Ken Sneed
VerifiedMDiv, MA, LPC, LMFT
Counselor/Therapist
Baton Rouge, USA
Answers questions in Anxiety · Christian Recovery · Counseling
About Ken Sneed
As a Youth Minister for over 25 years I developed a concern for family relationships and began counseling classes at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA to be more effective in my ministry. No one was more surprised than I when God used circumstances to move me into full-time counseling!
I currently enjoy being contracted with the Baton Rouge Christian Counseling Center, an affiliation I've had for 10+ years. I am licensed as a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist.
Qualifications beyond an MA at LSU and an MDiv at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary include 43+ years of marriage to a wonderful woman who's helped me learn what marriage is about. A great result of that relationship is two adult children who have families of their own.
What I do
I am a solo practitioner contracted with the Baton Rouge Christian Counseling center. Among other organizational memberships, I am a proud member of the American Association of Christian Counselors.
I feel directed by God to serve Him by helping individuals and couples with issues that inhibit their enjoyment of life. The motto of the Counseling Center is, "We help with His help" which I espouse as my personal philosophy of counseling.
My story
As a Youth Minister for over 25 years I developed a concern for family relationships and began counseling classes at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA to be more effective in my ministry. No one was more surprised than I when God used circumstances to move me into full-time counseling!
I currently enjoy being contracted with the Baton Rouge Christian Counseling Center, an affiliation I've had for 10+ years. I am licensed as a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist.
Qualifications beyond an MA at LSU and an MDiv at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary include 43+ years of marriage to a wonderful woman who's helped me learn what marriage is about. A great result of that relationship is two adult children who have families of their own.
Why life is worth living
God has a purpose for everyone who seeks to find their purpose in His creation.
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Answered Questions(12)
Prayer is Not a Tallisman
Do you know of a recovery prayer I could use for a group of interfaith retreat guests including some who would not classify themselves as believers of any type of higher power? These people are all in recovery from alcoholism or drug addiction or sexual abuse or trauma and other horrible things and they are all searching for a spiritual outlet, though not necessarily an organized religion outlet?
Read answer →Addiction, Recovery and Faith
Ive been asked to share about how Christianity and recovery comes together in my life. I only have 20 minutes and need to reach the addict who still suffers (and possibly non/believer). What keynotes should I be sure to include?
Read answer →"Finding" Jesus Isn't The Problem . . . .
What does it mean to find Jesus? Is it like a sudden revelation or a sudden understanding? What does it feel like? Is it a process or an all of a sudden thing? Do you have to find some sign that convinces you? Is there anything a person is supposed to do to make this happen? I am looking but I haven’t yet found faith.
Read answer →God Gets Blamed for a LOT!
I am alcoholic that is trying to stop drinking. I am not doing very well. I go to meetings and I keep hearing this guy say by the grace of god I didn’t have a drink today. Does this mean by the grace of god I did get wasted and miss my son’s basketball game?
Read answer →The Little Black Book
Can you recommend an inspirational and helpful book on beating alcoholism for a person struggling with alcoholism that is going to a lot of 12 steps meetings? I am not looking for just inspirational sayings or meditations. I want a book that offers guidance and advice on how to stay sober every day. But I also don’t want a science textbook. I want something faith based. Bless You!
Read answer →May be more than just the doldrums
I feel like I haven’t really cared about anything or anyone for a long time. I didn’t always used to feel this way and I am tired of feeling so dead inside. I think I’d rather feel bad than feel nothing. How do I stop feeling so detached from the world?
Read answer →PROBLEMS -- Would you rather be stuck or begin feeling better?
Is it normal to be afraid of trying therapy? I am kind of nervous about opening up to anyone but I’m also really worried that if therapy doesn’t make me feel better then I’ll really feel hopeless. It’s like right now I am holding off so just in case things get really bad I can still feel like there will be something that will be able to help me – like a last resort kind of hope.
Read answer →Who's Responsible for Your Use & Abuse of Drugs?
Went to my first court ordered drug treatment meeting this week. I was in a room with a bunch of other guys who were way harder drug users than I am and all of them were there because they were sentenced to be there. A few of them seemed serious about staying clean but I swear half the guys were making plans to get high or to score while we were outside on smoke breaks. I actually want to use this opportunity to quit using meth since it is now clear to me that is the cause of many of the problems I have experienced recently in my life. But how can I get clean when the place I am supposed to go to get help is like drug dealer central and all those guys sharing drug war stories just makes me want to go out and get cranked? I feel like I am trying to do good by volunteering my time at Church and staying away from the people I used to use with but the court is actually making me go back three times a week to hang out with a bunch of guys that do nothing but remind me of meth.
Read answer →Making Amends Critical for Addictions
Over the past year I have probably stolen almost ten thousand dollars from my dad’s company. I have a gambling problem that I am trying to get under control. I feel so terrible because the company isn’t doing that well and they just had to let one of the cleaners go to cut corners. The guy was a new immigrant with 2 kids and I know he is going to have a hard time finding work elsewhere in this economy. Maybe if I hadn’t taken that money he’d still have a job. I swear I am never going to steal again and I am working hard to pay back what I took. No one will ever have to know. Do I have to admit to my dad what I did? I know that I am supposed to make amends for the wrongs I have done but I know that it would hurt him a lot to know that I have been betraying him like this. What is the right thing to do?
Read answer →Christian vs. Secular Recovery
I work in the field of recovery and it appears to me that results from Christian treatment surpass the recovery merry go round rates of secular recovery. Are there studies which support Christian versus Secular treatment?
Read answer →A prayer guide that has been around for a long time!
I’ve found a lot of inspiration from the prayers in the AA Big Book. Can you recommend another good selection of recovery prayers that might be inspirational to a drug addict taking things one day at a time and needing all the help from above he can get?
Read answer →Teens & Blended Families: Frequently a hotbed of struggles
I don’t know what to do. I have been married to my wife for 3 years and it is a good marriage, the second for both us. I have an 11 year old daughter and a 13 year old son from my first marriage and I have shared custody of the kids, taking them on weekends and my wife has full custody of her 17 year old son. At first things were quite good. My kids really liked and looked up to their older step brother and we were able to have a lot of fun as a new family without a lot of the drama that sometimes taints new family unions. Over the last 18 months or so though, my wife’s son has really gone through some major changes, changing from a basically sweet and adventurous kid who liked to push the boundaries a bit to a sullen and irritable boy who won’t go to school and who, I think, is a drug addict. We have tried everything with him but he is just determined to do what he wants to do and he doesn’t give a damn about the consequences. I really think he has a serious drug problem, at the very least with marijuana. It’s very sad and it’s terribly hard on my wife who is at her wit’s end. But what’s worse, is now my ex-wife is hearing a lot of stories about ‘the parties’ and ‘the drugs’ and ‘the girls sleeping over’ etc. And she is understandably very concerned about the influence he is having on our kids. I am too, actually. She says if I can’t get control of things she is going to seek full custody. So now I really don’t know what to do. I feel like I am caught in an impossible situation and I am forced to choose between my wife, who I love and my kids, and in this situation, I have to choose my kids…but it is just such a sad thing if this ends my marriage. Any advice on what I can do to make this better?
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