March 2017
RECENT RESEARCH
Created for Covering: Covering vs. Controlling
Robert Shaw, D.Min. Excerpted with permission from Created for Covering: Understanding the Concept of Safety and Covering in Relationships for Men and Women. Over the years, I have had several men come to me saying what amounts to this: “My wife has been asking me to lead the family and take care […]
By DJONES, 7 years ago
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Living REAL
Laura McPherson, M.S. Ephesians 4 is full of hope, excitement, and anticipation of experiencing a new spiritual life. Paul explains the freedom we have in Christ in putting away our old self to make way for our new self and our new ways of thinking, living, and being. As humans, we have obstacles to […]
By DJONES, 7 years ago
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A Teaching Tool: a Nine-Step Framework for Helping Your Clients Live Their Best Lives
Mary M. Simms, Ph.D. Author of Move Past Your Pain, Discover Your Purpose: Overcoming Negative Generational Patterns to Achieve Your Best Life Do you ever wish that you had an app to help your clients get their lives back on track? Unfortunately such a device doesn’t exist—and if it did, your clients wouldn’t […]
By DJONES, 7 years ago
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The 12 Step Program: An Invitation to the Church
Barbara L. Gilliam, D. Min. “For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.” – 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 “We […]
By DJONES, 7 years ago
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Created for Covering: Responsibility
Robert Shaw, D.Min. Excerpted with permission from Created for Covering: Understanding the Concept of Safety and Covering in Relationships for Men and Women. As Adam’s covering, God was responsible to instruct him in the way he was to go, and then provide him with what was needed to get there. The Scriptures […]
By DJONES, 7 years ago
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It Takes a Church
T.J. Gentry, D.Min. “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” – Galatians 6:2 “What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear […]
By DJONES, 7 years ago
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Stepping Stones of Loss, Grief, and Growth in Stepfamilies
Janet Nicholas, LPC LCDC EAP Stepfamilies are created because of a loss. Death, divorce, or the ending of a relationship happens before a new marriage begins. Step-couples have many hopes and dreams for a second chance and are not anticipating the loss and grief dynamics that inevitably surface during stepfamily formation. The juxtaposition of the […]
By THE AACC, 7 years ago
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Marriage on the Autism Spectrum: He Said/She Said – Part 3
Stephanie C. Holmes, MA, BCCC Certified Autism Specialist It is possible to have marital satisfaction in an Aspie- NT marriage, but it will take dedication, endurance, and modifications from both spouses once the couple has an awareness of their issues and realistic expectations in which they are trying to achieve together. Would you […]
By THE AACC, 7 years ago
RECENT RESEARCH
Marriage on the Autism Spectrum: He Said/She Said – Part 2
Stephanie C. Holmes, MA, BCCC Certified Autism Specialist My approach to counseling has several phases. Phase one is AS awareness and education. It is important for me to explain that counseling will not fix or cure the AS person that the AS person is neurologically wired differently and although Asperger’s can cause challenges […]
By THE AACC, 7 years ago
RECENT RESEARCH
Marriage on the Autism Spectrum: He said/ She said
Stephanie C. Holmes, MA, BCCC Certified Autism Specialist With the complexities involved in what is referred to as an Aspie- NT (Asperger’s- Neurotypical) marriage, I struggled with what angle or aspect to cover as a marital counselor who specializes in this complex marriage issue. My intention is to bring light to the situation […]