thinkmarriage.org
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| Address | 1270 Main St. Suite 254 Green Bay, WI 54302 |
Warning: This MarriageWiki is not for the academically faint of heart!
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About This Wiki
You've reached the part of our digital domain where we get serious about the social science behind the our mission. Anyone who feels an uncontrollable urge to bolt when an academic approaches a microphone might want to click back to our main web site for more lighthearted material. If you're the type to push your glasses up your nose and gleefully whip out your pencil and pad, or you're under compulsion to produce a report for one of those types, have a look around! We are pleased to present the best research from leading social scientists documenting the impact of family structure on social outcomes. We feature only original research from reputable, academically qualified sources.
Unlike Wikipedia's famous open editing platform, we do not allow edits to our pages. This is because we replicate the Executive Summary portion of each research piece, and it is copyrighted material which cannot be changed without affecting the author's meaning. However, we provide handy links back to the original source of each study, so you can take any concerns about the information itself back to the authors.
We do have a section just for you to add your voice to the fray! Called "Consider This", it contains news articles written from various points of view. Each article has a brief response from Executive Director, Susan Dutton Freund. We encourage you to read the featured article, consider Susan's response, and add your own views on the "discussion" tab.
Who We Are
thinkmarriage.org is a non-profit organization based in Green Bay, WI. We are not religious in nature or politically partisan. We believe that marriage as an institution is a public good and also a private good for both adults and children. The mission of our organization is to uphold the value of marriage and to promote the skills that build healthy relationships, families and communities.
What We Do
Relationship Education
This is how we accomplish the second part our mission, promoting skills that build healthy relationships. Our workshops and retreats are focused on developing interpersonal skills; things like how to communicate effectively, and how to resolve conflict in a positive way. We don't focus on re-hashing actual conflicts you may be dealing with, but rather on giving you proven tools to enhance your relationship. For singles and teens, our workshops focus on learning to identify what a healthy relationship is, and how to build a relationship intentionally to "avoid falling in love with a Jerk(ette)" (workshop title). We help individuals to be proactive in choosing a partner capable of healthy relationship, and couples to thrive in their chosen relationship. We also unashamedly promote marriage as the gold standard for committed relationships, and commitment as a key ingredient in any healthy relationship.
Coaching
All of our relationship education happens in a group setting. Coaching is the individualized attention we give to those wanting more focused help. It is similarly proactive in nature, helping you to set relationship goals and achieve them.
What We Don't Do
Counseling
Counselors are trained professionals who use therapeutic techniques to help individuals heal from hurts and move out of pain. There are times when counseling, not relationship education, is the right tool for a relationship problem. Specifically, if you are dealing with abuse and anger issues, either past or present; if you are dealing with an active addiction to substances (e.g., alcohol, drugs, food) or activities (e.g., pornography, other sexual behaviors, gambling); or if one partner is suffering from mental illness or severe depression. In such cases, we strongly encourage you to seek out professional counseling. A relationship can only be healthy if the two individuals concerned are capable of being healthy, and the issues listed above will make that extremely difficult until properly dealt with. When seeking counseling for a relationship affected by any of the above, we encourage you to look for a professional who combines a specialty in the area for which you are seeking help with a license in Marriage and Family Therapy. That license is usually indicated by the letters LMFT after the name, and it means the therapist will have specialized training to support the whole family as well as helping with the individual problem.
Donate To The Project
We need your help to keep going! Every organization needs money to keep the internet connection turned on and other things without which we couldn't do our job. Please consider donating today by visiting our home site's donation page.
Get In Touch
Do you have academic research you'd like to have included on our Wiki? Send a PDF copy of it for our review to wiki@thinkmarriage.org. We want this to be a place where the best minds in social science have a collective forum for their ideas.
