Terapi Filial merupakan satu pendekatan melatih ibu bapa bermain secara terapeutik bersama anak mereka iaitu anak fokus. Tujuan kajian ini adalah meneroka cabaran peserta melaksanakan Terapi Filial sebagai intervensi kaunseling bagi menangani isu tingkah laku. Peserta kajian terdiri daripada lima orang ibu yang mempunyai anak bermasalah tingkah laku. Peserta dipilih berdasarkan tiga kritieria utama iaitu berminat menyertai dan menjalankan sesi bermain, fasih menulis serta bertutur dalam bahasa Melayu dan mempunyai anak mempunyai salah satu isu iaitu tingkah laku. Kajian ini menggunakan teknik snowball dalam pemilihan sampel. Dalam intervensi ini peserta menjalankan lima kali sesi bermain bersama anak fokus dengan menggunakan kemahiran asas Terapi Bermain Pemusatan Kanak-Kanak. Data diperoleh melalui temu bual, pemerhatian dan analisis dokumen bagi memastikan triangulasi dicapai. Data dianalisis secara bertema menggunakan perisian N-vivo. Hasil dapatan kajian mendapati antara cabaran yang dihadapi oleh peserta adalah kesukaran mengikuti peraturan sesi bermain, menetapkan masa bermain, menyediakan tempat bermain, peserta bosan dan budaya. Implikasi kajian ini menyumbang kepada pembangunan profesion kaunseling iaitu kaunselor harus mengambil kira cabaran-cabaran tersebut sebagai garis panduan menggunakan Terapi Filial sebagai satu pendekatan. Garis panduan ini dapat membantu kaunselor mempraktiskan Terapi Filial dalam meneroka serta memudahkan ibu bapa bermain bersama anak dalam suasana terapeutik. Terapi Filial juga berupaya menjadi modaliti tambahan dalam perkhidmatan kaunseling kanak-kanak dan keluarga di Malaysia.

Selaras dengan polisi kerajaan untuk menjadikan Malaysia sebuah negara maju menjelang 2020 yang menumpukan kepada aspek ekonomi dan sosial,institusi perkahwinan dan keluarga perlu diperkukuhkan. Proses pembangunan yang pantas memberi tekanan dan cabaran kepada institusi kekeluargaan. Walaupun banyak usaha telah dilaksanakan bagi memperkukuhkan institusi kekeluargaan, masih kurang bukti yang menunjukkan keberkesanan usaha sedia ada. Kertas kerja ini bertujuan untuk menerangkan satu model yang berasaskan integrasi kaunseling konvensional dan pendekatan Islam untuk membantu pasangan Islam dalam kaunseling. Kajian ini akan melibatkan analisis teks Qut al Qulb karangan Abu Talib al-Makki dan kajian lepas tentang bahan-bahan daripada kedua-dua kaunseling konvensional dan Islam. Model ini menekankan tentang kepentingan intervensi kaunseling yang menggabungkan kedua dua elemen naqli dan aqli bagi menyokong klien orang Islam. Model ini berpotensi untuk menjadi panduan apabila berhadapan dengan pasangan beragama Islam. Adalah diharapkan kajian ini meningkatkan kesedaran untuk menambahbaik perkhidmatan kaunseling kepada pasangan Islam. Selain daripada itu, kajian ini juga diharap dapat meningkatkan kesejahteraan institusi kekeluargaan dan masyarakat amnya.

Marriage education is a form of dissemination of information designed to help individual and couples to achieve happiness and success in marriage. Nevertheless, marriage education is not just a pre-marital course, but it is a knowledge and skills needed to have either at the beginning of marriage and it continued along marriage lasted. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the views of experts and public about marriage education in Malaysia. The study collected data through structured interviews with 12 samples, 3 public and 9 experts consisting lecturers, registered counselors and religious officers. Data were managed in NVivo 8 using thematic analysis approach. Outcomes from the interview obtained two main themes 1) understanding of marriage education and 2) necessity of marriage education.

Counseling is a profession that is concerned with all aspects of development for the individual client and this is synonymous with the philosophy of wellness. Even though the wellness emphasis is not well understood and is not systematically taught or applied due to ongoing debates among Western scholars about this concept and despite confusion with the usage of various terms to refer to wellness, the concept of wellness has the potential to be integrated with the naqli and aqli knowledge in counseling. In Islam, this concept has long been discussed. It is hoped that by comparing the Islamic concept of welness to the Western perspective would help increase the understanding of this concept and highlight its application in counseling as an example of the integration of revealed knowledge and rational science. This paper will discuss briefly the concept of wellness from the perspective of Islam and the West, as well as looking at some common grounds and differences between the two views. Both views agree that wellness is a lifelong process that is holistic, comprising of multiple dimensions. However, the Islamic view of this concept is broader and complements the existing view on wellness. The implication of this study to the field of counseling includes refocusing counseling to the developmental aspect of an individual that comprised of not only remediation but also prevention.

Filial therapy is a training process given by counselors or therapist to parents. In Filial therapy module trainings, parents will learn the techniques and skills of Play Therapy in non-directive way applicable in play sessions for 30 minutes. The goal of Filial therapy is to enhance parent to child relationship. The process to establish the relationship is the result of the interaction and the application of the learnt skills. In short, Filial therapy is an approach whereby parents carry out therapeutic play sessions with their respective child. Parents will apply the skills in the playing sessions with their child in a nondirective way under the guidance of a counselor or a therapist. This paper will therefore, specifically discuss filial therapy approach which has been applied in the traditional and intensive way. In addition, this study also examines the effects of Filial therapy application across various cultures. This paper focuses only on the studies which have adopted qualitative approach.

The purpose of this study was to explore Malay Muslim adults in Malaysia, their understanding on the concept of wellness. Using a qualitative design, data were collected through the use of semistructured interviews with fourteen Malay Muslim adults between the ages of 21 to 60. Analysis of data from these interviews utilized the constant-comparative method. The findings showed that from the perspective of the participants as a whole, wellness is maintaining a good relationship with self, Allah and others. Aspects of wellness include physical, food and nutrition, psychological, financial, occupational, spiritual, social, environmental, and cultural domains. There was similarity in the view of the nature of wellness as multidimensional and encompassing the whole person. The findings highlight that the participants’ conceptualization of wellness relates to the Malay Muslims’ cultural background. This cultural uniqueness should be translated into a wellness-based counseling strategy for this specific ethnic group. This study also shows the importance of considering multicultural factors in understanding and dealing with a client. Recommendations and limitations are also discussed