Social work focused

7 Steps in resolving conflict within the family

1. URGENCY( requiring speedy action or attention)

Issue should be confronted and resolved as quickly as possible. ” Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold ( Eph.4 : 26-27). The longer longer they are left unattended , the faste, and sooner or later we face a forest.

2. BIFOCALS( focusing on the two sides of communication,thoughts, ideas, etc.,)

Example: According to an ancient tale, a number of blind men met an elephant and each attempted to identify it. while the one who held its ear thought it was a fan, another feeling its side said it was a wall, but a third holding its legs was certain that it was a trunk of a tree. Another feeling its tusk declared it to be a spear, while still another holding the tail insisted that it was a rope. the sobering truth is that not one of them was right! Why? Because each was examining only a part of the creature.

3. ALTRUISM ( Unselfish concern for the welfare of others)

Put our partner’s desire above our own.

4. ACTION PLAN

Partners are ready to create a practical plan of action. BRAINSTORMING id useful. All ideas should be listed and examined, and decision made should meet of both partners

5. GOLDEN WORDS

” I am sorry” and add a silver word, ” Please forgive me”. Confess your faults one to another..that they may be healed.

6. OPTIMISM

We must believe that success is positive and expect it. Though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again( Proverbs 24:16)

7. THE PRINCE

This is the Divine Third Person