Family Counselling

General: all subject areas.

In particular: for people entering a new marriage or cohabitation bringing children from previous relationships with them.

Many people think that they will do better in a second (or third) marriage or cohabitation. However, it is not well known that spouses or partnerships in which a partner has previously been married or lived in a previous cohabitation, have a much higher divorce/separation risk, as marriages or relationships that are a first for both partners. Nor is it well known that problems around children from previous relationships are the main reason for the failure of second or subsequent relationships.

I therefore offer counselling/ advice to the following persons:

Secondary/successive women: these are women who have a partner who is divorced or separated, usually with one or more children from this previous relationship. Note: the term is not meant in any way as pejorative, but is used to describe the situation succinctly.

• Stepmothers, living in a household with stepchildren
• Stepfathers, living in a household with stepchildren
• Stepchildren, living in a household with stepparents 
• Fathers, who have problems with the post-divorce/ separation situation 
• Mothers, who have problems with the post-divorce/ separation situation 
• Children, who have problems with the post-divorce/ separation situation