Sister Pat Lewter

Pat Lewter, a Sister of St. Joseph of Concordia, Kansas, is a licensed professional counselor who holds a Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Counseling from the University of Missouri in Kansas City. She helped to found the Counseling & Education Center (alongside Sister Faye Huelsmann) in 1981, where she currently works with families and individuals and facilitates groups for high-risk adolescents. Sister Pat is a member of the American Counseling Association, and also works with students at Holy Family High School.

08Feb

First the honeymoon, then the hard work

by Sister Pat Lewter and Lynn Olson, Counseling and Education Center

Every one of us wants to be loved. And very few of us think that should be hard! Most of us experience loving acceptance from the day we are born, so what is the hard work about relationships and marriage? Aren’t human beings hardwired to seek and maintain relationships? Yes, but just as we need to have skills to gain employment, we also need certain skills to maintain committed relationships.

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