Förebyggande kurs för par i familjerådgivningens regi: Kvalitativa intervjuer med familjerådgivare.
Year: 2016
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The purpose of this thesis was about investigating how couples counselors integrate Prevention and Relationship Education Program (PREP) in their professional work, how powerful they find the method and how they perceive their roles as couples counselors and PREP leaders. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine individuals which all worked within municipal couples counseling. The inclusion criterion was that the participants ought to work with PREP in combination with couples counseling. The data was analyzed using thematic analysis and nine themes were identified. The main conclusions of the study were that the participants use PREP twofold, as course for couples and as psychoeducation within their clinical work. There is a demand of preventive relationship training that’s performed on behalf of municipal couples counseling. The participants find PREP as a useful, solid and a material that’s based on research. The participants mention differences between the therapeutic versus the pedagogic work and suggest the roles for the different tasks to be separated. There are individual differences in how to treat the boundary between therapy and the training program. The therapeutic competence is an important factor to create faithful bonds with the couples in the course, which contributes to achieve a good alliance. One critical aspect handles PREP being perceived as too normative, where participants would like a more sex-neutral material.
Author: Agneta Albertsson
Language: Swedish
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2405622030