What are the biggest adjustments couples have to make

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Homework: Psychology Structured Interview

Instructions

For this Structured Interview Paper Homework, you will locate a mental health professional actively involved in counseling divorced and remarried couples and blended families in your local area, prepare at least 10 questions, interview the professional and summarize his/her findings.

You will then write a 6-8 pagesummary (not including Title Page and References) in current APA style documenting the interview and highlighting noteworthy observations. You may use any or all of the questions below, but also integrate some of your own into the interview. As always, utilizing sources, including the texts and journal articles, will greatly substantiate your writing and interpretation of the interviewee's comments.

Mental Health Professional Interview Questions:

Question A. From your experience, what are some of the most prevalent reasons couples divorce?

Question B. What are the most common challenges you see in the first three months following separation?

Question C. Do you recommend temporary separation as a technique in helping keep couples married? Why or why not?

Question D. What are the biggest adjustments couples have to make during separation? Divorce? Remarriage?

Question E. When and how do you tend to see the effects of divorce manifest in children?

Question F. What are the most difficult adjustments you see in two families coming together?

Question G. How do you counsel divorced individuals with kids to begin dating again? What do recommend for that process? What common mistakes do you see being made?

Question H. What is your personal theology of divorce and remarriage? How does it fit with what you see and experience in your practice?

Textbooks:

1) Dobson, J. (2007). Love must be tough: New hope for marriages in crisis. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House. ISBN: 9781414317458.

2) Papernow, P. L. (2013). Surviving and thriving in stepfamily relationships: What works and what doesn't. New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN: 9780415894388.

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