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| In This Issue • Marriage Skill 16: Know Your Partner’s Top Three • Two-Day Marriage Clinic™ • Other Upcoming Opportunities |
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Know Your Partner’s Top Three Relational Needs and What Does or Does Not Meet Them 1. Acceptance 2. Admonition 3. Affection 4. Appreciation 5. Approval 6. Attention 7. Comfort 8. Encouragement 9. Instruction 10. Respect 11. Security 12. Support Take the needs challenge! Can you pick your partner’s top three needs in order? I’ve seen only 25 people out of over 3000 who were able to do this. I have yet to see a couple perfectly guess each other’s top three needs in order. Can you can be the first? Step 1: From the list of Top 12 Commonly Identified Needs above, select your top three needs for yourself—in order. Base this on the top three things you most want from your partner during this season of your life. Make sure that you put them in order. Step 2: Have your partner do step one. Step 3: Now compare your answers and determine how many of your partner’s needs you correctly guessed in the same exact order. Step 4: Ask each other the following questions to better know your partner: • Why did you pick those particular three needs? • How were these needs met in your childhood? • How were these needs not met in your childhood? • What do I do that meets these needs? • What do I do that does not meet these needs? How many needs did you correctly guess? How many in order? |
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| About Karl Elkins Karl Elkins, LPC, ThM, MA, CSC, BCPCC, DAPA has 25 years of counseling experience and is an Adjunct Instructor at College of Biblical Studies teaching Marriage and Family courses. He is Founder and President of Christway Counseling Center P.C. specializing in marriage and family counseling. He earned a Master’s degree in Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary, and a Master’s degree in Counseling from Colorado Christian University. He was formerly on staff with Intimate Life Ministries and director of a Houston Minirth-Meier New Life Clinic. He is married to Terry Elkins and has two grown children. |
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| Other Upcoming Opportunities Three-Day Accelerated Marriage Counseling (AMC)™ Includes all of the topics, instruction, and counseling projects in the Two-Day Marriage Clinic™, but is completely private—you, your partner and the counselor only. More Info » Individual Counseling We offer individual counseling to couples desiring an introductory session or two, follow-up sessions, or focused counseling. More Info » Monthly Marriage Enrichment Group Ongoing accountability group helps you internalize the good practices you’ve learned, avoid returning to bad habits, and develop new marriage-building skills. Next meeting is on June 3. More Info » FREE Marriage Builder Series Don’t just tie the knot, but tighten the knot as you strengthen abilities to incorporate relevant and practical biblical principles in these couples’ group classes. Child care included. First Tuesday of every month (6:30-8:00pm). More Info » Contact Information Phone: (832) 358-0900 E-Mail: terry@christwaycounseling.com Web: www.christwaycounseling.com  |
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