Articles on Relationships

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The following articles are written by Bahamian, Barrington H. Brennen MA Rel., MA Coun., NCP, BCCP, a specialist in relationships.  He is a marriage and family therapist, counseling psychologist, nationally certified psychologist, Board Certified Clinical Psychotherapist (USA) and a ordained minister of the gospel.     Brennen BIO

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Barrington H. Brennen, MA, NCP, BCCP
Therapist in Nassau

    New Article(s)   Monday, January 23, 2012

1. Pornography and Censorship

    Relationships Romantic Relationships, Dating, Marriage, Engagement

1. The Ultimate Betrayal

2. Smoke-Free Marriages

3. Honey, I Appreciate You

4. Seat Belts and Marriage

5. Kiss Me Please A Remake

6. Divorce Up 700%

7. Is Marriage On the Decline?

8. The Do List for Married Couples

9. She Has A Right to Know

10. The Marriage Duet

11. Blood Is Thicker Than Water

12. Essentials of Marriage Preparation

13. Intimate Partner Violence Quiz

14. Tell The World You Are Getting Married

15. ONLINE QUESTIONS:  What Kind of Woman Do You Want?

16. What to Do On Valentines Day?

17. Romantic Make-Over

18. Honey, Let's Talk 

19. Intellectual Intimacy 

20. Spiritual Intimacy  

21. Marriage and Divorce in the Bahamas

22. Infidelity: Game or Sin? Part II

23. Infidelity: Game or Sin?

24. I Lost My Breasts And My Husband

25. Marriage & Divorce & Live Births Statistics  Updated November 19, 2007

26. Compulsory Pre-Marriage Health Certificate Needed  PDF FORMAT

27. The Couple that Eats Johnny Cake Sticks Together (Sermon).  PDF Format

28. The Secret of 51 Golden Years (Article)  PDF Format

29. The Four Women In My Life

30. Is Commitment Enough?  Part 2

31. Is Commitment Enough?

32. The Fire is Gone Out - When the Sex Drive is Dead

33. Nurturing a Long Distance Relationship

34. Opposite or Complementary?

35. Don't Be Fooled, Flowers Aren't Enough

36. Spicy and Sweet Month

37. Making Weddings Sacred Once More - Part Two

38. Making Weddings Sacred Once More - Part One

39. Marital Conflict Seminar Handout

40. The Golden Era of Marriage

41. The Greatest of These Is Love

42. A Perfect Marriage is Possible  PDF Format

43. Forgive Him?!  No Way!

44. Getting Married for the Wrong Reasons

45. Love Makes No Demands

46. When Loving You Is Destroying Me

47. Dating Games

48. Secret Ingredients for a Spicy Marriage

49. Honey, Love Alone Will Not Do

50. Is Your Lover Loving You?

51. Wealth, Success, or Love?

52. I Now Pronounce You "Man and Wife."

53. Favoritism Destroys Families and Nations 

54. How Do I know I the Shoe Fits?

55. My Sweet Valentine 

56. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me 1994

57. Kiss Me Please A Remake 2009

58. Honey, What do You What to do Tonight? 

59. Time is Your Best Friend 

60. I have Rights too, Baby"    

61. How to Handle Conflicts   

62. Marital Conflict Seminar Handout

63. Toxic Intimacy

64. Guidelines for Fighting With Your Spouse

Pornography 

1. The Porn Craze Part I 

2. The Porn Craze Part II  Coming Soon

    Sexual Relationships

