Pablo Martinez

Pablo Martinez is the leader of the European Christian Counsellors Network and a Forum steering committee member. He currently works as a psychiatrist at a private practice in Barcelona. He has also developed a wide ministry as a lecturer, counsellor, and itinerant speaker. He has been a plenary Bible teacher in more than 30 countries. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the International Christian Medical and Dental Association (ICMDA) for 20 years, also serving as one of the organisation's vice-presidents. He has filled the role of President of the Spanish Evangelical Alliance (1999-2009) and Professor of Pastoral Psychology at the Spanish Theological Seminary for seven years. He is currently a member of the Sociopolitical Commission of the European Evangelical Alliance. He has authored three books, Prayer Life: How Your Personality Affects the Way You Pray, now published in fourteen languages, Tracing the Rainbow: Walking Through Loss and Bereavement, and his latest, A Thorn in the Flesh: Finding Strength and Hope Amid Suffering (Inter Varsity Press, England). He is married to Marta, a medical doctor.

2011 Forum Sessions

Luncheon Workshops

Standard Workshops

Luncheon Workshops

Case Study on the Spanish Evangelical Alliance's Use of the Internet

For the last 7-8 years, the Spanish Evangelical Alliance has developed an Internet ministry that has proved to be an invaluable means of testimony in the Spanish secular society.  It is a media ministry with several branches and a twofold goal: to provide the Spanish Evangelical Church with a source of information and reflection and also to have a presence  in our society . This internet ministry reaches many politicians, intellectuals and political parties whose knowledge of the Spanish Evangelical Church would be otherwise almost non existing.  Outstandingly the work is almost entirely developed by volunteers, about 100 people at the present time. 

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The Leader and the Care of Him/Herself

"They made me take care of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I neglected" (Song of Songs 1:6b)
Some people never think of others; they are the paradigm of selfishness. But others never think of themselves; they become the paradigm of stressed and burnt out people. This problem is especially relevant to the caring professions where you are giving energy from yourself all the time. Dealing with human suffering in general and counselling in particular require a lot of inner renewal in order to avoid "the empty pool syndrome." At this session we will consider the warning symptoms of this dangerous syndrome as well as practical suggestions to be good gardeners of our own vineyard.

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