Abstract
The study is carried out to explore the issues and practices in family counselling among the family counsellors at few counseling centres in Malaysia. Qualitative approach of single case embedded units was used for the study. Data collection was done using in-depth interview, observation and document analysis with 12 family counsellors. The data collected from these interviews, observation and document analysis then analysed using Nvivo 8. The analysis highlighted themes like children issue, family involvement, competency of the counsellors and the use of individual theories. The study also shows that the family counselling prefer to use and focus on the individual counselling and not the system. Therefore training for the counsellors who are practising family counselling should be improved by relevant parties. Family perception that child as the individual who is the root of the problem (inditied patient) in the family should be erased from our thoughts. Family awareness that family counselling intervention is vital in strengthening the family institution and it is a needed intervention in developing excellent generation of Malaysians as announced by relevant parties for family development in Malaysia.
Highlights
In Malaysia, family counselling in community counseling is needed in order to boost personal development and harmony of all individuals and community (Ahmad, 2007)
Research Findings In the study, the themes that are related to the issues and practices in family counselling are children issues, the use of individual theories in family counselling and the techniques used in the practices of family counselling by counsellors in Malaysia
Research findings show that the children issues are the most popular one in a family counselling session
Summary
In Malaysia, family counselling in community counseling is needed in order to boost personal development and harmony of all individuals and community (Ahmad, 2007). Counselling abroad able to increase the competitiveness of a family, improve the students’ misbehavior and help in their healing process (Milliren & Barrett-Kruse, 2002; Keith, 2001; Herbert, 1989). Family counselling is offered actively at all settings like school, hospital, community centres. Family counselling in Malaysia is offered by government agencies like Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, state religious agencies (especially Negeri Sembilan) and NGOs. in school, family counselling is stated being offered but there is no record or document on how it is being implemented
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