1. From Subordination to Equality in Christ By Annick Brennen

2. Abortion

3. The Ultimate Betrayal

4. Why Should I Not Have Sex Before Marriage

5. Sexual Harassment

6. Rape is Not Sex

7. My Husband Raped Me

8. Do Not Touch the Hips

9. Keep You Hands Off

10. Innocent or Guilty?

11. We Need Healing In Our Church   (Part One)

12. How to Help A Wounded Pastor  ( Part Two)

13. Sexual Abuse Prevention & Healing Seminar for People in Power

14. Marital Rape, Myth or Reality

15. Sex and Driving  Article for Monday June 21, 2004 in the Nassau Guardian

16. Sex In The Forbidden Zone - Part IV "Wounded Men   PDF FORMAT  New

17. Sex In The Forbidden Zone - Part III "Wounded Women"  PDF Format

18. Sex In the Forbidden Zone - Part II  PDF Format

19. Sex In The Forbidden Zone - Part I  PDF Format

20. Sex and Driving 

21. I prefer Experienced Men

22. The Man I am Pregnant For Isn't My Husband - Part 1   Part  2

23. Releasing Sexual Tension -   Part 2  

24. Dangerous Sexual Secrets  Written May 1, 2002

      Roles in Marriage

1. Fixing the Testosterone and Sharing the Power

2. Leadership is the Top Stumbling Block in Marriage

3. ONLINE QUESTIONS:  What Kind of Woman Do You Want?

4. Anymore Good Women Available?  PDF Format

5. The Budget Debate  PDF Format

6. The Sample Budget and Guidelines

7. The Unwanted Virtuous Woman  PDF Format

8. The Unwanted Virtuous Man  PDF Format

9. Lord Please Give Me  House Wife   

10. Should I Get Pregnant or Have a Career? 

11. The Five Kinds of Wives

12. Gentlemen, Please Remove Your Hats   The Five Kinds of Husbands

13. Honey, Let's Led Together - Part One

14. Forgive Him?!  No Way!

 

    Male Leadership In Crisis Series

1. Male Leadership In Crisis  Part One

2. Male Leadership In Crisis  Part Two

3. Male Leadership In Crisis  Part Three

4. Dad, I Need You  Part Four

5. Would the Real Man Please Stand Up  Part Five

6. Is Testosterone to Blame? Part Six

 

    Divorce

1. Why So Many Divorces?  PDF Format

2. Until Death Do Us Part

3. Until Divorce Do Us Part

4. For the Sake of the Children - Part 1  Part 2

5. God Hates Divorce and Violence

 Abuse/Violence Quizzes

1. Parental Violence Quiz

2. Intimate Partner Violence Quiz

3. The Violence Quiz

    Abuse  Spouse, Child, & Sexual Abuse

1. From Subordination to Equality in Christ By Annick Brennen

2. The Church:  Caught Between the Devil and a Woman   Sept 23, 2010 Intimate Partner Abuse

3. My Husband Raped Me

4. The Lord Told Me

5. The Church Must Change

6. Please Remember Our Children 

7. Sexual Abuse Prevention & Healing Seminar for People in Power

8. Intimate Partner Violence Quiz

9. Parental Violence Quiz

10. I Can't Leave My Parents  PDF FORMAT  Article on child abuse

11. What is Child Abuse? 

12. Recognizing Sexual Abuse and What to Do About It

13. Making a Non-Violent Bahamas 

14. Why do Christian Husbands Abuse Their Wives?  - Part 1   Part 2   Part 3

15. Domestic Violence and the Church  PDF Format 13 pages Updated October 15, 2001

16. Religion, the Church and Domestic Violence Slide Show Download WP Presentations  or  Go Show - Ready to Run on Your Computer-    PDF FORMAT    Added June 24, 2002

