Recently a potential client couple told me that they
were Christians, and that their faith was very important to
them. They said that to understand them well, I would have
to be conversant with their Christianity. They wanted me to know
this about them before they began marriage therapy. I assumed that
they were going to ask me if I were a Christian as well, and that
if I were to answer “no” then they would look for another marriage
therapist.
They never did ask me, but I went ahead and told me that
I was a practicing Catholic. I also mentioned that
Emotionally Focused
Therapy, which is the mode of marital therapy that I favor, is
well-known in Christian circles and is taught at Fuller Theological
Seminary and Indiana Wesleyan University.