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A RESIDENTIAL RETREAT FOR 13 - 16 YEAR OLDS AND THEIR ADULTS Are you a parent or guardian of a teen who feels disconnected, misunderstood, angry, or shut down?
Does your teen carry the weight of anxiety, flatness, school stress, suicidality or struggle to feel like they belong?
Do conversations often turn tense, go silent, or leave you both feeling more distant?
This weekend is a deep dive into understanding and reconnecting - with ourselves and with each other. It's a rigorous yet gentle experience, infused with evidence-based approaches and grounded in real-life tools. Whether you and your child/children engage actively or observe quietly, your presence is welcome.
Intrigued?
You'll need to act fast as REGISTRATION CLOSES ON September 15th ... or as soon as all spots are taken.
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👥 Who is it for?
This experience is for all kinds of families - including blended, co-parenting, single-parent, and traditional households.
Families may include 1 or 2 adults and 1 or more adolescents (ages 13 -16).
Maximum of 26 participants in total (in any mix of adults and and young people).
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🧭 Topics can include:
• Anxiety, stress, low mood, and suicidality
• Feeling not good enough
• Struggling to belong at school
• Making and keeping friends
• Living with a critical or highly judgmental parent
• Feeling unseen, misunderstood, or unloved
• Or anything else the young people and their adults bring up
Topics may initially be brought up in the safe space of the separate workshops for the adults and the teens and then integrated into the joint sessions anonymously or not (depending on the participants' need)
If more topics emerge than time allows, we will explore the most popular ones.
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🎯 Learning Objectives:
• Develop language for emotional awareness and regulation
• Give a name to emotions and voice what was never said
• Strengthen communication and connection in adult-teen relationships
• Tap into our innate compassion and enhance attunement
• Learn how to respond appropriately to each other's needs
• Explore empathy, compassion and emotional resilience
• Practice evidence-based emotion stabilization strategies (many are fun and simple!)
• Take home real-life tools for everyday emotional challenges
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🌀 What to Expect:
This weekend will combine down-to-earth interactive educational talks that open eyes, invite reflection, and empower change, with experiential practices, playful learning, and quiet time for rest and integration.
Each participant will benefit from approximately 11 contact hours with our highly experienced facilitator, Janet Falzon, plus engaging activities for between workshops designed to consolidate what is explored in the workshops.
🟢 Sessions include:
• Workshops for parents alone
• Workshops for teens alone
• Joint parent-child sessions
• Small group work
• Reflective time and games
• Fun, therapeutic group practices
Participation is always by choice. Some may dive in, others may observe quietly. Both are valid and welcome.
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🧘 Safety & Care:
• Supervision of teens will be the parents’ or guardians' responsibility at all times (with the exception of the workshop for teens alone when the young participants will be cared for by the facilitator)
• Parents and guardians are asked to remain on-site at all times
• A rotating adult support system ensures everyone can take part
• Quiet/silent space available for personal reflection
• Finalized schedule of retreat will be provided upon arrival
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🏡 Accommodation & Facilities:
• Full board: Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and two coffee breaks each day
• Unlimited coffee, tea, and water available throughout the day
• A limited number of ensuite rooms (single, twin, triple, or quad) are available and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Linen supplement: €3 per person per weekend (you may choose to bring your own)
• On-site amenities: Garden, roof terrace, prayer room
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💬 About the Facilitator:
Janet Falzon is a warranted psychologist, seasoned mindfulness and self-compassion teacher, and trauma specialist with years of experience working with highly complex cases. She brings over vast experience working with young people and adults, offering an integrative therapeutic approach shaped by years of specializing in complex trauma and the relational patterns it gives rise to.
Her retreats, workshops, and one-on-one sessions are known for being compassionate, empowering, healing, and grounded in extensive psychological training and lived experience. She is known for her ability to listen, attune, and create safe, transformative learning spaces.
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💰 Price Structure (full weekend):
Includes accommodation in ensuite rooms, all workshops, all meals, coffee breaks, and free flowing drinks.
• 2-person family: €590
• 3-person family: €708 (20% discount included)
• 4-person family: €885 (25% discount included)
🛏️ Linen supplement: €3 per person per weekend
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📌 Important! Booking closes on September 15, 2025
…or as soon as all places are taken.
🔟 Maximum of 26 participants - spots and rooms are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
🧾 A 30% deposit is required to confirm your booking.
The balance is due by 15th September.
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📩 For more information or to register:
Please DM or email Janet Falzon at:
📧 [email protected]
🌿 “Chances are, this will be one of the most meaningful things you’ll ever do for yourself and your young ones - an investment in connection, understanding, healing, and growth.”
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Rivotorto Retreat House, S. Sommier Street, B'Kara, Malta, Rivotorto Retreat House, Triq S. Sommier, Birkirkara, BKR, Malta, Saint Venera
