Discernment counseling is designed to help couples considering divorce arrive at a greater sense of clarity and confidence in their decision making about the future of their marriage. Possible outcomes include making no change to the marriage, divorcing, or attempting reconciliation through couples therapy. To date, no research has been done on whether or not discernment counseling helps couples who decide to divorce with their post‐divorce family life (i.e., coparenting). We surveyed 11 people (from male–female couples) and conducted in‐depth interviews with eight who had undergone discernment counseling and subsequently divorced to see what impact discernment counseling had on their post‐divorce coparenting relationship. We analyzed the data from a phenomenological perspective. Respondents described their discernment counseling experience as helpful for achieving clarity and honesty in the divorce decision‐making process, they shared their appreciation for the structure of the intervention, and indicated that it led to a greater coparental cooperation post‐divorce.

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辨别咨询对决定离婚的个人的影响：离婚后沟通和共同抚养的经验

辨别力咨询旨在帮助考虑离婚的夫妇在他们对婚姻未来的决策中获得更大的清晰度和信心。可能的结果包括不改变婚姻、离婚或通过夫妻治疗尝试和解。迄今为止，还没有关于辨别咨询是否有助于决定离婚后的家庭生活（即共同抚养）的夫妇的研究。我们调查了 11 人（来自男女夫妻），并对 8 位接受过辨别辅导但随后离婚的人进行了深入访谈，以了解辨别辅导对他们离婚后的共同抚养关系有何影响。我们从现象学的角度分析了数据。