Healthy Relationships Essay

Dr. James Dobson uses his professional clinical psychologist experiences combine with his personal experiences with Christianity to help families grow closes to God and to each other. These past few weeks I have been reading books and listening to ninety second commentaries by Dr. James Dobson relating to love, marriages, and divorce. After exploring his thoughts surrounding tough love, marriage, and divorce and the insight gain from interviewing a mental health professional that is actively…

This study focuses on the data collected from a questionnaire about if it is easier for Antelope Valley College students to have friends with benefit or a real relationship. The hypothesis is that the busier a student is the less time they have to maintain the responsibilities of a committed relationship. There were 50 college students between the ages of 18 to 36 who participated in this study. Each individual was expected to fill out a questionnaire that consisted of 21 questions. The…

The important role that healthy interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships play is depicted in the model of the Trinity. According to Darrell Johnson’s Experiencing the Trinity, “we are created and redeemed to enter into the love each person of the Trinity has for the other” (64). This statement encompasses both intrapersonal and interpersonal interactions. The Trinity is one; thus the love that each person in the Trinity has towards another person in the Trinity is the love that the Trinity…

It is much easier to have faith in someone you know is imperfect and has made decisions and flaws in the same ways that you have. That gives the relationship an empathic, physical, and more concrete faith. Having Faith in Yourself Those who are recovering from addiction may have a depleted sense of confidence and faith in themselves, in making that lasting change. If an addiction has been swelling…

a meaningful relationship has also become endangered. “Some…

from a community, such as when a person feels socially or emotionally isolated from others. Social isolation is distinct from the experience of solitude, which is simply the state of being alone, usually by choice. Taking time to be alone can be a healthy, rejuvenating experience that allows us to reconnect with our own needs, goals, beliefs, values, and feelings. But when a person experiences too much solitude or feels socially isolated from others, he or she may develop feelings of loneliness,…

Introduction: Many people see love as a one dimensional concept; however, Robert Sternberg sees it differently. Sternberg suggests that “love has three components: passion, intimacy, and commitment” (p. 109). Passion refers to the physical aspects of a relationship, such as both physical and sexual attraction along with romance. Intimacy describes the closeness of the individuals, and commitment encompasses the choice to both begin and continue to love. Under Sternberg’s theory, these three…

Essay Concepts and abstract thought within counseling, and indeed Christianity in general, needs to become active in our lives. Aside from this, there is little point to studying the concepts, as it all becomes head knowledge, instead of a way of in which we live out our lives. Counseling in the Local Church taught with an aim of taking ideas into turning them into things which fuel vulnerable community within the church. I was affected by the class through the material, the thoughts presented,…

receiving post-secondary education suggesting that she has different values than her peer and may struggle with peer relationships. Ms. Kaysen has frequent unprotected sexual encounters with multiple partners. These encounters comprise Ms. Kaysen’s social interactions. Since entering Claymoore, Ms. Kaysen has been observed interacting with her female peers. If these relationships are healthy, this may serve as a protective factor for Ms.…

these words will break this promise. To end this epidemic, we must ensure happier relationships from the start. Relationship values are learned from a young age, and many people’s actions mirror that of their own parents. This was the case for my own father. His parents did not have a very loving relationship, but his grandparents did. My dad would spend every morning at his grandfather’s farm, doing…