Daring Ventures
Groups & Skills Classes
EVIDENCE-BASED
Methodologies
Group therapy through Daring Ventures utilizes a number of evidence-based modalities in the treatment of addiction, trauma, and co-occurring disorders. Our therapists are trained to deliver effective treatment for those in need.
SKILLED
Facilitators
All of our coaches and clinicians have been trained to work with groups. When you invest in a group at Daring Ventures, you can be assured that your group will be a community that provides a safe place to process, heal, and grow.
HYBRID
Access
Some groups meet in person, others online, and some allow for a hybrid experience. All of our online meetings are offered securely via HIPAA-compliant Zoom, Google Meet, or SimplePractice Telehealth.
Groups for Women
Flourish: Walking in Freedom & Purpose
If you’ve done the courageous work of stabilizing and processing betrayal…
If you’re no longer in crisis but quietly wondering, What does moving forward actually look like for me?
Flourish was created for this exact season.
At Daring Ventures, we consistently meet women who have done the hard healing work – but feel unsure how to build a life marked by clarity, strength, and purpose on the other side. Flourish is the next step.
This 8-week virtual coaching experience, led by Coach Lisa Archinal, is designed to help you:
- Identify where growth and renewal are calling you
- Develop a vision rooted in faith, freedom, and purpose
- Strengthen emotional health skills for long-term thriving
- Move forward intentionally – not just recover from the past
Details:
Start Date: August 19, 2026
Time: Wednesdays 12:00 – 1:30 PM CST (A Monday night group may be added on demand.)
Length: 8 weeks
Format: Live virtual group coaching (Faith-integrated, but open to women from all backgrounds.)
This is a space for women who are ready to stop simply surviving… and begin building.
If you’ve been considering it, this is the moment to decide. Once spots are filled, we’ll close registration.
You are allowed to hope again.
You are allowed to dream forward.
You are allowed to flourish.
Contact lisa@daringventures.com for more information or register here.
We would be honored to walk with you.
We hope to see you there.
If you are navigating betrayal, you know how heavy and disorienting it can feel.
There may be moments where you feel stable, but also moments where the questions and emotions feel overwhelming.
You don’t have to walk through that alone.
We’re offering a new group for women healing from betrayal – Betrayal Trauma: From Survival to Strength, a 8-week virtual group led by Lisa Archinal, created to help women move forward with structure, support, and guidance.
Details:
- Begins Monday, October 19, 2026
- Meets weekly from 7:00-8:30 PM CST via Google Meet
- A Wednesday group from 12:00-1:30 PM CST will be added on demand
- Small group of 8 to 12 women
This is much more than information. It is a space to process your experience, gain clarity, and connect with others who understand what you are going through.
Cost: $520 total (may be paid monthly)
Click here to complete the interest form
You don’t have to keep carrying this on your own.
We would be honored to support you in this next step.
If you’re walking through betrayal right now, you already know how disorienting it can be – how one moment you feel a little more steady, maybe even hopeful, and then out of nowhere it feels like everything slips again and you’re right back in the middle of the confusion.
That back-and-forth isn’t just difficult…it’s exhausting. And over time, it can leave you questioning yourself, your progress, and what healing is even supposed to look like.
You don’t have to keep navigating this cycle on your own. This group was created for women who are right in the middle of this experience -not just to offer support, but to help you move out of the constant emotional whiplash and into something more grounded, steady, and clear.
For many women, what’s most helpful in this season is a space that feels consistent and relational – a place to show up each week as you are and be met by others who truly understand.
That’s exactly what the Rescued Group, led by Coach Lisa Archinal is designed to offer.
Built around Rescued by Shelley Martinkus, this group gives you a place to process, be supported, and stay connected as you move through your healing – without pressure, without having to have it all figured out, and without feeling like you’re doing this alone.
Here’s what that looks like:
- Open to enroll at any time
- We meet weekly on Thursdays from 12:00–1:30 PM CST
- There’s no application or consultation required to join
- The cost is $40 per week with a 12-week commitment
And if, at the end of that time, it still feels like a place that’s helping you stay grounded and supported, you’re welcome to continue.
If you’ve been feeling stuck in that cycle of “I think I’m okay… no, I’m not,” this might be the kind of space that helps you start to experience something different.
The Women’s group will begin the week of October 5th, and will meet weekly, TIME TBD based on best schedule for the group of ladies that sign up.
