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I am Doug Hinderer
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Illinois whose passion is working with couples to help them live the married life that God intended from the beginning. I work with couples to integrate positive interaction patterns and tendencies for a happy, healthy, and safe relationship.
In this work I help clients address the challenges in their marriage by integrating the science of psychology with what our Catholic Christian faith has taught us about God's grand design for His people, especially within the dynamic of marriage and family life.
At the core of every human being lies the need for safe emotional connections with the significant people in our lives, especially our spouses. Because of our fallen human nature, our unmet emotional needs often lead to interaction patterns that harm our marriages rather than strengthen them. I seek to help couples identify their negative patterns and replace them with positive ones. My hope for these couples is that they discover their marriages as paths to sanctity and union with each other and God.
My approach is highly directive using a combination of the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy and Forgiveness Therapy. Couples are expected to set aside time each day to work on healing their marriage with the tools provided in our sessions.
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"It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another. Lovers who have nothing else to do but love each other soon find there is nothing else."
- Archbishop Fulton Sheen