Consider the following: Joe and Jane, a married couple with two small children,
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Question
Consider the following: Joe and Jane, a married couple with two small children, are divorcing. In an attempt to settle issues of custody and visitation as amicably and with as little court time as possible, they are trying to negotiate the terms on their own. Jane has been a stay-at-home mother, working part-time, and feels she should have primary physical custody of the children, with liberal visitation for Joe. Joe believes that he has worked hard at being a good father and provider, and feels Jane's plan penalizes him for being unable to stay at home when he had to be the family breadwinner. He would like joint physical custody. Jane believes that it would be too disruptive for the children to split their time between two households.
Select one of the methods recommended in the linked resource article, and explain how it could be used to break the impasse in the example above. Be specific in your answer, using details and examples. Please make sure to differentiate your answer from ones already posted by your classmates.
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https://www.va.gov/ADR/Impasse.asp
Explanation / Answer
Answer:
To break the impasse between Joe and Jone: Try role-reversal. Role-reversal technique is to ask each Party to briefly assume the other's role and then react to the impasse issue. You also can ask each Party to be a "devil’s advocate" and argue against their own position.
Role reversal is the single most important effective technique in psychodrama. In the form of psychodrama, the protagonist is invited to move out of his own position or role into the significant other's position and enact that role.Through role reversal, the spouses change their positions with the other and then produce new insight of the whole interaction. This technique helps the protagonist to gain more understanding of a significant other rather than being stuck in his own perspective.
If Jane has to go to out for work and earn will it be possible for her to do so and also to Joe will it be possible for him to stay at home and take care of the children. I think they should realize if they can do role reversal and continue a normal life if not then they should think again before divorce.