Struggling Well

“Why Lord, have you allowed such sorrow and pain to flood into my world…?"

Struggling Well is a provocative clinical and biblical look at the kinds of questions that confront Christians trying to walk out their faith, at times through a veil of tears. It examines the “dark side” of legalistic evangelical dogma and the long lasting emotional and relational negative effects that it can have on a believer. The book reveals what happens to a person when a Pharisaic mentality dominates over the truth of God's wondrous grace and unconditional love.

Struggling Well explores the beauty of God's acceptance of us through our human condition…the scars of life that can end up being our friend…the emancipating power of forgiveness…the joy of being set free from the pious hand of legalism as well as the stigma of mental health issues. Struggling Well is a prescription for life success through hope and healing for a much brighter future.

Fred Antonelli, PhD, is founder/director of Life Counseling Center, Inc., with office throughout the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware. He is a Crisis Marriage and Pastoral Counselor and is sought out for his clinical/Christian crisis marriage and pastoral IOP (Intensive Outpatient) therapy. Dr. Fred has served as a former senior pastor for twenty-three years. He also was host for nine years of the popular nationally syndicated Christian teen and young adult radio show, Rock Alive, heard over both the CBN and Salem Radio Network. He has written articles for leading national Christian magazines as well as for numerous independent publications.

Dr. Fred is an author as well as a national speaker for conferences, seminars, workshops and pulpit ministry. Dr. Antonelli is ordained through the Elim Fellowship out of Lima, NY, a Clinically Licensed Pastoral Counselor with the National Christian Counselors Association as well as holding membership with the American Association of Christian Counselors and membership in the American Counseling Association and the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors. Dr. Fred is also a Board Certified Clinical Sexual Addiction Specialist- Supervisor through the Board of Christian Professional and Pastoral Counselors. Dr. Antonelli holds a BA in Theology, an MA in Clinical Christian Counseling, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology. He also holds a Mental Health License (LPCMH) with the State of Delaware. Dr. Fred has been married for forty-five years to his high school sweetheart Debbie, and they have three children and six grandchildren.