12-WEEK MARRIAGE MENTOR — LIFETIME ACCESS $147
Couples in your church are hurting, and many don't know who to ask. The church has the Word. What's often missing is ordinary believers ready to come alongside. YOU CAN BE ONE OF THEM.
The 12-Week Marriage Mentor equips ordinary believers to mentor struggling marriages with Scripture: listen well, walk with couples through what a mentor can help with, and know when to refer to your pastor, elders, or a trained biblical counselor. No seminary. No certification.
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12-Week Marriage Mentor is for Christians called to mentor marriages biblically without lengthy certification training.
LIFETIME ACCESS
Lifetime access to the 12-Week Marriage Mentor program is $147 (one-time).
"Second only to Jesus, Dave has equipped me through his example of what it means to love and disciple others. I owe the man I am today, the husband I am today, to his faithful obedience to the call of God on his life."
-Jim B.
"After Dave's biblical training, I learned to engage others with confidence in Scripture, share God's truth with love, and point them to His Word. It even transformed how I disciple in my own home as a father and husband."
-Josue S.
A couple asks you for help. You don't need all the answers. You need to listen well, open the Word, and know when to bring in your pastor.
Let's Face It...
Many Believers Want To Help Struggling Marriages But Aren't Sure Where to Start
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You Want to Help but Aren't Sure How
A couple opens up to you. You care, and you want to point them to Christ. But you're not sure what to say, what to ask, or whether this is something you should carry at all.
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You Lack Practical Steps and Clear Limits
You listen to stories of conflict and distance. You wish you had clear, gentle ways to bring God's Word to bear. And you're not sure where a mentor's part ends and your pastor's or a biblical counselor's begins.
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You Lack Time for Lengthy, Costly Training
Years of seminary or certification aren't realistic in this season of life. And you don't need them to be a faithful mentor to a couple in your church.
Introducing
12-Week Marriage Mentor
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Become Equipped to Mentor Well
Gain biblical confidence and gentle wisdom, so you can step forward with humility when a couple opens up. Mentoring means listening well, sorting what you can walk with, and referring what you shouldn't carry.
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Receive Practical, Biblical Steps
Receive clear, ready-to-use frameworks rooted in Scripture for walking with couples through conflict, communication, and roles, plus clear guidance on when to bring in your pastor, elders, or a trained biblical counselor.
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Start Without Lengthy Certification
Get equipped in 12 weeks, self-paced and affordable. No seminary and no certification process. Just faithful, biblical tools to begin mentoring now, and a clear sense of which cases belong with your pastor or a trained biblical counselor.
Plus So Much More!
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12-Week Marriage Mentor
Curriculum
Week 1 - The Call and Need for Lay Biblical Mentoring
See from Scripture why you, an ordinary believer, are qualified and called to mentor struggling marriages (Romans 15:14, Galatians 6:1), and learn to spot the harder cases that need a trained biblical counselor instead.
Week 2 - The Heart, Putting Off the Old, and Putting On the New
Get past the surface fight to the heart issue underneath it, and walk a couple through real repentance: specific confession, then forsaking the sin.
Week 3 - The Nature and Purpose of Marriage
Show a couple what marriage is actually for, companionship, co-laboring, cleaving, completion, and reflecting Christ and the church, so they stop fighting symptoms and deal with the real foundation.
Week 4 - Biblical Marriage Roles
Diagnose the structural crack in most marriages, a husband not loving like Christ or a wife not submitting as to the Lord, and help each one move from vague intentions to concrete change this week.
Week 5 - Communication
Read what a couple's words reveal about their hearts, and name the three patterns that wreck them.
Week 6 - Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Clear away the counterfeits, forgiveness is not forgetting, not a feeling, and not the same as restored trust, and lead a thorough, root-level confession using the Seven A's.
Week 7 - Conflict Resolution
Put posture before process, then teach a couple to trace their recurring fight, the trigger, the response, the escalation, and catch it in real time before it blows up.
Week 8 - Parenting As a Team
Help two parents who disagree function as one, shepherd a child's heart instead of only managing behavior, and protect the marriage their parenting is supposed to rest on.
Week 9 - Family Finances
Get underneath the money fight to the heart it exposes, and lead a couple from serving money to stewarding it with unity and contentment.
Week 10 - Intimacy and Sexual Issues
Raise a hard subject with care, teach the mutual one-flesh design God is not embarrassed by, and trace most bedroom problems back upstream to the rest of the relationship.
Week 11 - Suffering and Persevering
Sort any trial into sin or suffering so you bring the right word, comfort or loving correction, and hold out the hope that God redeems what He permits.
Week 12 - Hard Cases
Handle the deep-water questions of divorce, remarriage, and blended families with humility, know the two limited biblical grounds Scripture names, put safety first when there is abuse, and recognize when to bring in the church and refer.
What You Get
Amazing Bonuses
Private Community: Bring your mentoring questions to a private community of fellow mentors, so you're not second-guessing alone.
Direct Access to Dave: Email Dave with your mentoring questions and get real feedback for particular problems.
Ready-to-Use Session Templates Pack: Printable PDF scripts for common issues (e.g., communication, forgiveness) which saves hours of prep.
Resource Library of Recommended Books/Articles: Curated list with summaries and links which saves research time.
Lifetime Access: Make a one time purchase and have access to this material forever.
Meet Your Instructor
Hello,
My name is Dave Whalen and I used to have an awful marriage.
