An assessment of emotionally focused therapy

By Dr Rod Benson, October 2002 At their best, counselling and counsellors facilitate healing, growth and wholeness in every field of human experience. The efficacy and goals of relationship counselling in general, and emotionally focused therapy, are usually more modest. In my experience healing is always a relative process, and absolute wholeness is an elusive …

How to restore a damaged relationship

A sermon by Rod Benson Matthew 5:23-24 Youโ€™ve all seen them: by the side of the road, or lying derelict in the bush, or on the scrap heap โ€“ old cars, their windows broken, seats disintegrating, engines forever silent, slowly rusting away as the iron alloy is exposed to oxygen and moisture over time, producing …

Wisdom for church conflict

A sermon by Rod Benson Proverbs 29:20 Thereโ€™s a lot you didnโ€™t know about your tongue. The human tongue is the main sensory organ for taste, with between 3,000 and 10,000 taste buds.ย There are eight muscles in our tongues, four of which are attached to the bone, and the other four are the only muscles …