New Rules for Stepfamilies

Finding the Missing Peace

Dr Joshua Coleman is a psychologist with offices in San Francisco and Oakland and is a senior fellow with the Council on Contemporary Families. His newest book is When Parents Hurt: Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don't Get Along. See full bio

March 18, 2009, Depression

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Stepmothers in Distress

By Dr Joshua Coleman on March 18, 2009 in New Rules for Stepfamilies

Studies show that stepmothers are much more likely to be demonized by the children than stepfathers. Why would this be the case? This is because husbands often expect their new wives to establish order in the household and this can be resented by the children. Read More

my Mother,Debbie Manka ,went

Submitted by Anonymous on June 16, 2009 - 9:19pm.

my Mother,Debbie Manka ,went off and married her Psychologist/therapist Matt Manka. It destroyed our family and my brothers mental health as well as mine. it also destroyed my fathers health as he and my mother(debbie)r were going to Matt for marriage counseling initially. Now Matt and Debbie are running Lifestream Solutions in Arizona.I personally do not think they should be allowed to counsel anyone ,as dating your client is against the rules,right? Any comments on all this? kris

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