GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

                                                                                   ABSTRACT

The study assessed the issues of broken marriages in Akwa Ibom State inclusive of the causes and remedies through solution focused and narrative counselling therapies. Divorce is a legal process through which a marriage is dissolved. Every year, currently more than a million children in the United State come across divorce between their parents. An estimate of 38% of children born of white parents and 75% of those born of black married parents will experience divorce between their parents before the age of 16. However, family therapy is a type of psychological counseling (psychotherapy) that can help family members improve communication and resolve conflicts in marriage in Akwa Ibom state. It refers to a treatment designed to help with issues that specifically affect a family’s mental health and functioning. It can help individual family members build stronger relationships, improve communication, and manage conflicts within the family system. Based on the findings of the study, appropriate recommendations were made, one of which was that churches, schools and counselors should use solution focused therapy as a means to reduce broken marriages.

KEYWORDS: Broken Marriages, Causes, Remedies, Solution Focused, Narrative Counselling Therapies and Akwa Ibom State