Designed to help participants develop greater self-awareness, emotional resilience, and nervous system regulation – the very skills that research consistently shows are essential for long-term healing and healthier relationships.
Together, we’ll explore:
- The patterns and coping strategies you’ve developed throughout your life
- How attachment wounds shape your reactions and relationships
- The connection between your emotions, body, and behavior
- How to cultivate greater self-awareness and self-compassion
- Practical tools for emotional regulation and resilience
- What it means to move toward a more secure, peaceful, and connected life
This is not a lecture series. It is a small, interactive group experience where participants are invited to reflect, learn, and grow alongside others who understand the challenges of recovery.
Group Details
Start Date: Week of August 3, 2026
Time: TBD
Format: Weekly Closed Group
Participants: Limited to 10 individuals per group
Many people enter recovery focused on changing their behavior. While behavior change matters, true transformation happens when we begin to understand the deeper emotions, beliefs, and experiences driving those behaviors.
This group is an opportunity to do exactly that.
If you’re ready to better understand yourself, strengthen your emotional resilience, and build a foundation for lasting healing, we’d love to have you join us.
👉 Watch the Course Introduction Video
👉 Complete the Application Here
Space is intentionally limited to preserve the quality of the group experience.
We hope you’ll join us.
Groups for Men
What is DBT skills training?
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills training class is focused on enhancing clients’ capabilities by teaching them behavioral skills. The leader teaches the skills and assigns homework for clients to practice using the skills in their everyday lives. Classes meet on a weekly basis. It takes 30 weeks to get through the full skills curriculum. The DBT Skills are:
- Mindfulness: the practice of being fully aware and present in this one moment
- Distress Tolerance: how to tolerate pain in difficult situations, not change it
- Interpersonal Effectiveness: how to ask for what you want and say no while maintaining self-respect and relationships with others
- Emotion Regulation: how to change emotions that you want to change
There is increasing evidence that DBT skills training alone is a promising intervention for a wide variety of both clinical and nonclinical populations and across settings. Research has shown that DBT is effective in treating a wide range of disorders such as borderline personality disorder (BPD), substance dependence, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and eating disorders.*
For more information about DBT visit https://linehaninstitute.org/
There are currently the following classes in progress (Texas residents only):
Men’s DBT Skills Class, Fridays 7:30 am – 9:30 am Central Time via Zoom
Participants can join at any point during the 34-week course.
To sign up you need to set a 1 hour assessment session. Contact marcos@daringventures.com or call 855-602-2554.
Investment
The cost to participate is $100 per meeting.
What is RO DBT skills training?
Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT) is a type of cognitive behavioral therapy developed by Dr. Thomas R. Lynch for disorders of emotional overcontrol. RO DBT is a transdiagnostic treatment indicated for patients with diagnoses of chronic depression, treatment-resistant anxiety disorders, anorexia nervosa, autism spectrum disorders, and avoidant, paranoid and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders.
The most fundamental distinction between RO DBT and all other treatments is that RO DBT is the first treatment to prioritize social signaling as the primary mechanism of change. This is based on research showing that overcontrolled individuals have a heightened bio-temperamental threat sensitivity that makes it more difficult for them to enter into their neurobiologically based social safety system. When individuals feel safe, they naturally experience a desire to explore and flexibly communicate with others. To address this difficulty, RO DBT teaches clients how to express emotions in a context-appropriate way and to use non-verbal social-signaling strategies to enhance social connectedness. It also teaches skills that activate areas of the brain associated with the social safety system. Radical openness involves skills for actively seeking one’s “personal unknown” in order to learn from a constantly changing environment.
Target population: Emotionally overcontrolled patient populations, such as anorexia nervosa, chronic depression, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
Primary treatment targets: Social signaling deficits, low openness, and interpersonal aloofness. Emphasizes how bio-temperament influences perceptual and regulatory biases that clients bring into social situations and addresses these directly. Radical Openness is actively seeking the things one wants to avoid in order to learn—challenging our perceptions of reality, modeling humility, and a willingness to learn.
The evidence base for RO DBT is robust and growing. The RO DBT Research website which can be found here, is comprehensive and lists the most up-to-date research.
Here is a 7-minute video highlighting some of the features of RO-DBT
Currently, The RO DBT Skills Class for men (Texas residents only) meets on Fridays from noon to 2:00pm CDT via zoom.
Participants can join at any point during the 30-week course.
To sign up you need to set at least one 50-minute assessment session.
