Stepfamilies: A Guide To Working With Stepparents And Stepchildren

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ISBN: 9780876301906 | 0876301901
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 10/1/1979

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Studies the differences between stepfamilies and nuclear families, and the adjustments and stresses families face as a result of remarriage.

Foreword

vii

Jerry M. Lewis

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

xvii

Cultural Characteristics of Stepfamilies

(12)

American Stepfamilies 1979

The Invisibility of Stepfamilies

Structural Characteristics of Stepfamilies

(21)

Comparison of American Family Patterns

The Structure of Stepfamilies

Problem Areas Resulting from Stepfamily Structure

Research in Stepfamily Relationships

(14)

Demographic Studies

Overviews and Critiques of Research Literature

Research in Stepparent-Stepchildren Relationships

Adjustment of Children to Remarriage

Summary

Women in Remarried Relationships Involving Children

(18)

Unrealistic Expectations

Remarried Mothers with No Stepchildren

Stepmothers with No Children of Their Own

Remarried Mothers with Stepchildren

Variations on the Stepfamily Theme

Working with Women in Stepfamilies

(17)

Individual Counseling and Therapy

Groups for Stepmothers

Men in Remarried Relationships Involving Children

(24)

Joining a Functioning Group and Establishing a Place

Working out Rules Regarding Family Behavior

Handling Unrealistic Expectations

Specific Problem Areas

Working With Men in Stepfamilies

109

(12)

Working with Individual Fathers/Stepfathers

Working with Men in Groups

Changing Roles for Men

Recoupling-Stepfamily Couples

121

(20)

External Pressures on the Couple

Internal Pressures on the Couple

Successful Recoupling

Working with Stepfamily Couples

141

(21)

Working with Individual Couples

Group Work with Stepfamily Couples

Children in Stepfamilies

162

(19)

Dealing with Loss

Divided Loyalties

Where Do I Belong?

Membership in Two Households

Unreasonable Expectations

Fantasies of Natural Parents' Reuniting

Guilt Over Causing the Divorce

Adolescent Stepchildren

Children of the New Couple

Adult Stepchildren

Working With Stepchildren

181

(26)

Preschool Children

Stepchildren Six-to- Twelve Years Old (Latency Age Children)

Adolescent Stepchildren

Death of a Divorced Parent

Stepfamilies

207

(16)

Permeable Stepfamily Boundaries

Interpersonal Bonds Predating the Couple Relationship

Rupture of Spousal and/or Parent-Child Bonds

Another Parent Outside the Specific Stepfamily Unit

Working With Stepfamilies

223

(29)

Goals of Stepfamily Therapy or Counseling

Whom to Include

Family Work with Stepfamilies

Multiple Family Therapy with Stepfamilies

Mixed Family Interaction Groups

Overview

252

(9)

Appendix A. Guidelines for Stepfamilies

261

(5)

Appendix B. References for Stepfamilies

266

(3)

References

269

(4)

Index

273

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Stepfamilies: A Guide To Working With Stepparents And Stepchildren

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