The Blended & Step Family Resource Center opens an office in Charlotte, NC

July 2, 2010 - PRLog -- The Blended and Step Family Resource Center announces the opening of a Charlotte office, near Southpark on June 28th, 2010.  The new 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.

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.)

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

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The Blended and Step Family Resource Center is the only place exclusively dedicated to the needs of blended and step families. Personalized coaching is available, along with newsletters, forum, books, webinars and podcasts.