Why should I become a Stepfamily Foundation Certified Counselor or Coach?
"The Stepfamily is labeled as: unstable, confounding, a patchwork, a crazy quilt of confusing behaviors... an unsolved problem."
Stepfamilies are the new majority:
The stepfamily can be a blessing and a benefit to children and to partners. We must discern it's differences and know it's secret systems.
For over forty years we have researched, written about and learned from our clients. Thus, we have architected a new and powerful model of working with stepfamilies, which before we wrote the first book, LIVING IN STEP, McGraw Hill, was not addressed. Thousands of stepfamilies fell into failure. There were no answers, just sadness and suffering.
As professionals, we are trained in the basic precepts of psychology. We make of use of some of this. Graduate schools offer no courses to address the complex stepfamily interactions. For over thirty years we have studied, researched and learned from our clients. Thus, we have architected a new and powerful model of working with stepfamilies.
Our work is supported by substantial research involving more than 5000 individuals.
The therapy we use is precise to the stepfamily. We teach how the step system can not function as does a biologically connected family. We work with couples as to how to communicate and partner in the complex context of step. We use many of the precepts of business management.
We ask each partner to define their vision, wishes and judgment as to just how they want the family and couple to function. We coach couples to communicate and to respect each other's point of view. Our model is positive and forward-looking. By honoring differences and supporting the couple's love, we merge diverse systems, protocols, child rearing practices and beliefs about the world.
We ask each partner to describe his/her point of view on issues. We honor both. We then mediate and merge these realities plus our knowledge, to create a functioning and orderly stepfamily system.
Using the business model we create an action plan, define job descriptions - roles, rules, responsibilities, and contributions of each member of the in-house family and the visiting children. We ask about the allocation of time, energy, and money from each partner's point of view. We build couple strength, partnership and teach our specific communication skills. We solve issues of discipline, manners, visitation, the prior spouse, co-parenting and much more.
We create a positive action-plan, accomplish a task and work to obtain a solution at each session.
Most clients complete their work in about 5 - 8 sessions, with about 10 hours of homework.
Stepfamilies are the new majority:
- 50% of all first families divorce.
- 66% of stepfamilies fail...we make a difference!
- 84% of Stepfamily Foundation clients succeed...our methods work!
The stepfamily can be a blessing and a benefit to children and to partners. We must discern it's differences and know it's secret systems.
For over forty years we have researched, written about and learned from our clients. Thus, we have architected a new and powerful model of working with stepfamilies, which before we wrote the first book, LIVING IN STEP, McGraw Hill, was not addressed. Thousands of stepfamilies fell into failure. There were no answers, just sadness and suffering.
As professionals, we are trained in the basic precepts of psychology. We make of use of some of this. Graduate schools offer no courses to address the complex stepfamily interactions. For over thirty years we have studied, researched and learned from our clients. Thus, we have architected a new and powerful model of working with stepfamilies.
Our work is supported by substantial research involving more than 5000 individuals.
The therapy we use is precise to the stepfamily. We teach how the step system can not function as does a biologically connected family. We work with couples as to how to communicate and partner in the complex context of step. We use many of the precepts of business management.
We ask each partner to define their vision, wishes and judgment as to just how they want the family and couple to function. We coach couples to communicate and to respect each other's point of view. Our model is positive and forward-looking. By honoring differences and supporting the couple's love, we merge diverse systems, protocols, child rearing practices and beliefs about the world.
We ask each partner to describe his/her point of view on issues. We honor both. We then mediate and merge these realities plus our knowledge, to create a functioning and orderly stepfamily system.
Using the business model we create an action plan, define job descriptions - roles, rules, responsibilities, and contributions of each member of the in-house family and the visiting children. We ask about the allocation of time, energy, and money from each partner's point of view. We build couple strength, partnership and teach our specific communication skills. We solve issues of discipline, manners, visitation, the prior spouse, co-parenting and much more.
We create a positive action-plan, accomplish a task and work to obtain a solution at each session.
Most clients complete their work in about 5 - 8 sessions, with about 10 hours of homework.
