For the nights you can't stop thinking about your marriage.

When you can't think straight and you're scared of what comes next, Refuge is a private, Scripture-rooted place to get clear before you do something you can't undo.

Built by Dr. Jon Thompson, LPC-S · Licensed Christian counselor, 23 years in practice

What's happening?

If this is where you are right now

You already know this feeling.

You're not looking for a pep talk. You're looking for one honest place to set this down.

If any of that landed, you're exactly who Refuge was built for.

What people actually do here

Most conversations begin like this.

A real marriage-crisis conversation with Refuge: a wife describes years of quietly feeling alone in her marriage, and Refuge names the cost of keeping up appearances and asks one honest question.

You say what's weighing on you

The whole truth, not the cleaned-up version — the part you've been carrying alone.

Refuge helps you think, not perform

Honest questions, careful reflection, and Scripture when it fits. No platitudes. No script. No judgment.

You leave clearer than you came

Not fixed. Not rushed. Just able to see the next right step instead of the same spiral.

Conversation Architecture

Why Refuge feels different.

Refuge is not just AI. It's a conversation architecture built on clinical expertise, biblical truth, and privacy by design.

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“I don't know if my marriage is going to make it.”

What You're Carrying

The thing you can't stop thinking about.

Understanding Before Advice

Refuge slows the conversation down.

Built From 23 Years of Counseling

Real clinical insight beneath every response.

Scripture At The Center

Biblical wisdom woven throughout.

Clarity Over Comfort

Truth matters more than validation.

Privacy From The First Word

Your conversations stay yours.

A clearer next step.

Most AI gives answers.
Refuge guides the conversation that produces them.

Dr. Jon Thompson, LPC-S, founder of Refuge
A note from the founder

Why I built this.

I've been a licensed counselor for 23 years. I've sat with thousands of people in the worst moments of their lives — affairs discovered, marriages ending, faith coming apart.

The hardest part was never the clinical complexity. It was the math. Too many people in crisis, not enough hours in any counselor's week — and the worst decisions almost always get made in the gap between "I need to talk to someone" and "I have an appointment in three weeks."

Refuge lives in that gap. Available at 2am, on Christmas Eve, in the parking lot after the argument — so you can get clear before you do something you can't take back.

It carries my name, my credentials, and my theology. If it doesn't hold up under the hardest questions you bring it, I want to know.

Dr. Jon Thompson, LPC-S
Founder, Refuge
Real stories

Don't take our word for it

I went in thinking I was going to figure out how to fix my wife. To say I was blown away would be an understatement — it hit me bullseye that I was the problem. What keeps me coming back is that it holds me accountable: every action gets measured through the lens of what my motivation really is. It keeps me grounded and helps me keep the main thing the main thing.
A Refuge user
The conversation my wife participated in brought forth healing. She wept and found understanding in areas that have taken many many years to figure out. She said I could read the conversation and it put me in tears as well.
A husband, after his wife used Refuge
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  • Pattern recognition insights
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