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407 | The Dream Home: Essential Techniques for Helping Couples Increase Marital Intimacy

Friday 9/15 2:15 – 3:30 PM, Pre-marital Counseling and Marriage Enrichment, Workshop Tracks

PRESENTERS

Elias Moitinho, Ph.D.; Denise Moitinho, Ph.D., Ed.D.

CE CREDITS

1

Approved For CE

Pastors, Pastoral Counselors, Lay Counselors, Coaches

Approved For CME/CEU

LEVEL

Beginner

Summary 

The divorce rate in the U.S. continues to be high (Perry, 2018; Stepler, 2017). Life coaches, pastors, pastoral counselors, or lay counselors can play a significant role in helping couples increase marital intimacy, strengthen their marriages, and avoid divorce (Cheney, 2017; Hatch et al., 2021). Multidimensional intimacy is a complex concept (Köstenberger & Jones, 2010; McNulty, 2016; Sears et al., 2022). However, life coaches, pastors, pastoral counselors, or lay counselors can use creative metaphors and specific strategies to help Christian couples enhance their marital intimacy (Moitinho & Moitinho, 2020). This workshop will describe multidimensional intimacy from biblical, biopsychosocial spiritual, and multisensory perspectives. It will identify creative metaphors to help Christian couples gain insight into marital intimacy. Also, it will explore strategies that life coaches, pastors, pastoral counselors, and lay counselors can use to help Christian couples succeed in their marriages.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe multidimensional intimacy in Christian marriage from biblical, biopsychosocial spiritual, and multisensory perspectives
2. Identify metaphors that can help Christian couples enhance their understanding of marital intimacy
3. Explore strategies that life coaches, pastors, pastoral counselors, or lay counselors can use to help Christian couples succeed in their marriages
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