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Articles by Alex Wendel

Alex R. Wendel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana and the Associate Director of the Leeke Magee Christian Counseling Center at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary where he is also a PhD student in Counselor Education and Supervision. Alex works with families and teens to help walk with them through life’s difficulties. He is the husband of Livy and the father of Emmy and Ethan (who is making his appearance in March 2022). They are the inspiration to this essay and his life in general.
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An encouraging and hopeful story about the realities of facing and embracing the respective pains and promises of parenthood.

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