Retreat two · Counselling at the centre
Counselling & Personal Reset Retreat.
Sometimes you need more than a holiday. You need space to step away, talk, reflect and work out what comes next.
Time away, with someone to talk it through.
A private retreat with regular one-to-one counselling and personal reset sessions woven through your stay, balanced with restorative wellbeing support, quiet time and space to breathe.
People come at a life transition or through relationship difficulties, when stress or grief has built up, when they feel stuck, or when they simply need clarity and time away to think. If rest matters more to you than regular sessions, see retreats for stress, burnout and overwhelm.
Counselling sessions are available with Deb Pepperdine or Ian Trew, with the practitioner and approach agreed when planning your retreat. Sessions take place in a warm and private setting by the sea.
How it’s different.
Private Personalised Beach Retreat
Counselling may form part of your personalised plan.
Counselling & Personal Reset Retreat
Counselling and focused one-to-one support are at the centre of your retreat.
What’s included.
Regular private counselling and personal reset sessions, balanced with restorative wellbeing support, quiet time and space to breathe.
- Your own private apartment by the beach
- A counselling-focused retreat plan, shaped after a private conversation before you arrive
- Regular private counselling and personal reset sessions
- Restorative bodywork and relaxation with Deb or Ian
- A hosted sauna setup in the shared Sundeck Gardens sauna
- Time in nature, quiet time and room to reflect
- Support to plan what comes next before you leave
- Main meals from local providers if you choose them, or self-catering
The sessions and experiences for your length of stay are set out in your retreat plan, with the price, before you book. Yoga, Pilates, personal training and beauty treatments are optional extras.
Two nights, or seven.
Counselling and personal reset support increases naturally on longer retreats, without losing the rest and privacy that make time away valuable.
- 2 nightsA focused pause: time to talk, rest and see things more clearly.
- 3 nightsRoom to go a little deeper, with restorative support between conversations.
- 5 nightsCounselling support across the main days of your stay, with more time to rest and reflect.
- 7 nightsThe most support and space: time to work through what matters and plan what comes next.
Between conversations
Room to breathe.
Sleep, the beach, the pool, the sauna, a quiet balcony. Your retreat is balanced so there’s meaningful one-to-one support without losing the rest that makes time away worthwhile.
Shaped around you.
Tell us what you’re looking for and what interests you. Deb or Ian then put together a personalised retreat plan setting out what’s included and the price. You can ask for changes or add extras, and nothing is booked until you decide.
Your selections help us understand what appeals to you. They don’t automatically become your retreat timetable. How your retreat plan comes together.
Private, personal and non-clinical.
Beach Health Retreat is a non-clinical wellbeing retreat, not a medical or psychiatric treatment service.
If you need urgent help, call 000, or Lifeline on 13 11 14 at any time.
Food
Meals taken care of, if you’d like.
Choose main meals prepared by local food providers and coordinated around your stay, or self-cater in your apartment’s full kitchen.
Optional extras
Add something extra, if you’d like.
Once your retreat plan is created, you can add private yoga (including restorative or Yin), Pilates, personal training, beauty and spa treatments, extra massage, counselling or Ayurveda, a sunrise or sunset experience, airport transfers or a celebration. These are paid extras rather than part of the retreat: each has an additional cost, subject to availability, and is confirmed with its price. There is no salon or gym at the resort.
A few things you may be wondering.
Do I need to have had counselling before?
No. Before you arrive, we talk with you privately about what you’d like from your time away, and your plan starts from there.
Can we come as a couple?
Yes. Tell us when you enquire, and your retreat plan is shaped around both of you.
Will every day be full of sessions?
No. Sessions are woven through your stay, with plenty of time to rest, walk, swim and sit with things in your own way.
How is my privacy looked after?
We talk with you about privacy and confidentiality before your first session, including how your information is kept.
What does it cost?
Pricing depends on your length of stay and what’s right for you. It’s set out in your retreat plan before anything is booked.
What guests have said.
Guests on the personal attention and the care taken over their time here. Their words, shortened where marked.
“Thank you Deb and Ian. Such a wonderful unique experience that both Sarina and I will never forget. You provided a personal, professional and genuine service on all fronts. The input and insight you gave us during our stay will resonate with us for life. … we left feeling a part of your family.”
“A wonderful rejuvenating experience -- after just one week I feel like a new woman! … Deb & Ian are compassionate and flexible, very dedicated to their clients’ happiness … Room was spacious and beautifully decorated. All my activities were personalised to suit my needs, and the beach air is such a blessing”
Take the first step.
Tell us a little about what’s bringing you here, and we’ll take it from there.
No payment to enquire, and no obligation.