Arthur M. Daglow ADaglow@dayspringcounseling.com   MSW; CSW; LMFT; RPT-S   Clinical Social Worker/ConsultantLicensed   Marriage and Family Therapist   Registered Play Therapist and Supervisor

I believe that a Christian counselor's ability to help individual couples or families will be most greatly enhanced by approaching the concerns and issues my clients bring to me by applying compassion and Biblically based nuggets of Christian counseling. I believe that all truth is God's truth and therefore, little lasting change will occur if we fail to integrate Biblical principles into the lives of those who come to Dayspring Counseling for hope and help where the whole person is dealt with, body, soul, and spirit.

Areas of Expertise

I have had CSW distinction from the State of Michigan since 1974 and am also a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I am one of thirteen Registered Play Therapists-Supervisors that have met stringent qualifications to be credentialed by the Association of Play Therapists in California. I have over thirty years of experience as a therapist, educator, and administrator. I am experienced working with children, adolescents, families, couples, and adults of all ages. Over the past thirty years, I have worked successfully with hundreds of marriages and families that have experienced major difficulties including work with couples experiencing sexual dysfunction.

I have specialized in working with individuals who have been sexually traumatized and abused including ritual abuse by using both individual and group therapy. I have become well known for my work with individuals that are suffering from sexually compulsive problems. I have also demonstrated expertise working with individuals who are struggling with a wide range of depression problems as well as anxiety related difficulties which includes people struggling with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.


Experience

I have worked successfully with hundreds of couples, parents (married, single, widowed, dovorced, adoptive, and foster) and families with an array of life issues and concerns that have sought Christian counseling help and intervention.

From my previous years of working in residential treatment centers for children and teens and their respective families with many children coming from multiple foster care placements and high risk adoptions, I have developed an excellent reputation for the successful practice of developing solid counseling relationships with young people and their respective parents. I have successfully worked with and helped a few thousand children/teenagers and their families over the past thirty years. As the only Christian play therapist supervisor in West Michigan, I have put together my own playroom in my office that I use with kids, teens, and occasionally some adults. I have a one-way mirrored window that I can use to video tape from that is helpful in working with parents of a child that is seriously struggling with life issues.


Other Points of Interest

Being raised on a farm in Southern Michigan as the oldest of two brothers born to parents who were generous and loving and yet instilled the virtues of hard work and personal responsibility, gave me a worldview that I am grateful for today. I learned to appreciate the richness and wisdom of an older generation as I grew up being very close to both of my grandmothers. The life learning experiences of seeing God's presence and handiwork through the seasons, has helped me as a husband of twenty-five years to my life, LeAnne, and as father of two sons who are now in their young college age years.


Lectures & Seminars Available

• How to deal with Sexual Abuse & Sexual Addiction issues
• Effectively Disciplining our Children
• Knowing Our Sin Hot points- "Get Thee behind Me"
• Dealing with Loss, Separation, and death in younger Children
• Addictions