NCJ Number
5964
Journal
Federal Probation Volume: 30 Issue: 4 Dated: (DECEMBER 1966) Pages: 27-34
Date Published
1966
Length
8 pages
Annotation
CONCILIATION COUNSELING IS AN ATTEMPT TO RE-EDUCATE AND MOTIVATE A BELLIGERENT COUPLE AND TO HELP THEM CHANGE THEIR CONTENTIOUS ATTITUDE TOWARD EACH OTHER.
Abstract
THREE SPECIFIC GOALS OF CONCILIATION COUNSELING ARE - ONE A RETURN TO SOMETHING RESEMBLING THE AFFECTIONATE RELATIONSHIP WHICH BROUGHT THE COUPLE TOGETHER IN THE FIRST PLACE, TWO, HELPING THE COUPLE TO LIVE UP TO THEIR OBLIGATIONS IN THE HOME AND THE FAMILY, AND THREE, HELPING THE COUPLE TO ACHIEVE THE FULFILLMENT OF THEIR OWN MATURING PERSONALITY STRUCTURE AND THAT OF THEIR CHILDREN. ADVICE IS GIVEN TO THE COUNSELOR ON EFFECTIVE MEANS OF WORKING WITH THE PATIENTS.