Step couple / Stepfamily Counselling
Recoupling with Children
Are you a couple where one or both of you have children from a previous relationship or previousarrangement and are looking at becoming a stepfamily?If so,we offer counselling and education toindividuals and couples wanting to have a greater understanding of the unique issues you will face asyou form and maintain a stable stepfamily home life.
A Stepfamily in Distress
You found your perfect partner, the children love that your together, and becoming a family seems natural and right. It doesn’t take long for unexpected issues to arise no matter how prepared you thought you were. Issues many steps couples experience is feeling second to their partner’s children, feeling more like an adult observer than a participator around parenting decisions, high conflict mainly about the children, parents feeling attacked about their parenting ability or their children not being loved by the stepparent, and feeling triggered by memories from the previous relationship. These are just a few examples of issues Renewed Beliefs counselling have addressed. Each stepfamily is unique and therefore will come with its own unique complexities and struggles.
Co Parenting Post Separation
Are you facing the challenge of raising children as a single parent post-separation? It can be challenging to manage the emotions of loss and grief and finding your way to a healthy positive parenting relationship with your former partner. Co-parenting can be impacted by high conflict relationships, alienation tactics from one parent to another, and everyday expectations, and boundaries in two different households
Examples of presenting issues recoupling parents’ address:
- Communication Skills
- Parental roles and expectations.
- Healthy adjustment to many changes that come with forming a stepfamily
- Struggling with the Stepchildren’s biological parent
- Stepparents’ role
- Co - parenting
- Parenting differences
- Building relationships within the stepfamily and extended family.
Renewed Beliefs Counselling service specialises in working with individuals, couples, and children in step families that will skill you in effectively dealing with the unique issues your stepfamily is struggling with. Don’t wait to contact me on 0412140099 or email me atscmilland@gmail.com.