Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships: What Works and What Doesn't

ISBN-13: 9780415894371 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 248 str.

Patricia L. Papernow

Opis

Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships draws on current research, a wide variety of clinical modalities, and thirty years of clinical work with stepfamily members to describe the special challenges stepfamilies face. The book presents the concept of "stepfamily architecture" and the five challenges it creates, and delineates three different levels of strategies--psychoeducation, building interpersonal skills, and intrapsychic work--for meeting those challenges in dozens of different settings. The model is designed to be useful both to stepfamily members themselves and to a wide variety of practitioners, from a highly trained clinician who needs to know how and when to work on all three levels, to a school counselor or clergy person who may work on the first two levels but refer out for level three. It will also be useful to educators, judges, mediators, lawyers and medical personnel who will practice on the first level, but need to understand the other two to guide their work.

Spis treści

The Families  Key to Genograms  List of Figures  Acknowledgements  Part I: Laying the Foundation for Stepfamily Architecture  1. A Map for Stepfamilies  2. What Makes Stepfamilies Different?  Part II: The Five Challenges  3. The First Challenge: Insider/Outsider Positions are Intense and Stuck  4. The Second Challenge: Children Struggle With Losses, Loyalty Binds, and Too Much Change  5. The Third Challenge: Parenting Tasks Polarize the Adults  6. The Fourth Challenge: Creating a New Family Culture  7. The Fifth Challenge: Ex-Spouses are Part of the Family  Part III: Four "Diverse" Stepfamilies  8. Stepfamilies Headed by Lesbian and Gay Couples  9. African American Stepfamilies: Strengths We Can Learn From  10. The Challenges for Latino Stepfamilies  11. New Wrinkles: Later Life Cycle Stepfamilies  Part IV: Stepfamilies Over Time  12. The Stepfamily Cycle: Normal Stages of Stepfamily Development  13. Six Patterns of Becoming a Stepfamily  Part V: Helping Stepfamilies Thrive  14. Level I: A Tool Box for Psychoeducation  15. Level II: A Tool Box for Interpersonal Skills  16. Level III: A Tool Box for Intrapsychic Work  Becoming a Stepfamily is a Process, Not an Event  Working with Stepfamily Members Over Time  Conclusion  Endnotes  References

O autorze

Patricia L. Papernow, EdD, is a nationally recognized expert on stepfamilies, couples in "blended family" systems, and parenting after divorce. She also provides training and consultation throughout the US. Since 1981, she has been in private practice focusing on clinical supervision, and individual and couple therapy with adults.