Open AccessMarriage Counseling as an Effort to Build a Sakinah Family: Model of Fostering and Mentoring for Sakinah Families in Demak Regency
Author(s) -
Abdurrohman Kasdi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
konseling religi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2477-2100
pISSN - 1907-7238
DOI - 10.21043/kr.v10i1.5500
Subject(s) - wife , harmony (color) , islam , psychology , qualitative research , meaning (existential) , sociology , gender studies , political science , psychotherapist , social science , law , philosophy , theology , visual arts , art
This article examines the model of fostering and mentoring sakinah families in Demak Regency by marriage counseling. The method used qualitative with a phenomenological approach and psychoanalytic approach. The aim of this approach is to research the meaning of essential things about marriage counseling in forming a sakinah family, then to relate to a model of family fostering and mentoring for sakinah families in Demak Regency. The research shows that: first, to realize a sakinah family, marriage counseling focus in psychology and syaria. Second, marriage counseling as a process of giving assistance to individuals so that in carrying out marriage and married life can be in harmony with the provisions and instructions of Allah. Third, there was a decline in divorce rates in the Demak Regency area. Data decreasing by 13%, from 19% in 2016 to 6% in 2017. The decline in divorce rates in Demak Regency is inseparable from the guidance and assistance carried out by Islamic Religious Counselors who collaborate with cross-sectoral agencies in providing counseling for marriage to husband and wife couple in Demak Regency to be fostered by sakinah family.