Contact marcos@daringventures.com or call 877.912.0880 for more information. You can also contact Marcos Leon to set up your assessment.
Investment
The cost of the group is $100 per week.
Stay tuned for next session: coming soon.
This weekly online group is designed to introduce men to the core principles of the Twelve Steps as they relate to recovery from sexual addiction or compulsive sexual behaviors. The group is Christ-centered in spirit while remaining welcoming and accessible to men from diverse spiritual backgrounds. Meaning…all men seeking sexual purity are welcome!
Are you in a season of recovery and wanting to learn how to support your partner in a way that truly helps her heal?
The Men’s Learning Empathy may be the next step in your growth.
Whether you’re rebuilding trust, seeking deeper connection, or simply learning how to communicate in a new way, this group offers structure, support, and community – all through the lens of empathy.
Group Overview:
Grounded in the powerful book Learn Empathy: Help Your Betrayed Wife Heal by Marsha Means, MA, this 16-week experience is facilitated by Fred Wolff, CPC, PSAP, PMAP, APSATS-MPTM trainee and relational recovery coach.
This small group (just 9 men) creates a confidential space to:
- Strengthen your marriage
- Deepen your empathy
- Support your partner’s healing
- Build emotional awareness and personal integrity
Each 90-minute session includes check-ins, group discussion, and guided lessons designed to help you embody empathy – not just understand it.
Why Join?
- Support Her Healing: Learn how to sit with pain without defensiveness or fixing
- Connect with Other Men: Journey alongside others doing this hard, meaningful work
- Improve Communication: Use empathy to build trust and repair connection
- Grow Personally: Align your recovery with your values through shared accountability
Meeting Schedule:
- Weekly meetings multiple days per week, please refer to application form
- Time: various times available, please refer to application form
- Start Dates: This group starts new cohorts every 4-6 weeks
- Structure: Each session includes check-ins and discussion of that week’s empathy lesson
Program Cost:
Details will be provided when you inquire about registration. Financial support options may be available—please reach out to learn more.
Group Commitments:
- Confidentiality: Everything shared stays within the group
- Respectful Communication: Participation and integrity are expected
- Emotional Safety: You’ll be part of a space committed to honest, safe, non-shaming dialogue
If You’re Ready…
To stop wondering what empathy really looks like…
To grow beyond apologies and into emotional responsibility…
To do the real work of relational healing…
Contact fred@daringventures.com to register.
That is why Bob Sklar created Journeys: Becoming a Safe Man, a 12-week group experience designed to help men move beyond behavior management and into deeper, lasting transformation. This group is intended for men who want more than information. It is designed for men who are ready to understand themselves at a deeper level, strengthen their recovery foundation, and learn how to create emotional and relational safety.
Throughout this journey, men will work on learning how to:
- Recognize triggers before they become behaviors
- Understand shame and stop letting it drive decisions
- Build honesty and integrity into daily life
- Develop empathy instead of defensiveness
- Create healthy boundaries and accountability
- Learn what safety actually looks like in relationships
- Build genuine connection and healthy brotherhood
The work is practical, reflective, and relational. Each week combines teaching, guided processing, accountability, and actionable next steps designed to create meaningful change rather than temporary motivation.
Group begins: Wednesday, January 6 or 13, 2027
Time: 6:00–7:00pm CST
Format: Weekly group (limited to 9–10 men)
Cost: $300/month with an initial three-month commitment
Before joining, each participant will complete a brief 15-minute consultation with Bob to ensure the group is the right fit and to establish a clear path forward.
If you are ready to become a man who is emotionally, spiritually, and relationally safer for yourself and the people you love, we invite you to take the next step.
Will begin on Monday, October 5th, and will meet weekly from 6pm to 7:30pm CST.
Designed to help participants develop greater self-awareness, emotional resilience, and nervous system regulation – the very skills that research consistently shows are essential for long-term healing and healthier relationships.
Together, we’ll explore:
- The patterns and coping strategies you’ve developed throughout your life
- How attachment wounds shape your reactions and relationships
- The connection between your emotions, body, and behavior
- How to cultivate greater self-awareness and self-compassion
- Practical tools for emotional regulation and resilience
- What it means to move toward a more secure, peaceful, and connected life
This is not a lecture series. It is a small, interactive group experience where participants are invited to reflect, learn, and grow alongside others who understand the challenges of recovery.
