Wednesday Martin » Susan Swanson http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog Official Blog for the Author of Stepmonster Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:17:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Radio Show for Women with Stepkids Monday Sept 22 http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/2010/11/radio-show-for-women-with-stepkids-monday-sept-22/ http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/2010/11/radio-show-for-women-with-stepkids-monday-sept-22/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:51:50 +0000 admin http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/?p=1269

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Hope you will tune in to hear me speak with Susan Swanson on her radio show “On Step” today, Monday Sept 22, at 2 pm EST. We’ll discuss YOUR issues and concerns!
Click here for more info.

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Not just another pretty face--Susan Swanson really gets it


Sure, it’s a long holiday weekend. BBQs, fireworks…and for some of us in stepfamilies, stress. “Coming together” can be fraught when it’s a yours, mine, and ours situation as in a remarriage or repartnership with kids. That’s why Susan Swanson’s Monday July 5 radio show is so timely. Check out the list of upcoming shows too. Susan is the founder of the Stepfamily Center of Los Angeles, a gifted and experienced therapist–and has walked the stepmother walk!

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The doctor is in.

The doctor is in. Now you just have to find her or him.


As a follow-up to Kela Price’s recent guest post about how to find a therapist to help you and your remarriage/partnership with stepkids, a couple of other things that might interest you as we wend our way toward Top Stepmother Concern #3 in the next few days.

First, a psychologytoday.com post by Mary Kelly Williams, on a marital therapist’s thoughts about “The Marriage Ref”:
www.psychologytoday.com/

And now, a few of my favorite shrinks…find their links under “resources” on the right hand margin of my blog:
-The National Stepfamily Resource Center lists therapists with stepfamily training and experience
-Jacque Fletcher, author of Becoming a Stepmom, offers coaching for stepmothers and couples in remarriage or repartnership with children
-Mary Kelly-Williams is a family and individual therapist who also happens to be an ex-wife and stepmother. She runs a Stepmonster support group in Boulder, CO but also does phone coaching
-Kela Price, certified stepfamily counselor and co-founder of Today’s Modern Family (formerly blendedfamilysoapopera.com does phone coaching
-Susan Swanson of The Stepfamily Center in Los Angeles, is tremendous resource for those of you in LA and surrounding areas. She has a radio show as well
-Joan Sarin of Stepfamily Solutions has a track record of helping stepmothers survive and thrive
-Rachelle Katz is a psychologist in Manhattan who also does phone coaching
-Susan Wisdom, author of Stepcoupling, counsels couples in Portland, OR
-The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy in Manhattan has a number of highly qualified therapists, many of whom know about stepfamily life and dynamics from first-hand experience

If you have personal experience with a therapist you found to be knowledgeable about stepfamily issues and helpful to you, please let me know: email me at wednesday@wednesdaymartin.com

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The December Issue of Stepmom magazine is here (www.stepmommag.com)! Lots of great reading as you gear up for your winter holiday nervous breakdown–Mary Kelly provides a priceless window onto an ex-wife’s (temporary) divorce regret; the sassy and hilarious Belle Mere remembers her first Christmas with sprogs; Erin Erickson on being a heavy-lifting “single” stepmom whose husband is out of town more often than not; Peggy Nolan on a stepfamily wedding; therapists/authors/experts Jacque Fletcher, Susan Swanson and Susan Wisdom all share their wisdom on topics from holiday survival to Mad Men; party girl Izzy Rose gives tips on how to do it right; I write about avoiding holiday stepmartyr syndrome; and Joel Schwartzberg tells divorced and remarried dads what they owe their partners–that would be US! There’s more where that came from. Believe it. Buy it. Read it.

]]> http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/2009/12/december-stepmom-magazine/feed/ 2 Interview with Susan Swanson “On Step Radio” http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/2009/10/interview-with-susan-swanson-on-step-radio/ http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/2009/10/interview-with-susan-swanson-on-step-radio/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:50:06 +0000 admin http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/?p=549 Please listen in on Tuesday October 20th at 2 pm EST
Please tune in!

Please tune in!

–when I’m a guest on Susan Swanson’s “On Step” radio show. Susan is a stepfamily therapist and director of The Stepfamily Center of Los Angeles. She is one of my favorite stepfamily experts, and you will enjoy her compassionate, smart take on stepfamily life. We’ll discuss Stepmonster, stepfamilies, and more. And you can call in with comments or questions.

http://www.stepfamilycenter.com/radio.html

]]> http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/2009/10/interview-with-susan-swanson-on-step-radio/feed/ 2 Susan Swanson of The Stepfamily Center interviewed about stepfamily life http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/2009/05/susan-swanson-of-the-stepfamily-center-interviewed-about-stepfamily-life/ http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/2009/05/susan-swanson-of-the-stepfamily-center-interviewed-about-stepfamily-life/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 18:04:50 +0000 admin http://www.wednesdaymartin.com/blog/?p=203 I just listened to Susan Davis Swanson’s interview with parenting author Joe Bruzzese about stepfamily life. Susan, director of The Stepfamily Center in Beverly Hills, had lots of smart observations and helpful suggestions. Among them: stepmothers, feel free to step out for some fresh air, time with friends, and personal rejuvenation when his kids are around; and remember, conflict and struggle are inevitable facts of stepfamily life, not signs that you, your marriage, or your stepfamily are a failure.

You can catch the podcast at www.blogtalk.com

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