효과적인 단회기 협의이혼 상담프로그램의 모색

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop a single session divorce counseling program for couples preparing for divorce and to analyze the effects of the application. After building a divorce counseling program in accordance with the rules of the family court, which provides one mandatory counseling opportunity, 16 couples have completed divorce compulsory counseling from March to May of 2017, 12 out of the 16 couples responded to satisfaction survey and the results were analyzed. The program was designed to help divorce applicants alleviate their prejudice against mandatory counseling and seek rational decision and collaborative parenting through the counseling which ensuring the right choice for the welfare of the couples, their children and other family members. The program may also facilitate participation in a follow-up counseling program. The details consist of 4 stages: a pre-counseling stage which includes brief introduction to divorce counseling, the purpose of counseling, and building rapport, a beginning stage of making official documents and searching for reasons for divorce, an intermediate stage that helps to find a rational decision making by reasons of divorce and to find a cooperative parent role for child rearing, parental rights, custody and visitation rights, a closing stage to confirm the choice of follow-up counseling program and to provide feedback on the reason for the divorce and the decision making. The expected effect of the structured single session divorce counseling program developed in this study can be presented as follows: First, the program could increase the effectiveness of the consultation divorce counseling. Second, the program could help the couples to make reasonable decision. Third, the program could minimize collateral damage caused by parental divorce to minor children. Fourth, the program would help to find a cooperative parent role by helping to recognize that marital relations are composed of interactions between husband and wife. Lastly, during the consideration period the program could offer a follow-up professional counseling to applicants who complete compulsory counseling to make the appropriate changes continually.