Group Details
Start Date: Monday, October 5, 2026
Time: 6:00pm – 7:30pm CST
Format: Weekly Closed Group
Participants: Limited to 10 individuals per group
Many people enter recovery focused on changing their behavior. While behavior change matters, true transformation happens when we begin to understand the deeper emotions, beliefs, and experiences driving those behaviors.
This group is an opportunity to do exactly that.
If you’re ready to better understand yourself, strengthen your emotional resilience, and build a foundation for lasting healing, we’d love to have you join us.
👉 Watch the Course Introduction Video
👉 Complete the Application Here
Space is intentionally limited to preserve the quality of the group experience.
We hope you’ll join us.
If you’ve experienced betrayal in a relationship, you know how isolating it can feel.
Many men suffer quietly after infidelity, emotional abandonment, deception, or relational betrayal. They carry the pain alone, unsure where to turn, hesitant to talk about it, and often feeling pressure to “just move on” without ever truly processing what happened.
But betrayal leaves a mark.
It can shake your confidence, your sense of identity, your ability to trust, and even your vision for the future. And while there are many resources available for women navigating betrayal, men are often left wondering if anyone understands what they’re carrying.
That’s why we created Pathfinders’ Lodge.
Pathfinders’ Lodge is a confidential support group led by our very own Scott Peacock LPC, LMFT, CSAT, CCSAS, CCPS, specifically for men who are navigating the pain, grief, confusion, and aftermath of betrayal.
This is a place where you can show up honestly, connect with other men who understand, and begin moving forward with greater clarity, strength, and purpose.
Together, we’ll explore topics such as:
- Healing from betrayal trauma
- Coping with shame, anger, and isolation
- Rebuilding trust in yourself
- Navigating relationships after betrayal
- Rediscovering your identity and purpose
This group is not about fixing you.
It’s about giving you a place to be seen, heard, supported, and challenged as you walk through one of the most difficult experiences a man can face.
Group Details
Start Date: July 7, 2026
When: Tuesdays, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CST
Format: Virtual Small Group
Investment: $300/month ($75 per week, billed monthly)
If you’re tired of carrying this alone and are ready to take a step toward healing, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today using the link below.
You don’t have to have everything figured out before you join. You simply have to be willing to take the next step.
We’re saving a seat for you.
This is for men seeking freedom from pornography, compulsive sexual behavior, infidelity, and sexual addiction.
Using The Transformational Recovery Matrix by Chris Archinal as the foundation, participants learn to move beyond simply achieving sobriety toward genuine heart transformation through biblical principles, honest community, accountability, and practical recovery tools.
Whether you’re new to recovery or have been on the journey for years, this group offers a confidential space to grow, heal, and pursue lasting change.
- Open Group with a maximum of 25 participants. (Can add new participants any week after group starts)
- Weekly 75 – minute online coaching sessions. Each meeting includes a brief teaching, guided discussion.
- Participants purchase their own copy of The Transformational Recovery Matrix by Chris Archinal, which serves as the group’s foundational workbook.
- Initial commitment of 12 weeks, with the intention of continuing as an ongoing group.
Group Details
Start Date: August 31, 2026
When: Online Mondays, 7:00 – 8:15 PM CST
Format: Workbook Based/Teaching & Discussion
Investment: $75/week
Payment Options:
- Option 1 — Paid in Full (best value) $850 total (save $125)
- Option 2 — Monthly Commitment $300 per month for 3 months (total $900)
- Option 3 — Weekly Commitment (highest total) $150 non-refundable registration and $75 per week (total $1,125 if completed weekly)
The cost will be $75 per meeting with a commitment to the full 12 week program, or you can pay for all 12 weeks up front and receive a 10% discount. No refunds will be offered for missed meetings
Apply today using the link below.
A Recovery Community Focused on Integrity, Emotional Maturity, and Relationship Repair
As Safe Men, we believe:
- Healing happens in authentic community.
- Integrity is more than honesty; it’s living truthfully.
- Shame loses its power when it is brought into the light.
- Empathy creates emotional safety.
- Trust is rebuilt through consistent actions over time.
- Every man is capable of growth when he chooses humility, accountability, and courage.
Group Details
Start Date: September 23, 2026 and will end before Christmas
When: The group meets weekly on Wednesdays. Current meeting times are 11:00am – 12:15pm CST, 6:00 – 7:15pm CST, 7:15 – 8:30pm CST
Additional groups may be formed on Wednesdays as demand increases.
