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It has been estimated that nearly twenty percent of the one million divorces each year in the U.S. involve high-conflict relationships. Angry, emotional disputes related to custody, parenting time, child support payments, visitation and more may go on for years. Who suffers? The children, mostly. Post-divorce conflict may be the most significant factor in adjustment (or maladjustment) for children of divorce.Defusing the High-Conflict Divorce offers a unique set of proven programs for quelling the hostility in high-conflict co-parenting couples, and "defusing" their prolonged, bitter and emotional struggles.
Parental alienation is an important phenomenon that mental health professionals should know about and thoroughly understand, especially those who work with children, adolescents, divorced adults, and adults whose parents divorced when they were children. In this book, the authors define parental alienation as a mental condition in which a child - usually one whose parents are engaged in a high- conflict divorce - allies himself or herself strongly with one parent (the preferred parent) and rejects a relationship with the other parent (the alienated parent) without legitimate justification. This process leads to a tragic outcome when the child and the alienated parent, who previously had a lo...
This proven guide in pastoral counseling has been extensively expanded and revised by the author to include recent developments and research, new resources, and attention to newly urgent needs such as AIDS, eating disorders, homosexuality, and violence. Written with clarity and sensitivity, this volume builds on biblical foundations and the best resources of professional psychology. It reflects the insights the author has gained from many years of Christian counseling. New Sections include: The Legal, Ethical and Moral Issues in Counseling The Multicultural, Multiracial Issues in Counseling Conflict and Relationships Dealing with Death and Grief Alcoholism and Other Substance Abuse Crises and Trauma Counseling and Terrorism
Rituale spielen nicht nur bei Taufen, Hochzeiten und Beerdigungen eine wichtige Rolle. Auch bei Scheidungen wird vermehrt der Wunsch nach einer symbolhaften Handlung geäussert. Andrea Marco Bianca beschäftigt sich mit den zentralen Aspekten und Wirkungen von Scheidungsritualen sowie deren Praxis in Kirche und Gesellschaft. Den ersten Teil bildet eine Auseinandersetzung mit Ritualtheorien und Scheidung als psychosozialem Prozess. Danach folgt als Kernstück eine globale Bestandsaufnahme von rund 300 Scheidungsritualen aus den Bereichen Kirche, Religion, Therapie, Mediation und säkularer Gesellschaft. Im dritten Teil stellt der Autor eine empirische Untersuchung aus den USA vor und setzt sich mit praktisch-theologischen Ansätzen auseinander. Zum Schluss entwickelt er Perspektiven für eine glaubwürdige Praxis, die sich durch eine möglichst hohe Authentizität in der Wahrnehmung der Beteiligten, Adäquatheit in der seelsorglichen Vorbereitung und Effektivität in der rituellen Begehung auszeichnet.
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