Blended Families, At War With the Five Furies in Life

USA (SANEPR.com) September 23, 2008 -- Adult stepfamilies face multitude of real and identifiable relationship issues and problems between adult stepchildren, their parents and stepparents. Dr. Gabe and Dr. Lipman-Blumen, in their groundbreaking book, Step Wars: Overcoming the Perils and Making Peace in Adult Stepfamilies, have identified five common anger issues, described as the Five Furies, that surprisingly, both the parental couple and adult children share.

Blended-Families.com “Ask the Expert” series has invited Grace Gabe and Jean Lipman-Blumen for an interview on Tuesday, September 30, 9 pm EST. Dr. Gave and Prof. Lippman-Blumen will share that although these basic fears and concerns are important factors in stepparent relationships, there are opposing views about who causes the problems.

Dr. Grace Gabe is Board Certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Her lifelong interest in psychological development led to researching and writing about couples who reunite after many years of separation, which became a cover story for Psychology Today and was featured on national TV. Dr. Jean Lipman-Blumen holds the Thornton F. Bradshaw Chair in Public Policy and also serves as Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.


About Blended-Families.com

Blended-Families.com, sponsor of the “Ask The Experts” series for step parents, was founded by marriage and family therapist Emily Bouchard in 2003. Emily, whose first experience as a step parent was learning to deal with two teenage stepdaughters, has a Masters in Social Work and enjoys helping step parents overcome the same hurdles she experienced. Her step parenting tips newsletter, StepHeroes, has attracted nearly 6,500 subscribers worldwide. Bouchard is the author of several ebooks including her most popular, “Conquering Conflict”. She is joined in her work at Blended-Families.com by two other experienced parenting and relationship coaches, Sheena Berg and Yvonne Kelly.

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