Cathie and Israel Helfand

All Seasons VT, Inc began in 1993 as a Connecticut not-for-profit organization which grew out of Danbury Personal Counseling. Today, All Seasons is run by Israel and Cathie Helfand and offers several different, yet complimentary, services.

As of 2010 some services of All Season VT, Inc are provided by Helfand Retreats, LLC.

Marriage Quest Retreats
Do you feel that your marriage is over, but you're not quite ready to sign the papers without "giving it one more chance?"

For the marriage that is falling apart, this is the chance to try to repair it. Spend three intensive days with Cathie and Israel learning new skills for communicating and coping with the challenges of your relationship. For more information on Marriage Retreats go to our sister site: www.MarriageQuest.Org.

Organizational Consulting
As relationship specialists, Israel and Cathie are uniquely trained to assess and offer direction for relationship issues and dynamics in small businesses. Their specialty is with family-run businesses and small healthcare offices. For more information see our Corporate Quest website

Corporate Quest Retreats
Corporate Quest offers customized retreats, workshops in the woods that provide you and your employees with the tools needed to navigate EVERY aspect of your mission, Working with small groups, we offer you intensive (and quite honestly, intense) experiences that focus on team building and personal leadership development. Click for more information on our Corporate Quest Retreats.

Soul Awakening Retreats
A Soul Awakening is a modern day Rite of Passage, an honoring of transitions in our lives through ritual and ceremony in a wilderness setting. A Soul Awakening is for those who seek to kindle a psychological and spiritual relationship with meaning and purpose. Your wilderness Rite of Passage may be to seek answers, honor deep transformation, celebrate a renewal, or receive affirmation. It is a time of doing without modern conveniences and living simply in the forest.

Being in the woods, in living relationship with the earth, engages the whole person. The objects of our attention (trees, wild animals, weather, etc.) join our intention (our purpose for coming), and the results can be transformative.

Soul Awakening Retreats can be provided for an individual, a couple, a father and son, a small men's group, a small co-ed group, or a college eco-psychology class. Click for more information on our Soul Awakening Retreats.

Father-Son Retreats
Father-Son Retreats are a special version of the Soul Awakening Retreats designed to create a bonding between a father and his son (or step-son.) Suitable for men between the ages of 13 and 70, it can serve as a rite of passage for both, for the son who his moving into adulthood, and for the father who sees his son moving towards independence. This experience can provide a bond for lifetime. Israel's son, David, joins him on some retreats. Click for more information on our Father and Son Retreats.

Who We Are

Dr. Israel Helfand and his wife, Cathie Helfand, facilitate all programs and together have more than 50 years of experience as marriage counselors, employee assistance counselors, and family life educators. For more information about All Seasons Retreat Center, and the Helfands, including articles about and by them click here.

All Seasons VT, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation dedicated to helping people find more meaning and direction in their lives and relationships through various retreat services.