Couple’s Intensives
Led by Bruce Butler LPC, CSAT, our couple intensives are designed to help you learn the skills and tools to deeply connect with one another in a way that reshapes your bond and moves you toward the intimacy you long for.
Individual Intensives
Led by Beth Ratchford LCSW, these intensives are designed to help you process and heal wounds or relational patterns stemming from your family-of-origin dynamics. Your only responsibility during the week is your growth and healing. Without the distractions of work and home obligations, space is created for you to engage with the healing work more deeply.
Sex After Betrayal Group Intensive
Our sexuality connects to our deepest attachment-based needs. This is why sexual betrayal cuts so deep. Reclaiming your sexual self (maybe for the first time ever) is the healing focus of this intensive. If you have experienced sexual betrayal (whether from an isolated infidelity or a pattern of sexually compulsive behavior) and you want to dive deeply into sexual issues in a safe and confidential small group setting, this intensive is perfect for you.
Facilitators
Bruce Butler, LPC, CSAT
Bruce Butler is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Virginia. He is a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist and is also in the process of completing his certification in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples.
Bruce specializes in working with couples who are struggling with issues such as communication problems, betrayal or infidelity, and sexual addiction. Bruce works from an attachment perspective helping couples to create emotional safety, deep bonding and connection within the relationship.
Bruce received his Masters in Counseling in 2010 from Liberty University. He is a member of the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals, the Northern Virginia Licensed Professional Counselors Association, the American Association of Christian Counselors, and the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy.
Beth Ratchford LCSW, MA
Beth Ratchford is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Masters in Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master of Arts in Counseling from Western Seminary. She specializes in treating adults who have experienced childhood trauma.
Beth has trained with Pia Mellody in the Post Induction Therapy model of treatment and uses it as the primary framework in her work with clients. She is also trained in the use of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) for treating trauma and other difficult life experiences.
Beth is an EAGALA certified mental health specialist and provides Equine Assisted Psychotherapy services. She is also a qualified practitioner of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and finds it a helpful lens to help clients get a sense of some of the hard-wired ways that they operate in the world.
Michelle Mays LPC, CSAT-S
Michelle Mays is an author, innovator and counselor guided by the belief that all change happens in relationship. This relational orientation has directed over two decades of experience articulating new models and approaches for the treatment of individuals and couples impacted by sexual betrayal and trauma.
Michelle is the creator of the Attachment-Focused Partner Betrayal Model™, providing attachment-based healing for partner betrayal. She designed the premier online coaching program for betrayed partners and is the founder of the Center for Relational Recovery in Leesburg Virginia.
Michelle is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor in both Virginia and Washington DC, a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist and Supervisor and is completing her PhD in Clinical Sexology and certification in Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples.
