Reviews

My experience was the same as the one-star reviews below. I experienced manipulation, control, gaslighting and every other kind of emotional abuse you can imagine for 20 years. It's impossible to comprehend how someone can be one person in public and a completely different person in private. I was never allowed to feel safe in my marriage, not for a second. ** immediately took the side of my abuser and never let up. This only empowered my abuser and things got worse every day until I finally found the courage to divorce. Think of this quote............The problem is not your reaction to their abuse and disrespect. The problem is the abuse and disrespect. DH doesn't see it this way at all. Every apt. was the same. In sessions I was essentially punished for describing the way I was being treated/hurt every day. DH delivered fuel/supply to my spouse and I paid a heavy price, literally questioning my own reality. It breaks my heart to read the review below (AFP). "It's not a one size fits all program evidenced by the reviews." What I say happened to me did in fact happen. You saying it didn't is gaslighting. God knows the truth, that's exactly where I found the courage.

Thank God for DH. He helped me survive my abusive marriage. It is not a one size fits all narc men and victim women programas evidenced by the reviews, some of the unhappy manipulators are women who did not like getting called out. I am profoundly sorry that abusors do not like hearing the truth but thankfully there are people at MRC that are not afraid to stand up to abusors. The only warning I would offer is be orepared for the one manipulating the marriage to bail or retaliate after tbey are exposed. There is reassurance God knows the trutb and promises to bring everything into light.

My experience with MRC was like those shared by other reviewers and I feel an obligation to add my warning to theirs. The business model is based on a false narrative that most husbands are extreme narcissists and marriage recovery is completely dependent on fixing them. The data shows that only under 8% are extreme narcissists. After a very short evaluative meeting, I was declared a narcissist and told to enroll in the first of the 14-week narcissism recovery courses. The weekly mens group/narcissism recovery therapy sessions mostly amounted to a browbeating where the therapists regularly committed the aversive interpersonal strategies they indoctrinated us to believe were our typical modes of communication. The groups operated more like therapy sessions designed to confirm a problem rather than correct one. The most problematic aspect of the experience is the work done with the partners. They are taught to put up boundaries (good), but also regularly reminded/indoctrinated that theyve come to the right place because their partner/husband is awful and to embrace their experience as true and completely defensible. That one partner is 100% percent to blame is just simply not true in ****% of cases. Even if one partner is emotionally immature, the other chose them and contributed to the creation of an unhealthy dynamic by lacking some emotional maturity themselves. In my experience, it was completely demoralizing (and the point at which I knew I was done) when my then-wife at our first couples therapy (after months of my individual work and very little contact) declared, that before we go anywhere, I need you to admit that our marital problems are 100% our fault! This approach also reinforces a dynamic where one partner is allowed voice but the other not. As one final thought: why MRC has gone to great lengths to make it hard to leave public reviews or why they wont publish statistics on their success with clients (like the ******* Institute does)?

Please hear. Danger. Stay Far Away from The Marriage Revovery Center. Marriages are emotionally, psychologically, and financially ruined. Families are torn apart. Spouses are taught to be unloving and affectionate to each other. Children are alienated from parents. Extended families are ripped apart. Churches are split. Spouses are ostracized. Character is defamed. Torment will linger. Families are bankrupted. Communities are confused and broken. Marriages, God, The Bible, and The Gospel of *********************** is twisted and mocked. Love, joy, peace, patience. kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control is removed. They will give an account to their Creator. Leave this business of torment. Seek Godly counsel. Live. Please hear. Thank you.

I cannot agree more with the injured people who have posted here. I have been in a marriage to a covert narcissist for almost 30 years. I reached out to this organization and was put through copy and paste, one size fits all, poorly researched testing, questioning, and interviewing. After all was said and done, I was told that I had more narcissistic tendencies than my husband. I was nearly destroyed emotionally, mentally, and spiritually by covert narcissism until I found a real psychologist who understands the manipulation, gaslighting, ****** and destructive abuse that I have endured for all these years. I wasted so much money with these people and had my hopes dashed. Do not seek help with these people. They are a plastic storefront with packaged promises. They should be out of business.

