The Quiet Waters Leadership Counseling Intensive is a multi-disciplinary counseling program. It fosters renewal and opportunities for transformational growth and change. This growth and change take place at various stages of the leader's life and ministry. Relational and organizational conflicts, ministry exhaustion, moral unfaithfulness, character and competency issues, transition difficulties, marriage relationship development, spiritual renewal, and personal emotional issues are but a few of the challenges that leaders face and seek to overcome in their personal and ministry lives.

Through a one or two week daily counseling process which consist of 15, 20, or 25 hours of therapeutic interaction respectively, the Quiet Water's Leadership Counseling Intensive provides an environment of truth and grace. The counseling/consulting is combined with spiritual direction and educational opportunities that facilitate and encourage deep change in the lives of leaders, their spouses, and their organizations. This all takes place in a home-like retreat setting.

The intensive counseling process is a focused and intentional format designed to provide adequate time to discover and uncover important personal and relational issues. The couples/individuals can move forward in the transformational change process toward a deeper level of spiritual, emotional, and physical health.

1 Timothy 5:17- "The elders who direct the affairs of the Church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching."

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ELEMENTS OF THE LEADERSHIP COUNSELING INTENSIVE The primary element of the Leadership Counseling Intensive (LCI) is as the name implies, the intensive amount of time spent with an Intensive trained therapist over a compacted period of time. With fifteen, twenty, or twenty-five hours of focused therapy taking place over a five or ten day span, core issues can be uncovered and explored while the client has less time to reconstitute sophisticated defenses that have kept him or her from progressing through a particular life stage or event. This intervention strategy combined with belief that it can be therapeutically prudent to do this work removed from the client's normal environment, creates a dynamic that makes possible the beginning of real transformational growth in the individual's life. The individual, couple, or family is invited to come to Colorado to complete their LCI, and will stay at the Quiet Water's Retreat Home in a surrounding that will make them feel at home. Sacrifice and commitment are often present when one chooses to take a week or more out of their busy schedule to participate in an experience such as a Leadership Counseling Intensive. By its very nature it challenges men and women to be good stewards of their time and resources, and to enter into the experience with a hope and expectation that deep core change can and will take place. The combination of their desire and felt need to grow, and the unique format and expertise available through Quiet Water's Leadership Counseling Intensive program, creates an environment that the Holy Spirit of God can use to bring His redemptive work into our midst and continue the process of transforming the human heart.

RETREAT HOME Meet Hal and Sally Seerveld, hosts of the Quiet Waters Retreat Home. Their ministry is to make your stay a loving and comfortable experience. Hal is a retired physician and Sally is a school teacher. In addition to hosting, they own the Retreat Home and see it as their ministry. Hal and Sally place a special emphasis on pampering you during your visit to their home. The Quiet Waters Retreat Home is located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado on over an acre of land that backs up to the Cherry Hills Country Club golf course. This English Tudor home is set in a peaceful and quiet location and provides a proper setting for intensive therapy. The Home accommodates up to three couples. All your sessions will occur in a confidential setting at the home. Your counselor will provide you with a schedule prior to your arrival. The Rocky Mountains are only an hour away and can provide a source for recreation. The counselors recommend a good balance of reflection, study, and recreational activities.

COUNSELING INTENSIVE COST The Quiet Waters Leadership Counseling Intensives costs are based on 15, 20, or 25 hours of individual or couple counseling. Each Counseling Intensive is individually designed to meet the specific needs of each person. Included in the cost are the use of one testing instrument, lodging and administration. Meals and travel are not included. For the current costs, please contacts us toll-free at 1-866-5-Waters (1-866-592-8377).

STAFF Our staff is part of the Quiet Water's Counseling Network (QWCN) and consists of qualified Therapists, Counselors, Educators, Psychiatrist, and Psychologist, Physicians representing skills, specialties and training needed to offer quality services through Quiet Waters Ministries. Intensive Couselors David L. Ragsdale, M.A., LPC Mr. Ragsdale is the Director of Counseling for Quiet Waters Ministries. He received his Masters degree in Counseling from Denver Seminary. He received specialized training in Marriage and Family Therapy from Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry and Mental Health Sciences. Mr. Ragsdale has more than 22 years of experience in counseling and church staff work. Werner Boos, Psy.D. Dr. Boos received his doctorate of Clinical Psychology from the University of Denver, Graduate School of Professional Psychology in 1982. His Masters of Divinity was completed at Concordia Seminary and he is an ordained Lutheran pastor. A licensed clinical psychologist in the state of Colorado, he also carries the distinction of being a Diplomat in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors. Victoria Johnson, MSW, LCSW Vicki Johnson received her Masters in Social Work in from the University of Connecticut. She is a licensed clinical social worker in the State of Colorado. She is a member of the National Association of Social Work and the National Federation of Clinical Social Workers. Vicki is a frequent speaker at Women's Retreats. Tom Varney, Th.M, D.Phil Dr. Varney received his D. Phil., in Religion and Society from Oxford Graduate School with a major in Behavioral Science and his Th.M in Counseling from Grace Theological Seminary. He has served as dean of the Graduate Counseling Program and Professor of Counseling and Spiritual Theology at Colorado Christian University. Dr. Varney currently pastors a church and counsels.