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Barrington H. Brennen, MA, NCP, BCCP, is co-president of Council for Family Research.  He is an ordained minister of the gospel, marriage and family therapist, nationally certified psychologist and board certified clinical psychotherapist, USA. 

Annick M. Brennen , MA, is co-president for CFR.  She is an educator and has special interest in research.

We believe that exposing and understanding "hidden truth" through scientific research about why things happen in individuals lives, families, institutions, churches, and communities, can impact personal decisions, change policies, practices, and even lives.

"Discovering the Hidden Truth"

Council for Family (CFR) is a research organization with the intent of "Discovering the Hidden Truth" about family life, marriage, pre-marriage relationships.   Also "Discovering the Hidden Truth" behind social dysfunction, family violence, intimate partner abuse, child abuse, sexual abuse, crime, poor industrial performance, etc.  CFR is a division of Sounds of Encouragement Association (Est. 1984), a non--profit organization "helping people smile again" and dedicated to the "restoration of healthy family life" in the Bahamas, the Caribbean, and the world.   CFR was first started in 1995 with five professionals.

CFR Team: Barrington and Annick Brennen; Dr. Jimmy Kijai, professor of research and statistical methodology at Andrews University, Michigan; Edith Roach, former educator, The Bahamas; Pastor Errol Thomas (Jamaica) former youth leader and trainer of the West Indies; Dr. Elsie Jackson, child and family specialist, Northern Caribbean University, Jamaica; Dr. Martin Hanna, systematic theologian, Andrews University, Michigan, Rev. Angela Palacious, family life specialist, The Bahamas;  Dr. Stephanie Hutcheson, clinical psychologist, The Bahamas

CFR is a division of Sounds of Encouragement Association

 
CURRENT SURVEYS & RESEARCH STATISTICS
Online Survey on Government Censorship Residents of The Bahamas  Jan, 2012 Marriage and Divorce Statistics for the Bahamas

World Survey On Women's Ordination  May 2010

 
Family and Behavior Survey for  High School Students Online Version  
Family and Behavior Survey for  High School Students Print Version  
Slide Presentations on the Role of Religion in Violence  
High School Students Survey