Blended families often find themselves challenged by the complex issues they face. The most frequently reported issue that couples argue about in re-marriages is children.
Couples in blended families are typically not prepared for: Disputes over parenting, money, privacy, vacations, responsibilities, boundaries, rituals, holidays, etc.
Couples can often feel overwhelmed, confused, discouraged, “depressed,” and self-doubting about their step-family situation.
Clinicians at CFS Counselling + Wellbeing can provide assistance regarding: Step family structure (realistic expectations, how your family changes over time, stages you may progress through), parenting strategies (helping you and your children adjust to blended family life) and how to be unified as a couple (view time alone together as a necessity, children benefit from the model of a happy relationship, disagree in private).
Blended families often find themselves challenged by the complex issues they face and couples often feel overwhelmed, confused, discouraged, “depressed,” and self-doubting about their step-family situation.