“We have been in and out of couples therapy for years and have found it helpful, but not that helpful. This was different and took us to a deeper and honestly more loving place. John and Jan were so helpful in taking us back to what really mattered and not getting lost in old hurts. All of this and a wonderful vacation was perfect for us.”
“I know I have said thank you several times. But I can’t say it enough. Though I had hoped for the outcome we got, I really didn’t think it would happen. We were both in such pain. We are both gobsmacked at the process you took us through, with such sensitivity, kindness, caring, intelligence, and as a bonus, such humor. I know that we will hear your voices in our minds for some time to come.”
“We got our two adult kids who have struggled with one another since childhood to join this process. Meeting in coastal Maine for five days we learned that it was not just our kids who were struggling, we all were. I am not sure what happened over this time but doors opened in ways that I had never imagined they could and we are leaving so much closer and happier than we we arrived.”
“The unbearable sadness of estrangement between our adult kids was breaking our hearts and led us here. We came into this experience with tension you could cut with a knife. Through a process that involved as much laughter as tears we made our way back to being a real family. The process is intense and involved a deepening of our understanding of how we got here and a pathway to forgiveness. We learned a great deal about psychological development, attachment, our brains and what it takes to truly heal as a family. We can not thank John and Jan enough for their kindness, wisdom and guidance in giving us back our family.”
“My parents and I had not spoken for over a year and it was so painful. We did not know how to break the pattern we were in. John and Jan brought such deep understanding, kindness and even laughter to our work together that we were able to ‘change our dance’, as they would say. Thanks for giving us a chance to start over.”
“Coming to this program was an act of desperation, our family was falling apart – we are leaving with new hope and sense of connection. I am still not sure what happened, but this experience healed some very broken places in our family.”
“This is a different way to do therapy, it is intense, yet non- threatening and almost fun, largely due to Dr. Stewart’s sense of humor and the amazing offerings of this region. I have never felt so safe and comfortable while at the same time looking so deeply and honestly at our relationship, myself and our family. We both left feeling ready to stop the old destructive dances and get on with being friends and for the first time in a while lovers.”