Family Systems and Marriage Preparation Programs
It has been a recent development within the United States when the government has started making an effort to establish marriage programs that can help strengthen the foundation of marriages. They have done so by recently joining hands with the church and other faith-based organizations that run marriage preparation programs. One such organization is the Association of Couples for Marriage Enrichment (ACME) that primarily focuses on the provision of highly controlled, faith-based matrimonial preparation programs that aim to help the married couples in the sustenance of their marriages. One of the aspects that ACME and other religious groups focus on is the family systems that the couples must tackle and adjust to immediately after marriage. Hence, this aspect is primarily prepared by focusing on theoretical aspects of the family systems, cognitive behavioral therapy and lucid communication structures that assist is creating coping strategies and managing friction amongst different personalities (Wilmoth, 2005).
Literature Review
The notion of family systems is an important aspect to focus on within the realm of marriage preparation as the family of an individual forms the foundation on which the entire character of the individual is built upon. Hence, marriage preparation programs built around family systems must also include the psychological breakdown of the families of the couples so that they can understand the nature of their families and understand the differences that exist between the two. Researchers normally refer to the work done on the family systems theory by Kenneth Mitchell and Herbert Anderson as they primarily concentrated on the importance of the family of origin influence in marriage and how it should be included as an integral part in marriage preparation. They focused on how marriage was the balance between the past experiences of being in a family and bringing a new family structure within that and carrying forward the new experiences without causing friction with the family structure already established (as cited in Syphus, 2007).
The three aspects that the Mitchell and Anderson primarily focused on when tackling the family systems included: the role and dominance of sexuality, the financial management and the religious standings of...
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