| Research has indicated that children had a healthier adjustment to divorce when there was minimal conflict and maximized contact with parents (Amato & Thompson, 1999; Warren et al., 1987). The families of divorced children have a life-long connection, and there are many clinically relevant areas that can indicate a dire need to be addressed for the well being of the children involved. Ahrons (1994) developed the term "binuclear family" to destigmatize the divorce process, to advocate the non-pathological approach for these families. A good divorce, which is possible, is said to require "both good fences and good bridges" (Bernstein, 2007, p. 72). Iranian Americans are a portion of the divorce statistics in the United States. Clinicians seem to have limitations to effectively treat this demographic from a cultural perspective, as evidenced by the restricted research on Iranian Americans. This clinical dissertation was developed to assist clinicians to treat divorced families with cultural awareness for the Iranian American population. |
