Sunday, September 13, 2015

On Effective Family Counseling Services

By Daphne Bowen


The work of social workers is to bring improvements in relationships of kinfolk members. They will also be helpful to those families facing hard circumstances like divorce, death or illnesses. They mainly guide these individuals as they find solutions. They will also help people to know their problems, set goals and make solutions for these troubles. In cases of neglect, drug abuse or neglect, the family counseling services are offered to the affected individuals. Sometimes they recommend that children be separated from the parents.

They simply begin their work by encouraging effective communication. Some of these individuals may not have spoken to each other for several months. By the time they decide to seek a counselor, they barely know the recent situations that affected their partner. They are the neutral individuals among rivals. At such a position, they help members of the kin to share fears, disappointments and concerns without confronting each other.

These individuals will often begin by encouraging the kinfolk members to effectively communicate by asking questions. These questions are specifically designed to be helpful to the family members. As they answer them they will know the cause of the problems. Sometimes the children will be abusive to parents who have tension in their marriage. The social worker helps in articulation of thoughts so that the family members discuss and also understand them.

They may give suggestions as the counseling process proceeds. These solutions may be short term. The aim is to assist families to effectively solve problems and also to prevent violent occurrence. Their main aim is to stabilize the families. Issues affecting individual kinfolk members are addressed. Those with chronic alcoholism may be referred to treatment facilities for necessary treatment.

Many of these families visit the counselors when they have problems that cause a lot of tension and conflicts. The main objective of these social workers is to assist members of the family to come up with solutions for issues affecting them. They cannot make a step is they are still enemies. They need to have unity to take care of children.

The children who have been raised in such families also need to be counseled. They need to know that they are not the cause of issues with their parents. Some may be severely affected when the parents divorce. A good professional helps them to overcome their grief. They may also be severely affected when a parent dies.

The professionals have the long term goal of successfully teaching families to be in unity. This is the only way they can prevent occurrence of such problems in the future. They also assist them in solving the immediate issues. Family members will be educated on kinfolk dynamics and the effects of some of their behaviors on members of the family.

She also will help them to effectively understand the way to approach the future problems. It is good if they know that solving conflicts is the only solution. If they do not do so, the problem will be worse. She also effectively helps the people to have a plan of handling such issues in future. She may ask you to hold meetings in the future. They may discuss the issues in the future meetings.




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