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					Barrington 
					H. Brennen, MA, NCP, BCCP, JP, is co-president of Council for Family Research.  
					He is a marriage and 
					family therapist, nationally certified psychologist and 
					board certified clinical psychotherapist, USA, and a Justice 
					of the Peace for the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and an 
					ordained minister of the gospel. 
					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. 
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					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,
						founders. counseling psychologist, 
						marriage and family therapist, retired educator
 
						- Dr. Jimmy Kijai, professor of 
					research and statistical methodology at 
					Andrews University, Michigan
 
						- Edith Roach, former educator, 
						administrator, 
					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
 
						- Dr. Edrica 
						Richardson, licensed marriage and family 
						therapist (USA) with private practice in The Bahamas 
						
 
						- Dr. Orldean 
						Brown-Earle, counseling psychologist and Dean of 
						the College of Humanities, Behavioral and Social 
						Sciences, Northern Caribbean University, Jamaica
 
					 
					CFR is a division of
					Sounds of Encouragement 
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