Frequently asked

Direct answers. No filler.

"Breath. I have the wheel."

The questions high-functioning people in crisis actually ask — answered straight, with the same tone you'll get on the phone.

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The big questions

What people actually want to know.

01 How can you possibly "fix" a marriage in 14 days?

I don't. The goal of the Harbor Reset isn't to rebuild the entire relationship in two weeks. It's to put out the fire.

When a ship is actively taking on water, you don't spend months discussing how the hull got compromised. You stop the bleeding, stabilize the vessel, and run a structural diagnostic. In 14 days, we neutralize the limbic panic, isolate the exact point of structural failure, and give you absolute clarity on whether the marriage can — and should — be repaired. Feet on dry land. For the first time in a while.

02 How is this different from traditional couples counseling?

Traditional therapy often puts two emotionally flooded people in a room for 45 minutes a week to vent — with no clear blueprint and no end date. The Harbor Reset is a rapid-deployment intervention.

I don't act as a referee for your arguments. I take the wheel, install immediate emergency communication boundaries (what I call engineering controls), and separate you into individual diagnostic sessions. We focus on structural mechanics, not endless processing.

For the full breakdown, see the comparison table on the Reset page.

03 Will we be meeting together or individually?

Individually first. Together when you're ready. When a crisis hits, joint sessions often create more static and further damage. During the first half of the Reset, each partner speaks with me privately and confidentially.

This allows us to surface the hidden cargo and the active Protectors driving the conflict — without your partner in the room. We move into joint sessions in the second week, once each of you knows what you're actually looking at. We close on Day 14 with a structured joint Decision Session.

04 What is "Intimate Partner Regression"?

It's the phenomenon where highly capable professionals — CEOs, founders, physicians, attorneys — suddenly feel like frantic, reactive teenagers when their marriage hits a crisis.

At work, you make million-dollar decisions with ice in your veins. At home, you're flame-texting your spouse at midnight. You haven't lost your edge. The emotional terrain of intimacy simply requires a different operating system — and nobody gave you the map. I do.

05 What happens at the end of the 14 days?

You leave with The Harbor Guide — a written 15-page structural diagnosis of your relationship. In our Day 14 Decision Session, I present the full read and you're given three clean options:

  • Graduate. You have the clarity you needed. You take the wheel back.
  • Dry Dock. You decide the marriage is worth saving and we move into the 10-week structural rebuild.
  • 30-Day Pause. You aren't ready to decide. We safely pause with clear boundaries and an option to return.

No indefinite retainers. No pressure. Just clarity.

Logistics & format

How it actually fits into life.

06 Do I have to take time off work to do this?

No. The Reset is engineered to fit alongside the demands of real adult life — not replace them. Sessions are 60–90 minutes, online, scheduled around your real calendar. Most clients fit them into work-from-home blocks or extended lunches.

The real work happens in the room with me. Minimal homework between sessions. Your kids and your career keep moving.

07 You mention "priority async support." What does that mean?

Crises don't adhere to a neat weekly schedule. Tuesday might be fine, but Wednesday the bottom drops out.

During the 14-day intensive, you have priority access to me via private audio and text messaging — 4-hour response window during business hours Mon–Fri. When something erupts, you send it to me instead of throwing it at your partner. The chaos gets a container.

08 My partner isn't ready. Can I start without them?

Yes. The Individual Harbor Reset™ exists for exactly this — partners who aren't ready, situations involving disclosure, or anyone who needs to get clear on their own ground first.

Same 14 days. Same engineering controls. Focused entirely on you: stabilize the crisis, get clear on what you actually want, prepare a safe path forward, and decide when (or if) to bring your partner in. Investment: $2,500. Many of the strongest couples outcomes started exactly this way.

09 Is this confidential?

Absolutely. There is no public client list. No mention of you anywhere unless you give explicit permission. Direct founder access — you're never handed off to an associate or subcontractor.

What you say in your individual Triage Call stays there. I never share between calls without explicit permission. Ever.

Investment & fit

Pricing and who this is for.

10 What is the investment?
$5,000
Harbor Reset · Flat fee · 14 days

One flat fee. No hourly billing, no surprise invoices, no scope creep. Includes everything: the two private Triage Calls, the joint Structural Audit, up to 8 working sessions, priority async support throughout, the Day 14 Decision Session, and your written 15-page Harbor Guide.

If you decide to continue into Full Dry Dock after Day 14, your $5,000 Reset investment credits forward toward the $9,800 Dry Dock fee. You're never paying twice for the same work.

The Individual Harbor Reset is $2,500 — same 14-day structure, focused on one person.

11 Who is the Harbor Reset NOT for?

This intensive is not for couples looking for a space to vent without taking accountability for their part of the dynamic. It is not for situations involving active domestic violence requiring immediate physical safety intervention. It is not for anyone unwilling to do deep individual work alongside the relationship work.

If you're not a fit, I'll tell you on the Triage Call — and point you to what will actually help. The worst thing I could do is take your money for a job that needs a different mechanic.

12 What's Dry Dock — and do I have to do it?

No. Most couples don't. The Reset is designed to stand on its own.

Dry Dock™ is a structured 10-week structural rebuild for couples who finish the Reset, know they want to fight for this marriage, and want the deeper repair — not just stabilization. It's the hard phase: you'll watch your partner do the very things you hate, right in front of me. That's the work.

It's chosen only after you have clarity — never before. Reset credit applies if you enter it. If you don't, nothing changes about what the Reset delivered.

13 Is this therapy?

No. Harbor Coaching & Consulting is a coaching practice, not a licensed therapy practice. I'm IITAP-certified in addiction and trauma, hold dual Master's from Wheaton, and have eighteen years of experience sitting with high-functioning couples in acute crisis — but the work I do is structured as coaching, not clinical therapy.

That distinction matters. Therapy is open-ended exploration; coaching is engineered intervention with a defined scope and outcome. Different tool. Different job.

Still have questions?

Most of the questions I get are best answered live, in 5 minutes, on the Triage Call. It's free. It's confidential. There's no pitch — just a real diagnostic conversation about what's actually happening.

The next step

15 minutes to get grounded.

Confidential. No commitment. No cost.

A real diagnostic conversation — not a sales pitch. You will leave knowing exactly what you're dealing with and what your next best move is. Zero risk in starting here.

"Take a deep breath. I have the wheel."