Intensive Christian Marriage Counseling for Couples in Crisis.
In a Marriage Intensive we work a full day for 3, 4 or 5 days in a row. A Marriage Intensive is a down-in-the-trenches intervention, aimed at completely restoring your relationship. It isn't traditional counseling, it's a serious response to a critical situation.


Is One Hour a Week Counseling Best for Couples in Crisis?

If you were to need heart surgery, would you want your Cardiologist to do it "a little bit each week?"

Our Marriage Intensives are for couples who need to stop the pain now! Once this kind of "major surgery" has been accomplished, staying on a good path is much more do-able.

Since most issues can't be resolved in an hour, couples can merely open up old wounds and walk away feeling even more hopeless than before the session. This leaves hurting couples discouraged and vulnerable. With local one hour a week Christian Marriage Counseling, often, by the time couples are just getting to the root of one of their issues--it's time to stop.

Cost of Intensives:

When comparing the cost of Intensives, make sure you compare group Intensives to group Intensives -- and Private with Private.

Group Intensives are always going to be less expensive because you are sharing your Intensive with 10 people.

To see our actual costs, go to the menu bar above and click, "To Schedule."

If your issues are serious, we recommend a Private Intensive.

Your Marriage Intensive will not be only a 3, 4, or 5 day experience. We offer 3 months of phone counseling at no additional charge. We want to be there for you after you leave!

Do you want a Private or group Intensive?

Groups are for couples who feel comfortable sharing their issues with other couples. Who don't mind being open with others about their pain. Group Intensives are for folks who don't need individual attention, because with 10 people -- there simply is not enough time. Group Intensives, by necessity, are primarily a teaching format.

Private Intensives are just that -- private! You and your spouse are the only ones that meet with your Counselor. It's a completely individualized time where only you and your issues have the floor. It is intense counseling where 98 to 100% of the issues causing you pain -- get resolved.

In a Private Intensive there is enough time devoted to the two of you that we can get to the root of your issues -- so the conflicts don't keep repeating and repeating!

Experience shows that having no loving feelings for each other, or even feeling completely hopeless about your situation is NOT the determiner of the outcome of your Marriage Intensive. When you come with an open heart and a willing spirit, expect a miracle--because that's what we see all the time! more[+]

Results:
To date, over 90% of the couples who attend one of our Marriage Intensives -- leave totally committed to their marriage. This is true even when there has been infidelity and or separation.

By the end of an Intensive, couples are equipped to have the marriage of their dreams!
TESTIMONIALS:
John, I just wanted to touch base now that we have returned from Charlotte. I wanted to extend my gratitude to both you and Wendy for what is surely a life changing experience. You were able to gently and expertly guide us through the darkest moment of our relationship. You have given us the tools to communicate fairly, openly and honestly. We could not have asked for more. You have a gift my friend and we were honored to receive it. We sincerely appreciate the time you spent with us. Keep up the good work, your counseling should be mandatory.

TD-New York


I just want to say that walking into the Intensive counseling room was like walking into a face-to-face meeting with the presence of God. I wept immediately, not from the hurt, but from the hope I felt upon entering the Intensive room. John was a true SPIRITUAL counselor, not just a counselor who happened to be a Christian. This is what our marriage was missing. Through John, God’s word was the light to lead us to a path of success. I cannot express enough the love that both my husband and I felt, despite the direct challenges that John presented us both. Because of his method of facilitating, we both felt loved by God, John, and one another throughout the intensive. The practical strategies given to us are so invaluable in making continual, measurable progress in our relationship. In four days, God used this intensive to open our eyes and equip us more than two years of conventional counseling had been able to offer. May God bless John and Wendy for the gift that they are giving back to marriages all over the world.

God’s blessings and grace, J.S. - North Carolina