17. A Deadly Formula for Violence  

18. Why Do Women Stay?

19. I Can't Leave My Parents  PDF FORMAT  Why do children stay in abusive relationships?

20. Effect of Abuse on Children

21. Should I Leave Him?

22. The Voice of A Little Child in Pain  Incest  Written April 7, 2002

23. Dad and Uncles, Exposing Their Secret  Incest

24. Dad, You're Hurting Me Again  Incest

25. Why Do Men Stay in Abusive Relationships?  Added September 15, 2001

Campus Rage - Shame-based Relations -  Ending violence

1. Campus Rage Begins in the Home  PDF Format

2. Send Angry Parents Back to School PDF Format

Cigarette Smoking - Relationship

1. Smoke-Free Marriages

    Parenting Parent-Child Relationship, Parenting Skills

1. Parental Power Varius

2. Education and Family Revolution

3. No Beating, Please

4. Education and Family Revolution

5. 22 Stupid Things Parents Do To Mess Up Their Children’s Lives

6. The School Trip Nightmare

7. The Birthday Party Dilemma

8. Where Will Your Teenager Be On Saturday Night Part 2

9. Where Will Your Teenager Be On Saturday Night?

10. School Rules for Parents

11. What Teens Need from Adults

12. Teenagers, Violence, and Culpability

13. Another 864 Hours Wasted

14. Please Remember Our Children 

15. Prom or Transcript? 

16. My Father: A Real Father

17. Education Reform Can Reduce Crime

18. Releasing the Violence Trap

19. The Violence Trap

20. Crime, Family and God

21. Homework Strategies for Parents

22. Back To School With No Television

23. The Obedience Trap

24. Parental Violence Quiz

25. Summer Mania Parenting during the school holidays

26. The Effects of Parenting On Society  Presented at Calvary Bible Church, Nassau , Oct 26, 2003

    Power Point Slide Show No Software Needed   

    Power Point Slide Show To Down Load On Your Computer

27. Raising Children  Slide Presentation to Go.  No software needed.  

28. Back to Basics.  What Are They?  PDF FORMAT

29. What Village Can Raise My Child?  PDF FORMAT

30. Grammy's Tired Today  PDF Format

31. When In-Laws Get In The Way    PDF FORMAT

32. Mom, Please Listen to Me

33. Keep the Children Out Of The Bed??!!

34. It's Time to Close the Church Doors Part One

35. It's Time to Close the Church Doors Part Two

36. When the Good Lord Created Fathers

37. When Parents Nurture, Children Blossom  Part 1

38. When Parents Nurture, Children Blossom  Part 2

39. Mom Ruins Son's Life  PDF Format Originally "Mom please leave your son alone"

40. Talk So Your Child Will Listen

41. What to say when your child asks about the birds and the bees?

42. Growth and Development of Children and Teens

43. A Father's Love 

44. Mom's The Word  PDF Format  Written May 8, 2002

    Stress   Added October 7, 2001

1. Serets to a Healthier, Happier Life:  Give Thanks   Tribune interview with Jeffarah Gibson  Nov 29, 2011

2. Stress, a Blessing and a Curse

3. Stress, a Blessing and a curse - Part 2

4. Stress, "Laughing at wesef"  - Part 3

5. Humor for Stress - Part 4

    Child Discipline

1. Discipline or Punishment

2. Rules Without Relationships  Part 1

3. Rules Without Relationships  Part 2

4. Teachers, Please Be Nice  Rules Without Relationships Part 3

5. More Good Teachers Needed Rules Without Relationships Part 4

    Homosexuality  Recovery

1. Gays Are Not Our Problems    PDF FORMAT WORDPERFECT FORMAT

2. Overcoming the Homosexual Lifestyle  

3. Condemnation or  Compassion PDF FORMAT  Added July 24, 2003

4. Facing My Deepest Fears

5. God Loves Homosexuals

6. Learning to Love Homosexuals  

7. Let's Make Him Straight

8. Homosexuality: Hope or Dilemma  This article is for publication in a Adventist magazine and includes some thoughts from previous articles  PDF FORMAT

