For stepfamilies and blended households
Two households. One family shape. Someone to talk it through with.
Compare therapists and counsellors in the US, UK and Australia who list blended family issues among their focus areas: stepparenting, co-parenting, new partners and the pull between two homes.
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Pieces that need fitting together
Every therapist and counsellor here lists blended family issues among their focus areas. These topics narrow the list to what feels closest.
Becoming a stepfamily
A new partner, their children, your children, and working out who does what.
Between two homes
Co-parenting with an ex, handovers, different rules and the week split in two.
Feeling in the middle
Loyalty pulls, feeling left out, jealousy, or never quite belonging in the new shape.
What you bring with you
Your own family history, an earlier loss or break-up, and the stress of holding it all.
A few people you could talk to
Each profile sets out their background, the approaches they list and the areas they work with.
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Thomas Floyd LCSW-C, LICSW LCSW-C clinician - stress and family concerns Maryland 46 years -
Eileen Cauley LCSW-C, LCSW Licensed Certified Social Worker - Blended family issues Arkansas 44 years -
Patrick Shanahan LCSW LCSW - Relationships and Blended Family Issues Missouri 44 years -
Gwendolyn Downing LPC Licensed Professional Counselor - blended family issues and trauma Alabama 41 years -
Dr. Ruth Alice Morgan-Jones BACP Counsellor - Relationships and Family United Kingdom 40 years -
Vivien Ridgway AASW AASW social worker - relationships and family concerns Australia 36 years
What talking it through can cover
Your place in the new shape
Becoming a stepparent, sharing a home with someone else's children, or finding your footing when the family you knew has changed.
The pull between two homes
Co-parenting with an ex, different rules in each house, handovers that go badly, and feeling caught in the middle.
What you carry into it
An earlier divorce or loss, your own family history, and the stress of keeping everyone else going.
These are individual online sessions for you, the adult; a profile only mentions family or couples work if the therapist lists it. Therapy is not legal, custody or mediation advice, and no one can promise a household that runs smoothly. Profiles show the approaches each therapist lists, so you can pick a way of working that sounds comfortable.
Where you are
Online therapy usually works within the country, and often the state, where a therapist is licensed or a counsellor is registered. Start with yours.
United States 3,518 therapists
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Blending a family takes time. Talking helps.
Read a few profiles, notice who you would feel comfortable talking to, and start when it suits you. Sessions are for you, the adult, at your own pace.
- Look aroundSearch by name, or browse by topic and place.
- Compare a fewRead backgrounds, approaches, languages and experience.
- Start when it suits youBegin online therapy with someone who feels like a fit.
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