Dr. Patricia Papernow discusses how critical it is to validate a child’s feelings within a stepfamily and how to effectively do so. Dr. Papernow is a psychologist in private practice in Hudson, MA, where she divides her time between clinical
Avoiding wrong turns in step-families
In some ways, a stepfamily looks like any other family. However, it is critical for therapists to understand that stepfamily structure creates a fundamentally different foundation upon which to build a family. The good news is that several decades of research and