Trusted by 25,000+ couples worldwide over 30 years
Not every marriage conference is created for couples in crisis, but Marriage Helper workshops are. If you’re hurting, confused, or unsure what comes next, this educational workshop will help you make sense of what’s happening and show you how real change is possible.
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Whether you’re feeling disconnected, dealing with betrayal, or wanting to prevent crisis before it starts, Marriage Helper has been helping couples like you for over 30 years. You’re not alone, and there is hope.
Divorce has been mentioned, or papers have already been filed. One or both of you is ready to walk away. You’re not sure if there’s anything left to save, but part of you isn’t ready to give up yet.
You’re experiencing:
Whether you’re the betrayed spouse trying to heal or the unfaithful spouse wanting to rebuild, the pain is overwhelming.
Trust is broken. You don’t know if your marriage can survive this, or how to even begin healing.
The emotional connection has faded. You live parallel lives under the same roof, sharing logistics but not intimacy. The person you once couldn’t wait to see now feels like a stranger.
You’re experiencing:
Designed specifically for when you’re working on the marriage alone. Learn how to change yourself in ways that influence your spouse.
Both spouses learn together in the same room. Focus on healing together, rebuilding trust, and creating a custom strategy together.
Join our Marriage Helper community for weekly expert-led calls, peer support, and continued growth beyond the workshop.
Solo participants will learn exactly what caused your spouse to fall out of love, and how to reverse it. You’ll discover what you’ve been doing that pushes them further away (without realizing it). And you’ll leave with a personalized action plan to become the most attractive version of yourself.
Couples will learn how to stop destructive communication patterns that damage intimacy, and understand the science behind attraction and connection. You’ll discover how to rebuild trust after betrayal and create a custom plan for a marriage you both actually want.
For one-on-one support, work directly with certified Marriage Helper coaches who understand your specific situation.
Every marriage is different. Your outcome depends on many factors, including your spouse’s choices. But regardless of where your journey leads, our goal is to equip you with clarity, tools, and peace about your path forward.
These goals are what 99% of our workshop graduates say they experienced after attending one of our workshops.
We give you realistic hope based on proven methods, not empty promises. You’ll understand what’s possible for your specific situation and exactly how to pursue it.
What this means: clear understanding of your marriage dynamics, realistic expectations for your specific circumstances, evidence-based strategies (not generic advice), hope grounded in 30 years of real-world results
Learn practical tools to end destructive patterns and create safety in your relationship, even during disagreement. No more walking on eggshells or explosive arguments.
What this means: understanding what triggers escalation, techniques to de-escalate in the moment, how to communicate about hard topics without fighting, creating emotional safety for both spouses
Discover the science behind attraction and connection. Whether you’re trying to rekindle lost love or build what was never there, you’ll learn exactly how love works, and how to rebuild it.
What this means: why people fall in and out of love (it’s predictable), how to become more attractive to your spouse, the role of identity, need fulfillment, and connection, practical daily actions that rebuild emotional bonds
Whether your marriage heals completely, improves significantly, or you face difficult decisions, you’ll have clarity, tools, and peace about your path forward. You won’t be stuck in limbo.
What this means: freedom from obsessive thoughts and anxiety, confidence in your decisions and actions, tools to manage triggers and setbacks, peace regardless of your spouse’s choices
The Pagel Family – Real Workshop Attendees
Marriage Helper isn’t theory. It’s not a marriage retreat. It’s not traditional therapy. It’s a proven educational system refined over three decades with real couples in real crisis, including marriages where one spouse didn’t even want to save it.
70% of couples stay together: Couples who attend our intensive workshops have a 70% likelihood of remaining married 3+ years later, even when starting in severe crisis, including affairs and separation.
How we measure: 3-year follow-up surveys of workshop graduates
99% recommend to others: Nearly every workshop graduate recommends our program to others facing marriage struggles, regardless of their ultimate outcome. Even those who ultimately divorced say the workshop was valuable.
How we measure: Post-workshop and 6-month follow-up satisfaction surveys
25,000+ couples served: Over the past 12 years alone, we’ve worked with more than 25,000 couples worldwide. Our approach has been tested across cultures, circumstances, and crisis levels.
How we measure: Internal client database tracking
30+ years refining our approach: Founded by Dr. Joe Beam (PhD, University of Sydney), Marriage Helper has refined its systems over three decades of real-world application, not just academic theory.
How we measure: Company founding date (1990s) + continuous program evolution
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Intensive 3-Day Format: Focused learning away from daily distractions |
Immersion allows deep work impossible in weekly sessions; creates breakthrough moments |
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Educational, Not Therapy: Group-based learning using proprietary systems |
Teaches the "why" behind attraction and connection; provides actionable tools, not just emotional processing |
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Solo + Couples Options Separate tracks for different situations |
Meets couples where they are; solo option works even when spouse refuses to participate |
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Post-Workshop Support: Coaching sessions, courses and materials, community |
Real change takes time; ongoing support ensures you apply what you learned |
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Welcomes Reluctant Spouses: No pressure, judgment-free environment |
Many initially reluctant spouses have breakthroughs; we understand resistance is normal |
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Behavioral Science Foundation Based on research about attraction, identity, need fulfillment |
Not generic advice; specific, replicable systems that work regardless of "trying harder" |
“We’ve spent over $25,000 on marriage counseling, individual counseling, couples’ retreats, and all that stuff. But we learned more in three days than we did in all those things. We’re already applying what we learned and we can honestly say that our relationship has changed significantly for the better between when we got here on Thursday night and as we’re leaving on Sunday night.”
