This course is a systematic process of healing wounds from childhood and drawing closer to our perfect Abba Father. You will discover how to reclaim the role of image bearer (Gen 1:27). Healing Father Wounds is not about bashing Dad. It is looking at what he did or didn’t do and the role God wants to play in our lives to complete us. Many have found great healing from this study as well as ways to stop the cycle of the sins of the father rolling on to future generations.

Healing Father Wounds could be a blessing to you if any of these are true for you.

• You struggle feeling God’s love.
• It seems that God is distant, uncaring or critical of you.
• You feel unaccepted.
• You try to prove to people you are worthy.
• You feel undeserving or inferior
• You can’t find love.
• You are still trying to prove yourself to Dad and others.

Topics covered include:

• Profiling of the most common types of inadequate dads
• Helping you manage anger or strong emotions
• Looking at what life may have been like for Dad when he was a child
• Discovering how God is providing where Dad didn’t or couldn’t do for us
• Discovering how to receive a rich blessing form God
• Looking at what type of relationship you want to have with Dad
• Helping you to create the kind of relationship, if any, you may want with your father
• Healing in current intimate relationships that have been damaged by father wounds

Testimonies

• “I never doubted that God loved me, but he seemed distant and unapproachable. I can now actually feel his love.”
• “I better understand God’s plan for my life.”

These 10 sessions are taught by Pastor Larry Bodmer.  Contact the counseling office for dates of next class. The text for this class is Healing The Father Wound by Dr. Kathy Rodriquez. Fee is $20.

Register online If you have questions, call the counseling office, 425-895-5923, or counseling@occ.org.