    Television

1. Back To School With No Television

2. Television and Sexual Feelings

3. Television Blackout Time

    General

1. Traffic Laws in My Head

2. How Fast Are Your Driving?

3. Causes of Crime

4. Identifying Poisonous Teachings

5. Lights Off

6. Mental Health After a Hurricane

7. I am happy we are not a Christian nation

8. Retirement and Family Life Seminar Slide Show Bahamas Electricity Corporation 2011

9. New Government Ministry Needed

10. Overcoming Life's Challenges [ Show ]  [ PDF ] Slide Presentation to Teachers (T. A. Thompson Junior High School)

11. Say No to Christmas loans — please!

12. More PEPSI Needed

13. The Lord Told Me

14. The Church Must Change

15. West Jamaica "Bone of My Bone"

16. What Teens Need from Adults

17. Teenagers, Violence, and Culpability

18. Let's Give Them a Second Chance Helping the Ex-con

19. Family and Crime Reduction in The Bahamas  A Speech

20. Education Reform Can Reduce Crime

21. Crime, Family and God

22. The Last Days . . . Family & Worship Controversy (Slide Show Sermon)

23. The Physiological, Psychological & Behavioral Impact of Music  Slide Show

24. Okay, You Can Have Your Peas and Rice

25. No Peas and Rice In 2005

26. My Emotions After the Hurricane.  Tips to help you cope with crisis

27. Whose Prayer Did God Answer?

28. Sex and Driving 

29. Who Delivered Your Christmas Gift?  PDF Format

30. The Junkanoo The Pains     PDF Format  

31. Gender Issues In Tertiary Education  PDF Format   

32. Corel Slide Presentation for Gender Issues   No Software Needed  Use the space bar or arrow keys to move the slides forward.

33. Revival!?!  What About the Family 

34. New Year Transformational Resolutions    PDF Format

35. The Gift of Poinsettias   PDF Format

36. Fixing Our Nation   PDF Format

37. To "Let Go" Takes Love  PDF Format

38. I Am a Vegetarian, And So Is My Dog  PDF Format  June 2002

39. The Meaning of Family Author Unknown

40. Tradition Must Make Sense

41. Look Forward to Being Very, Very, Old  Part 1

42. Look Forward to Being Very, Very, Old  Part 2

43. Christmas Sadness

44. AIDS!   Let's Make a Difference

45. Worry Can be Dangerous to Your Health

46. Laughter is Good Medicine, So is Love, Tears, & a Good Diet"

47. Why Should I be the One To Die?

48. More Good Women Needed (Stupid Things Women Do)

49. A New Bread of Bahamian Men Needed  (More Good Men Needed)

50. No Crabs for Our Fathers

51. Suicide is Forever

52. The Society of Child-Like Grown Ups

53. Beatitudes to Teenagers  PDF Format

54. What is God's Will  

55. Whose Prayer Did God Answer?

56. Why Stop the Crime?  PDF Format

57. The Golden Era Of Virtuous Bahamian Men

58. Where Will Our Cruise Ship Dock?

    Seminar Slide Shows All shows are in WordPerfect Presentations

1. Refresh, Recommit, Reconnect Slide Show Marriage Seminar

2. Peace in Your Marriage Slide Show

3. Barefoot Sabbath at Living Faith Sermon Slide Show for June 7, 2008

4. The Last Days . . . Family & Worship Controversy (Slide Show Sermon)

5. The Physiological, Psychological & Behavioral Impact of Music  Slide Show

6. Raising Children  Slide Presentation to Go.  No software needed.  

7. "In Partnership With God"  Show to go.  No software needed.  Slides for the Consecration Service for Women's and Children's Ministries, February 6, 2004

8. "In Partnership With God"  PDF Format for printing

9. "I Don't Love You Anymore" Corel Presentation Presented at Mount Mariah Baptist Church, Nassau, December 5, 2003

10. The Effects of Parenting On Society  Presented at Calvary Bible Church, Nassau , October 26, 2003

    1. Power Point Slide Show No Software Needed   

    2. Power Point Slide Show To Down Load On Your Computer

11. Hope Sermon Slides  863K

12. Broken Cisterns  WordPerfect Presentation Format  - Sermon Slides

13. Domestic Violence and the Church "What the Church Can Do"  WP .6 mb

14. Religion, the Church and Domestic Violence  WP 

15. Sexual Abstinence  WordPerfect Presentation Format - Seminar Slides

16. Two Shall Become One Marriage Seminar Slides  WordPerfect  1.2 mb

17. Retirement and Family Life Seminar .6mb   Participants Handout of Slides Information (Abbreviated) PDF FORMAT  2 Pages

18. Retirement and Family Life Social Survey PDF FORMAT

19. Affirmation, Appreciation, Commitment Slide Show to Go No software needed

20. Affirmation, Appreciation, Commitment Slide Show to Download (WordPerfect Presentation Needed) 1.2 MB

21. Reach Out And Touch Audio Sermon  -  Family Ministries Day at Centreville, February 28, 2004

22. WEDDING PREPARATION PRESENTATION  THIS

 

 

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Stages of Ministerial Development    WORD FORMAT   December 22, 2008

The Chart of the Stages   WORD FORMAT