Marriage counseling with clergy couples

An experienced pastoral counselor, working exclusively with clergy families, draws on his clinical experience to review the needs of clergy couples. Typical patterns of crisis in clergy marriages, and procedures for effective intervention, are described.Dr. Houts is Director of Pastoral Care and Counseling, The Illinois Area, for the United Methodist Church. He is actively involved in the work of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and contributed an earlier article on The Pastoral Care of Pastors to the Spring, 1977 issue of this journal. Reprint requests for the present article should be addressed to him at 1701 South Prospect, Suite 19, Champaign, Illinois 61820.