Marriage Counseling Tips for How to Develop Communications Skills

by Dr. Greg Hamlin on December 24, 2011

I have started a new website focusing on marriage communication.  In my first article, I describe a marriage counseling tips for Christian couples who have a serious desire to learn how to develop communication skills in marriage for years to come.  Learning how to extract the optimum benefit from marriage counseling is particularly important in this economy.

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder Symptoms and Christian Leaders

Author’s Note:  I recently decided to update this article (written in 2010) and move it to this website. Narcissistic Personality Disorder Symptoms:  What is a ”Narcissist?” In a sense, the purpose of this article is to supply an answer to this question that can assist in spiritual growth.  But we may begin with a simple definition: A narcissist is [...]

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Why Would a Pastor Lie About Being a Navy SEAL?

Why would a minister of a church lie to the public (not to mention lying to his congregation) to claim that he used to be a Navy SEAL? The answer is simple:  Narcissistic Personality Disorder (or narcissism disorder as some refer to it).  Of course, I ‘m not diagnosing him, but the diagnosis fits for [...]

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Field Guide to Functional Narcissists

In a culture so saturated with personalities exhibiting narcissistic tendencies and full-blown narcissistic personality disorders, how can the untrained eye be certain to accurately discern a narcissist (especially a high-functioning one) when encountered? Discerning narcissistic tendencies in others is not nearly as difficult for the untrained as one may assume.  Careful and objective observation and critical [...]

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How can the average church-goer recognize narcissistic personality disorder in leaders without being too quick to label someone?

This is a relevant and  fascinating question in the church today. This is a relevant question because according to PhD’s Jean Twenge and W. Keith Campbell in their recent book The Narcissistic Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement the US is experiencing an “epidemic of narcissism”.  Given this well-researched fact and the propensity the [...]

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