Communication Β· Curiosity Β· Connection
DEEPER
A Palm Springs Couples Retreat
February 26β28, 2027 Β· Palm Springs, California
Limited to 4 couples
Your relationship doesn't have to be in crisis to go deeper.
When was the last time you talked about the important stuff? Got curious about each other again? Talked about sex? Found time to laugh, connect, and play?
Most importantly, when was the last time you reflected on where you've been and talked about where you want to go next together?
DEEPER is an intimate couples retreat for couples who want to invest in their connection. It's not a final hail Mary attempt to prevent breaking up.
Over a weekend in Palm Springs, we'll step outside the routines of everyday life to learn practical relationship skills, have deeper conversations, explore intimacy and sex, move our bodies, have fun, and simply be together.
Why DEEPER?
Relationships are always changing because the people inside them are always changing.
Your needs change. Your bodies change. Your sexuality changes. Your dreams change.
Healthy relationships make room for that.
But it's easy to stop being curious. We fall into familiar roles, have versions of the same arguments, let sex become predictable, and get consumed by the logistics of everyday life.
Nothing has to be terribly wrong for you to want something more.
DEEPER is an opportunity to interrupt the routine and pay attention to your relationship on purpose.
Communication Β· Curiosity Β· Connection
COMMUNICATION
Talk about what actually matters.
Learn practical tools for communicating more clearly, navigating differences, expressing wants and desires, and finding your way back to each other when you get stuck.
CURIOSITY
Develop a practice to go deeper together.
Let's go beneath the surface to find a way to share more of yourself with each other.
Get to a point where no topic is off-limits and you can continue to grow and evolve as individuals and a unit.
CONNECTION
Remember why you chose each other.
In the modern world we live in it can be easy to sit on the couch next to each other while on your phones and feeling more isolated than ever before. Let's shift that together.
It doesn't have to be hard work, it can be rejuvenating.
An Intentionally Small Experience
There will only be four couples at DEEPER.
That's intentional.
This isn't a conference, and you won't spend the entire weekend sitting in a circle talking about your problems.
We'll move between learning, private couple exercises, group conversation, self-care practices, experiential activities, meals, and downtime.
Some conversations will happen together. Many of the most important ones will happen privately between you and your partner.
We'll co-create a brave space together to go deeper and be known.
What We'll Explore
- Your patterns as a couple
- Communicating wants and desires
- Effective and ineffective ways to communicate
- Navigating conflict while staying connected
- Togetherness and individuality
- Sex, desire, and intimacy
- Curiosity and novelty
- Positive relationship habits
- Who you're both becoming
- Creating a plan for what comes next
The Rhythm of the Weekend
Friday
Arrive & Connect
4:00 PM β Arrival, Welcome & Agreements
6:00 PM β Group Dinner (included)
8:00β9:30 PM β Group Work
We'll settle in, connect as a group, and set the tone for the weekend.
Saturday
Turn Toward
9:00 AM β Group Breakfast (included)
10:00 AMβ12:30 PM β Group Work
12:30β1:30 PM β Group Lunch (included)
1:30β4:00 PM β Group/Couple Work
4:00β6:00 PM β Downtime
6:00β7:00 PM β Group Dinner (included)
7:00β9:00 PM β Sensuality Workshop
Sunday
Go Deeper
9:00 AM β Group Breakfast (included)
10:00 AMβ12:00 PM β Group Learning
12:00β1:00 PM β Lunch (included)
1:00β2:00 PM β Closing Group
We'll end by turning what you've learned into intentions and practices you can take home together.
Schedule is subject to change. A detailed itinerary will be provided before the retreat.
Is DEEPER for You?
DEEPER is for couples who love each other and want to stay together, but have lost the spark or feel they've grown apart.
You don't need to have everything figured out. You do need to be willing to get curious, look at your own patterns, talk honestly, and try something new.
DEEPER is not designed for couples experiencing an acute relationship crisis, active abuse or interpersonal violence, an ongoing undisclosed betrayal, or couples who are actively considering separation.
This retreat is not a substitute for couples therapy.
Because we're limited to four couples, each couple will have to do an intake process with Tom to make sure this is the right fit for you at the moment.
Your Host
Tom Bruett, LMFT
I'm a couples and sex therapist, author of The Go-To Relationship Guide for Gay Men, and founder of the Queer Relationship Institute.
I've spent years helping couples understand their patterns, communicate differently, talk more openly about sex, and create relationships that have room for both connection and individuality.
My work is grounded in a simple idea:
The goal of a healthy relationship isn't to eliminate differences. It's to learn how to stay connected while becoming more fully yourselves.
DEEPER is a chance to take that work outside the therapy roomβto learn, practice, reconnect, and have some fun doing it.
Your Investment
Travel and lodging are not included.
You must sign up and pay the deposit, then you will be able to schedule a time for the intake to make sure this is the right experience for you. If we decide it's not, you get a full refund of your deposit.
DEEPER
A Palm Springs Couples Retreat
Communication Β· Curiosity Β· Connection
February 26β28, 2027 Β· Palm Springs, California
Follow-up call Monday, March 15, 2027 from 5β7pm PT
$4,000 per couple Β· Limited to 4 couples