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Divorce Counseling
Auersperg, F., Vlasak, T., Ponocny, I., & Barth, A. (2019). Long-term effects of parental divorce
on mental health – A meta-analysis. Journal of Psychiatric Research., 119, 107–115.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2019.09.011
The authors of this article focused on the study conducted to correlate the long-term
effects of parental divorce and mental health on children. There was a significant
correlation with parental divorce and a variety of mental health issues such as depression,
anxiety, suicidal ideation and/or attempts, distress, alcohol and/or drug abuse, and
smoking. The study iterates the need for prevention programs for divorcees and their
children in an attempt to decrease or mitigate the association of mental health disorders to
parental divorces.
Garriga, A., & Fulvia, P. (2022, June). The causal effects of parental divorce and parental
temporary separation on children’s cognitive abilities and psychological well-being
according to parental relationship quality.Social Indicators Research,161(2-3), 963-987.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-020-02428-2
This study was conducted throughout three stages of ages, with the oldest check-in at age
five to determine the effects on children’s cognitive abilities and mental well-being. The
authors sampled children from temporarily separated parents, divorced parents, and
children from stable families. These were also compared to the level of parental
relationship quality. Conclusively, children who had temporarily separated or divorced
parents were affected negatively as compared to the children from stable homes.
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Markoç, İ. (2023). Feeling like home again: After divorce processes from different family
perspective. Journal of Family, Counseling and Education., 7(2), 55–72.
https://doi.org/10.32568/jfce.1175330
This is a descriptive review study of different perspectives from family members who
have gone through the divorce process. Divorce emits similar and different emotions,
worries, and disruptions of the familial structure and poses different risks of effects on
children of divorce. The author reviews many factors that affect family structure during
divorce. The author also offers a review of how families can recover from the negative
effects of divorce with minimal trauma and being able to ‘feel at home again’.
Meadors, K. (n.d.). Counseling theories & techniques. CiteSeerX.
https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?
repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=0da8d1e15bdcc7c6610e4ffa7d8a6f58442bb699
Dr. Kenneth Meadors reviews different counseling theories and techniques in this article.
He describes integrating theology and psychology and the biblical foundation of
counseling. He describes the core of human nature and man's temperament, including
spirit-transformed temperaments. The focus is on Christian counseling theories and
techniques while also acknowledging the secular side of psychology and mental illness.
Goals and modeling examples of counseling are noted in this article.
Oren, D., & Hadomi, E. (2019). Let’s talk divorce - An innovative way of dealing with the long-
term effects of divorce through parent-child relationships. Journal of Divorce &
Remarriage, 61(2), 148–167. https://doi.org/10.1080/10502556.2019.1679593
The authors discuss different factors of divorce, such as gender, the ability to talk about
divorce, self-perception, and the resiliency of family members. “Let’s Talk Divorce” is a
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game developed to help aid in the healing process through the parent-child relationship.
A case study of a woman’s therapeutic process post-divorce is discussed. It also
acknowledges how “Let’s Talk Divorce” can be used in clinical and therapeutic settings.
Poon, V. H. (2022). Reflections on doing counseling and Christian family therapy. The Journal
of Pastoral Care & Counseling., 76(4), 304–306.
https://doi.org/10.1177/15423050221117760
This article reflects the author’s career in Christian theology, medicine, and therapy. This
insight serves as a foundation for performing counseling and family therapy while
relating to the Christian ideology. The author offers his thoughts on how to deliver
therapy. He also proposed that therapy be viewed as the Christian theory of personality,
marriage, and family.
Ramaekers, M. J. M., Verbakel, E., Kraaykamp, G., & van der Lippe, T. (2023). More or less
help? A longitudinal investigation of positive and negative consequences of divorce for
informal helping. Community, Work & Family., 1–16.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2023.2183786
The authors studied whether community involvement, specifically informal community
helping, would decrease with the rise of divorce rates. Several factors were studied,
including household income, whether they were employed full-time, and if there were
adult children. Concluding the study, they found that informal community helping was
neither increased nor decreased post-divorce.
Tan, S.-Y. (2022, April 19). Counseling and psychotherapy: A Christian perspective (2nd ed.).
Baker Academic. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/liberty/reader.action?
docID=6946960&ppg=1
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Tan lays out the foundations of Christian counseling and psychotherapy in this book. She
also goes in-depth into different theories and techniques counselors can use, such as
cognitive behavior therapy and reality therapy. In the latter part of her book, she
describes the Christian approach to counseling and psychotherapy, including legal and
ethical issues that might arise in the therapeutic setting.
Willoughby, B. J., Spencer, J., Marsee, I., Memmott, M., & Renée, P. D. (2020, June). “I’m
scared because divorce sucks”: Parental divorce and the marital paradigms of emerging
adults.Journal of Family Issues,41(6), 711–738.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X19880933
The authors utilized a mixed-method design to link parental divorce and the various
aspects of marital paradigms of emerging adults using a sample of those who were
unmarried. This study revealed that according to different data types analyzed, there
were many negative beliefs about martial importance, permeance, and centrality.
Overall, the effects of parental divorce on emerging adults painted marriage in a negative
light, and interpersonal connections and communications of these emerging adults
suffered from it.