For 18 years I was trapped in what seemed like a terrible marriage that was inescapable. When my wife and I first got married, we had committed that divorce was not an option, but as our children grew up and were about to leave the house, we figured out that we needed help or we would be destined to be roommates. We went through biblical counseling, and now our marriage is awesome. We even both got certified through the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors, a process which took a little over two years and cost over $1,000.
I have had the privilege of discipling several married couples and walking them through their troubles - troubles with adultery, communication, biblical marriage roles, and an array of other problems which plague modern marriages.
Here is what I've learned through all of it: you, as a Christian, are competent to mentor other Christians. You don't need years of seminary training or the expense of formal certification. You need to be trained how to come alongside people in specific ways that relate to the problems they are having, and to know when a problem belongs with your pastor or a trained biblical counselor.
Once you understand what the Bible says about the particular problems people face in this life, you will be ready to come alongside hurting marriages with Scripture, and to recognize the ones that need more help than a mentor can give. That is what inspired me to build the 12-Week Marriage Mentor, a course for everyday believers who are called to come alongside struggling marriages using Scripture as the foundation, regardless of their theological education or experience.
Since I started mentoring married couples, I have seen God turn struggling marriages toward honoring Him and reflecting Christ's relationship to His church. People are often surprised that these concepts, principles, and applications are not taught in the church, and they are eager to learn more. I have also taught several in-person trainings which have equipped believers in the practices of biblical mentorship, enabling them to help their brothers and sisters in need.
I hope you're as excited as I am for you to begin this journey!
Who Is This Course For?
You see marriages hurting around you and want to offer more than "I'll pray for you." You desire real, gentle tools to point couples to Christ.
You're passionate about God's design for marriage and ready to obey the call to strengthen others, without needing a degree or credential.
You're an everyday believer (parent, professional, or ministry volunteer) who wants to start mentoring faithfully; right now, not after expensive training.
You want to strengthen marriages in your church or circle as a mentor, not as a stand-in for your pastor or a trained biblical counselor, and you're glad to refer when a situation calls for it.
Who Is This Course NOT For?
Someone who believes secular frameworks are sufficient for marriage problems.
Someone who believes mentoring belongs only to credentialed professionals.
Someone unwilling to bring the full authority of Scripture into hard conversations.
Someone looking for a counseling certification or a therapy credential. This course equips mentors; it does not certify counselors.
Frequently Asked Questions
What skill level is this program for?
This program is designed for beginners with no prior mentoring experience: everyday lay believers who feel called to help but don't know where to start. We'll build your confidence and skills from the ground up with practical, Scripture-based tools.
It's also valuable if you have some informal experience (e.g., leading small groups or listening to friends) and want structured biblical frameworks to make your mentoring more effective.
No advanced skills or certification required - just a heart to serve and obey God's Word.
How long do I have access to the program & when does it start?
You get lifetime access to all course materials, including videos, worksheets, templates, and any future updates, so you can revisit the content whenever you need a refresher or want to train others.
The course is available now. You get immediate access the moment you enroll, plus every future update.
Can't I learn all of this on Youtube?
It's a fair question as YouTube has plenty of marriage advice videos. But most are scattered, inconsistent, and mix worldly psychology with shallow Scripture references, leaving you piecing together fragments without clear progression.
This course is different: A structured, 12-week biblical framework focused purely on God's sufficient Word, complete with ready-to-use session templates, heart-level questions, and private community support. No endless searching or risking unbalanced teaching.
You'll gain confident, reproducible mentoring skills efficiently, something random videos can't deliver. It's a clear, faithful path to start mentoring well.
Do I need to have formal certification, a counseling degree, or prior experience before starting?
No. Many believers hesitate to mentor marriages because they think formal certification, a degree, or extensive counseling experience is required. That's a common misconception.
Scripture calls every mature believer to disciple others (Titus 2:3-5; Romans 15:14), and lay mentoring in churches thrives without credentials; just biblical wisdom and a humble heart.
This course equips everyday laypeople like you from the ground up with practical, Scripture-based tools. No prior experience needed. We'll build your confidence step by step so you can start mentoring couples faithfully and know when to refer the hard cases to your pastor, elders, or a trained biblical counselor.
Should I invest in 12-Week Marriage Mentor before investing in more well-known marriage mentoring courses?
Yes. Start here if your goal is practical equipping to mentor struggling couples biblically as a layperson: to listen well, walk with couples through what a mentor can help with, and refer what belongs with your pastor or a trained biblical counselor.
While there are some established resources, most well-known marriage programs focus on enriching a couple's own relationship or require formal certification, not streamlined training with ready-to-use templates, heart-level tools, and community support for everyday believers.
This course uniquely bridges the gap: Affordable, self-paced, no prerequisites, just faithful, reproducible skills you can start using now. Many "popular" options complement it beautifully later, but this gets you mentoring confidently faster.
What if a couple's situation is beyond me?
Sometimes it will, and that's okay. Knowing your limits is part of mentoring well. Week 1 shows you how to spot the harder cases that need a trained biblical counselor. Week 12 walks through the hardest ones: questions about divorce and remarriage, when to bring in your pastor and elders, and abuse. You'll learn to put safety first, tell imminent danger from a situation that needs the person's consent, know your state's mandatory reporting law, help build a safety plan, and never put an abuser and victim in the same room.
Is there a guarantee?
Absolutely! 12-Week Marriage Mentor has a 15-Day Satisfaction Guarantee. If you are not completely satisfied and equipped by the 12-Week Marriage Mentor Program, then contact us within 15 Days for a full refund, no questions asked!
Lifetime access for $147 (one-time).
