Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling for Military Couples Experiencing Post- Deployment Transitional Stress
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Abstract:
Solution-focused therapy is a counseling method frequently used by professional therapists assigned to the military. The strengths based, brief, and flexible nature of solutionfocused therapy can easily be integrated into a Christian worldview and adapted for use by Military Chaplains. The military presents unique challenges to couples; long periods of separations, deployments, and frequent moves. Some couples experience marital strain when they reunite after a deployment. This is called post-deployment transitional stress. Chaplains can use solution-focused therapy to help couples who are experiencing post-deployment transitional stress discover spiritual strengths, increase relational resilience, and achieve greater levels of marital satisfaction.
