@article{ART001529869},
author={Kim Mi Kyung},
title={The Crisis of Midlife Couples and Christian Counseling},
journal={Journal of Counseling and Gospel },
issn={1739-0745},
year={2010},
volume={15},
pages={137-159},
doi={10.17841/jocag.2010.15..137}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kim Mi Kyung
TI - The Crisis of Midlife Couples and Christian Counseling
JO - Journal of Counseling and Gospel
PY - 2010
VL - 15
IS - null
PB - Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
SP - 137
EP - 159
SN - 1739-0745
AB - Midlife has important meaning in one’s adulthood, bringing some different types of emotional change such as dilemma, agony, happiness or developmental task. Taking leave of old things in the past time, midlife can be a crucial turning point to start one’s life over again. As longest period in life circle, midlife is a so-called sandwich generation and prime days at the same time. Also, people in this period become to show generativity and activeness to readjust them to rapidly changing environment, feeling the limit of possibilities in the future. Couples in their midlife are confronted by the question, “How can I manage the rest of my life?”. This simple but meaningful question may be the key of readjustment.
Midlife couples who spent most of life to support their sons and daughters with full of responsibility are now coming back to the empty nest without romance and passion they used to have in their youth, being forced to re-evaluate their marital relations. Conflicts are generally coming from lack of communication or misunderstanding between the couple and their family members. This crisis, in modern society, may cause a family break-up, so it is required to lend assistance for them through Christian counseling followed by the extensive diagnosis on the reason of crisis.
KW - midlife couples;crisis;Christian counseling;generativity;communication
DO - 10.17841/jocag.2010.15..137
ER -
Kim Mi Kyung. (2010). The Crisis of Midlife Couples and Christian Counseling. Journal of Counseling and Gospel , 15, 137-159.
Kim Mi Kyung. 2010, "The Crisis of Midlife Couples and Christian Counseling", Journal of Counseling and Gospel , vol.15, pp.137-159. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2010.15..137
Kim Mi Kyung "The Crisis of Midlife Couples and Christian Counseling" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 15 pp.137-159 (2010) : 137.
Kim Mi Kyung. The Crisis of Midlife Couples and Christian Counseling. 2010; 15 137-159. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2010.15..137
Kim Mi Kyung. "The Crisis of Midlife Couples and Christian Counseling" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 15(2010) : 137-159.doi: 10.17841/jocag.2010.15..137
Kim Mi Kyung. The Crisis of Midlife Couples and Christian Counseling. Journal of Counseling and Gospel , 15, 137-159. doi: 10.17841/jocag.2010.15..137
Kim Mi Kyung. The Crisis of Midlife Couples and Christian Counseling. Journal of Counseling and Gospel . 2010; 15 137-159. doi: 10.17841/jocag.2010.15..137
Kim Mi Kyung. The Crisis of Midlife Couples and Christian Counseling. 2010; 15 137-159. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2010.15..137
Kim Mi Kyung. "The Crisis of Midlife Couples and Christian Counseling" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 15(2010) : 137-159.doi: 10.17841/jocag.2010.15..137