-Workshop Graduate
These aren’t carefully selected success stories. These are real people who came to our workshops desperate, broken, and unsure if their marriages could survive. Here’s what happened.
Choosing between the Solo and Couples workshop is straightforward once you understand the key difference: Is your spouse willing and able to attend with you right now? Everything else flows from that answer.
“There were many moments when I started asking myself questions like “what am I doing?” “Nobody does this.” But even though, at times, I did not have the strength to carry on, I never lost hope, even if I barely grasped onto it. We divorced in February 2019, and we’re getting remarried next month. God did this. He put Marriage Helper on my path, and I could not be more grateful. Remember, it’s only crazy till it happens.”
This is your path when you’re working on the marriage alone (for now). If your Situation Matches ANY of These:
This is your path when both spouses can commit to attending together. If your Situation Matches MOST of These:
A marriage conference is typically a short, event-style experience where couples hear general relationship advice in a group setting, often focused on inspiration rather than application. While conferences can be encouraging, they usually don’t provide personalized guidance or a clear plan for real change.
Marriage Helper workshops are immersive, research-based experiences designed to create measurable progress. Instead of generic relationship advice, you’ll learn proven principles, taught by trained relationship experts, that you can apply to your specific situation and leave with clear next steps. You'll also receive ongoing support to help you navigate your situation and apply these principles.
Our workshops focus on understanding why your marriage is where it is, how attraction and emotional connection actually work, and what you can do, starting immediately, to influence real change, even if your spouse is resistant.
A marriage retreat is often a getaway-style experience designed to help couples reconnect by stepping away from daily stress. While retreats can be relaxing and emotionally meaningful, they frequently focus on reflection and bonding rather than teaching clear, research-backed strategies for lasting change.
Marriage Helper workshops go beyond a temporary reset. They are structured, principle-based experiences led by trained relationship experts who teach you why your marriage dynamics exist and how to change them. Instead of simply creating emotional moments, our workshops equip you with practical tools you can use long after the event, helping you rebuild attraction, improve emotional safety, and make progress even in high-conflict or one-sided situations.
Marriage conferences are usually short, often lasting a single day or a weekend with limited sessions spread across a tight schedule. Marriage retreats may span a weekend as well, but much of that time is unstructured, focused on rest, reflection, or shared experiences rather than guided instruction.
Marriage Helper workshops are intentionally designed as three full, immersive days. This extended format allows time to deeply understand proven relationship principles, practice applying them, and begin real change without feeling rushed. Instead of surface-level insights, participants have the space to learn why patterns exist, how to shift them, and to leave with clarity, confidence, and a plan they can continue using at home.
Many multi-day marriage programs require both spouses to be willing and committed before attending. Marriage Helper does not. We welcome reluctant spouses and individuals attending alone, even in high-conflict situations, affairs, or when divorce feels imminent.
Our workshop is also more than a three-day event. In addition to three full, immersive days, participants receive coaching sessions and ongoing support through our Marriage Helper Community, so you’re not left to navigate change on your own.
It's not uncommon to have one spouse who doesn't want to attend the workshop. We understand. However, even if that spouse doesn't want to save the marriage, 99% of attendees still say it's one of the best things they ever did. If your spouse is worried that we will preach at them or try to twist their arm to stay married, we won't. We don't hide the fact that we want marriages to be saved, but we respect everyone's decision to stay married or get divorced.
Absolutely. We often have at least one couple in attendance that is already divorced. In fact, we've hosted couples that had been divorced for as long as 10 years, and we’ve witnessed many couples who remarried after attending the workshop.
Yes! Affairs are the most common marriage issue we see at our workshop, and we've had a lot of success helping couples through that. Many staff members have experienced the same thing in their marriage, and their testimonies are extremely helpful. Unlike some other workshops, we welcome people who are still in affairs to attend. We treat them with respect and at the same time help them understand a great deal about themselves and their situation.
People travel from all over the world to attend our in-person workshops in Spring Hill, Tennessee, just south of Nashville. We also offer online workshops for those who prefer to attend from the comfort of home.
We begin the workshop at 8 a.m. Central Time on Friday and Saturday and finish around 6:30 p.m. CT (with an hour break for lunch). On Sunday, the workshop begins at 8 a.m. and ends around 3 p.m CT.
If you’re hesitant, that’s understandable. Many people come to us after advice or programs that promised results but only made things worse. Marriage Helper focuses on teaching principles you can apply to your unique situation, because no two marriages are the same, and there is no simple formula that works for everyone.
Our proprietary processes, developed under the leadership of Dr. Joe Beam, are the result of over 30 years of helping real couples in real crisis. These proven systems go beyond theory or personal stories, providing a thoughtful, research-based path toward meaningful, lasting change.
- Designed specifically for the spouse attending alone
- Learn how to change yourself in ways that influence your spouse
- Focuses on what YOU can control when your spouse won't engage
- Addresses common mistakes that push reluctant spouses further away
- Learn strategies for dealing with affairs, reluctance, and resistance
- Many spouses agree to attend couples workshop after seeing changes
- Both spouses learn together in the same room
- Focus on joint healing, rebuilding trust, and communication
- Shared understanding of attraction science and connection dynamics
- Both receive the same tools and language
- Create a custom plan together for your specific marriage
- Accountability to each other for applying what you learn
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