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Dr. Patricia L. Papernow

Stepfamily Relationships

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Listen to Interviews with Dr. Papernow

Linda’s Corner with Linda Bjork 
 Navigating Blended Families” (40 minutes)

This podcast fully, clearly and succinctly captures all five challenges and what works to meet each in just about forty minutes. Linda Bjork is a lovely attuned interviewer whose comments are right on the nub attuned and present. 

Space Radio with Dr. Anne Hallward
Stepparenting and Stepfamilies (30 minutes)

A great 30 minute interview with Patricia on Safe Space Radio, “a respectful forum for in-depth discussion of matters that touch the heart and yet feel risky to share.” Host Anne Hallward brings soul, grace, and smarts to our conversation about meeting the challenges of becoming a stepfamily. She somehow gathered all the critical pieces of information in our 30 minutes together.

Instagram Interview with Patricia Papernow and Karen Bonnell
Parenting Well Through Divorce and Forming a Stepfamily (hour)

This is a great hour-long instagram interview with Karen Bonnell, my co-author on The Stepfamily Handbook, and me about parenting well through divorce and forming a stepfamily. We’re a great team! It has some extra information about maintaining parent-child connection when parents live far apart. The interviewer is Karina Lagariggue a European psychologist.   

WBUR On Point with Tom Ashbrook
Blended Families & How They Work (1 hour)

An hour-long conversation about stepfamilies, what works and what doesn’t, led by NPR host Tom Ashbrook.  Along with me, the other two guests were Dr. James Bray, stepfamily researcher, and Elizabeth Bernstein, columnist for the Wall Street Journal

WHYY Philadelphia’s NPR station
Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane (49 minutes)

Patricia shares lots of good, accessible information and some good stories in this radio show on stepfamilies and stepparenting.  Marty is a terrific interviewer–focused, clear, and warm. The other guest was a lovely family therapist named Kenneth Covelman.

AFTA Podcast with Navid Zamani
Episode 11: Working with Stepfamilies (53 minutes)

Family therapist Navid Zamani interviews Patricia about her work with stepfamilies. A tender, respectful, delightful and informative interview.

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10 CBF A Podcast for Blended Families with Joel W. Hawbaker
Five Challenges and the Danger of ‘Easy Wrong Turns’ for Stepfamilies (53 minutes)

A conversation about the five challenges stepfamilies face, what works (and what doesn’t) to meet them, and some “easy wrong turns” to avoid.

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Mom Enough Radio Show
Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships: A Conversation with Dr. Patricia Papernow (24 minutes)

Patricia talks with mother-daughter co-hosts of the Mom Enough radio show, Marti Erikson, Ph.D., and Erin Erikson, M.P.H. and M.S.N., about the challenges in stepfamilies for both kids and adults. A great interview.

Therapy on the Cutting Edge Podcast with Keith Sutton
Episode 18: Helping Clients Navigate Stepfamily Relationships (59 minutes)

As of early 2023 this podcast had been downloaded 151 times in 16 countries! Continuing Education units are available for clinicians.

WHYY Philadelpia’s NPR station
Voices in the Family with Dr. Daniel Gottlieb

Patricia is interviewed by Dr. Dan Gottlieb, the thoughtful, deep, and engaging host of the award-winning radio show, Voices in the Family. Patricia shares a wealth of research-informed guidance and practical information in this hour-long podcast on WHYY, Philadelphia’s NPR station.

Awards

2017 Award for
Distinguished Contribution to Family Psychology

2023 Award for
Distinguished Contribution to Family Therapy Theory and Practice

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