The happy stepcouple : how couples with stepchildren can strengthen their relationships / Rachelle Katz.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781538130643
- ISBN: 1538130645
- Physical Description: vi, 233 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Step 1: Revise unrealistic expectations. Stepfamilly fallacies -- Expectations of your relationship -- Finances -- Redefine the role of stepparent -- Step 2: Improve communication. The relevance of emotional attachment styles for stepcouples -- Understand each attachment style and its unique coping reaction -- The clash of emotional attachment styles -- The stepcouple shuffle -- Bolster your security -- Modify your reactions -- Don't let a grudge weight you down -- Gain courage to express feelings with confidence -- Communicate effectively -- Boost your partner's security -- Go gently into conflict -- Dance the waltz of intimacy -- Step 3: Address your specific stepcouple challenges. Manage insider/outsider issues -- Tame your partner's green-eyed monster -- Construct healthy boundaries -- Balance power in your relationship -- Further steps -- Closing words. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Stepfamilies. Stepparents. Stepchildren. Interpersonal relations. Interpersonal relations. Stepchildren. Stepfamilies. Stepparents. |
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | 306.8747 KAT (Text) | 000156316 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
BookList Review
The Happy Stepcouple : How Couples with Stepchildren Can Strengthen Their Relationships
Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Experienced therapist and stepmother Katz advises those (re)marrying with children. Her message is simple: settle for less than perfect, and you will be happier. Katz explores the myths of supposedly ideal blended families, in which all children happily accept new family structures, and adults are all on great terms, eagerly spending time with one another. Citing research that claims only 20-percent of stepchildren feel close to their stepmothers, Katz cautions women that they will have a much harder time than anticipated in their new families. While the book does include perspectives from men in heterosexual relationships as well as same-sex couples, much of the advice centers on women entering into a marriage with a man who has children from another relationship. Overall, Katz emphasizes that the couple in question needs to be in a healthy, communicative, secure relationship before they can anticipate success with their stepchildren. Because of many examples drawn from her therapeutic work, readers will likely identify themselves in these pages and come away with new ideas for reducing conflict in their homes.