Mrs. Julie Hicks is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who worked for many years doing lay
counseling in a church setting before returning to school to complete a Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy.
«I have worked in a variety of mental health settings over a period of 20 + years including residential treatment for children and adults, supported living services for adults with mental illness, chemical dependency treatment, emergency / crisis counseling, biblical
counseling in church settings, hospital programs for adults with chronic mental illness and vocational counseling.
Not exact matches
The Enneagram is not a spiritual tool, per se, but it is increasingly being used as one
in church classes and faith - based
counseling settings.
After World War II,
in the forties and early fifties, some
churches in Europe
set up specialized family
counseling services, especially
in England, Finland, Germany, and Switzerland.
(For much, much more on abuse
in a
church setting, as well as multiple resources for getting help and
counseling, see our «Into the Light» series on this topic.)
's «program» (as it was reported by Frank Amos to John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
in 1938), it does illustrate Mel's awareness of the confusion that was
set in motion almost as soon as Wilson returned from Akron
in the summer of 1935 and fell back into the arms of his Oxford Group friends
in New York, the
counsel of Rev. Sam Shoemaker at Calvary
Church, and the bizarre «higher powers» mentioned
in the writings of Professor William James.
The
counseling takes place
in a number of different
settings, such as parish
churches, schools, hospitals, and pastoral
counseling centers.
This can be an informal
setting with friends, or found
in couples groups at your local
church or
counseling center.
There are many
churches that now ask couples to have premarital
counseling, and an approved Christian psychologist that works
in a private
setting could perform this.
Therefore, the solution of sexual addiction must include the sex addict being exposed to developing real and intimate relationships
in a safe
setting (i.e.,
counseling group, 12 - step group, or
church group).