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Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Studying (and Understanding) Stepfamilies -- Defining Stepfamilies -- What's in a Label? -- Demographics of Step -- Remarriage -- Stepfamilies -- A Note of Caution About the Demographic Data Regarding Stepfamilies -- Challenges in Studying Close Relationships in Stepfamilies -- Stepfamily Structural Typologies -- A Brief History of the Study of Stepfamilies -- The "Discovery" of Stepfamilies by Social Scientists -- Stepfamilies Across Time -- A Demographic Turning Point -- Research on Stepfamilies -- Social Address Phase -- Growing Recognition Phase

This study examined the financial management practices of 62 participants in Smart Steps stepfamily education courses 1 year following their course completion. Qualitative interviews revealed 29 participants changed their financial practices as a result of the course, 29 did not change, and 4 provided unclear responses. Common reasons for no change included having functional practices that predated the relationship education course or financial difficulties remaining, despite course participation. Common reasons for change included working together as a couple and implementing budget or saving practices. Latino participants were more likely to report change than were European Americans. Findings and implications highlight both the opportunities and challenges associated with teaching financial education as part of a relationship education program.

AS stepfamilies have become more common, due primarily to high divorce and remarriage rates, interest has focused on the role of the stepparent. This article explores the subsystems that comprise the stepfamily. These are the new couple system, the ex-spouse subsystem(s), and the parent-child subsystem(s)—either custodial or visiting parent. Each subsystem is analyzed in terms of its history and the threats and benefits it receives from its inclusion in the stepfamily. As subsystems continue to exist within the stepfamily structure and compete for limited resources, conflicts arise between subsystems and within subsystems between persons with membership in different subunits. Stepfamilies can become more unified through recognition of prior loyalties, negotiations to resolve conflicts, and techniques to redefine the boundaries between the subsystems.

Intro -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Foundation steps -- 1. Complex steps -- 2. Steps back -- 3. Realistic steps -- Tandem steps -- 4. The step-couple -- 5. Practical steps -- Family steps - parenting -- 6. Being Stepmum or Stepdad -- 7. Parenting steps -- 8. Steps in the step-parent/step-child relationship -- Family steps - children -- 9. Children's steps -- 10. Baby steps -- 11. Adult steps -- Stepping together -- 12. The 'outside' step -- 13. Step into the future -- Appendix 1: Meeting the steps -- Appendix 2: The wedding day -- Further Resources

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- About the Editor -- About the Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Introducing the Case Study -- Chapter 1 What We Know About Stepfamilies -- Case Study -- Stepfamily Demographic Data -- Clinical Approach of This Book -- Family Systems -- Theory-Based Treatment Planning: Rationale and Possibility -- Addressing Cultural Diversity -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II Specific Family Counseling Models Applied to the Case Study -- Chapter 2 Adlerian Family Therapy -- Rationale for Choosing Adlerian Theory -- The Stages of Adlerian Family Therapy -- Facilitating Insight With Adlerian Family Therapy -- Behavior Is Purposeful -- Social Interest -- Adlerian Interventions for Developing Insight in Clients -- Lifestyle -- Tentative Hypotheses -- Therapeutic Strategies -- Spitting in the Soup -- The Antisuggestion -- The Family Meeting -- Effectiveness of the Adlerian Approach: Indicators and Counterindicators -- Diversity and Cultural Considerations for Adlerian Counselors -- Advice for Students or Clinicians Using Adlerian Therapy With Stepfamily Clients -- References -- Chapter 3 Transgenerational Family Counseling -- Rationale for Choosing Transgenerational Family Counseling -- Two Theoretical Constructs to Facilitate Client Insight -- Three Intervention Strategies -- Conflict Resolution Skills -- Positive Psychology -- Psychoeducation -- Therapeutic Strategies to Facilitate Change -- Transgenerational Forces -- Genogram -- Art and Play Techniques -- Shifting Alliances -- Effectiveness of Transgenerational Family Counseling: Indicators and Counterindicators -- Factors of Client Diversity That Influence Intervention Choices -- Factors That Influence Clinical Services Delivery -- Advice for Students or Clinicians Using Transgenerational Therapy With Stepfamily Clients.