In this FAQ video, our counselors answer common questions about our intensives and about why they are so effective. We are here to help you answer, “Is an intensive right for us?”. If you need more help, give us a call today.
In this video, our counselors explain why they think a group intensive format is so powerful and an alumni couple of Hope Restored share how a group intensive saved their marriage. Watch this video to see if a group intensive is right for you. Still have questions? Call us today for more information.
The safety of our guests and staff is of the utmost importance. We have worked hard to prepare our facilities and staff so that you will have the assurance and peace you need to focus entirely on your marriage. You can still get your free consult or register for an intensive by calling us at 866-875-2915.
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Focus on the Family’s Hope Restored intensives offer marriage counseling for couples who are facing a crisis in their marriage, and who may even feel they are headed for divorce. Hope Restored Intensives are all-inclusive, extended periods of counseling over multiple days that allow our team of marriage counselors to get to the root of the problem.
A Hope Restored Intensive includes:
The 4-Day Group Intensive structure has proven to be the most powerful format for helping couples move past the barriers that keep them from experiencing the marriage of their dreams. While it’s common initially for many couples to be reluctant to discuss their relationship in front of others, our participants repeatedly offer high praise for the group format on post-Intensive surveys.
The 4-day format includes:
The 5-Day Couple’s Intensive is our premier intensive experience, providing the most focused care of any Hope Restored Intensive. In this program, you will receive both individual and joint counseling over a period of five days from a male/female therapy team. While all of our individual programs are tailored to couples’ specific needs, this longer format allows for much more flexibility as you determine, with the counselors, the direction of each day’s sessions.
The five-day format includes:
The 3-Day Couple’s Intensive utilizes the same powerful principles as the 4-Day Group Intensive, yet is perfectly designed to provide additional privacy during marriage counseling, enhanced individual care, and greater scheduling flexibility.
The three-day format includes:
Call us to speak with one of our consultants who can help you determine which is right for you.
The couples seeking help
Most programs are “enrichment” focused— they are meant to facilitate growth or rekindle romance in a relationship that is generally healthy or has a solid foundation. By contrast, Hope Restored Intensives are for couples who are in a marriage crisis (separated, divorcing, hopeless). These couples feel “stuck” and discouraged, and often say they have tried everything else without having a breakthrough or seeing any positive results. Couples often take part in a Hope Restored Intensive as a last ditch effort to save their marriage. Frustration and additional harm can be experienced by couples who take part in programs that are not designed to offer what they really need. Some of these programs can open emotional wounds and stir things up, but they are often not designed to help find resolution or navigate emotionally charged areas.
Leadership
Leaders in some programs are kind people with a heart for marriages, but are not trained professionals. One key distinction of our program is that all of our counseling staff members are trained counselors/therapists or psychologists (requiring either a Masters Degree or a Ph.D., licensure requirements by the state, thousands of hours of experience and supervision, etc). While pastors, lay helpers, and marriage mentors can be wonderful facilitators offering compassion, life experience, and testimonies, that is very different from the type of assistance provided by a trained professional equipped with the knowledge, skills, and experience to address more complex dynamics and deeper needs. Meet our counseling staff here.
Format
This is the most significant distinction. Hope Restored Intensives are NOT a typical seminar, workshop, or marriage retreat. There is not a fixed schedule of specific lectures and presentations. We do not offer a cookie-cutter approach to the situations and problems you are experiencing. Our team of clinical professionals has collaborated very closely over the years to develop a personalized approach along with specific techniques that best meet the needs of each couple and encourage change in their relationship. We gather detailed information from each spouse prior to your arrival so that our counselors can get a sense of the unique concerns to consider for each person.
A Focus on the Family Hope Restored Intensive addresses a variety of topics including communication, infidelity, intimacy and sexual issues, financial strains, blended families, children, and career conflicts. It offers a unique, holistic, and scripturally-based counseling approach that combines the heart, the mind, and a couple’s faith. This approach has proven amazingly effective. In fact, we routinely survey Intensive participants about their experience. Responses to the survey show that roughly 80 percent are still married two years later, with significantly increased marital satisfaction.
