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Strengthening marriages is my passion. I have over 31 years in full-time Christian ministry providing biblical hope, help and healing. Included in this is over a decade of experience in full-time Christian biblical counseling/professional therapy. I believe that God wants everyone to experience an abundant life full of meaning, purpose and joy overflowing (John 10:10).

If your marriage, family or other relationships need help God has the answers and together we will find them. Allow me to serve you, your family and or friends. As an ordained minister and also a licensed marriage and family therapist, I am able to accurately and skillfully apply the Word of Life to the issues of life in areas of:

Strengthening and protecting marriages and families from divorce by providing therapy in:
Pre-marriage and remarriage preparation
Blended/Step family issues
Parenting skills
Family counseling
Adolescent issues
Men’s issues
Boundary issues
Spiritual warfare
Depression
Anxiety

Helping clients overcome hurts from:
Adultury
Divorce
Life transitions/job loss/changes
Grief and loss of a loved one
Trauma
PTSD
Father/mother wounds
Sexual abuse


Helping clients overcome habits and life controlling issues:
Addiction to drugs
Addiction to alcohol
Addiction to sex
Addiction to pornography
Anger
Co-dependency

Sliding fee is available

Keynote and conference/seminar speaking in the area of strengthening marriages, anger management

Pulpit supply and preaching

Education, License, Accomplishments:
Doctor of Ministry, Marriage and Family Studies, Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, MN
Master of Arts, Marriage and Family Therapy, Bethel Theological Seminary, San Diego, CA
Master of Divinity, Denver Theological Seminary, Denver, CO
Bachelor of Arts, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA
Licensed in the state of California as a Marriage and Family Therapist # 45603, since 2008
Ordained Baptist minister, 1981
Certified PREPARE-ENRICH marriage inventory counselor
Trained Critical Incident Stress Management counselor
Trained in therapy of Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)


Affiliations:
American Association of Christian Counselors
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists

Other experience:
20 years of leadership in prison ministry with Chuck Colson’s Prison Fellowship Ministries
11 years of fulltime staff pastoral ministry with Dr. David Jeremiah at Shadow Mountain Community Church, El Cajon, CA
Professor, adjunct faculty, Southern California Seminary, El Cajon, CA
Developed workbook and taught Freedom from Destructive Anger course, Shadow Mountain Community Church, El Cajon, CA
Developed and taught Marriage Builders, a nine month series for adults designed to strengthen marriages
Led marriage preparation ministry developing pre marriage workbook and training marriage mentors
Trained and oversaw church lay counselors and ministry
Developed and managed support groups of Celebrate Recovery, Divorce Care, Grief Share, Cancer Support, domestic violence, Crown Financial Ministries
Married, 1975 with three Christian married adult children and six (and more on the way) grandchildren

Contact:
mfelan@fcssandiego.com
619-280-3430 x128