The use of counseling as a part of early intervention as a new
service in emerging Family Centers in Slovakia
The use of counseling as a part of early intervention as a new
service in emerging Family Centers in Slovakia
Author(s): Mária ŠmidováSubject(s): Family and social welfare, Welfare services
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: family support; family center; counseling; early intervention;
Summary/Abstract: The national project implemented in Slovakia creates space for conceptual support forfamilies. The main goal of family counseling is to help effectively families and their memberswith problems related to the family and its relationships. Support of healthy family cohesionand mobilization of internal resources aimed at joint solutions to problems and difficultsituations, so that its members are able to provide for their mutual support. Strengtheningfamily relationships is in the attention of family counseling centers also with the aim ofpreventing the emergence of problems and the recurrence of pathological phenomena. Inparallel with this process, a new counseling profession is being established in Slovakia,which is currently at the level of specialization in social work and is a suitable addition to theservices provided by family counseling centers to help families in early intervention.
- Issue Year: XIII/2023
- Issue No: I
- Page Range: 85-90
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
