Development and Initial Evaluation of the Resilience-Focused Family Psychoeducation (RFFP) for Families in a Post-Disaster Resettlement Community

This paper documents the development and initial evaluation of the Resilience-Focused Family Psychoeducation (RFFP), an intervention program for families in a post-disaster resettlement community facing multiple adversities.Implementing the RFFP program entailed three phases involving a needs assessment and consultation with the community, the development and implementation of the RFFP, and an initial evaluation of the program.Focus group discussions with mothers and adolescents revealed that they conceptualized counseling as a goal-oriented process founded upon a helping relationship between the counselor and counselee.They also preferred community-based counseling focusing on the family, with a shorter duration, and in a venue near their community.Participants articulated counseling needs that are relational but are associated with socio-economic conditions.Considering the participants' conceptions and needs, an eight-session family psychoeducation intervention was developed with the following focus areas: counseling, adversity and resilience, family system, family solving, and goal setting.RFFP goals, characteristics, content, and process are discussed.This paper culminates with facilitators and barriers encountered during the RFFP implementation.