For couples who are drifting, not in crisis
Marriage Workshops in Chandler, AZ
Two hours, a room of couples in the same boat, and a tool you can use before the week is out. No sharing your business in front of strangers. Just the two of you at your own table, learning something that works.
Saturdays and weeknights. Dates go to the list first, and seats are capped at 15 couples.
What's on this page
Why a Workshop, and Who It's For
Most couples wait years before they get help, and the reason is almost never the money. It is that asking for help feels like an admission. Booking a program feels like saying out loud that something is wrong.
A workshop skips all of that. You are not a case. You are two people in a room with a dozen other couples who are quietly dealing with the same thing, learning something useful for a couple of hours.
This is for you if
- You feel more like roommates than teammates, and you cannot name the day that started.
- The same argument keeps coming back in different clothes.
- Things are basically fine and you would like to keep it that way.
- You have talked about getting help for a year and never pulled the trigger.
- One of you is more ready than the other, and a two-hour workshop is an easier yes than a program.
- You are in a season that is squeezing you: a new baby, a new job, a kid leaving home.
A lot of couples use the workshop as a test. Two hours to see how we teach, whether the tools make sense, and whether you want more. That is a completely reasonable way to use it, and it is part of why we run them.
What Couples Say
The Workshop Library
The Four Workshop Topics
Each workshop stands on its own. You do not need to have attended the others, and there is no order you have to follow. Come to the one that sounds like your marriage right now.
Communication and Conflict Resolution
How to have the hard but important conversations without them turning hurtful. This is where we teach the Communication Loop, our four step process, and you practice it on something real.
Marriage Foundation: Biblical Mindsets
What a marriage is actually built on, before anybody hands you a tool. Tools used with the wrong heart become weapons, so this is the ground everything else stands on.
Spiritual Connection in Marriage
Growing together rather than side by side and separate. Practical, not theoretical, for couples who want their faith to be something they share instead of something they each do alone.
Sexual Intimacy: God's Design
Honest teaching on a subject most couples have never heard addressed with any candor. Emotional and physical closeness, how they feed each other, and what to do when expectations differ.
What you walk away with: one tool, not a binder. Something small and specific you can use the day you get home. Couples tell us the surprise is not the teaching, it is the conversation they end up having in the car on the way back.
How this starts
Tell us you want in
Dates are not published yet. Get on the list and you hear first, before seats open to everyone else.
We send you the date
You pick the topic that fits where you are, register as a couple, and that is the whole commitment.
You show up together
Two hours at our Chandler office, Saturday or a weeknight depending on the date. No prep, nothing to read beforehand.
Or call (623) 343-4764 if you would rather talk to a person first.
What Actually Happens in the Room
Here is the fear, and it is worth naming because it stops more couples than the price does: that you will be asked to talk about your marriage in front of a room of strangers.
That never happens. Not once, not ever.
You sit with your spouse. We teach one idea at a time from the front. Then you turn to each other and work through it at your own table, in your own words, at whatever depth you are comfortable with. Nobody circles the room asking couples to report back. Nobody is called on.
Your business stays yours
No forced sharing, no group confession, no icebreaker where you say what you are struggling with. What you talk about at your table stays at your table.
You are not the only ones
The quiet value of a room is realizing that ten other couples cleared their calendar and drove here for the same reason you did. That does something a private session cannot.
Both of you, always
We work with couples only. You register together and you attend together. There is no version of this for one spouse showing up alone.
This is coaching, not therapy and not trauma work. Two people at the same table, learning something together.
Workshop, Weekly Coaching, or Intensive?
Three formats, same frameworks underneath. The difference is depth and how much of your calendar it asks for.
A workshop fits if
- You want the smallest possible first step
- One topic and one tool is enough for right now
- You want to see how we teach before committing to anything
- Two hours is realistic and twelve weeks is not
Something deeper fits if
- You have a specific issue you need worked, not a topic taught
- You want a coach in the room while you have the hard conversation
- Two hours will not move what you are carrying
- You have done a workshop and want to keep going
If a workshop is not enough, the next steps are weekly couples counseling in Chandler or a two-day marriage intensive. Plenty of couples start at a workshop and move into one of those. Plenty come to a workshop, use the tool, and never need anything else. Both are fine outcomes.
