ReStory Counseling

What ReStory Counseling does

ReStory Counseling is a privately-held, Christian-infused counseling practice headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado, founded in 2010 by Chris Bruno (LPC) and Beth Bruno. The firm delivers trauma-informed, narrative-focused therapy under its proprietary ReStory® "Storywork" methodology, which integrates theology and psychology to help clients rewrite the narratives driving their symptoms. Services span individual and couples therapy, adolescent and family counseling, multi-day intensives (individual, marriage, men's and women's trauma, and unwanted sexual behavior), and the Thrive Marriage Lab program.

The core technology is the ReStory® Storywork methodology itself — a codified, trademarked treatment framework developed by the founder — delivered through a credentialed team of licensed professional counselors, licensed addiction counselors, storywork coaches, spiritual directors, and interns. The practice has built an adjacent training and content ecosystem including the multi-level ReStory® Institute certification, the digital courses 'Sitting in the Dirt' (Ministry Care) and Sabbatical Course & Coaching, two podcasts (ReStory and Thrive Marriage), a YouTube channel, and church/ministry licensing partnerships that extend the brand globally.

The business operates on a private-pay, out-of-network model with disclosed rates of $120-$200 per 50-minute session and $180-$300 per 80-minute session, alongside intensives, freemium marriage resources, course sales ($49-$1050), and volume-discounted group licensing for churches. Go-to-market is content-led and direct-to-consumer, supported by intake forms, community and church referrals, podcast and YouTube content, and a paid internship pipeline. The company is founder-owned with no disclosed external funding and reports a team of approximately 16 staff and clinicians.

Name

ReStory Counseling

Legal name

ReStory Counseling

Website

https://restory.life

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ReStory Counseling is a private Fort Collins, Colorado counseling practice delivering faith-integrated, narrative-focused therapy (ReStory® Storywork), intensives, marriage programs, online courses, and practitioner certification for individuals, couples, families, and ministry leaders.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Counseling and Therapy Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Health Counseling & Psychotherapy Services (EDALAFAB)

Keywords

• Trauma-informed counseling
• Narrative therapy services
• Christian counseling
• Marriage counseling
• Ministry care training

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Collins

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Counseling Sessions: Individual and couples therapy sessions with licensed professional counselors (LPC), 50-minute sessions at $120-200 and 80-minute sessions at $180-300. Private-pay practice that is out-of-network for insurance.
2. Counseling Intensives: 3-5 day individual and group intensives held in Fort Collins, CO for focused trauma work. Includes individual intensives, marriage intensives, men's and women's trauma intensives, and unwanted sexual behavior intensives.
3. Online Courses and Training: Online cohort-based storywork certification program (ReStory Institute), ministry care courses (Sitting in the Dirt at $99-399), and sabbatical courses ($49-1050). Group licensing available for churches.
4. Thrive Marriage Lab: Marriage enrichment program with live group gatherings, in-person retreats, expert interviews, separate spouse groups, guided conversations, and recorded teachings. Free curated dates resource.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ReStory Counseling is a private-pay, Christian-integrated counseling practice that delivers trauma-informed individual, couples, adolescent, and family therapy using a proprietary Storywork methodology developed by founder Chris Bruno. The practice supplements weekly therapy with multi-day intensives (individual, marriage, men's and women's trauma, and unwanted sexual behavior), the Thrive Marriage Lab enrichment program, online ministry care courses (Sitting in the Dirt, Sabbatical Course & Coaching), and the three-level ReStory Institute Storywork certification for professionals and church teams.

Product overview

ReStory Counseling is a multi-service counseling and training practice offering a unified Storywork-based methodology. The core offering combines licensed therapy, Storywork coaching, and spiritual direction. Key services include individual and group counseling, 3-5 day intensives (individual, marriage, men's/women's trauma, unwanted sexual behavior), and the Thrive Marriage Lab with live gatherings and 24/7 content access. Training programs include the ReStory® Institute (3-level certification) and Storywork Coaching Collective for professionals. The company also offers digital courses: Sitting in the Dirt Ministry Care Course and Sabbatical Course & Coaching. Content offerings include the ReStory Podcast, Thrive Marriage Podcast, and free Thrive Dates resource. Services are delivered primarily in Fort Collins, CO with virtual options for groups and online courses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Thrive Marriage Lab: A marriage program providing live group gatherings, in-person retreats, expert interviews, separate spouse groups, guided conversations, recorded teachings, and mini-courses for couples seeking deeper connection.
• ReStory Institute
• Sitting in the Dirt: A Ministry Care Course
• Sabbatical Course & Coaching
• ReStory Internship Program

Products and services

• Storywork Counseling Individual counseling using the proprietary ReStory® Storywork approach to help people rediscover their identity and rewrite narratives that keep them stuck. Delivered by licensed therapists at the Fort Collins office.

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Maisha Yangu OrganizationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReStory partners with Maisha Yangu Organization in Nairobi, Kenya to support mental health initiatives for Kenyan youth. The partnership involves supporting Joyce in becoming a trained counselor and investing in the next generation of Kenyan youth through mental health programs.
• Restoration ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReStory founders Chris and Beth Bruno partnered with Restoration Project for travel to Nairobi in February 2020, offering father-son and mother-daughter retreats, and returned with 11 father-teen pairs in 2023 to support community youth programs.
• International School and Church in NairobiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with an international school and church in Nairobi for retreats and community outreach in the informal settlement of Kawangare.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• BetterHelp: Largest online therapy platform offering broad individual and couples counseling via subscription. Operates as broad incumbent with overlapping faith-based subsidiary (Faithful Counseling) directly competitive with ReStory's core offering.
• Talkspace: Public online therapy platform providing individual, couples, and teen therapy via messaging and video. Broad incumbent competing for the same individual and couples counseling demand that ReStory serves, particularly for clients seeking insurance-reimbursed care.
• Focus on the Family: Large Christian family ministry offering marriage programs, counseling referrals, and resources for pastors and churches. Comparable to ReStory in faith-integrated marriage and ministry support at significantly larger scale.
• Prepare-Enrich: Long-established marriage assessment and enrichment program used by churches and counselors globally. Comparable to ReStory's Thrive Marriage Lab in targeting church-led marriage enrichment with a productized curriculum.

Direct peers

• Pure Desire Ministries: Christian ministry focused on unwanted sexual behavior recovery, offering intensives, group programs, and church-based curricula. Directly comparable to ReStory's Unwanted Sexual Behavior intensives and men's ministry programs.
• Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF): Faith-based counseling organization offering biblical counseling training, certification, and counselor referral. Highly comparable to ReStory in combining Christian counseling methodology with practitioner training and education programs.
• Faithful Counseling: Faith-based online counseling platform offering licensed Christian therapists for individuals and couples. Directly comparable to ReStory in faith-integrated psychotherapy delivery, though distributed via telehealth rather than a single in-person practice.
• SYMBIS (Save Your Marriage Before It Starts): Faith-based marriage assessment and preparation certification used by pastors and counselors. Comparable to ReStory's marriage-focused products (Thrive Marriage Lab) and practitioner certification model (ReStory Institute).

Regional players

• Minirth Meier New Life Clinic Network: Faith-integrated Christian psychiatric and counseling clinic network. Comparable to ReStory's Christian counseling model and intensives, with a multi-clinic (but non-global) delivery footprint.

Emerging players

• Hope Restored (Marriage Intensives): Multi-day marriage intensives delivered at a single location. Directly comparable to ReStory's Marriage Intensives product in format, pricing model, and target customer (couples seeking intensive rather than weekly therapy).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@restorycounseling
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/restory-restoration-counseling

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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