The Bethany Program

The Bethany program offers a comprehensive mental health evaluation program for priests, religious and seminarians.  Also, an intensive 3 month outpatient treatment program is available for serious psychological conflicts.

Evaluation of Conflicts in Self-Giving

Self-Giving Conflicts

Blessed John Paul II wrote, “Self-mastery is essential to self-giving.”  Mastery over emotional and personality weaknesses is essential for priestly ministry.  The major conflicts that interfere with self-giving are:
 

  • excessive anger
  • controlling behaviors
  • selfishness
  • weaknesses in male confidence
  • emotionally distant behaviors
  • anxiety and mistrust
  • sadness/loneliness
  • repetition of a parental weakness
  • pornography and other addictions
  • sexual conflicts
  • guilt
  • weak spiritual life


Chapters in our marital website, www.maritalhealing.com, address many of these weaknesses in self-giving.

Visit MaritalHealing.com

Our mission is to strengthen Catholic marriages and families by educating spouses, marital therapists and clergy about common causes of conflicts in marital self-giving and effective approaches to alleviating such conflicts. 

Visit ChildHealing.com

Our mission is to strengthen families by educating parents about common causes of emotional and behavioral conflicts in children and by providing effective approaches to alleviating such conflicts. 

Featured Publication

Dr. Fitzgibbons has coauthored a textbook on the treatment on excessive anger in adult and child psychiatric disorders in the field of positive psychology for American Psychological Association Books, Helping Clients Forgive: An Empirical Guide for Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope.