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This group offers an avenue for it's members to discuss hot topics pertaining to marriages, families, or other mental health-related issues with an expert that upholds Christian values. PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE IDENTIFYING INFO IN POSTS OR COMMENTS.

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About Josh

I am a licensed marital and family therapist (LMFT) in Oklahoma. I have a private practice in NW OKC where I provide therapeutic services for individuals, couples, and families. Although my strongest strengths lie in the areas of communication & conflict resolution, rebuilding relationships after infidelity, parenting & parent-child relational issues, and overcoming pornography addiction, my expertise cover a wide-array of personal and relational issues.

In addition to my private practice, I also serve as the college minister at the Wilshire Church of Christ in OKC. I thoroughly enjoyed my college years at Oklahoma Christian University (OC), so working with this group brings back lots of pleasant memories. My goal is to encourage and nourish their Spirit as they carve out for themselves a place as a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

I have been happily married since Dec. 2000 to my lovely wife, Amanda. We met and married while working on our undergraduate degrees at OC. We left there to move to Stillwater to work on our graduate degrees at Oklahoma State University. I obtained a Master's degree in Marriage & Family Therapy; and Amanda received her Ph.D. in Chemistry. She is currently a chemistry professor at OC. We live in the OKC metro area with our sons, Casen and Liam.

Someone once said to me that your family should be your first ministry. I truly believe that to be effective "out in the field," we've got to be taking care of things at home. Hal Runkel, in his book ScreamFree Parenting, states that we must learn to put on our own oxygen masks first, because if we can't breathe, we can't help anybody. Therefore, my prayer is that each and everyone of us learn to take care of ourselves and our families so that we can be effective stewards of the Word. I hope this group will be yet another resource to help you do just that.

You can learn more about me and what's on my mind through my website and my blog.

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How Big of a Problem is Pornography in Our Society? 1 Reply

How many people do you know that struggle with pornography addiction? I think most of us know one or two or at least know of someone or a family that has been impacted by the addiction. But did you…Continue

Tags: Treatment, Addiction, Pornography, Righteousness

Started by Joshua Nichols. Last reply by Bill Bowman Mar 31, 2012.

The Five Love Languages 4 Replies

The 5 Love Languages™ by Gary ChapmanOne of the most helpful things for a couple to discover is each other's love languages. That is, they need to find out what sounds and feels like love to their…Continue

Tags: communication, language, love, Gary Chapman, love languages

Started by James Nored. Last reply by James Nored Jan 8, 2011.

Forgiveness in Marriage 3 Replies

Forgive and forget, right? Not according to this article: Forgive and forget? Not if you know what's good for your…Continue

Tags: marriage, forgiveness

Started by James Nored. Last reply by James Nored Jan 8, 2011.

Barking at Cats: A Lesson in COMMUNICATION 3 Replies

A couple of years ago, my lovely wife and I spent our Christmas holiday at her parents' in Arizona. In addition to hauling our luggage down, we also brought our 2 wonderful dogs with us. They loved…Continue

Tags: relationships, Communication

Started by Joshua Nichols. Last reply by Joshua Nichols Dec 14, 2010.

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Comment by John on May 7, 2010 at 2:49pm: Josh, I look forward to interacting with you on this forum.

My wife and I have done pastoral counseling for several married couples. We feel called to help in this way, but have been somewhat disappointed that we haven't been able to help more folks truly transform their marriages. Seems we help them get through a crisis, then too many of them fall back into behaviors that precipitated the crisis to begin with.

Like Genny, I look forward to reading your thoughts about how to help people make life-long changes in the areas that are the root of marital problems.

John

Comment by Genny Cox on May 7, 2010 at 12:16pm: How do you support someone whose marriage is falling apart???

Comment by James Nored on May 7, 2010 at 11:23am: Also, where is Amanda? We need to get that girl on here! :) She is smarter than all the rest of us.

Love and appreciate you guys!

Comment by James Nored on May 7, 2010 at 11:19am: Josh, I'm looking forward to these discussions.

I would suggest putting an intro about yourself, your credentials, passion, website links and a bigger picture of you in the "Text Box" above.

I'll also be interested in your thoughts of how Family Solutions can be used to not only minister to people, but to reach out and share the gospel.

Comment by Joshua Nichols on May 7, 2010 at 10:13am: I am happy to be of service, James. And what a task you put before me! I'll do what I can. Glad to be on baord.

Comment by James Nored on May 7, 2010 at 10:05am: Josh, you can use the "Invite more" function on the right to invite people to join this group.

Comment by James Nored on May 7, 2010 at 10:05am: Hey Josh. Great to have you start this group! Looking forward to some good marriage tips that will make Becki like me better. :)

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