HopeForYourFamily

Dr. Roger Butner is passionate about helping adolescents and their families during times of pain, conflict, and struggle.  He is also skilled at guiding men to healthier, more purposeful and fulfilling paths when their hearts, careers, marriages, or other areas of life have veered off-course into dark, dangerous, or discouraging places.  Caught in addiction?  Dr. Butner can help make the difference as you struggle to find freedom.  In addition, he works with couples, families, and individuals to overcome a wide range of difficulties and attain healthier relationships and living.

Roger earned his Masters of Marriage and Family Therapy degree from Abilene Christian University, and is a licensed MFT in the state of Louisiana. He has been providing high quality Christian therapy since 1997. He is also a MFT supervisor-in-training, and is available for supervision for those working on an MFT license. He got his Ph.D. in Family Studies and Mass Communication from the University of Alabama because of his passion for helping families remain healthy in our electronic entertainment age. He and his wife have one son. They worship, serve, and grow together with the wonderful family at the Chapel on the Campus.

“My basic philosophy of counseling and life is captured in one word – HOPE. Some clients come to me with a hope for a better life, but without a roadmap to get them there. Others come to me, desperate for something better than the Hell in which they are living, but not even having a real hope of what that better life would look like. Either way, my job is to help you capture a clear vision and hope for a better life for yourself, your marriage, and/or your family, and to help show you and guide you along the path to get there. With the guidance of the Spirit of the Lord, I will do my best to serve you and your family as you work toward a better life.”

Call 225-753-7773 to schedule your appointment with Dr. Butner at his office with Murphy Toerner and Associates, or email him at roger@hopeforyourfamily.com.  If you leave me a voice mail, I will return your call within 24 hours.  If you send me an email, I will reply within 4 hours.

More about Dr. Butner:

Disciple – At the heart of my identity in every role in my life, I am a follower, servant, and student of Jesus. He has called me out of darkness, redeeming me and blessing me with an abundant life of freedom and joy. It is my mission to share this abundant life with as many as possible, calling and equipping others for this great journey with the opportunities and gifts God has so graciously given me. The two most significant guiding passages of Scripture for my life are Romans 12:1-3 and Philippians 2:1-11.

Counselor – I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a passionate Christian Counselor. For over 10 years, one of the great joys of my life has been encouraging, equipping, and challenging my clients on their journeys toward greater hope, peace, joy, purpose, and relationship satisfaction. While I work with a wide range of clients in individual, couple, and family formats, God has increasingly gifted me in working with adolescents/pre-adolescents and their parents. I am also passionate about my counseling/coaching work with men regarding their various roles and struggles in life.

Supervisor – I am a Marriage and Family Therapist supervisor-in-training. Having completed my academic requirements, I am available to supervise MFTs on their journey toward becoming licensed.

Teacher/Speaker – I have served as a teacher and speaker for over 15 years in churches, camps, youth gatherings, and other community events. You may have even seen me on WAFB’s “Parenting 101” segment during their Tuesday morning news broadcast. I have always enjoyed the role of encouraging and instructing others from the position of a teacher, and I am available to speak to your church or other group about topics such as cultivating a lifetime marriage, breaking the bonds of addiction and chronic self-destruction, successful parenting of adolescents, growing in strong authentic masculinity, and presenting specially customized “cinematherapy” retreats for the needs of your group.

Husband – My partnership in marriage with my delightful wife, Chemaine Weaver Butner, has blessed me beyond measure for 12 years and counting! I am a much stronger, wiser, braver, and more disciplined man as a direct result of her loving encouragement, respect, grace, honesty, and playfulness. I don’t know why God saw fit to bless me with her presence, but I am so grateful He has.

Father – God changed my life forever with the birth of our son five years ago, just as I was finishing my last degree (or our third child, as Chemaine likes to put it – “Bachelors,” “Masters,” and “PhD!”). I believe being a father is one of the highest callings in life, and it is one I take very seriously – and as playfully as possible. Our son is way cool. If you ever meet him, I’m sure you will agree.

Movie Lover – I love movies! I enjoy watching a wide variety of films, and I particularly enjoy quoting them. Learning to integrate the power of stories on the screen into my own style of “cinematherapy” has been a fun adventure that has proven to be a very useful tool with many of my clients along the way.