An Argument for the Use of Para-Professional Counselors in Premarital and Marital Counseling

Curtis, John H.; Miller, Michael E.

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“…It is a pitfall automatically to confer competence upon “indigenous workers” for fantasied mythical qualities and not to recommend the intensive training required to convert natural abilities into clinical skills (28, 43, 50). Recent literature highlights the value of on‐the‐job training in systems techniques (7, 13) to teach paraprofessionals to become ecologically oriented family therapists (50).…”

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Family Therapy Training for Paraprofessionals in a Community Mental Health Center

Meyerstein

1977

Family Process

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An ecologically oriented family therapy training program is advocated for teaching paraprofessionals to work with high-risk clients in a community mental health setting. The context of training as well as the particular abilities and needs of beginning paraprofessional family therapists are explored in order to design a flexible and effective program in the face of limited resources. This paper describes a variety of educational and supervisory formats such as group supervision, peer supervision, and live supervision. The usefulness of these of different models in facilitating skill development and growth in paraprofessionals is evaluated. Recommendations are made to trainers concerning problems encountered in teaching paraprofessionals and in implementing family systems training in community mental health centers.

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Family Therapy Training for Paraprofessionals in a Community Mental Health Center

Meyerstein

1977

Family Process

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Young adults' preferences for premarital preparation program designs: An exploratory study

1992

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Premarital counseling: Approaches, objectives, content, and evaluation—a bibliography

Schumm

Denton

1980

Pastoral Psychol

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A major problem for the premarital counselor is that the literature in the field is scattered throughout numerous journals and books representing several disciplines. Since counselors tend to subscribe to and read the literature from their own academic discipline, they may be unaware of what is being written elsewhere. This article contains a bibliography of what the authors consider to be the most relevant books and articles on premarital counseling published by the various disciplines. For the convenience of the reader, each listing is also coded as to its content.Ministers have pioneered in the practice of premarital counseling and in writing the literature in the field. However, a problem for the minister trying to gain a substantial grasp of this developing field is that the available sources of information are scattered throughout a diversity of journals. Each group of professionals which has staked a claim to premarital preparation tends to publish its own journals. Since there is often little overlap of subscribers among theological, medical, legal, clinical, and psychological journals, professionals in one field may have little opportunity to learn conveniently what professionals in other fields are doing. The availability of the overall literature to any one counselor is limited for all practical purposes.Yet, given recent developments in program evaluation and counselor training (Schumm & Denton, 1979), the premarital counselor has opportunity to enhance his/her own program(s) by learning from Walter R. Schumm, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the

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An Argument for the Use of Para-Professional Counselors in Premarital and Marital Counseling

Cited by 4 publications

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Family Therapy Training for Paraprofessionals in a Community Mental Health Center

Family Therapy Training for Paraprofessionals in a Community Mental Health Center

Young adults' preferences for premarital preparation program designs: An exploratory study

Premarital counseling: Approaches, objectives, content, and evaluation—a bibliography

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