Blended Family Counseling
Abstract
Individuals experiencing emotional disturbances may feel relieved after seeking therapy. Family therapy is mainly focused on creating a positive change within a given family. For any changes to occur there must be a good understanding between family members. Counselors should also strive to ensure that they understand the type of family and the relationship between its members. To have an understanding of multiculturalism, flexibility is used within different family structures or culturally diverse populations. This paper will discuss what blended families are in form of structure of such families and the type of relationship existing between members. The process of development of a blended family will be discussed to help understand what constitutes such families. The pros and cons of blended families will be discussed so as to give have a deep understanding of how people live and interact with each other. Examples of situations involving such families will be discussed. The paper will also look at the meaning of multiculturalism and how it relates to family types. The importance of making family considerations while conducting multicultural counseling will be analyzed to find out how effective it is in families. The paper will also give details of how blended families play a major role in understanding multiculturalism. Unique cultural perspectives of families will also be discussed to find out how significant they are to family therapy. Lastly, after conducting a thorough analysis, a conclusion will be made depending on the arguments presented in the paper. The main aim of this paper is to show the relevance of blended families in multicultural counseling.
Outline
Introduction
The research topic will be discussed where the importance of looking into the discussion question will be given to understand its relevance. The current situation of the topic in regards to the community will also be discussed.
Blended families
Blended families will be defined so as to get adequate knowledge on the topic. The family structure will also be looked at as well as how people related with each other.
Other aspects that will be looked at under blended families include: structure, considerations, subsystems, flex, boundaries, and change.
Pros of blended families
The advantages of blended families will be looked at to understand how people living in them benefit.
Cons of blended families
Challenges faced by people living in blended families will be discussed so as to have a deep understand of such family units. The disadvantages will be looked at in different aspects of life such as economically, socially and physically.
Multiculturalism
The definition of the term will be given as well as the relevance of the term in the world of today. Various examples will be given so as to support the arguments in the paper.
Multicultural counseling
The importance of multicultural counseling will be discussed. Different aspects of multicultural counseling will also be illustrated to find out how they are related to different types of families.
Step-Father and stepchild relationship
The relationship between step children and step fathers will be looked at to understand the change of behavior and how they relate with one another.
Stepmother family structure
The kind of relationship between siblings and their mother will be discussed.
Young people in blended families
It will be important to study how young people in families relate with one another. The effect of the structure of the family to their thinking will also be discussed.
Implications of blended families on multicultural counseling
After having discussed different aspects of blended families and multiculturalism, it will be much easy to link the two to find out how they relate with one another.
Conclusion
The findings of the paper will be summarized so as to give an overview of the topic.
