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Blended & Step Family Relationships

Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships: What Works and What Doesn’t

Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships: What Works and What Doesn’t

Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships:
Works and What Doesn’t

by Dr. Patricia L. Papernow

A ground-breaking book by one of the world’s foremost experts
on “blended families”


Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships:  What Works and What Doesn't
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Praise for Surviving and Thriving

“Deeply reassuring, hopeful, and helpful.” 

Rich Borofsky, Ed.D., Co-Director, Center for the Study of Relationships

“The single best stepfamily resource I know.”

Rev. Mary Steege, Executive Director, Presbytery of Milwaukee

“Destined to be a classic!  This book is a remarkable achievement filled with wisdom for those who help stepfamilies and for those who live in them.”

Richard Schwartz, PhD, developer of the Internal Family Systems model

“I bought this book and devoured it in 3 days. I cannot recommend it highly enough.”

Amazon reviewer who is a former stepmother, and ex-wife to a remarried dad, and stepdaughter to her 76 year old remarried mom

“The best book ever written on the topic. Period.”

Alan Gurman, PhD, Visiting Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

“Laced with rich examples and written in a lively style. This book shows us ways to help children feel safe and loved, help parents to be effective, and help stepcouples enrich their relationship.”

John Sargent, MD, Prof of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Tufts School of Medicine

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Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships:  What Works and What Doesn't
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The Stepfamily Handbook: From Dating to Getting Serious
to Forming a \“Blended Family\”
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