The following are web site links to help you find a marriage counselor. While we don’t personally know of many of the counseling referral services listed below, they come highly recommended. But ultimately you will need to decide if they will meet your needs. We pray you will find them to be helpful.

• Christian Marriage Mediators within the U.S. that are recommended by the ministry of Family Life Today. To see their approved list please click HERE.

• FAMILY LIFE TODAY – National Counseling and Conflict Resolution Organizations Lists are provided as a source of information for the constituents of Family Life Today. Neither Family Life nor Family Life Today endorse, certify, or verify any of the following counselors, counseling organizations, or training resources. The purpose and objectives of the list are strictly informative and educational. To view their list for Local and Regional Counseling Organizations within the U.S. please click HERE. And to view a list of links for National Counseling and Conflict Resolution Organizations, please click HERE.

• FOCUS MINISTRIES, INC. www.focusministries1.org, with co-founders and Brenda Branson Paula Silva. This is a not-for-profit organization devoted to offer hope, encouragement, education, and assistance to women who are struggling in difficult circumstances, including spousal abuse. With offices in Illinois and Kentucky, FOCUS Ministries provides help for women suffering the horror of domestic violence and for those who want to help. You can contact them at: FOCUS Ministries P. O. Box 2014, Elmhurst, Illinois 60126 Phone: (630) 595-7023 or FOCUS Ministries, P. O. Box 323, Hanson, Kentucky 42413. Phone: (270) 825-2423. If this is not an emergency and you would like to reach FOCUS Ministries, you may contact them through their web site or by e-mail at help@focusministries1.org.

• FOCUS ON THE FAMILY COUNSELOR REFERRALS: Focus on the Family has developed a nationwide Christian referral system. As they say on their web site, “our counseling staff would be happy to speak with you and recommend any counselors available in your geographic area.” If you live in the U.S. you can do the following: “To speak with a counselors’ assistant and receive a referral to a counselor in your area, please call (719) 531-3400 from 9-4:30 (Mountain Time) Monday through Friday, and ask for the Counseling department. For an online referral, please fill out a referral request form and submit it to our staff. They will be in touch with you in as timely a manner as possible. For a few additional details on this please click HERE.

Unfortunately, they do not have area counselor referrals outside of North America.” However, they DO have web sites for a variety of other countries such as Australia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, and Taiwan, which may be able to direct you to counselors in your area when you contact them.

• Focus on the Family – South Africa Our primary objective is to meet the needs of families through reliable and trustworthy resources, counselling support, referral services and programmes on current issues and needs challenging families in Southern Africa. Often described as the heartbeat of our ministry, our trained, experienced and caring staff are only a call away for those seeking support and advice. We also respond to letters, faxes and e-mails and offer a national counselling referral service. Due to the growing need and the demand for face-to-face counselling it has become necessary for Focus on the Family to establish an on-campus Counselling Centre to meet the needs of Christians and others both local and in the wider Durban area. Should you wish to make an appointment or need further information regarding this facility, kindly contact us. (You can do so by going to their web site contact information by clicking HERE.)

• Marriagefriendlytherapists.com This web site can help you to find a well qualified marriage counselor, especially one who is marriage friendly when your relationship is suffering. Many marriage counselors lack training and experience working with couples. Many couples experience marriage therapy as lukewarm in supporting life-long commitment.  Keep in mind though, that Marriage Friendly Therapists are unrelated to any religious or political organization so you can find marriage counseling across the spectrum from secular to religious (or Christian). Their marriage counselors also practice many models of counseling so you can find a wide range of marriage therapy styles. As you read through what they explain, we believe you will be able to better choose a marriage therapist in a wiser manner, even if you don’t use anyone from their list (if you live outside of the United States or you don’t have a therapist in your part of the country that you feel you should use).

• Meierclinics.com This counseling ministry has clinics coast-to-coast in California, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, including major hub sites in the metropolitan areas of Chicago, Dallas, St Louis, and Washington, D.C. All of their clinic staff (psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family counselors, addiction counselors, dietitians, etc.) are committed Christians who are fully credentialed and professionally trained. They are dedicated to providing Christian counseling in a safe environment where men, women, and children can work through issues that are robbing them of satisfaction and enjoyment in life. The Meier Clinic in Wheaton, IL, is offering an Intensive Outpatient Program for adults dealing with sexual addiction. The clinics also offer Life Coaching, which can be done either at their clinics or on the phone. Go to their web site to find out more.

• Narramore Christian Foundation Missionary Psychological Services
Every year at least 5,000 missionaries leave the field unnecessarily because of excessive stress involving personal, family, social, and ministry-related problems. Those remaining on the filed face life stressors at least 2-3 times those experienced by individuals at home in the United States. The Narramore Christian Foundation is committed to serving these dedicated men and women, and their families. To see the list of recommended counselors please click HERE.

• Soulhealinglove.com This is the web site for the Institute for Soul Healing Love, with Doctors Beverly and Tom Rodgers. Their Soul Healing Love model explores how childhood wounds can affect our adult relationships, and it provides methods for individuals and families to begin healing. Bev and Tom speak worldwide and provide whole-person Christian counseling for a full range of issues, including abuse, and train counselors, pastors, and mentors, as well.