About Winning Stepfamilies
Our mission is to help
as many stepfamilies as possible design and build an
awesome marriage, raise exceptional children and
live extraordinary lives.
About
Steven & Barbara Straub
Steven Straub is a leading
authority on divorce, remarriage, stepfamily dynamics, and the
development of human potential. He has done exhaustive research and has
worked with families intensively for over 20 years. He has first-hand
experience with not only the impact of divorce but the
struggles of remarrying couples who were not prepared for the daily challenges of
stepfamily living.
Steven is a Stepfamily
Foundation Certified Coach and was personally trained by
Jeannette Lofas, the worlds most effective and respected
Stepfamily Therapist. Steven is an expert at helping
stepfamilies:
 Resolve the
disputes over parenting, money, privacy, vacation,
responsibilities, boundaries, rituals, holidays, etc
Deal with
the ways in which children act out and express their
emotions
Handle
stepchild behaviors like disrespect, "acting out," and/or
"favoritism
Resolve
parenting differences over values and practices
Work
through conflicts over stepparent responsibilities and
authority
Deal with
feelings of being used, ignored, unappreciated, and
unsupported
Handle
stepparent and/or ex-spouse jealousy issues
End
hostility and/or aggression among co-parents
Resolve
excessive guilt related to prior divorce or to re/marriage
Barbara Straub understands the immense
challenges facing today’s stepparents and stepfamilies. She is a
stepmother, a stepfamily small group leader, a seminar leader and is a leading authority on
step parenting, couple strength and remarriage. She
has helped hundreds of individuals solve some of the most
difficult problems.
Barbara is a
Stepfamily Foundation Certified Coach personally trained
by Jeannette Lofas, the worlds most effective and respected
Stepfamily Therapist. Barbara is an expert at helping
stepfamilies:
Setup and
consistently enforce household rules.
Resolve
disputes over parenting, money, privacy, vacation,
responsibilities, boundaries, rituals, holidays, etc.
Handle
behavior like disrespect, "acting out," and/or "favoritism.
Handle
stepsibling relationship problems.
Deal with
Stepparent - stepchild rejections.
Work
through loyalty conflicts.
Resolve
parenting differences over values and practices.
Work
through conflicts over stepparent responsibilities and
authority.
Deal with
feelings of being used, ignored, unappreciated, and
unsupported
Handle
stepparent and/or ex-spouse jealousy issues
End
hostility and/or aggression among co-parents
Resolve
excessive guilt related to prior divorce or to re/marriage
Our Philosophy Of Ministry
 Our
ministry is personal. Caring for individuals and families is
ministry (John 14: 25-27). Our role is to “come along side” as an
authentic guide. Ministry means the ongoing attempt to put one’s own search
for God, with all its moments of pain and joy, despair and hope, at the
disposal of those who want to join the search but don’t know how.”
Our
ministry is about change. The goal of ministry is spiritual
transformation and change. Let God transform you into a new person by
changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do
and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect His will really is
(Romans 12:2). Through the power of the Holy Spirit, Christ
is being formed in us. The
result is spiritual growth as evidenced by the fruit of the Spirit (Gal
5:22-23). As we let go of the things that keep us from moving toward the
cross, we are transformed into the image of Christ.
Our
ministry is about reconciliation. God, through love and grace is
reconciling us to Himself (II Cor. 5:18-21) and we in turn are to be
ambassadors of reconciliation.
Our
ministry is about restoration. Jesus' mission statement is in Isaiah
61: 1-3. He came to “bind the brokenhearted” “to proclaim freedom
for the captive” and “to comfort those who mourn.” Through God’s
Spirit and the power of His Word, the lives of families and individuals
are healed and restored.
Our
ministry is about hope. God is the God of second chances (Jonah 3:1;
Hosea 3:1; Joel 2:12-13; Romans 8:1; I Cor. 6:9-11; I John 2:1; II Tim.
2:21). God meets us at the point of both despair and need. He
graciously forgives, redeems and restores. As believers, we can
celebrate the truths of our redemption. We are holy, accepted,
blameless, complete, heaven-bound and totally forgiven.
God’s
word is the basis of authority for our ministry (II Tim. 3:16).
God’s word is authoritative and the final standard for all counsel and
spiritual direction.
Healing
happens in the context of community. Acts 2: 42-47; Hebrew 10:
24-25). The transforming power of this wonderfully diverse community is
drawn from the Holy Spirit, who gifts each individual so the body of
Christ “may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in
the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the
whole measure of the fullness of Christ” (Eph. 4: 12-13). Counseling
and spiritual direction is one of God’s provisions for maturing the
body of Christ and equipping members of the body for service.
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