Format: Workbook Based/Teaching & Discussion
Investment: $75/week – Because the consistency of the group depends on the commitment of every participant, this weekly fee is a flat rate that secures your spot in the group and is billed regardless of individual attendance.
To protect the integrity and intimacy of our work, each group is limited to 6-7 men creating space for deeper discussion.
Before registering, participants will be asked to watch a 4-minute, 50-second introductory video from Bob that explains the purpose, format, and expectations of the group. If you have any questions after watching the video, you’re welcome to contact Bob directly.
Apply today using the link below.
SELAH
Stand • Examine • Learn • Apply • Hold Fast
A Confidential Fellowship for Ministry Leaders Seeking Spiritual, Emotional, and Personal Renewal
SELAH is a highly confidential growth and support group designed specifically for men in ministry who desire to address personal struggles with honesty, humility, and integrity. The name reflects a deliberate process of transformation:
Stand in the grace and truth of Christ.
Examine your heart, motives, behaviors, and relationships.
Learn new patterns of spiritual, emotional, and relational health.
Apply biblical truth through practical accountability and daily obedience.
Hold Fast to Christ, His promises, and the calling He has entrusted to you.
This group is intentionally limited to four ministry leaders to foster meaningful relationships, authentic conversation, and deep accountability. Members are not expected to have their lives together; they are expected to be honest about where they struggle and willing to pursue growth alongside other brothers in Christ.
SELAH provides a safe and discreet environment where pastors, ministry leaders, missionaries, chaplains, and other Christian servants can address challenges related to personal integrity, sexual integrity, emotional health, ministry stress, isolation, compulsive behaviors, relational struggles, and spiritual formation.
Because trust is essential, every participant completes a confidential consultation with Dr. Windell Gill prior to acceptance into the group. This conversation helps determine readiness, clarify expectations, and ensure the group is a beneficial fit for both the applicant and existing members. In addition, every member signs a Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement, committing to protect the privacy and trust of all participants.
The SELAH process incorporates principles from the Twelve Steps, biblical discipleship, spiritual formation, and mutual accountability. While many participants may be pursuing freedom from addictive or compulsive behaviors, the ultimate goal extends beyond sobriety to a life of increasing maturity, integrity, emotional health, and Christ-centered leadership.
SELAH is intentionally non-sectarian and non-denominational. Participants come together around a shared commitment to Jesus Christ, the authority of Scripture, personal responsibility, and the transforming work of God’s grace. The group is not a substitute for professional counseling, clinical treatment, or church oversight. Rather, it serves as a confidential fellowship of peers committed to encouraging one another toward holiness, healing, and faithful ministry.
The invitation to SELAH is not an invitation to perfection. It is an invitation to pause, reflect, confess, learn, grow, and persevere. In a profession where many leaders feel pressure to appear strong, SELAH creates space to become whole.
“Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up…” — 1 Thessalonians 5:11
Group Details
Start Date: October 29, 2026
When: The group meets weekly on Thursdays
Format: 60 minute sessions via Zoom
Group Size: 4-5 men
Investment: $75/week
Next Steps: Interested ministers can schedule a consultation through the front desk
About the Group:
ADVANCE is a weekly, group-based aftercare community for men who have completed the 16-week relational healing pathway and desire to continue practicing integrity, empathy, accountability, emotional maturity, and relational responsibility.
Group Structure:
Based on principles of Couple Centered Recovery, Relational Healing, Identity Formation, and Integrity Driven Recovery
Group support that reviews various principles of principles of Couple Centered Recovery, Relational Healing, Identity Formation, Integrity Driven Recovery, and Inner Child Development, as well as other critical components of recovery.
Format: Online
Session Length: 60 minutes
Frequency: Weekly
Group Format: Ongoing and open (Can add new clients after group starts)
Group Duration: Indefinitely
Maximum Group Size: Each group will have a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 8 men.
Cost: $75 per week
Screening: Brief screening with Dr. Windell Gill required before joining
Meeting Schedule: (Central Time):
Monday — 6:00–7:00 PM — Starting October 26
Wednesday — 1:00–2:00 PM — Starting October 28
Thursday — 1:00–2:00 PM — Starting October 29
Additional groups may be formed on Wednesdays as demand increases.
EXISTING CLIENTS
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Sessions are available in person and online for individuals and couples.
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If you are new to Daring Ventures please use our New Client form using the link below.
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