We do offer pre-marital Intensives in a limited capacity. For further information, we encourage you to call us and speak with a Hope Restored representative.
We do offer private intensives for couples who are seeking reconciliation after divorce. For further information, we encourage you to call us and speak with a Hope Restored representative.
Just like a physical doctor can’t call his patients and say, “I think you have a cold–please come in for an appointment”, our ethics don’t allow us to pursue your spouse on your behalf. We have a few recommendations to begin the conversation with your spouse:
Additionally, in the Intensive programs we emphasize the importance of “self-care.” If your spouse is unwilling to attend an Intensive, we still want to help your heart walk this journey in a healthy way. While the majority of our programs are designed for couples in crisis, we do have a program that is designed to help individuals get to a healthy place personally and be an encouragement toward positive change relationally. Call us for personalized information on our 3-Day Spouse’s Intensive.
We hear this concern quite often. For many, it sounds intimidating to think of sharing in a group setting. Many couples arrive dreading the group marriage counseling format, and yet our group format has a 99% satisfaction rate! The group setting does not use a cookie-cutter format, and is very customized and practical.
Benefits of a Group Intensive:
Our trained consultants are just a call away to help you decide which program you believe will best suit your needs.
There are three circumstances when we may suggest that a couple seek an alternative route:
We realize that rooming arrangements might be a concern for some couples because they are currently separated or they simply don’t feel comfortable staying in the same room together. We are committed to making sure each couple’s stay is as safe and comfortable as possible. If additional rooms are needed, our team is happy to provide you with the needed information to make these arrangements (the additional room cost will be the couple’s responsibility).
We understand that an intensive is a significant financial investment. Ask us today for a scholarship form – partial scholarships have been made available by others who believe in your marriage. 92% of couples who attended last year said that their intensive was worth the cost.
Missouri – $3950 (Partial Scholarships Available)
Michigan – $4023.50 (Partial Scholarships Available)
Georgia – $3950 ( Partial Scholarships Available)
Missouri – $4450
Missouri – $4950
Missouri– $9950
3-Day INTENSIVE WITH 2 COUNSELORS:
Georgia- $4950
3-DAY INTENSIVE WITH 2 COUNSELORS:
Michigan – $4994.10
3-DAY INTENSIVE WITH 1 COUNSELOR:
Michigan – $4494.10
Prices listed are per couple
Focus on the Family recommends that all clients contact their insurance company or human resources department prior to coming to an Intensive to clarify what benefits may apply. When requested by the client, we will provide a detailed receipt with a diagnosis and CPT code for your insurance purposes. This receipt will show the marriage counselor and clinic information, EIN, License number and the amount the client has paid. However, Focus on the Family currently does not submit to insurance companies on behalf of participants of Hope Restored Intensives.
For Intensives in Branson, we recommend:
Springfield-Branson Regional (1 hr drive)
North Arkansas Regional airport (2.5 hr drive)
Tulsa, Oklahoma; Kansas City, MO; St. Louis, MO (all about 3.5-4 hr drive)
For Intensives in Greenville, we recommend:
Grand Rapids Airport (45 minute drive)
Detroit Airport (2.5 hr drive)
Chicago O’Hare Airport (4 hour drive)
For Intensives in Rome, we recommend:
Atlanta airports (1.5 hr drive)
Chattanooga airports (1.5 hr drive)
A Hope Restored Marriage Intensive is more than just a one-time service—our goal is the long-term health of your marriage. With this in mind, we have several resources for our alumni:
Our Statement of Faith reads as follows:
Contact us and speak to one of the Focus on the Family trained consultants who are ready to confidentially and sensitively answer any questions about our Hope Restored marriage intensives.
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