The Marriage Counseling Blog

Families are complex micro cultures that take on incredible proportions of emotion and effort in our lives. When a marriage combines existing families and attempts to blend these families seamlessly without real understanding and knowledge of each individual, the adjustment can be very difficult.

The issues that existed in the original family form will no doubt arise in the new, blended family. Common feelings such as jealousy, hurt and anger are joined to new emotional traumas that often include confusion and loss of familial identity. There are, however, real solutions for families in crisis. Many happy families today are the result of two or more families learning to work through the initial discomfort to a place of safety and love in family therapy.

Many families seek out family therapy in order to help them with:
• Jealousy
• Blame
• Depression
• Confusion
• Loss of familial identity

The truth is that children have difficulty with changes. If you are a stepparent who only gets to see your stepchildren on the weekends, it is important to give them as equal a share of your time as the children that live at your house full-time. Blended families mean balanced families.
Blended families attack children at one of their most vulnerable points, the control over family. A complete lack of control or any say in family matters can be disastrous to a child’s psyche. Give them the time and space to talk about how the change is affecting them, and how they can ease the difficulty.

Family therapy can make the difference that your family needs to find happiness.

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