my anxiety and family issues. After Having a terrible experience with another therapist and reading reviews about Dr. Kelly and Syrona, I was hoping for salvation! Well, I got it! I feel like I received all the answers to all of my questions and received so much helpful information that my brain is about to explode! She is full of knowledge and is very observant and quick-thinking! This is probably the best decision I have ever made! Highly, highly recommend!! Thank you, Dr. Kathleen Kelly!! You are amazing!
– A.L.
I experienced quite a few discoveries about my true self.
Words simply cannot convey how pleased I am after my sessions with Dr. Kelly! I’ve had a few different experiences with standard/general Therapists only to find myself back in the same mindset and challenges a year or more after. It was apparent to me, I simply needed an EXPERT within the “ challenges” I was plagued with. After the prescribed 4 full day, intensive sessions I truly experienced quite a few WATERSHED moments and discoveries about myself, my psyche, and TRUE self. Thank You Dr. Kelly.
– C.O.
I was amazed at how I was able to shift my perspective on so many areas of my life.
Thankful for the 3 day intensive. It was so deep and special and I was amazed at how I was able to shift my perspective on so many areas of my life. Kind of funny but when it was over I immediately felt I was going to miss them and my time there because they really do make you feel at “home”. I highly recommend this approach and Syrona and I wish I could gift this to all the people in my life because it’s just that powerful! Thank you for making your space feel so warm and welcoming and safe!
– N.A
David, after 30+ years in miliary service, was at a crossroads in his life and he felt stuck.
Shannon didn’t think she needed a counseling retreat until…
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How Individual Counseling Retreats Work
Meet the Team
Dr. Kathleen Kelly
Fae Foster
Getting Started With A Counseling Retreat:
1
Fill Out Form
(Click here)
10 questions, less than 15 minutes to complete
2
FREE Personal Phone Consultation
To see if a counseling retreat is a good fit for you.
3
Start Individualized Counseling
We’ll start the process so you can experience healing and growth.
Why People Choose Syrona Intensives for Counseling
“The work that ensued in [the Intensive] has healed and set my heart and soul free. [Dr. Kelly] got into the trenches of aching grief and pain and pulled me out in ways I never dreamed possible. Her dedication to her profession and dedication to me saved my life”.
~38-year-old female
“Nothing really prepared me for the sheer amount of insight and understanding I gained during my Intensive. I laughed, I cried, I got clear. And I found my way out with the compassionate and talented guidance of a true professional. Thank you Syrona”.
~46 year old male
3 Reasons Why Individuals May Choose Counseling Retreats
How Individual Counseling Retreats Work
Free Personal Phone Consultation
Talk to us directly and let us find out more about what you need and how we can help.
Come to the Retreat
We’ll spend 3 days together helping you find health and set yourself up for growth. Some come by themselves, some will bring their families to enjoy Florida while they do the counseling intensive.
Continue Receiving Support
Follow up is important. So we’ll encourage you to follow up with your own therapist or we can provide check-ins
We Provide Intensive Counseling Services For
Social Anxiety
Compulsions
Not Liking Yourself
Lack of Purpose
Lack of Confidence
Depression; loss of interest, lack of motivation, feelings of hopelessness, emptiness
Grief, Loss, or Bereavement
Self Doubt
Self Improvement and Discovery
Difficult Life Events
Commitment Issues
Panic Attacks
Perfectionism
Feeling too much or too little
Stress overload
Relationship Counseling
Codependency
Life Transitions
Flashbacks/PTSD/Acute Trauma
Lingering effects of childhood trauma as an adult
Abandonment/Rejection Issues
Body Image
Bipolar Disorder
Jealousy
Narcissism
Shame Issues
Trust Issues
Premarital counseling
OCD
Hoarding
Sexuality
Marriage Problems; growing apart, infidelity, divorce
Anger: Too much/Too little
Big Transitions; going to college, getting married, having children, retiring
Problems with Guilt; too little, too much
Parent/Adult Child Issues
How Do I Know if a Counseling Retreat is Right For Me?
A Counseling Retreat might be for you if:
- You are, or have been, in therapy, but frustrated because you aren’t getting to your CORE issues.
- You normally consider yourself to be a high-functioning individual, but something in your life has you knocked off your emotional feet, you’re scrambling – and you want to deal with it right away.
- You need more time than one hour of therapy a week to delve into painful, emotional material.
- You have the time and financial resources to have three or four consecutive days, one-on-one, with a highly-trained, senior-level psychologist.
- You want intensive, high quality couples therapy to identify and repair whatever painful ruptures that are harming your relationship.
A Counseling Retreat might NOT be for you if:
- You don’t feel ready (or willing) to deeply explore your life experiences and experience the emotional discomfort that might accompany this journey.
- You are unsure about whether you want to fully open up and engage in the therapy process.
