Stepfamilies: Professionals and Stepcouples in Partnership (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781463723132)

Mala S. Burt, M.S.W. is a social worker trained at the University of Marylland. She is a stepmother and was a founding board member of the Stepfamily Association of America. She served as president of the Association and was active nationally in promoting beneficial changes in the national view of stepfamilies. Together with her husband, she founded their clinical practice serving stepfamilies in crisis. With the data obtained from interventions with hundreds of stepfamilies they used their experience and expertise to write this definitive work on crisis intervention with stepfamilies. In addition to this work, Ms. Burt also edited Stepfamilies Stepping Ahead, a book devoted to guiding stepfamilies through their lengthy adjustment period. Roger B. Burt, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist trained at Duke University. He is a stepfather and was a founding board member of the Stepfamily Association of America. He served as president of the Association and was active nationally in promoting beneficial changes in the national view of stepfamilies. Together with his wife he founded their clinical practice serving stepfamilies in crisis. With the data obtained from interventions with hundreds of stepfamilies they used their experience and expertise to write this definitive work on crisis intervention with stepfamilies. Dr. Burt also authored Whatever Happened to Community Mental Health? a book outlining experiences in the early days of community mental health. The normalization model used in their stepfamily interventions was formulated during that period.