I’ve counseled this one family of four for about 1 year or so. The request for pastoral counseling (or family coaching) came when one of the young adult children just collapsed on the floor at work. She told her mom that she just can’t live like this anymore. The ongoing …
At one of my three-day workshops (at Breitenbush Hot Springs in Oregon – beautiful place!), one of the participants said he played the caretaker role in his relationship. He’d hoped that attending to her needs might insure that she would never want to ever leave him because he’d made himself so very valuable in …
Bowen Theory, also known as Systems Theory, states that family is one emotional unit. We experience things together. There are multigenerational emotional processes and in each generation, there is a differentiation stage where the individual begins to separate from the FOO (family of origin) or HOO (home of origin). A …
I help couples and families cope with their relationship stress and it’s a joy to see them grow and put an end to their repeated unhealthy cycle of negative responses. There is a scientific explanation to our relational deficits. And there is a scientific process to restoring damaged relationships. When …
