Phil and Michelle specialize in helping couples create healthy marriage bonds, improve communication skills, extend genuine forgiveness, and rebuild trust. They focus on marriages in distress, and also equip marriage ministry leaders to work effectively with couples in crisis as well. They are co-authors of Connected Marriage, an online interactive curriculum and survey tool for marriage mentors t
o use with their mentees. Married for over ten years at that time, their relationship was no longer working. They sought help from Godly counselors and their small group, and changed their relationship to create a closer connection than ever before. Since that time, they have been researching and sharing with other couples the skills and materials that helped them along the way. Wanting to reach beyond their local region, they created an online mentoring tool aided by therapists and psychologists. Phil says, “This is the tool I wished we’d had as mentors all along!”
Together, they have over 30 years of experience being married to each other and 15 years of experience teaching and mentoring couples one-on-one, in small groups and in seminars. Phil has 25 years of corporate experience, both as a business owner and as an executive with technology and training companies with revenue of up to $300 million. Phil has a Masters in Counseling from The Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine. He has BA in Theology. Additional training includes: Gottman Couples Therapy Levels 1 and 2, Emotionally Focused Therapy Externship, Certified Anxiety Informed Professional, and he is a certified PREPARE/ENRICH trainer. Michelle has 15 years of experience in corporate training and development and currently works as a technology manager.
