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Choosing Intimacy: Exploring Christ’s Model for Mutuality and Deeper Relationships offers an invitation to embrace genuine, life-giving relationships while rejecting long-held power dynamics
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Author Cindi J. Martin
Feb. 4, 2025
OAKDALE, Calif., Feb. 4, 2025 /Standard Newswire/ -- Acclaimed therapist and counselor Cindi J. Martin invites readers to embark on a transformative journey with the release of her groundbreaking debut book, Choosing Intimacy: Exploring Christ’s Model for Mutuality and Deeper Relationships. The book addresses one of the most pressing needs of our time: the human longing for authentic connection.
“The book defines intimacy as the deep and abiding confidence that someone knows you, cares for you, desires, and delights in your presence,” Martin explains. “It’s a need that crosses cultures, generations, and circumstances. Yet so many are afraid to show who they truly are, especially within their faith communities and relationships.”
In Choosing Intimacy, Martin delves into the challenges that hinder relational depth—abuses of authority, misuses of biblical principles, and societal power structures that stifle freedom and mutuality. Drawing from her four decades as a licensed psychotherapist, Martin offers profound insights on how Christ’s example invites believers to break free from loneliness, fear, and control.
Martin’s passion for this topic is apparent throughout the book, as is her expertise in counseling those wounded by power imbalances in their families, marriages, churches, and communities. Martin skillfully weaves together theological depth with psychological expertise.
“The world’s power structures have crept into our churches, masquerading as biblical truth,” Martin notes. “But the Trinity shows us a different way—a model of shared authority and mutual delight. This book is my invitation to rethink how we approach power, freedom, and intimacy in our relationships.”
Martin challenges conventional interpretations of Scripture, particularly those that perpetuate hierarchy and division. She calls readers to consider a radical reimagining of power as seen in Christ’s example of servant leadership and shared authority.
“Jesus prioritized relationships over rules and love over laws,” says Martin. “That’s the foundation for cultivating intimacy in our lives today.”
Choosing Intimacy is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at Christian bookstores nationwide.
About the Author
Cindi J. Martin is a licensed psychotherapist with over 40 years of experience in counseling and ministry. She was awarded two Fulbright Fellowships in Germany to do graduate and post graduate study in Social Work and Psychology. She has studied theology extensively, and has served communities both domestically and abroad. As Founder and Director of Wellspring Counseling Ministries, Martin integrates biblical faith with mental health support to help individuals and couples heal from trauma, addiction, and relational challenges. She lives with her husband of four decades on a ranchette in California, where they cultivate Wellspring Charitable Gardens. Visit her blog at www.cindijmartinlcsw.com.
SOURCE Author Cindi J. Martin
CONTACT: 209-607-1887, cindijmartinlcsw@gmail.com
