When couples present to therapy with a challenge they are working through, one question I often ask is “what have you already tried to work on this?” Often, they list the tools and strategies they’ve tried that have been unsuccessful. Their ideas and attempts are good and are many of the same interventions I would have explored with them. Despite good tools and a desire for change, growth is not...
Struggles with blending families and co-parenting is one of the most common issues we see amongst couples who are remarried or have step children. Sometimes we even hear couples say their relationship is otherwise strong with the exception of the unique challenge of parenting someone else’s children. According to the Pew Research Center in 2015 only 46% of children are living in a home with two married parents in their...
Although every divorce situation is entirely unique, I’ve never seen one in my years of doing therapy that I’d call easy. Even the most cordial couple going through a divorce experiences deep pain and stress as they divide their life in two. This becomes exponentially more difficult when there are children involved. It not only makes the divorce process more complicated but many children react negatively to parents separating. This can...
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