The purpose of this study is to deeply explore the lives of current spouses of gambling addicts in order to look into their experiences, find out how their lives have changed and study its meaning. The participants of this study were twelve spouses of recovering gambling addicts, who have been living with them for more than a year and say that they themselves have experienced changes in their lives. The method of data collection for research was in–depth interviews with the participants. The data analysis method used in drawing the conclusion was phenomenological qualitative research method. For analysing the conclusion, J. B. Ashbook’s metaphor for “Minding the Soul” reinterpreted the “process of promoting change” and J. Prochaska’s model of the “stages of behaviour change” are used to present the model of “stages of experiencing change” that applies to spouses of gambling addicts. For the conclusion of this study, it is divided into the)03 theme descriptions into 90 meaning units and came up with the “elements of experiencing change,” which applies to spouses of gambling addicts and consists of)4 categories. It is a reinterpretation of the meaning that can be found in the process of the)4 categories, “elements of experiencing change”–(1) stage of suffering of the soul, (2) stage of struggle of the soul, (3) stage of stabilizing of the soul, (4) stage of empowering of the soul. In addition, This study that newly discovered and presented the meaning that the experiences undergone by the spouses of gambling addicts independently gives a challenges to contemplate on the prospect and missions of Christian Counseling.