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<p>Marriage is meant to be a place of safety and trust, but when one spouse oppresses the other, marriage becomes a place of danger and fear. In the last issue of JBC (30:2), Darby Strickland’s article helped to identify when and how oppression happens in a marriage. In this follow-up article, she describes how to intervene and set counseling goals for both spouses.</p>


Darby is a faculty member and counselor at CCEF, where she has served since 2003. She has a master of divinity with a counseling emphasis from Westminster Theological Seminary. Darby brings particular passion and expertise in helping the vulnerable and oppressed, especially women in abusive marriages. She has contributed to Church Cares and the PCA Domestic Abuse &amp; Sex Assault church training materials. She has counseled in a missionary church setting and has also held leadership roles in women’s ministry. She is the author of <i>Is it Abuse?</i> (P&amp;R, 2020), has written a handful of minibooks, and has contributed to several other books.

Counseling in the Brambles: How to Help Oppressive Marriages

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