Andrew Dodson - Banner Institute

Deep Healing. True Transformation.

Andrew B. Dodson, PhD

Counselor | Co-Founder of Banner Institute & The Carpenter Shed

Dr. Andrew Dodson walks with individuals, couples, and families through moments that demand clarity, courage, and realignment. His work is not about comfort, it is about transformation.

Rooted in sacred truth and directed toward lasting change, Dr. Dodson helps clients recover direction, rebuild trust, and reclaim responsibility in the places that matter most.

He works especially with:

Couples facing deep rupture or disconnection.

Individuals in seasons of crisis, burnout, or spiritual drift.

Families confronting addiction, stagnation, or failure-to-launch in their sons.

MARRIAGES IN CRISIS

Marriage reveals us. It exposes our deepest hopes and our deepest betrayals. When the bond begins to erode, what’s at stake is not just a relationship, but a household, a legacy, and a future.

Dr. Dodson works with couples who can no longer afford delay, relationships marked by rupture, contempt, or quiet resignation. His approach is not passive or open-ended. It is focused, truth-centered, and built for decisive movement toward restoration or honest reckoning.

Weekly sessions (8–12 on average) are designed to break patterns, rebuild trust, and reestablish moral clarity.
3-day onsite intensives offer accelerated, high-impact intervention for couples facing time-sensitive crises or entrenched cycles of injury.

This work is not simply about improving communication. It is about confronting the real fault lines—power, avoidance, resentment, misalignment of values—and calling each partner toward ownership, repentance, and lasting change.

For couples who are willing to do the hard work, transformation is not only possible, it is often closer than they think.

MAJOR LIFE TRANSITION

Seasons of Reckoning

Some transitions are cosmetic. Others are defining. The ones that matter most demand more than insight, they demand courage, clarity, and a willingness to confront what no longer fits.

Dr. Dodson works with individuals standing at these thresholds:

Career shifts that expose questions of identity and integrity.
Marital or relational upheaval that calls for repentance or renewal.
Parenting seasons that require deeper strength and recalibrated presence.
Spiritual unrest that won’t be resolved by distraction or performance.

This is serious interior work, the kind that brings alignment between your inner life and your outer commitments. Together, we name what is real, we dismantle what must go, and we build a new trajectory with intention and moral weight.

For those willing to face the truth, these transitions can become altars; not just turning points, but sacred ground.

ADDICTION & FAILURE TO LAUNCH

Addiction, Stagnation, and the Crisis of Sonship

Some families reach a point where the usual strategies—therapy, boundaries, consequences—no longer move the needle. The son is stuck. The home is in chaos. And everyone feels the slow erosion of hope.

Dr. Dodson co-founded The Carpenter Shed, a faith-based residential program for young men ages 15–25, rooted in deep recovery, spiritual realignment, and personal responsibility. With a model that integrates clinical tools, sacred mentorship, and the rebuilding of family structure, the program achieves what few others can: sustained sobriety, restored relationships, and reawakened purpose.

85% of graduates remain sober and employed two years post-discharge—placing it among the most effective youth recovery programs in the country.
Learn more at www.thecarpentershed.com

For families unable to access residential care, Dr. Dodson adapts this framework into an intensive outpatient model—working directly with both son and parents to restore order and initiate real change. His family-centered process equips parents to:

- Set and hold non-negotiable boundaries
- Navigate emotional manipulation and escalation cycles
- Reclaim their rightful authority in the home
- Invite their son into a future marked by purpose, maturity, and ownership.