When a Workshop Isn't the Right Fit
A workshop is a teaching room. It works for couples who are stable enough to learn and practice something new. It is the wrong tool, and can make things worse, when something urgent is happening.
If there is violence, intimidation, or fear for anyone's safety in your home, a group setting is not the place to start. The National Domestic Violence Hotline has guidance written for exactly that situation. If someone is in crisis or thinking about self-harm, call or text 988.
- There is violence, coercive control, or fear for safety at home.
- An affair is active or was just discovered and everything is still raw.
- Addiction is active and untreated.
- A mental health condition needs clinical care first. We are coaches, not clinicians.
- One partner is only coming to keep the peace, or has already decided to leave.
None of that means the marriage is finished. It means a room of fifteen couples is the wrong room for this month. Private work first, and a workshop later once you are both learning rather than just surviving the conversation.
What It Costs
One registration covers both of you. Not per person.
That covers the two hours, the teaching, and the materials you take home. There is nothing billed separately and nothing to buy at the door.
Get on the ListWe price it low on purpose. A workshop is the front door, and a front door should be easy to walk through.
Before you leave we will walk you through what continuing with us looks like, whether that is another topic, weekly coaching, or a two-day intensive. That is information, not a pitch. You will have what you need to decide later, on your own, without anybody working the room.
Where We Meet
Workshops Are Held at Our Chandler Office
We are just off Ray Road near the 101, which puts us within a short drive of Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe, Mesa, Ahwatukee, and Queen Creek. Parking is free and steps from the door.
Hope Relentless Marriage & Relationship Center
3075 W Ray Rd #200
Chandler, AZ 85226
(623) 343-4764
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Rooms are kept to 10 to 15 couples on purpose. Big enough that you are not the only ones, small enough that we can actually get to your table when you get stuck.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will we have to share our problems in front of everyone?
No. This is the question we get most and the answer is never. We teach from the front, then you turn to your spouse and work through it at your own table, in your own words. Nobody is called on, nobody reports back to the room, and there is no icebreaker where you announce what you are struggling with. What you discuss at your table stays at your table.
How long is a workshop and what does it cost?
Two hours, start to finish, at our Chandler office. We run them on Saturdays and on weeknights, so there is usually a version that fits your week. It is $149 per couple, which covers both of you plus the materials you take home. Nothing is billed separately and there is nothing to buy at the door.
When is the next one?
Dates are not published on the site. We announce them to our list first, and seats are capped at 15 couples, so the list is genuinely how people get in. Tell us you want in and we will let you know as soon as the next date is set, along with which topic it covers.
Do we both have to come?
Yes. We work with couples only, and every service we run has both partners present. You register as a couple and attend as a couple. There is no version of this for one spouse coming alone to bring the material home, because the material only works when you both learn it.
Do we have to be Christian to come?
No. We teach from a Christian view of marriage and two of the four topics are explicitly biblical, so we would rather you know that going in than be surprised. That said, the tools are practical and they work for anyone, and plenty of couples who do not share our faith get real value out of them. If you want the communication material without the theology, the Communication and Conflict workshop is the one to come to.
Is a workshop enough, or do we need something more?
It depends on what you are carrying. A workshop teaches one topic and gives you one tool, which is plenty for a lot of couples. If you have a specific issue that needs working rather than a topic that needs teaching, weekly couples counseling or a two-day intensive is the better fit. Come to a workshop and see. We will show you what continuing looks like before you leave, so you have the information in hand, and you can take your time with it.
Is this therapy?
No. Hope Relentless is a coaching practice. We are coaches, not licensed therapists, and we do not provide therapy, diagnosis, or treatment. A workshop is teaching and practice, not clinical care. If your situation calls for licensed clinical care, we will tell you and help you find it.
We want in. What is the next step?
Get on the list. That is the whole step. You can reach out here or call (623) 343-4764, tell us you are interested in a workshop, and we will let you know the moment the next date is on the calendar.
Two Hours Is an Easy Yes
Dates go to the list first and seats are capped at 15 couples. Tell us you want in and we will let you know when the next one is set.
Get on the ListChandler office · (623) 343-4764
Cheering you on,
Chad & Sarah-Gayle
There's always, always hope.