Blackberry River Retreat
April 23 - 25, 2025 Regsitration will open on December 11, 2024 at 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT. The registration link will be located on this page. Now in its fourth decade, the Blackberry River Retreat is a three-day experience designed for college counselors at independent schools. The retreat is quiet, introspective, and mindful of creature comforts, but also a challenging experience that is intense, self-directed, and focused. While there are many other ACCIS programs where we discuss trends, programming, and hot-button topics in the field, this retreat focuses on the moments when the checklist is pushed aside and listening is required. Led by faculty from the Stanley King Institute, the Blackberry River Retreat creates space for college counselors to tend to their practice of deep listening by developing new skills and honing familiar approaches to doing the work of today's professionals. College counselors are highly skilled in asking questions, providing information, and helping students -- in a word, advising. But, many lack training or the opportunity to practice their skills in counseling, a very different component of this work. The retreat includes sessions developed by mental health professionals directly involved with students and families. This program has been a highly popular retreat in prior years and we offer first-time attendees the chance to register first. If you have attended Blackberry before and space is available, we'd love to have you, but please wait until December 12th to give others the chance to attend. Capacity is 42 members and requires full attendance for the entire retreat and overnight lodging at our host hotel on-site; we will maintain a waiting list if necessary. The registration fee for the 2025 retreat is $975. This included the professionally facilitated retreat program and all meals during the retreat (breakfast Thursday and Friday, breaks Wednesday - Friday, lunch and dinner Wednesday and Thursday). TThe single occupancy room rate at Tupper Manor was $149 + tax ($166.44) per night. Lodging is separate from the registration fee, and all registrants will stay at Tupper Manor and must submit arrival and departure dates in the registration form to secure the reservation. Your payment will be collected when you check in at Tupper Manor.
Questions about registration, payment, or lodging? Please contact Linda Pierre, ACCIS Director of Member Services and Operations. |