Browsing: Marital Counselling

By Oluwafunke Allen Of the four subtitle options sitting on my desk this week, this is the only one that…

By Oluwafunke Allen “Should we talk to our pastor about this, or do we need actual counselling?” I get some…

By Oluwafunke Allen Once a month, I stand in front of a room at Daystar’s Marriage and Family Life ministry…

By Oluwafunke Allen One spouse wants help. The other says, flatly, “I’m not doing that.” This is one of the…

Fifteen years ago, if you’d asked me what hope looked like inside a struggling marriage, I would have given you…

By Oluwafunke Allen There’s a fear I hear so often it might as well be a category of its own:…

A gentle note before we start: this post touches on trauma and mental health, briefly and in general terms —…

By Oluwafunke Allen Most people choose a marriage counsellor the way they choose a restaurant a friend mentioned once —…

By Oluwafunke Allen People occasionally ask me what “NLP” means after I mention it, usually with a slightly worried look,…

By Oluwafunke Allen I want to say something that might sound strange coming from a counsellor: I don’t think every…

Nobody hands you a manual for this part. You get taught, extensively, how to choose a spouse — but almostnobody…

by Oluwafunke Allen My husband and I got on a call recently with our marriage mentor, in a small group…

Nobody hands you a manual at the hospital. You get a car seat demonstration, a stack of pamphlets about feeding…