Background Statement
Marble Retreat was born out of the conviction that clergy and others in Christian service have extreme job demands which can frequently result in symptoms of depression, anxiety, frustration, discouragement and burnout. Worse still and because of their position, they find it difficult to seek help. These factors, and God’s call, led Mayo Clinic-trained psychiatrist Louis McBurney, M.D. and his wife, Melissa, to begin the ministry of Marble Retreat in 1974, over 50 years ago. Marble Retreat has now served the Christian counseling needs of more than 5,000 Christian leaders who have come from every state and more than 60 countries.
Here are a few of the circumstances that bring folks to Marble Retreat, a Christian Counseling Center for Pastors, Missionaries and other Christian leaders:
* Dealing with depression and burnout, compassion fatigue, trauma on the mission field
* Grief, anxiety, major transitions, and other emotionally taxing experiences
* Marital conflict (restoration following an affair, communication problems, etc.)
* Vocational (forced termination, mid-life crisis, thinking of leaving ministry, etc.)
* Sexual problems including pornography use