The following is my Professional
Statement. You are required to read this for participation in Blended Family Home Living, join a Day
Camp or become an individual SAM Planning-tm client. You are requested to read it if you participate in exchanges on
our social networking venues as well as the Disclaimer and Terms of Service - bottom tab on the menu options. I know, not the most exciting read and it might help you take a nap, but
we do need to make this information available to you. .
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Professional Disclosure statement
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Coaching
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Mediation - specialized.
Commitment - uncompromised.
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Tricia Powe Mediator – Strategist
StepfamilySystems.com
Main Office: Relocation pending. Call for mailing address.
Independent & mediation
based, Advance Planning Practice and Support Services
Appointments: (951) 313-1984
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Our
Mission Statement:
To help all children and teens from co-parenting and stepfamily households
enter their classrooms and homework environments ready to learn and meet their full adult potential by providing their
moms, dads and stepparents emotions management support through our unique brand of service through the arts, an
emphasis on creating shared memories, and to serve as a gateway to other prospective children and family services.
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It is estimated that one out of every 10 children
will experience two divorces of the custodial parent before he
or she turns 16 (Furstenberg, 1988).
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My heart, as a lifetime stepfamily member, understands much of
the unspoken battles parents and stepparents, their children and stepchildren face. My focus is to increase the peace
and reduce the stress of all family members and to help all the children in shared-parenting
homes better focused students by helping parents and stepparents co-parent more smoothly in supportive home environments.
Sometimes, as arguing continues, children can act as the emotional barometer for the whole family
- including an overtaxed, emotionally drained parent or stepparent. With a peacemaker's heart and a mediator in a private
planning practice, I'm sensitive to the needs of all the family members as they move through transitions and the SAM Planning-tm
process.
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Stepfamily and co-parenting stresss can be reduced through advance, SAM Planning-tm originated
by Tricia Powe in 1990. There are times when mental health services are needed, but we do not offer individual
or family therapy. Locating a variety of accessible resources - including therapists, however, is an integral
part of planning - like locating your fire extinguisher before you experience a fire. With adequate planning, the
goal is fire prevention!
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FEE SCHEDULE:
See Service Shoppe selections. Fees vary. Internal costs range from 44 cents for general mailing
- $55 per/hr. for specialty Breach Reporting, up to $155 / hour for appointments by phone/Internet/in-person
up to four participants, beating litigation fees, hands down. There are SAM Planning group-rate service
options in Blended Family Home Living. The StepfamilySystems.com subsite, features our original work from
1990. Group rates are low-cost with the highest pricing point at only $10 weekly for a 16-week program. We have made support
affordable for everyone, and bridge a gap in access to affordable services. See Shoppe front page for planning
sessions and traditonal 16-week season dates.
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CLIENTS BILL OF RIGHTS : To expect that I have not misrepresented myself in any way - either by training
or research or presentations/speaking engagements. I earned certifications from the qualified & well established providers
stated in the 1990s: Mediation for H.R. Managers, UC Irvine, Ext.; Divorce Mediation, Mosten, Los Angeles, CA.; Small Business
Management, SBA - American Women's Economic Development program, Irvine; and, Philanthropy and Development, La Sierra University
Center for Philanthropy, Dr. Erickson 2008. To be assured of privacy and confidentiality while receiving
services with the following exceptions: 1) Reporting suspected child, elder or spousal abuse; 2) Reporting imminent danger
to client or others; 3) Reporting information required in court proceedings or other relevant agencies if subpoenaed;
4) Defending claims brought by client; 5) To be free from being the object of discrimination on the basis of race, religion,
gender, or other unlawful category while receiving services.