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The "New Deal" for Stepmoms: How Family Therapy in Victoria is Redefining Blended Families

By J. Mackenzie, Family Systems Correspondent

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The "New Deal" is a therapeutic framework developed by Victoria June to address the "wicked stepmother" trope and the high rates of burnout among stepmothers. It treats the role of a stepmom not as a biological replacement, but as a negotiated position with specific "work" boundaries, rights, and emotional responsibilities. 2. The "Work" of a Stepmom: Key Challenges The "New Deal" for Stepmoms: How Family Therapy

The Therapeutic Solution: Contractual Family Therapy

Enter a new wave of family therapy pioneered by Victoria-based clinicians like Dr. Alisha Chen (name representative). This June, Dr. Chen’s practice launched the “Blended Boundaries� protocol, which borrows language from labour negotiations rather than attachment theory. This June, Dr

In professional settings, particularly in Victoria, Australia, there has been a recent push to boost the mental health workforce with a "new deal" for clinicians. This ensures that families in crisis have access to:

Dr. Sharma leaned forward. “Because, Victoria, you’re treating a broken heart like a broken process. You can’t restructure grief.�

June’s response was immediate and devastating. She took a red marker and drew a frowny face over “Cooperative Coexistence,� wrote “NOPE� in giant letters, and taped it to the refrigerator. That night, she didn’t come home until midnight.