Therapy and Pastoral Counseling
Sometimes, individuals, couples, or families are
affected by problems that can best be handled with the help of an experienced
counselor. The death of a loved one, the loss of a job, retirement, depression,
addictions,
marital difficulties—so
much stress can develop that the problems seem insurmountable.
People involved in situations like this are normal, but
face unusual stress. For them, the services of a professional therapist can be
the most effective avenue to healing and wholeness.
People trying to live a
serious spiritual life may sometimes encounter difficulties that are
inextricably bound up with psychological problems. In these cases, a
therapist who is also a pastoral counselor can be helpful in untangling and
resolving issues.
Our counseling
service is offered by Joseph A. Grenier,
B.A., S.T.L., M.A., Ph.D. a member of
Spiritual
Care Associates and Spiritual Directors International.
Joseph is a counselor and
spiritual director here in the Pocono area. He did his undergraduate studies in Assumption
College in Massachusetts. His graduate work was done in St. Thomas Aquinas University
in Rome, where he earned his S.T.L. (Licentiate in Sacred Theology. He
completed his doctoral studies at Fordham University in NYC, in 1976, taking a Ph.D in Church History. In 1995 he earned his M.A. in Counseling at
Marywood, in Scranton, PA.
Over the past 50 years he has
taught religion in Quebec, as well as in Massachusetts, theology at St.John's University, and
currently teaches Church History at Global Ministries University. He has been pastor, and has worked as a spiritual
director. For the past 18 years he has been a counselor focusing on
individual and couples' counseling. He offers counseling in English,
Spanish, or French.
Joseph has been married for over 29
years and has one daughter who is 27 years old. He is a priest (ordained
1958) in the
Celtic Christian Church (an Old Catholic Celtic Rite Church). He has lived and worked in
the Poconos for the past 24 years.
Counseling can help various people deal
with personal and inter-personal issues. If you would like to talk with
Dr. Grenier about a counseling appointment, you can reach him at 570-595-2705,
or by e-mail at JGrenier@ptd.net.
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