Blending Families Myths
By Dan Blair, a marriage counselor and family counselor. The task of blending families is daunting. Adjustment to stepfamily is more stressful than adjustment to divorce. A stepfamily is not the [...]
Support for Pastors at No Cost
By Dan Blair, a Christian marriage counselor and family counselor. The burdens that pastors carry are many. Dr. Greg Smalley reports that 80 percent of pastors leave the ministry within five [...]
No Pain, No Gain?
By Dan Blair, a marriage counselor and family counselor. The anguish we encounter in life is immeasurable at times. It’s big. Too big. What do you do with anger and the impulse to express [...]
Success with Supervised Visitation
By Dan Blair, a marriage counselor and family counselor. Supervised visitation is centered on maintaining or building a relationship between child and parent. If both parents provide a clear show [...]
Marriage, Divorce and Living Together
By Dan Blair, a marriage counselor and family counselor. Over time divorce rates and marriage rates have gradually moved closer. More are divorcing and less are marrying. If marriage interferes [...]
Using Grace to Change
By Dan Blair, a marriage counselor and family counselor. What if instead of judging yourself, you fully accepted yourself as does God? The Christian concept of grace is based on the finished work [...]
Attachment Patterns and God
By Dan Blair, a marriage counselor and family counselor. To say that a parent’s attachment to his or her kids is strong may be a negative statement. Attachment is described as secure and [...]
Parents, Attachment, and Kids
By Dan Blair, a marriage counselor and family counselor. To say that a parent’s attachment to his or her kids is strong may be a negative statement. Attachment is described as secure and [...]
What is Attachment?
By Dan Blair, a marriage counselor and family counselor. Attachment is a kind of bond that endures over time. It is primarily developed the first to third year of life, but that is not the only [...]