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.
Three focused paths, one posture—slow down, understand what's really happening, and find a way forward.
Three days for couples caught in a cycle of conflict and distance—understanding the pattern, going beneath it, and learning to repair and reconnect.
Read more →Compassionate, confidential work for the wounds of sexual abuse or the grip of unwanted sexual behavior—telling the truth, understanding the roots, finding freedom.
Read more →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.
Read more →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.
Seeing the predictable cycle between you clearly—what triggers it, what you each feel underneath, and what you're really needing.
Mapping "The Dance"—the fears, longings, and needs beneath the surface fight, until the cycle stops controlling you.
Practicing real repair in the moment—catching the cycle, turning toward each other, and rebuilding trust.
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.
Giving words and witness to what happened and what it has cost—met with kindness where you expected condemnation.
Tracing the wounds and longings beneath the harm or behavior, mapping the cycle honestly enough that it loses its grip.
Interrupting the cycle, tending the wound, and building the support and structures that make lasting change possible.
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.
Telling the real story—the moments and relationships that formed how you see yourself, others, and God—and being truly heard.
Connecting the patterns running through your relationships, work, and inner life back to where they began.
Tending what's still wounded, releasing what you've outgrown, and stepping into a truer, freer way of living.
The Marriage Intensive is $3,600 for three days. The Sexual Story and Personal Story intensives don't carry a set price—because they don't carry a set shape. We'll settle the length, format, and investment together in the intro conversation.
Soul-deep story work—pastoral and narrative care that engages the whole of you: your story, your faith, and the meaning you're making of both. It's trauma-informed, unhurried, and personal, and it works beautifully alongside other care you may already have in place.
In person, in Atlanta. If you're traveling in, I can offer a well-appointed apartment in a great neighborhood—just minutes from my office—at $150 per night, based on availability.
You don't have to. Tell me where you are in the intro conversation, and we'll choose the right path together—or the right next step, even if it isn't an intensive.
Every intensive ends with a personalized written document: your story as we mapped it, the themes and patterns we named, and concrete, sustainable next steps you can actually live.
Yes—absolutely. What you bring stays between us. Nothing is shared, recorded, or written into a clinical file.
Slow it down enough to see what's really happening—and what felt stuck for years can begin to move.
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.
Schedule an introCadence 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.