Stepfamilies: A Guide to Working with Stepparents and StepchildrenStudies the differences between stepfamilies and nuclear families, and the adjustments and stresses families face as a result of remarriage. Demonstrates numerous therapeutic models with techniques which may be used in individual or group therapy Special attention given to the problems of children in stepfamilies. |
Contents
CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF STEPFAMILIES | 3 |
STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF STEPFAMILIES | 15 |
Problem Areas Resulting from Stepfamily Structure | 29 |
RESEARCH IN STEPFAMILY RELATIONSHIPS | 36 |
Adjustment of Children to Remarriage | 46 |
WOMEN IN REMARRIED RELATIONSHIPS | 50 |
WORKING WITH WOMEN IN STEPFAMILIES | 68 |
MEN IN REMARRIED RELATIONSHIPS | 85 |
WORKING WITH STEPFAMILY COUPLES | 141 |
CHILDREN IN STEPFAMILIES | 162 |
WORKING WITH STEPCHILDREN | 181 |
Adolescent Stepchildren | 195 |
STEPFAMILIES | 207 |
WORKING WITH STEPFAMILIES | 223 |
OVERVIEW | 252 |
Appendix A Guidelines for Stepfamilies | 261 |
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Stepfamilies: A Guide to Working with Stepparents and Stepchildren Emily B. Visher No preview available - 2015 |
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