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Intensives

Focused time for the work
that can't wait weeks apart.

Some things don't shift in a weekly hour. An intensive sets apart concentrated days to go deep, understand what's really happening, and practice something new while we're still in the room together.

Where you are right now is hard to shift in shorter sessions spread weeks apart. The momentum leaks out between meetings.

An intensive changes that. By spending focused time together over several days, we can slow things down enough to see what's really happening, and give you room to practice something new while you're still in the room with me.

Every intensive is built around your story—not a generic curriculum—and you leave with a personalized take-home document to carry the work forward.

Why an intensive works

  • Concentrated days build momentum a weekly hour can't
  • Space to go beneath the surface, not just manage it
  • Practice something new in real time, in the room
  • Trauma-informed, faith-rooted, and unhurried
  • A personalized written summary to take home
Three intensives

Choose the work that fits your story

Three focused paths, one posture—slow down, understand what's really happening, and find a way forward.

01

Marriage Intensive

Three days for couples caught in a cycle of conflict and distance—understanding the pattern, going beneath it, and learning to repair and reconnect.

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02

Sexual Abuse & Unwanted Behavior

Compassionate, confidential work for the wounds of sexual abuse or the grip of unwanted sexual behavior—telling the truth, understanding the roots, finding freedom.

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03

Personal Story Intensive

A deep, guided read of your own story—naming what shaped you, seeing the themes that keep returning, and stepping into a truer way of living.

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01 · Three days

Marriage Intensive

I love marriage, and I've seen again and again that conflict—when we slow it down and actually understand it—can become the doorway into the connection you've been missing. Three days, built to move from understanding to depth to repair.

Day One

How did we get here?

Understanding the pattern

Seeing the predictable cycle between you clearly—what triggers it, what you each feel underneath, and what you're really needing.

Day Two

What's really going on?

Going beneath the cycle

Mapping "The Dance"—the fears, longings, and needs beneath the surface fight, until the cycle stops controlling you.

Day Three

Finding your way back

Repair & reconnection

Practicing real repair in the moment—catching the cycle, turning toward each other, and rebuilding trust.

Download the full overview $3,600 · three days · lodging available
02 · Half-day to three days

Sexual Abuse & Unwanted Sexual Behavior

Few parts of our story carry more shame, or stay more hidden—whether the harm came to us or we've found ourselves repeating it. This intensive brings the whole story into the light, held with profound care. What you bring here stays here. Nothing is shared, recorded, or written into a clinical file—the confidentiality of this work is absolute, so you can tell the truth without fear of where it might go.

Movement One

Telling the truth

Into the light

Giving words and witness to what happened and what it has cost—met with kindness where you expected condemnation.

Movement Two

Understanding the roots

Why it took hold

Tracing the wounds and longings beneath the harm or behavior, mapping the cycle honestly enough that it loses its grip.

Movement Three

A path toward freedom

Repair & integrity

Interrupting the cycle, tending the wound, and building the support and structures that make lasting change possible.

Download the full overview Half-day to three days · shaped to your need
03 · Half-day to three days

Personal Story Intensive

Most of us are shaped by stories we've never slowed down to read. Maybe nothing is "wrong," exactly—but something keeps repeating. This intensive follows your story where it actually leads: naming what shaped you, seeing the themes, and finding a way forward.

Movement One

Reading your story

Naming what shaped you

Telling the real story—the moments and relationships that formed how you see yourself, others, and God—and being truly heard.

Movement Two

Seeing the themes

Why things keep returning

Connecting the patterns running through your relationships, work, and inner life back to where they began.

Movement Three

A way forward

Integration & healing

Tending what's still wounded, releasing what you've outgrown, and stepping into a truer, freer way of living.

Download the full overview Half-day to three days · shaped to your need
Slow it down enough to see what's really happening—and what felt stuck for years can begin to move.
The rhythm of rest and calling

Wondering if an intensive is right?

That's what the intro conversation is for. Tell me where you are, and we'll find the right path—or the right next step—together.

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Get in touch mike@cadence.rest
407.808.0735
Atlanta, GA

Cadence offers pastoral and narrative care, coaching, and training. It is not psychotherapy or a substitute for licensed mental-health treatment. If you're in crisis, call or text 988.

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