Couples Relational Coaching Support

Empowering you and your spouse to grow your marriage relationship into
an emotionally intimate connection.

Pre-requisites to work with Bonny as a couple

The first two items must be completed before scheduling a session

1. Full Therapeutic Disclosure with trained professionals, including completion of impact statement and restitution letter
2. Polygraph
3. Full commitment to personal recoveries

Bonny Logsdon Burns

I’m Bonny

 

Together, your marriage relationship can evolve into a place of honesty, safety, trust, vulnerability, and intimacy.

 

Two books are at the heart of my couple’s coaching, “Help Them Heal,” by Carol J. Sheets, and “Building True Intimacy,” by Dan Drake, Matthew & Joanna Raabsmith. I’ve been trained by Carol Sheets & Dr. Jake Porter in the Early Recovery Couples Empathy Model and trained by Matthew and Joanna Raabsmith in Restoration Coaching.

Once a couple has finished the steps toward intimacy, I am equipped to walk with couples toward sexual reintegration.

 My Value & Approach

I am a follower of Christ. My utmost desire is to emulate his character in all of my interactions. This does not mean I limit my coaching to Christians only. It does mean that I will treat everyone equally with the utmost respect and care. All of my coaching is undergirded with biblical principles. 

Because I understand the relational dynamics in a betrayed marriage in recovery, I see both spouses as survivors of trauma, in their individual ways. Therefore, I treat you both with the utmost care and respect.

 

My Education

  • APSATS certified partner coach (Association of Partners of Sex Addicts Trauma Specialists, apsats.org.)
  • ACC (ICF ethically credentialed coach)
  • ERCEM trained (Early Recovery Couples Empathy Model)
  • Restoration Coaching trained with Matthew & Joanna Raabsmith
  • ADOH (small group facilitator training from a trauma perspective)
  • BS Psychology: Christian Counseling, Liberty University
  • Life Experience 500

My Experience

  • I am a partner.
  • My husband-in-recovery and I have been married over 38 years.
  • Former Dynamic Marriage Class facilitator.
  • I have studied and taught on the theology of sexual intimacy and can inform my clients to what is godly and healthy when it comes to sexual intimacy.
  • I lead a 9-module small group curriculum called, “Sexual Clarity for Christian Women: Reclaim Your Sexual Identity After Betrayal,” for wives seeking support and growth in this area.

I Work With Individuals, Couples, & Groups

Partner Coaching

Let's work together, decompressing and thinking about what is next. I can help you move from where you are to where you want to be.  God will not let the pain destroy you or last forever.

Couples Coaching

After your heart starts to find stable healing, relational healing is next. I can help you and your husband develop communication tools that leave everyone feeling heard and understood.

Group Support

Oftentimes you feel all alone dealing with the enormity of the trauma. You are not alone. Join an army of strong wives who "get it" in virtual support groups.

"Let me remind you that when a man is in good recovery and is practicing the principles, he is healthier than 85% of married men out there!"

“Help Them Heal,” worbook by Carol Juergensen Sheets.

Part of our time together will be exploring the root of conflict and how to move through it without getting dysregulated.

Bonny@StrongWives

Strong Wives are determined, not aggressive.

Bonny@StrongWives

Contact Me

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