I took the Core for "narcissistic character traits" diagnosed by my wife through books and videos she read. If I'm narcissistic or not is not the important part. I was concerned that I was hurting my wife in ways that I was not aware so I reached out to the **** When I signed up for the course, I was told that I would first spend an hour with the therapist to diagnose if I belonged in the program. This was an hour that I had to pay for. The phone call lasted about **************************************************************************** about the course. I was never asked questions about myself or my marriage but I let it go. We were then instructed to buy a book, written by the main therapist of course. The weekly virtual classes where another therapist talking to us briefly. The bulk of the meeting was each man in the group talking about his week, conflicts that he may have had in that week, or answering some other question that the therapist asked of us. Very seldom was there any real advice or feedback given. The therapist asked others in the group what they have to offer as advice but seldom gave anything of any value. If we're narcissists, is advice from another narcissist really what the therapist should have encouraged? Every man in my group was there for one reason only, to do everything they could to save their marriage. This course was a complete waste of time and money and in my opinion is a complete sham!

The review written by FA F on 09/22/2022 perfectly articulates my experience of working with the Marriage Recovery Center. I have consulted with several mentors and trusted advisors about this organization, the ideology they share, the books published by the Director of the **** and the media content they share online. This organization and those that provide care within it are verifiably toxic and negligent. Below is a list of direct quotes from a STATEMENT OF CHARGES publicly filed by the *************** of ********** for the ******************* against the license of the Director of the **** The original document can be found on the state of ********************** of health website by searching the name of the Director(Not typing it here because I see below it will be blocked anyway):Respondents client records lacked required protocols Respondent engaged in dual relationships Respondent provided psychosexual assessments and evaluation reports which lacked accurate and comprehensive historical information Respondent engaged in a conflict of interest and dual role when he subsequently completed a psychological evaluation/parenting assessment of the childs father.Report was submitted untimely, resulting in client incarceration, and lacked discussion of behavioral observations and inconsistencies between client self-reported information and available records. Respondents conduct falls in Tier B of the *********************** of **** schedule WAC ********************************* further determined that additional training in boundaries and ethics as well as a period of clinical supervision is necessary to rehabilitate Respondents practice. There are 12 clients that suffered from his negligent and unprofessional practices. How many more clients have suffered that didnt file charges? 1 star could imply that they provide some value. Negative stars would be more appropriate for the biased, destructive and toxic care they provide.

To the women who have been emotionally abused for years, I am profoundly sorry for what you have been through. My intent here is not to diminish that in any way. I am simply sharing my experience. The "one size fits all" approach of men being abusive narcissists and women are their victims all but destroyed my marriage and me as a man trying to save it. I made the appointments at ***, I didn't and still don't care about cost etc. I take responsibility for that terrible uninformed decision. Ask yourself a question, what are the odds that 100% of couples that walk through ***'s door fit in that box? Whatever the "truth" of your relationship is the labels will be......Husband (narcissistic abuser in need of years of programs to fix toxic character traits). Wife (abuse victim in need of healing).Again, what are the odds of that "diagnosis" being correct 100% of the time?What if the husband and wife play equal parts in the destruction of their relationship?What if the wife has hurt the husband in the most profound ways imaginable and is given the label of victim?I'll tell you, it will end your relationship and it will completely destroy you as a person. If you are a couple that is truly ready to take responsibility for your actions and heal together I beg you to consider other options. Wives, if you truly love your husbands and want to save your marriage find another option. If you want to take what is or could be an amazing man and destroy him, this is the place for you.One last thing. I find the endorsements from ********* organizations found on the *** web site to be heartbreaking. We spent over 150 hours with DH, every step was more destructive than the last. The end result in my experience could never have been a Godly, loving, respectful, equal marriage.

TOTAL SCAM! Beware wolf in sheeps clothing! **************************** will have your narcissistic spouse believe you are the one with the bigger issue and need to sign up for DBT courses with them. $$$ While your narcissistic spouse pays $200 an hour to lie to *****************************, who somehow tries to convince your spouse to be your counselor while they verbally and emotionally abuse you through gaslighting and manipulation.