Michael is 46 years old. He is married with three children

Michael is 46 years old. He is married with three children. His eldest son is 16 years old, his second son is 14, and his youngest daughter is 11.

Michael has called the FAM@FSC centre that you are working in for help. He shared that he is considering divorce due to ongoing conflicts with his wife, Jane. Michael has come across FAMS@FSC services on the Ministry of Social and Family Development’s website. He understands your centre provides Discernment Counselling for couples on the brink of divorce and would like to know more about it. He thought it may be useful for him and his wife who has taken his suggestion of divorce badly.

Question 1

Develop the following materials for the intake session with Michael and Jane:

(a)A list of topics you could use to assess the couple’s suitability for discernment counselling. Explain your choice of topics and how the questions of these topics guide the assessment of suitability. (500 words)

(b)A list of safety screening questions which ensure that both parties feel safe, and no one feels coerced to participate in discernment counselling. (250 words)

(c)A list of questions to differentiate the case’s leaning-in partner (LIP) and leaning-out partner (LOP). Based on the case, who do you think is the LIP and LOP, and why? (250 words)