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Thank you for visiting me! I became a step-mom at 21 years old and “learned by doing” with my new husband, the two children we created together, and two beautiful step-daughters.

I decided to become a therapist and enrolled in school part-time to work around the children's schedules. Later, I got my B.A. and Master's degrees. and, in 1990 I became licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist in California. I have been helping families just like yours for 20 years.

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“My husband avoids disciplining his children, but is strict with mine. The double standard is driving us apart. What can we do?”

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Busy Moms and Dads can easily downplay Valentine’s Day or ignore it outright by thinking it’s just “for them” and ignores the needs of their children. Wrong! Valentine’s Day is for kids too, but probably not the way you assume.

A good couple’s relationship is the foundation for a successful, happy family.

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Coming up in April, a teleclass for remarried women with children. More details will be available soon.

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