Episode 4: Dealing with your partner’s ex

Nicola, a mum to a teenage son talks about her relationship with her boyfriend, his 12 year old daughter who has nonverbal autism and her birth mother.

Claire Asheron Bartram, a psychotherapist who specialises in working with stepfamilies gives her advice on ways Nicola can communicate her feelings to her partner and how they can both deal with his ex-partner better.

Dr. Claire Asherson Bartram BA UKCP, a psychotherapist who specialises in working with stepfamilies has been writing, researching and running groups on stepfamily issues for over 20 years.