Synergistic Stepparenting Podcast #27: Interview With Dr. Patricia Papernow: Part 3
Hello, stepparents and welcome. I am delighted to have you join me today because I had the special privilege of interviewing the fabulous Dr. Patricia Papernow, who is the world’s leading expert in step parenting and blended family dynamics. Today’s episode will be just part 1 of my interview with her. I’m so excited to have you join me. Without further ado, here we go … Find the show notes for this episode at synergisticstepparenting.com/27.
MARIA NATAPOV: Hi, everybody. Thank you for joining us. We are here with the fantastic Dr. Patricia paper now. Welcome. We’re so excited to have you. Dr. Paper now is an internationally recognized expert on stuffy Emily’s she integrates a deep understanding of the research with four decades of clinical practice and a wide variety of clinical modalities including psycho educational, systemic and trauma informed the recipient of the award for distinguished contribution to family psychology from the APA couple and family division. Dr. Papernow is the author of one of the classic books in the field Surviving and Thriving in Step Family Relationships: What Works and What Doesn’t. And with Karen Bonnell, The Stepfamily Handbook: From Dating, to Getting Serious, to Forming a Blended Family as well as dozens of articles and book chapters. Dr. Papernow is a psychologist in private practice in Hudson, MA and director of the Institute for Stepfamily Education. We are so excited to speak with you! Clearly, without a doubt you are an expert in this field. And it’s such a pleasure to get to pick your brain and have you share your wisdom with us. If you could speak a little bit more to, I believe you've mentioned there's step families and there's blended families.
Topics Covered:
>>[2:15] Difference between step families and blended families
>>[2:36] Difference between families who struggle vs. those who have success
>>[5:08] What stepparents can do when they are having a hard time bonding with the stepchildren
>>[6:21] Home is usually a safe space but with blended family tensions it starts to not feel safe for stepparents. Dr. Papernow shares advice for what to do about that.
>>[7:37] How to build connection in stepfamily relationships
>>[11:18] A deeper dive into the concept of "blending" and how to think about it.
>>[13:19] Building family traditions.
>>[16:20] How to approach stepparenting mistakes
Links for this show:
Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships: What Works and What Doesn’t
The Stepfamily Handbook: From Dating, to Getting Serious, to Forming a “Blended Family”
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