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Christian marriage counsellors might be said to be concerned with enabling people to ‘have life and have it to the full’. You don’t have to be a Christian to appreciate the value of living life to its full potential, and equally you don’t necessarily need to be a Christian to visit a Christian marriage counsellor. For Christians, though, Jesus is the one example of someone who managed to completely live his life to the full – the fully integrated, fully authentic man who was able to love without selfishness, feel anger at the right things, change what could be changed and, at the end, accept what could not and give everything he had up freely. Man as he was meant to be. What differs from the secular conception of the fully ‘human’ human, is the Christian belief that in being true to himself Jesus showed us that if we want to be the same, we need to live in harmony with God.

If all this is the case for the Christian as an individual, it is equally if not more so for Christians as couples. The health of a marriage, like the health of a human body, is situated within an intricate web of factors – financial, social, emotional and physical. A fully authentic marriage, a marriage ‘lived to the full’, needs to be part of a life lived authentically. What it means to live your life in harmony with God is a matter of widely divergent opinion, even within the bounds of Christendom. But that is a discussion for a different place. It’s enough – but very important – to note that Christians of different persuasions should find Christian marriage counsellors with a matching approach to their faith if they are to get the most from the experience.

How to locate Christian marriage counsellors? An obvious starting point is a church leader, who may be able to recommend someone within or outside the church. But there are also Christian publications and websites which will have listings, such as www.nameonline.net and www.christianadvice.net. And as we said, one of the most important factors in finding Christian marriage counsellors is to make sure you are coming from the same place faith-wise – it may make a big difference to the style and content of your interaction with them.

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