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Category Archives: pre-marital counseling
It’s All in the Family
One of my mentors, Rev. Charles Gravenstine, believes that the only really effective kind of pre-marital counseling is to have the couple prepare and discuss Genograms. Genograms are family trees of behavior that were developed by Monica McGoldrick and Randy Gerson. A … Continue reading
Posted in addictions, divorce, families, family conflict, family patterns, growth, marriage, pastoral counseling, pre-marital counseling, tools for mininsters, Uncategorized
Tagged Charles Gravenstine, church leadership, clergy crisis, coaching, family conflcts, genograms, ministry tools, Monica McGodlrick, O'Neill, pastoral counseling, pre-marital counseling, Randy Gerson, spiritual malaise
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