2023, Vol.31, No.3

Journal of Counseling and Gospel 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.55

pISSN : 1739-0745 / eISSN : 2799-6530
https://journal.kci.go.kr/jocag

This study is a Christian counseling discourse for the happiness of the baby boomers (new older) generation. Today, most baby boomers are unable to prepare for their long old age. This is because of the support of elderly parents and the support of adult children who have not yet been employed due to difficulties in finding employment. The baby boomers are a group who have spent their middle ages physically healthy, have higher educational backgrounds than older generations, and have social experiences that demonstrate professional knowledge and generativity. However, most baby boomers are threatened with happiness(well-being), so Christian counseling needs to be sought for them. Therefore, this study will examine the subjective well-being and spiritual well-being closely related to the happiness of baby boomers. In addition, I would like to examine biblical figures who achieve self integrity by demonstrating generativity and lay the foundation for the Christian counseling discourse on new older. Until now, the discourse of the new older of the baby boomers had focused only on psychological well-being, so it did not reflect spiritual well-being, and it was also a discourse that excluded the non-Christian elderly. Above all, Christian counseling discourse that strengthens spiritual well-being should be established so that Christianity can contribute to a happy life in old age.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the process of transferring faith to the next generation in fourth-generation Christian families by using the spiritual genogram. To this end, qualitative case study was conducted with two fourth-generation Christian families living in the Seoul metropolitan area. The findings of the study are as follows: First, in these fourth-generation Christian families the Christian faith is integral and central in their lives. Second, the faith and religious lifestyles of the previous generations are handed down to the next generation. Third, the religious wandering and backsliding of the fourth generation are relatively short and in the process their faith are deepened and strengthened. Fourth, family relationships are built based on biblical family order. Fifth, the third generation’s respectful attitude toward the fourth–generation children encourages the voluntary and positive choice of their Christian faith. Sixth, the positive family dynamics and relationships have a positive influence on the families’ religious life. Lastly, the analysis of spiritual genogram shows that the human characteristics of the participating families directly affect their religious life. This study is meaningful and unique in that it studies cases of fourth-generation Christian families through in-depth interviews and obtains raw data on the generation transfer process of faith. In addition, it produces and uses spiritual genogram in the analysis of the case studies.

The purpose of this paper is to remind Christian/pastoral counseling experts who provide counseling for female college students of the importance of christian coaching counseling. Discrimination, church service, and difficulties in human relations experienced by case study participants as women have been repeated for a long time in society and church history. In this study, the process of helping female college students overcome their difficulties through coaching counseling was conducted through qualitative case studies. The study participants were four female university students. These are students from the College of Humanities, College of Engineering, College of Music, and College of Arts, respectively. The selection method for recruiting research participants is a theoretical sampling method according to the subject. The qualitative case study was composed by conducting christian coaching counseling with participants. The actual stages of Christian coaching counseling applied for female college students in this study consisted of five stages: empathy formation, questioning, listening, intuition of reality, reflection and action. In this study, the Christian coaching counseling process between Christian/church counselors and female college students is significant in that they were able to grow and plan for the future by facing the feelings of loss, anger, and stress they experienced as female college students, recognizing reality, and implementing actions in a beneficial direction.