A counseling intensive is a weekend where we have come away from your daily life and its obligations in order to be focused entirely on healing your marriage..

You can expect a safe, non-jugmental environment. My place is not to judge but to help you heal your marriage.

You can expect me to be honest with both of you and not take sides. My focus is on the marriage being restored and I will be impartial as we work together. And this will be hard work. I will be challenging both of you in areas such as your communication and conflict skills and the dynamics between you. We will bring up those old hurts and the score card you keep. We will not leave until you are able for forgive and be forgiven.

You can also expect a deeper, more intimate relationship with the Lord as one of the outcomes of an intensive. The Lord is the one who does the healing and He will be present with us. As He starts to restore you and your marriage you can't help but grow in your love relationship with Him.

You can expect to leave the intensive with every opportunity to continue building on the work we have done and that the healing you experience will be permanent and amazing.

Typically, we arrive in the late afternoon, get settled in and then have our first counseling session. There is no time limit on the sessions during an intensive so we might work for an hour, three, or more. We take breaks as you need them and for meals and rest but the majority of the time we are working together so Christ can bring complete healing to your hearts and marriage.

The counseling intensive schedule varies for each couple but here is a good example:

Friday  6-9                3 hours of counseling

Saturday 9-12, 1-4, 6-9    9 hours of counseling

Sunday 9-12, 1-4, 6-9      9 hours of counseling

Monday 8-11                3 hours of counseling

Intensives work best for couples who:
- are currently in crisis
- feel distant from one another and don't know how to reconnect
- those who want to make significant progress in the least amount of time
- those who are ready for their marriage to healed and restored. Intensive counseling includes resources, materials, necessary testing, a phone consultation with each spouse before the intensive, all counseling sessions and meals during the intensive and a follow-up phone or in-person session one to two weeks after the intensive. The total fee for the intensive is $2770.

Additional costs to you are a hotel suite with a separate living room where we will work together and any transportation costs to Phoenix and the hotel. Typical check in is around 3:00 PM and we will end by 11:00 AM three days later. I will provide you with suggested hotels at varying price ranges in Phoenix.

Our first phone consultation is at no cost to you. We will talk a bit and see if an intensive is the best option for you. This will help me to understand you and your issues before we begin. I don't want to waste any time when we get there so we do a bit of work on the front end.

It's a big decision to make so let's talk about it and see if this will be how God wants you to get your marriage healed and free.

Use the Contact Form so I can reach you and we will see if this is right for you.