Intensive Marriage Counseling

Christian Marriage Counseling Intensives are private, intensive marriage therapy sessions that take place over the course of one, two, or three consecutive days. The Marriage Counseling Intensives include:

• A one-hour phone consultation prior to the intensive.
• A confidential, safe environment to identify hurts and struggles that have been around for a long time.
• Focused, intensive counseling sessions with a professional marriage counselor.

Christian Marriage Counseling Intensives are designed for:

• Married couples currently experiencing acute difficulty or crisis in their marriage.
• Couples in a pre-marriage situation, especially those who have been divorced and are planning to re-marry.
• Couples who would like to pursue a deep enrichment experience for their marriage. Perhaps they have been together for a while and have started to drift apart.
• Empty nesters who have been child-focused for decades and want to strengthen their marriage bond.

The Marriage Intensives exist as a resource for couples to get away from daily stresses and routines in order to address their concerns and move together toward a life of hope and healing.

During your time with us, you can expect to meet with a professional, licensed marriage therapist who will help you identify the root cause of your conflict, then walk with you on a journey toward resolution.

During your intensive you will discuss ways to apply biblical principles to your marriage and how to depend on the Holy Spirit for guidance after the intensive is done. By getting to the core of the conflict and developing new, God-honoring habits, participants will likely see change that will be sustained in the long-term. With God’s help and by following His lead, your marriage can get back on the right path—and stay there.

Attending a marathon counseling intensive can be exhausting on many fronts — physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Issues may arise that are difficult to address and painful to work through. However, the effort put forth will be worth it.

Working through challenging areas of your marriage and landing on a feasible resolution plan is far better and healthier than burying the hurt and pretending it doesn’t exist.

For those who are teachable, willing to do the work prescribed, and commit to extensive follow-up, the vast majority of our clients have experienced marked and sustained transformation.

A significant benefit of Christian Marriage Counseling Intensives is the concentrated, uninterrupted time granted to couples to dig deep into their concerns and wholly focus on a practical way forward.

Possible benefits include learning how to:

• Heal relational hurts, resolve conflicts, and restore trust.
• Develop skills for heart-to-heart communication.
• Understand your God-given need for relationships.
• Identify and address obstacles to relational intimacy.
• More clearly define what you need from others.
• Release painful emotions such as hurt, anger, and fear.
• See the impact of past events on present struggles.
• Replace unhealthy thinking and harmful behavior patterns with healthy habits.
• Receive comfort for hurts from childhood that limit the capacity to love.
• Experience freedom to love God and others more joyfully.

At Seattle Christian Counseling, we desire to see lives changed by God’s grace through the ministry of these counseling intensives.

Our Christian Marriage Counseling Intensives hone in on specific issues and crises currently being faced by each couple. A one-hour phone consultation will take place in preparation for the marathon marriage therapy sessions. This phone conversation will help to identify some key issues to focus on during the intensive.

Commonly addressed issues include:

• Breakdowns in communication
• Lack of trust between partners
• A sense of aloneness experienced by one or both spouses
• Infidelity
• Sexual intimacy concerns
• Roles and expectations within the relationship
• … and much more.

Christian Marriage Counseling Intensives are not meant to be exhaustive or comprehensive. Rather, our focus is to pinpoint the underlying cause of the existing marital conflict and to offer practical steps toward lasting resolution.

We’re on your team. The best news is that God is, too. With His help, all things are possible—even a regenerated marriage covenant between you and your spouse. We desire to see the oneness between you and your spouse restored with God’s help.

We don’t just want to see your marriage remain intact—we want to see you flourish and thrive, and we’ll do everything we can to help you meet this goal.

If you can relate to any of the concerns addressed here, we want to help you. Take some time to pray about whether a Christian Marriage Counseling Intensive would be right for you and your spouse.

Christian Marriage Counseling Intensives have made a profound, lasting impact on many marriages. We want to help you and your spouse live a God-honoring union as husband and wife.

To talk with someone or to schedule your marriage counseling intensive, call us today at 206-388-3929 or email [email protected]. We’d be happy to answer any questions you have and provide the information you need to make a decision.