Navigating the Complexities of
Stepfamily Life:
Tools for Conflict Resolution and Harmony
Dr. Sonia Cann-Milland's counselling experience comes from a multi-disciplinary background. She has worked in a range of social welfare services, educational organisations, and presently works in private practice as a counsellor and a specialist in stepfamily counselling and education in Australia.
For the last thirty years, Dr. Cann-Milland’s clientele include working with children, teenagers, adults, couples and families. She has extensive experience in working with a diverse range of families, including, first time families, single parents, post-divorce parents, and stepfamily parents.
She has written and published journals addressing self-Identity crisis from the perspective of a stepmother, issues for recoupled parents in stepfamilies with children on the Autism Spectrum, and the impact on children’s sustained health and overall wellbeing within the stepfamily.
As a stepmother to three and a mother to two, she has parented and co-parented through all the development stages of the children’s lives. Dr. Cann-Milland has learned and now teaches about empathy in communication as to help create healthy and fulfilling families.
website: renewedbeliefs.com
Here are some of the main points from Dr Sonia's presentation:
- Societal Views and Their Influence on Family Dynamics
- Emotional Maturity and Healing as Keys to Stepfamily Harmony
- Role Models and Community Support in Child-Rearing
- Realistic Expectations in Navigating Stepfamily Relationships
- Impact of Social Media and Managing Relationships
(the full version of this session runs 0:20:38 )