KMID : 1025820150230030421
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Family and Family Therapy 2015 Volume.23 No. 3 p.421 ~ p.449
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Strengthening Family Counseling Services at Healthy Family Support Centers for Families in Crisis
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Chung Hye-Jeong
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study focused on ideas for strengthening family counseling services at Healthy Family Support Centers to help families effectively cope with various types of family crises.
Methods: Using a critical literature review method, the study evaluated definitions of the term ¡°family crisis¡± and its related terminologies, and it assessed the condition of family counseling services provided at the various Centers.
Results: The study identified several options for strengthening family counseling services at the Centers, including a) providing a roadmap for establishing an identity as a professional family counseling service agency; b) establishing the necessity of universal and unique approaches of family counseling, relative to the context of the family crisis; c) providing various opportunities of education and training for family counseling personnel; d) establishing an effective networking of agencies and/or institutes related to family counseling services; and (e) constructing diverse family counseling approaches.
Conclusions: The study met the expectation of providing a useful map for family counseling personnel at the Centers.
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KEYWORD
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Healthy Family Support Center, family counseling, family crisis
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