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Jan 05

Faith and Love in Marriage Therapy

By Jay Slupesky
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Holding HandsRecently a potential client couple told me that they were Christians, and that their faith was very important to them. They said that to understand them well, I would have to be conversant with their Christianity. They wanted me to know this about them before they began marriage therapy. I assumed that they were going to ask me if I were a Christian as well, and that if I were to answer “no” then they would look for another marriage therapist.

They never did ask me, but I went ahead and told me that I was a practicing Catholic. I also mentioned that Emotionally Focused Therapy, which is the mode of marital therapy that I favor, is well-known in Christian circles and is taught at Fuller Theological Seminary and Indiana Wesleyan University.

The clients were fine with that and began marriage therapy with me.

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This entry was posted on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 at 4:08 pm and is filed under About Marriage Therapy.

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