Postdivorce Counselling and Dispute Resolution: Services, Ethics, and Competencies

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  • Jeff Chang Graduate Centre for Applied Psychology Athabasca University

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This article orients practitioners to postdivorce counselling, assessment, and dispute resolution services. First, 11 services that mental health practitioners can provide to individuals and families following separation and divorce are described. I then discuss ethical issues that can arise with divorcing and postdivorce families. Finally, I describe how Canadian counsellor education programs provide a sound base for work with divorcing families and articulate the additional knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for specialized practice. Canadian counsellors, practicing with ethical awareness and prudence, can do important work to alleviate the suffering of divorcing families.

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    Dr. Jeff Chang is an Associate Professor in the Graduate Centre for Applied Psychology at Athabasca University, and Editor of the Canadian School Counselling Review.

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2016-09-14

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##issue.vol## 50 ##issue.no## 3s (2016): Special Issue - Divorce

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Special Issue Articles/ Articles d'édition spéciale

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Copyright is retained by the Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

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Postdivorce Counselling and Dispute Resolution: Services, Ethics, and Competencies. (2016). Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 50(3s). https://dev.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/rcc/article/view/61112