Healing for Couples
Bethesda Workshops
About this workshop
The Healing for Couples Workshop is a three-day intensive for couples recovering from pornography or other compulsive sexual behavior. This Christ-centered, clinically grounded experience offers a supportive, confidential space to explore shared wounds, rebuild connection, and deepen emotional intimacy.
While individual recovery is vital, relational healing takes intentional time and shared tools, which this workshop provides. Led by licensed therapists experienced in treating both compulsive behavior, partner trauma and couples, each group consists of a male and female therapist team to foster meaningful growth together.
This intensive setting maximizes your investment of time and resources by addressing the roots of relationship struggles in a focused way. Couples leave with a clear recovery plan, renewed hope, and practical steps for continuing their healing journey together.
Our Approach
Prerequisite
To attend the Healing for Couples Workshop, BOTH partners must meet one of the following eligibility criteria:
Previously attended a Bethesda Workshop
Participated in an equivalent level of individual therapy elsewhere
Positive, Meaningful, & Lasting Change
Workshop Topics
Sessions are experiential and group-based, offering opportunities to process past hurts, explore current struggles, and build new relational tools together
.During the Healing for Couples Workshop, you’ll address critical areas for deeper trauma recovery, including:
Trauma-informed attachment
Couples’ interactive patterns
Rebuilding trust
Healthy communication
Healthy sexuality
Spiritual connection in recovery
Our Approach
Upcoming Workshop Dates
Workshops are scheduled by gender. Space is available unless noted as waitlist only.
Additional dates for women and future sessions will be announced.
Feb
19
Jun
25
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Workshop details
We offer workshops for all your personal needs.
The workshop fee covers lodging and meals for both spouses.
- Couples are housed separately (husbands with men; wives with women)
- Breakfast is available at the hotel; lunch and dinner are served at the workshop facility
- Vegetarian and gluten-free meals are available with advance notice; participants with other dietary needs should bring microwave-ready meals.
- All rooms are non-smoking, and the hotel includes a small fitness center
- All participants, including local residents, stay at a nearby hotel.
- If you need to arrive early or stay over after the program ends, you’ll be responsible for arranging your own meals and accommodations for those extra days.
Like all Bethesda Workshops, the Healing for Couples Workshop operates in a fully technology-free zone, known as the “Bethesda Bubble.”
All devices—phones, tablets, laptops, and smartwatches—are collected at check-in and returned after the workshop ends. No contact with home or work is permitted, even in the evenings.
If unplugging isn’t feasible for you right now, we recommend registering for a future workshop when you can fully disconnect.
An emergency number is provided for family use only.
For three days of focused work, you’ll need comfortable clothes, personal items, and a few essentials.
Recommended items include:
- A light jacket or sweater
- Bible, journal, or devotional materials
- Earplugs
- A wristwatch (since phones aren’t allowed)
Weapons are not permitted at the workshop, hotel, or in vehicles.
In just four days, couples gain the equivalent of 6–8 months of counseling. Through joint teaching sessions, couple-specific exercises, and guided dialogue, participants begin to rebuild trust and communication. The intensive setting offers a turning point helping couples learn together how to move forward with honesty, boundaries, and hope.
The workshop runs from Thursday morning to Saturday evening, with days beginning at 9:30 a.m. and wrapping up around 5:30 p.m. daily.
The Bethesda staff are available overnight if support is needed.
Note: Spouses do not room together during the workshop. Husbands stay with other men, and wives stay with other women to foster focus, safety, and healing.
The Advanced Healing Workshop fee is $4,900, which includes all lodging and meals.
- A non-refundable deposit of $1,225 is required at registration.
- For financial information and payment plans, see our Financial Information page.
Please arrive well-rested. The workshop days are rich and emotionally intense. Starting from a rested place maximizes the impact of your experience.
You must be present for the entire workshop—late arrivals or early departures are prohibited. Bethesda will be ready to welcome participants beginning at 9:00 a.m. Central Time. You must arrive by 9:20 a.m. on the first day.
If flying:
- Plan to arrive in Nashville (BNA) the night before or early enough to eat breakfast and get to the workshop on time.
- Transportation from the airport to the hotel is provided.
- No rental car is needed—participants carpool between the hotel and workshop site.
- You are responsible for your return transportation after the workshop ends.
Once registered, you’ll receive a Travel Arrangements Form to share your travel plans with the Bethesda team.
This program is designed for married or committed couples impacted by sexual addiction or betrayal. Both partners must attend together, and participants must be 21 years of age or older. Couples come seeking guidance for repairing broken trust, learning new patterns of honesty, and discerning next steps for their relationship.
Healing for Couples is facilitated by licensed, master’s level therapists who specialize in treating sexual addiction, betrayal trauma, and relationship repair. Many leaders are Certified Sex Addiction Therapists (CSATs) or Certified Partner Trauma Therapist (CPTT) and bring additional training in partner trauma and couple’s recovery. Leaders provide a balanced environment that supports both partners while guiding them toward healthier connection.