Marriage Guidance and Counselling

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MARRIAGE GUIDANCE TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction to the family 2. Outline of the Family Life Cycle Model 3. Identify the stage of the family life cycle that the couple is currently experiencing 4. Key principles and Second Order Changes the family is experiencing 5. The extent to which the couple’s family life cycle adheres to Carter and McGoldrick’s Model (1989) 6. The couple’s experiences pertaining to the preceding development stage of the family life cycle 7. Vertical Stressors 8. Horizontal Stressors 9. System-level Stressors 10. The couples relationships strengths 11. Critique of the Family Life Cycle Model 12. References 13. Appendix A – Questions to the couple 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE FAMILY The coupled I interviewed is Athol and Chantel. Athol is a 43 year old male and Chantel is 25 year old female. They have a age gap of 18 years. They have been together for four years. Chantel have a five year old boy, Grant, out of a previous relationship. The couple is expecting their first child, a girl, in August. Athol is English speaking and Chantel is Afrikaans speaking. Both are bilingual. Athol is Jewish and Chantel is a Christian. They never got married because of their differences in religion. Athol is a manager at a hotel just outside the town they live in and Chantel became a house wife after she fell pregnant. They are a middle class household and not very involved in the community. 2. OUTLINE OF THE FAMILY LIFE CYCLE MODEL The family life cycle typically incorporates the following stages: STAGE 1: The unattached young adult STAGE 2: The joining of families through marriage STAGE 3: Families with young children
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