Helping married couples build and enhance their relationship
CatholicCare Victoria offers a range of workshops for married couples, including two private workshops and one group workshop.
Married couples in Greater Melbourne and Gippsland can access our Marriage Enrichment workshops.
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Enhance communication and commitment in your marriage
Marriage Enrichment helps couples to explore their friendship and a vision of the marriage they are continuing to build.
Our enrichment programs are led by qualified, experienced educators who help couples put relationship theory into practice to enhance their marriage.
Our Marriage Enrichment workshops help married couples to:
- celebrate their strengths and develop new skills for their journey together
- reflect on their relationship
- explore intimacy, communication and commitment
- explore the changing nature of relationships
- learn how to affirm, strengthen and grow their relationship into the future
We have three workshop options; REFOCCUS and Relationship Tune-Up which are private workshops for couples, and R10 Day which is a group program.
REFOCCUS
A private workshop for married couples who want to spend more time enriching their understanding of their marriage.
Run over five 1-hour sessions, couples explore intimacy, communication, commitment and the changing nature of relationships as the years progress.
Fees
- $360 per couple, for five 1-hour sessions.
Cancellations
A $30 cancellation fee applies to all cancellations with more than 10 days notice.
A $60 cancellation fee applies to all cancellations with less than 10 days notice.
A $40 transfer fee applies if a couple wishes to change one or more appointments.
REFOCCUS Bookings
REFOCCUS is offered across Melbourne and Gippsland.
To make a booking, please call our East Melbourne office on (03) 9287 5555.
Relationship Tune-Up
Bring your marriage in for a tune-up! These sessions are for individual couples who want to reflect on their relationship in a private, confidential setting.
These sessions aim to help couples affirm, strengthen and grow their relationship into the future.
Fees
- $120 per couple, for one 1-hour session.
Cancellations
A $30 cancellation fee applies to all cancellations with more than 10 days notice.
A $60 cancellation fee applies to all cancellations with less than 10 days notice.
A $40 transfer fee applies if a couple wishes to change one or more appointments.
Relationship Tune-Up Bookings
We run Relationship Tune-Up sessions in East Melbourne, Ivanhoe and Mitcham.
To make a booking, please call our East Melbourne office on (03) 9287 5555.
R10 Day
Review, Reflect and Reinvigorate your relationship - and so much more!
This is the program for couples who want to reflect on their relationship, celebrate their strengths and develop new skills for their journey together.
R10 Day is held in a group setting with no more than 10 couples per group. It is led by two facilitators and each course runs from 10am to 4pm on a weekend.
Fees
Cancellations
An $80 cancellation fee applies to all cancellations with more than 10 days notice.
A $155 cancellation fee applies to all cancellations with less than 10 days notice.
A $60 transfer fee applies if a couple wishes to transfer into a different program time or venue.
R10 Day Bookings
There are currently no scheduled R10 Day workshops. There are usually two R10 Day workshops across the year held in East Melbourne – these have been put on hold due to COVID-19.
Please check in at a later time, or contact our East Melbourne office for enquiries.
More information
If you cancel an appointment that included the use of an interpreter, the cancellation fees applied by TIS National will be passed on to you. See www.tisnational.gov.au for more information.
Marriage and Relationship Education programs are subsidised by the Commonwealth Government Department of Social Services.
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Contact us
Our Marriage Enrichment workshops are managed from our East Melbourne office.
To enquire about these workshops, please contact us:
T (03) 9287 5555
East Melbourne
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