Dr. Corey Carlisle

Christian Therapist for Men

I’ve spent my life walking alongside people in places that matter most—faith, marriage, sexuality, and identity. As the son of a preacher and a social worker, I was formed early by the conviction that lives are shaped not just by what we do, but by who we become.

For years, I’ve worked as a Christian marriage and sex therapist, helping individuals and couples navigate the sacred, vulnerable spaces of their relational and sexual lives. This work remains important. But over time, something became unmistakably clear.

The Men Who Kept Showing Up

Men—good men—were coming into my office faithful, responsible, and deeply committed to their families and their faith.

They were doing what was expected. Providing. Serving. Holding things together.

And yet many were quietly exhausted.

They didn’t feel fully alive anymore. Their clarity had faded. Their joy felt muted. Their strength—once vibrant—now felt distant or dulled.

As this inner disconnection grew, it began to show up everywhere: in strained marriages, diminished desire, impatience with children, spiritual dryness, and a vague sense of drifting through life without a clear inner compass.

What these men were facing wasn’t primarily a skills problem. It was a formation problem—a soul-level disconnection from their design, their story, and their place in the world as men.

Finding Your Bearings Again

When a man loses his internal bearings, no amount of effort fixes it. He may still succeed outwardly—but inwardly he feels fogbound, reactive, or numb.

My work is about helping men re-orient.

Like a lighthouse, I offer a fixed point of clarity in the confusion—helping you see where you are, what matters most, and how to move forward with strength and purpose. Not toward mere relief or surface success, but toward wholeness.

Wholeness means recovering the deep strength God placed within you—strength meant not only to sustain your own life, but to bless, protect, and bring life to those entrusted to your care.

Masculinity with Depth and Direction

This work isn’t about fixing broken men. It’s about helping good men remember who they are and what they’re here to offer.

I believe mature masculine strength is grounded, sacrificial, rooted in love, and life-giving. And it’s proven through presence, initiative, and the capacity to offer oneself without disappearing.

This strength is cultivated by turning inward—not in self-absorption, but in learning to listen to your story, your longings, your body, and the voice of God within. From this deeper self-knowledge, a man rises with clarity.

And when he does:

Marriages grow deeper
Sexuality becomes integrated rather than conflicted
Children flourish under steady presence
Faith becomes lived rather than merely believed
Leadership becomes generative, not draining

This is about calling—reclaiming your place as a man made in God’s image.

The Work I’m Committed To

Alongside my work as a marriage and sex therapist, I’ve chosen to stand in the gap for men who know there must be more. Through counseling, writing, and teaching, I walk with men through a process of formation—helping them integrate their soul, sexuality, and strength in the service of love.

My vision is a generation of men—husbands, fathers, and leaders—who are deeply rooted in their identity and who boldly offer their presence to bring more life and goodness into the world.

You don’t have to keep merely holding things together. You were made for more than survival.

You were made to RISE.

Let’s rise and reign—together.

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