- You are in a degree of emotional crisis where you don’t feel safe or stable enough to manage unsupervised time after therapy ends for the day.
- The extended time and financial fees required for a counseling retreat would cause you an undue level of burden and stress.
- If you want couples therapy, but there is active violence, drug, or alcohol use in the relationship.
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Why it’s Worth Dealing with Unresolved Trauma
“I would not be where I am today without Dr. Kelly or I should say thanks to her for I AM here today!! When I met her for the first time at a weekend seminar, WOW is all I can say! I’ve been to therapy many times before but she is a ‘different’ kind of therapy. She broke through “walls” I thought were too high or too thick to break but not for her! She made me understand the traumas I went through as a child and as an adult and how to over come them. Plus techniques to use with my inner “teenager” who I named T. I speak often to T and we get through a lot together so much that I’m fulfilling a dream of becoming an RN! Nursing school is very challenging but without Dr. Kelly I don’t believe I would have achieved it, so I say THANK YOU again for all you have done!! I’m a better mom and person because of you!”
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a Syrona Counseling Retreat cost?
Syrona’s intensive therapy retreats range from between two and four days. You can choose how many days you want to attend, and typically we discuss this during the consult call.
**Payment Plans Available**
Small Group Intensives
- $500 per person
- Only 4 people per group
Private Individual & Couples Intensives
- 2 Day – $2450
- 3 Day – $3650
Pricing for Dr. Kathy Kelly
- 2 Day – $3400
- 3 Day – $5100
What’s included in the price?
Not included: Airfare, hotel or transportation.
What is the follow up after a counseling retreat?
We offer follow-up tele-health sessions after your counseling retreat, but due to inter-state licensing laws and time constraints, we can not take clients on as regular, weekly clients.
This is why we recommend that you have a primary therapist if you will benefit from on-going therapeutic work after your retreat. Some of our retreat clients return for half-or full-day “tune-up” sessions if wanted or needed.
If you do have a primary therapist, we provide professional consults before and after your counseling retreat, to create a seamless transition - in and out of the retreat - for both you and your therapist.
I have never been in therapy before. Can I still attend a counseling retreat?
Yes. While most of our clients either have had, or are in therapy. We love working with clients who are new to the whole therapy experience. A counseling retreat is an immersive therapy experience. It works best for those who are able and willing to be reflective and curious about their feelings, thoughts, and memories. For many of our clients who haven’t had therapy before, they tell us they love getting started this way, and they do great - they don’t know therapy any other way!
Is a Syrona Counseling Retreat just another form of talk therapy?
No. Most people attend a counseling retreat so they can move beyond talk therapy. Most of our clients need help to shift the automatic and dysregulated aspects of their emotional functioning into a more functional and regulated state. So while all counseling retreats include a mixture of education and some talk therapy, the experimental work is focused on both “top-down and body-up” techniques and approaches.
What happens in a Syrona Counseling Retreat?
When you arrive, you will be greeted by your therapist and shown around the office. Your favorite drinks and snacks will be there waiting for you. You will settle in, and the day begins by getting your wish list identified: we explore what you most would like to accomplish over the course of your intensive retreat.
We then proceed to the day-long process of getting to know you - what is your emotional blueprint? We thoroughly go over your timeline - the first two decades in particular, but often going over each decade of your life.
At the end of the day, we write up a summary of your unique personality functioning - the vulnerabilities you were exposed to in childhood and the specific coping and defensive strategies you learned to use for managing your emotional life.
The second and third days are the “working days”. As highly trained trauma therapists, we customize our extensive therapeutic toolkit of techniques and experiential interventions to what YOU need, based on what we learned doing your timeline. We use a combination of top-down and bottoms up approaches, meaning that we work with your whole experience of being you. That is, how do you think, feel, and react, and why?
Most people come to intensives because of issues in their relationships, either with significant others or themselves, and often both! So during your intensive, we help you access powerful and profound levels of self awareness and compassion.
The third day continues the work but often focuses on practicing and applying what has been learned. We spend time helping our clients understand how an emotionally intelligent and mature adult thinks, feels, and responds. We practice using engaging exercises that have you engaging with yourself and others from your adult mindset.
This sets you up to walk away at the end of your intensive not just knowing what your adult mindset is, but having the felt sense of recognizing when it is fully operational (and when it is not). And knowing this is profoundly powerful.
Since you don’t take insurance, can I bill my insurance out-of-network?
You are welcome to submit the invoice for reimbursement but in our experience, very few insurance companies will reimburse more than one hour of psychotherapy a day. Some of our clients have had success receiving partial reimbursement by working with a case manager, but in general, we tell our clients that the Syrona Counseling Retreats are not a covered service at this time.
Many successful people struggle with overcoming their issues because they feel they should be able to do it alone. That’s why we created a counseling solution to get months of therapy in less than a week. This way you get the help you need, learn the skills to prevail, and get back to living a healthy successful life.