After my first two counseling sessions, I rested up for a couple of days. On Tuesday morning I went to my office and put in a few hours of work. My phone rang about 2:00 PM and it was Jean, she and Amy had been talking with some friends about forming a support group for wives with sexual problems in their lives and wanted me facilitate them.
They had made reservations at a local restaurant for a private meeting room for 6:00PM Wednesday and asked me to come and meet with them. I quickly checked my calendar and said âIâll be thereâ.
I arrived at the restaurant at 7:00 on the dot and was led to the meeting room in the back. I didnât know exactly what to expect but I was met by fourteen ladies of various ages and descriptions and I was thinking, â What have I gotten myself into?â
Amy called the meeting to order and introduced me. I talked to them for a few minutes and asked them to introduce themselves. Each of them were nervous (so was I), but I wasnât sure how much Jean and Amy had told them about our sessions.
I knew I didnât have the stamina for deep counseling with this many in one session!
Jean and Amy introduced themselves last, together.
Jean went on to tell about her problems at home, and then described her session with me in graphic detail (see chapter 1). She went on to tell of going home and telling her husband that she could no longer be complacent in their marriage without a lot of changes. He had cried and apologized and said that the changes would begin immediately. They missed church that night!
Amy spoke next and told about listening to Jeans session, then making an appointment of her own. She didnât go into detail as much as Jean had, but did assure the others that she had not felt so completely satisfied in years.
I returned to the front of the room and opened the discussion.
A lady in her early forties, a little extra padding but not obese stood and said that something like this had been needed for a long time and that she for one would make good use of it.
I found out later that her husband was pastor of a fundamental church in our city.
Each lady confirmed their desire to begin therapy of their own. The pastorâs wife said she would like to begin hers tonight!
The meeting had taken an hour and a half, and then everyone went home except the pastorâs wife Mildred.