The Shared Heart Summer Couples Retreat
With Barry Vissell and Joyce Vissell
July 28 - August 1, 2025
Imagine your relationship expressing the true depths of your love and commitment. If you are in love, this retreat is an opportunity to rise even higher in love. If you are in crisis, it is an opportunity for healing on the deepest level. We all carry some degree of negative programming from our past, and there are loving and effective ways to transform this programming into a positive and vibrant celebration of our connection.
During this 5 day workshop, we will naturally dive into a deeper learning experience with much more material than we can cover in a weekend. The extra time allows for a fuller integration of all the practices. Each couple will experience exercises and practices to do with each other, therapeutic coaching by the Vissells, the support of other couples, and time for sharing after each practice.
We will share a collection of tools for deeper appreciation and communication building, including healthy communication of feelings, our partner as a mirror, understanding and respecting each other’s differences, conflict resolution, healing past hurts, sexual wellness, inner child/inner parent, taking responsibility and developing a true inner connection. Take the opportunity to explore these tools with your partner during the workshop and learn to incorporate them into everyday life as you continue to improve your relationship at home. For more information, visit www.SharedHeart.org.
This workshop welcomes couples of all gender and sexual orientations.
About the Leaders

Barry Vissell
Barry Vissell is a psychiatrist who, with his wife of 54 years, practices the medicine of unconditional love worldwide. He has co-authored many books, including The Shared Heart, Models of Love, Meant To Be, and To Really Love a Man and a Woman, among others. www.sharedheart.org
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Joyce Vissell
Joyce Vissell is a nurse/psychotherapist who, with her husband Barry, founded the Shared Heart Foundation in 1982 dedicated to changing the world one heart at a time. Together they write a syndicated column for 80 periodicals worldwide. www.sharedheart.org
Learn more about Joyce VissellCategories : Psychology & Self-Awareness, Relationship & Communication