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Helping Blended Families

practical knowledge from personal experience.

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Local Services

San Jose Area

  • Dr. John Fishbein, PhD – 1-408-247-9914      Johnfishbein.com
  • Janeen Velarde, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist – 408-827-1460; jvelardemft@gmail.com   – Psychology Today Profile – Janeen Velarde, LMFT
  • Joye Wegener, LMFT – 408-636-3669
  • Mary Tabor, LMFT – 650-968-7437

East Bay Area

  • Alisa Vincent, MFT-Intern:  510-306-1574   
    • Alisavincentpsychotherapy.com

San Francisco Area therapist finders:

  • Therapists Psychology Today
  • Goodtherapy.org – counselor search
  • Therapistlocater.net

National Services:

Child Protective Services: 

  • Department of Social Services
  • Child Protective Services Hotlines:

National Suicide hotline:   1-800-273-8255

National Domestic Violence Hotline:   1-800-799-7233

National Youth Crisis Line – 1-800-442-Hope (4673)

National Sexual Assault hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

Useful Websites:

Drug Rehab Guide for Domestic Abuse

Drug Rehab and alcohol addiction

Some Favorite Books

  • Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a lifetime of love by Sue Johnson
  • How We Love:Discover your love style, enhance your marriage by Milan and Kay Yerkovich
  • Marriage Shock: The Transformation of Women into Wives by Dalma Heyn
  • Step-Motherhood: How to Survive without Feeling Frustrated, Left out, or Wicked by Cherie Burns
  • Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen Ed. D.
  • Healthy Sleep Habits; Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth M.D.
  • 1-2-3 Magic – Effective Discipline for Calm, Effective and Happy Parenting by Thomas Phelan
  • Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World by Michele Borba
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