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At Our Least Lovely

October 19, 2020

“I’m not easy to live with, I know that it’s true. You’re no picnic either, babe, that’s one of the things I loved about you.” Don Henley (Not Enough Love in the World) “When I’ve shown you that I just don’t care, when I’m throwing punches in the air, when I’m broken down and I […]

Agape Love

August 15, 2020

“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.” G. K. Chesterton I remember when “Can’t Buy Me Love” by the Beatles was a hit. I was just a kid at the time. Though I liked the song, I didn’t know what a “cambami love” […]

College of Marriage Online

July 20, 2020

College of Marriage is now available online at https://www.rbcommunity.org/event:5o9W3vqBIEYRbYt90GJrGu College of Marriage is a 15 week marriage enrichment curriculum written and presented by my colleague, Carolyn Klusmeier and myself. The lecture portion of the classes is now available on video. You can also download the Powerpoints and the exercises. The classes were 90 minutes, but […]

A Mission of Discovery

June 29, 2020

This post came from working with some couples who are recovering from some significant violations in the relationship. There are occasionally couples who are able to get to a place of forgiveness and functionality, but don’t have the same romantic feelings for their partner that they did before. This can also happen even if there […]

Delighted In

May 25, 2020

“He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” Zeph. 3:17 The majority of my clients are fellow Christians who sought out a Christian therapist because their faith is an important part of their lives. Between my role as a therapist […]

A Therapist Looks at Hallmark

April 27, 2020

My wife is a big fan of Hallmark movies. I like them well enough as long as the leads are likeable enough and behave in ways that make sense. The plot lines are similar enough you could write them by doing mad-libs to fill in the few blanks that change from one film to the […]

Life Changing Advice

February 23, 2020

“Years ago, my mother used to say to me — she’d say, ‘In this world, Elwood, you must be –‘ She always called me Elwood. ‘In this world, Elwood, you must be oh, so smart or oh, so pleasant.’ Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. And you may quote me.” Elwood P. […]

Carol’s Heart

December 22, 2019

First, for any close friends who are just now learning that the title of this post is literal and not metaphorical, I hope you will understand that we have been otherwise occupied. Consequently, if you are not in the family or on the prayer chain, this may be news to you. Please don’t take any […]

The Good Place – Part 4 – The Answer

December 17, 2019

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35 “Who can say if I’ve been changed […]

The Good Place – Part 3 – Counseling

December 11, 2019

Same episode. Same conversation. Same spoiler alert. If you missed the backstory, here is part 1. https://scottwoodtherapy.wordpress.com/2019/11/27/the-good-place-part-1-soulmates/ Michael: But mostly you wanted answers. The soul mate one, in particular. So, I used it to torture you, which, again, sorry. If soul mates do exist, they’re not found. They’re made. People meet, they get a […]