Daniel Kiser

Melissa Haas

Melissa Haas serves as the spouse-supporting therapist at HopeQuest. Melissa has a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy and is a licensed professional counselor.  Passionate about spiritual community, healthy marriages, and intimacy with God, Melissa regularly facilitates small groups and teaches and speaks on these topics in order to help the Body of Christ grow relationally with God and each other.  

Daniel Kiser

Daniel Kiser

Daniel is a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist in the state of Tennessee. He has earned master degrees in Marital and Family Therapy and Biblical Studies from Lee University. Throughout his clinical experience, he has demonstrated clinical effectiveness working with adolescents and families through utilization of evidenced based approaches in his roles as a counselor, clinical supervisor, and behavioral health manager. He has worked with adolescents with severe suicidal behaviors, anxiety, depression, aggression, and high-risk behaviors in residential treatment. Addressed the relational distress within the parent-child relationship created by their child’s disruptive behavioral responses, helping parents through their despair, resentment, and disillusionment. He is invested in the integration of theology and psychology, believing that activation of human longings, desires, and vitality for life is based upon both disciplines. Aside from professional development, he also has experienced the profound impact of a transformative therapeutic relationship that provides accountability, exploration of underlying wounds and thoughts, and compassionate care. Counseling is oriented towards reclaiming, rediscovering, and restoring vital aspects of human development and he is eager to help others in their process as well. 

Financial Information

Individual Workshops

Healing for Men, Healing for Women, Healing for Partners Workshops, and Advanced.

Fee: $3,900 (per individual)

Change Fee: $400 (after a certain date – See FAQs for details)

Deposit: $975 (non-refundable)

Waiting List Fee: $400 (applied toward deposit if a spot becomes available – See FAQs for details)

Healing For Couples Workshop

Fee: $4900 (per couple)

Change Fee: $400 (after a certain date – See FAQs for details)

Deposit: $1,225 (non-refundable)

Waiting List Fee: $400 (applied toward deposit if a spot becomes available – See FAQs for details)

Teens & Parents Workshop

Fee: $4900 (per family)

Change Fee: $400 (after a certain date – See FAQs for details)

Deposit: $1,225(non-refundable)

Waiting List Fee: $400 (applied toward deposit if a spot becomes available – See FAQs for details)

Insurance

Insurance providers do not cover the cost of a Healing Workshop, and we cannot provide a superbill or documentation that satisfies insurance company requirements. As a workshop program, we do not make any formal diagnosis of participants, which is required for insurance reimbursement. We also cannot provide a procedure code, which describes the treatment setting and type of treatment provided. An intensive workshop doesn’t fit into any insurance-acceptable categories of treatment, which usually must be individual therapy, group therapy, or a hospital or inpatient program. Our workshop fee also includes lodging and meals, which aren’t allowed outside a residential or hospital setting. Typically, the requirements for using a Health Savings Account for payment are the same as qualifying for insurance reimbursement, though some HSAs pay for “therapy.” It’s up to the workshop attendee to determine if the fee can be paid using HSA funds. Bethesda Workshops can provide a statement of account that verifies participation in a workshop, the date, and the amount paid.

Scholarship Program

Bethesda Workshops has limited funds available for scholarships to those who qualify. Applicants must submit a scholarship application to be considered for funds. Scholarship funds cannot be used for the non-refundable deposit; that amount is due from the participant. The scholarship application must be submitted and approved before the workshop begins. To get more information, please email info@bethesdaworkshops.org.

Workshop Transfer Policy

A participant has two opportunities to transfer to a future workshop (possibly requiring a transfer fee) if written notice is provided before the start of the registered intensive. For all Healing Workshops, a transfer fee applies if notice is given less than three weeks before the workshop. If a participant does not attend either of the next two scheduled workshops, the deposit is forfeited. It is the participant’s responsibility to provide written documentation of his/her intent to attend a future workshop. Participants are registered on a first come-first served basis, including those who are transferring from a prior workshop. The transfer fee must be paid, if applicable, to be confirmed for a future workshop.

Cancellation Fee

If you cancel your workshop after noon CST the Monday before your workshop date, a $300 cancellation fee will be applied.

FAQ's For In-Person Workshops

We offer workshops for all your personal needs.

What is the workshop transfer fee if I give less than the required notice before the workshop?

This transfer/change fee must be paid in full before a participant, couple, or family is registered for a future workshop.

Healing for Men, Healing for Women, and Healing for Partners Workshops Change Fee: $400

Couples’ Workshop Change Fee: $400

What is the no show policy?

If you haven’t notified Bethesda Workshops of your intent to change the date of your workshop, or you haven’t returned your registration paperwork by the Friday before your scheduled workshop, you may not be allowed to attend. In that event, your deposit will be forfeited and you will lose the opportunity to transfer to a future workshop.

Is there a waiting list fee?

Bethesda Workshops’ intensives fill up quickly. If the desired workshop is full, you may register for the wait list by paying the waitlist fee. If a spot becomes open, Bethesda Workshops will inform you about that availability as soon as space becomes available. The latest you would be notified is the Monday before the workshop starts on Wednesday.

If a workshop spot becomes available, you must pay the other half of the deposit to confirm your registration in that workshop, as well as the amount that is normally due before the workshop.

If a workshop spot becomes available and you choose not to attend that workshop, the waiting list fee is forfeited.

If a workshop spot does not become available, you may apply the waiting list fee toward the deposit for one of the next two scheduled workshops. You may also receive a refund of the waiting list fee.

Do you offer a cost benefit to Couples?

Couples who attend all three workshops* within a 12-month period may attend the Healing for Couples workshop for an initial payment of only the deposit. The remaining balance may be paid over time on a no-interest payment plan. Any balance remaining on individual workshops may be rolled into the Healing for Couples balance for new payment terms.

If you are attending the Healing for Couples workshop more than 12 months after individual workshops, a total of half the fee must be paid prior to the beginning of the workshop (this amount includes the non-refundable deposit). A no-interest payment plan can be arranged for the balance (usually 2-6 monthly payments). If you have an outstanding balance on the individual workshop(s), the balance for the Couples Workshop may be added to it and a new payment plan arranged with prior approval.

“All three workshops” means each spouse attends his/her individual workshop and then they attend the couples workshop.

What is the cost benefit of an Intensive Workshop?

While the cost for intensive work is upfront versus over-time, the value is very high.

A Bethesda Workshop involves 10-12 hours of specific, therapist-led treatment each full day, which translates to approximately 34 hours of directed help by professionals with advanced training in the field.

A four-day program reduces the time you’re away from work or home. Especially if you aren’t paid if you don’t work, this shorter time off the job is an important benefit.

Research shows that the group dynamic, where people learn from each other as well as from the group leader, is more effective for long-term recovery than individual counseling alone. Most people report the healing they find in a Bethesda Workshops’ group is more powerful than anything they have ever experienced.

In sum, Bethesda Workshops offers the greatest value in treatmen

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