The Blended and Step Family Resource Center has opened a Charlotte, North Carolina office

 
The Blended and Step Family Resource Center has opened an office in Charlotte, North Carolina

The Blended and Step Family Resource Center is excited to announce the opening of a new office in Charlotte, North Carolina.  The office will be located at 6135 Park South Drive, Suite 510, Charlotte NC 28210.

Shirley Cress Dudley, director of The Resource Center will be offering face-to-face blended and step family coaching at this location.  Children and teenager groups will also be offered in the next six months.
Ms. Dudley is a licensed professional counselor, with a master’s degree in marriage and family counseling, and a master’s degree in education, the internationally known author of Blended Family Advice, and has years of experience as a  step mom.

“Due to multiple requests, The Blended and Step Family Resource Center will have a bricks and mortar location in the south Charlotte area. We will be able to coach blended and step families and also offer support groups for parents and kids.  Telephone coaching and the online resources will be available to those outside of the Charlotte area,” states director Shirley Cress Dudley.

About The Blended and Step Family Resource Center:
The Blended and Step Family Resource Center offers a free monthly newsletter, along with podcasts, webinars, articles and a reader’s forum.

Statistics:
Approximately 2,100 new blended families form every day in America. More than 20+ million Blended Family households exist today and that number grows daily.  The blended family is now the most common form of family unit in our nation.  130+ million Americans are either in or have been in a blended family of some form (through re-marriage, adoption, foster home, etc.)  60% of second marriages end in divorce. (Statistics taken from the American Blended Family Association and population and census records.)


Contact Information:
Shirley Cress Dudley, director
Telephone:  704-541-1225
Address: 6135 Park South Drive, Suite 510
Charlotte, NC 28210 
Shirley@BlendedFamilyAdvice.com

Need a counselor in Charlotte for your stepfamily?

Are you looking for a counselor in Charlotte, North Carolina for your stepfamily?  Having problems with your blended family and need some local help?  Help is here!

The Blended and Step Family Resource Center has opened a location in Charlotte, North Carolina. We are located across from South Park on Park South Drive. Below is the address:

The Blended and Step Family Resource Center

6135 Park South Drive

Suite 510

Charlotte, NC 28210

Available hours for coaching are Tuesday afternoons and Thursday mornings- at this time. Call 704-541-1225 to schedule an appointment.

Shirley Cress Dudley is the director of The Blended and Step Family Resource Center, an LPC (licensed professional counselor) with masters degrees in education and also marriage and family counseling.  She also has personal experience as part of a blended family and being a stepmom. She understands the many issues for blended and step families.

The Emotions of Blending a Family

My husband and I have been married for a little over a year now, and things have settled down in our blended family. One of the hardest daily tasks is coordinating the schedules of our 5 children family (with a color coded monthly calendar, weekly updated calendar, and several post-it notes!) It's easy, at times, to forget the hard days. The days when kids were crying, yelling and fighting to have their reality changed. Parents divorcing, remarrying, selling houses, buying new houses... the emotional overload was heavy.

My goal, in the coming months, is to talk about those rough days. There are many of you- out there- in the thick of it right now, and hearing about our experiences may help you. Also hearing that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. (Yes- sometimes it is a train! but after the train, there is a sense of peace and adjustment that eventually comes with most families.)

Send me your stories, and I will talk about your experiences along with my own.

It's a good day, today- and it's just going to get better. Just hang in there.
Shirley