نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Divorce is a social damage that involves the family institution with important personal and social consequences. Children, as the youngest members of the family, are not safe from this harm and face many psychological and social harms throughout their lives. The present study was conducted with the aim of qualitatively studying the role of counselors in the readjustment of children of divorce. This research was carried out with a qualitative method of Claizian descriptive phenomenology.. The sample of the research is among divorce counselors active in counseling and psychology centers of Hamedan province in 1403 with work experience of 5 years and more, with a master's degree and above, who were in the age range of 27-45 years; They were selected based on the logic of targeted sampling. Research data was obtained through semi-structured interviews with 10 divorce counselors, five of whom were women and five were men.Analyzing the findings through the seven-step Clayey method led to the identification of eighteen sub-themes and four main themes. The main themes include "awareness and acceptance of parental divorce", "cultivation of conscious self-management in children", "supporting parents in order to regulate relationships with children" and "orienting the structure of counselors based on children's developmental and security needs".. The results of this research can provide awareness and insight for concerned parents about the necessity of benefiting from counseling services for their children after divorce and can be a way forward.