You and your family are in a stressful situation when your daughter is pregnant outside of marriage! You might want to seek counsel if you are feeling anxious, or if you need help making the multitude of decisions you face, or if you are working through the grief cycle, or if your relationships are being strained by the stress of your daughter's pregnancy. You could seek counsel from a religious leader, a peer counselor, a professional counselor, or trained mentors at a pregnancy resource center.
Would counseling benefit your daughter, your family, and you? You don't need to wait until you've hit bottom before you seek counseling, and you don't need to delve into the past if you don't want to... just have a conversation about what you're experiencing right now during your daughter's pregnancy.
The above tips were adapted from "A Conversation with a Counselor" by John Van Regenmorter, in the March/April 2009 "Stepping Stones" newsletter by Bethany Christian Services.
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