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Contact:

Shirley Cress Dudley

Licensed Professional Counselor and Founder of The Blended and Step Family Resource Center

http://www.TheBlendedandStepFamilyResourceCenter.com

Phone;  704-904-2642 voice        

Shirley@BlendedFamilyAdvice.com

Shirley Cress Dudley becomes an education.com Just Ask Expert

Charlotte, North Carolina, January 10, 2010 Shirley Cress Dudley, licensed professional counselor and founder of The Blended and Step Family Resource Center has begun contributing to Education.com's Just Ask question and answer forum as one of their newest experts.  JustAsk Experts participate in this free Education.com resource by providing information and advice on a myriad of education and parenting topics. 

As a licensed professional counselor, Shirley Cress Dudley has counseled individuals, couples, families and groups in the areas of marriage and family. She has also led worships and conferences over the last two decades. Her role within JustAsk will be to field a plethora questions from a wide variety of topics, blended and step family issues, single parent issues, and divorced parent issues. JustAsk gives parents, educators and others invested in the lives of children free access to experts, like Shirley Cress Dudley, and to members of the Education.com community, to help solve parenting and education-related challenges.

Shirley Cress Dudley stated recently, "It's an honor to have joined this wonderful group of people who are dedicated to helping parents, fellow educators and students.  I'm excited about this opportunity to help single parents and parents in blended and step families."

"We are thrilled that Shirley has joined as our newest Just Ask Expert," says Denise Graab, Education.com community manager. "With tens of thousands of visits to JustAsk pages each month, Shirley's advice is reaching and helping many people, not just the individuals who ask the questions she answers." 

Shirley Cress Dudley is the founder of The Blended and Step Family Resource Center and the author of Blended Family Advice (Xlibris 2009.)  She offers books, newsletters, articles, a reader's forum and coaching to blended and stepfamilies with questions and concerns about their marriage or family.

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About The Blended and Step Family Resource Center:

The Blended and Step Family Resource Center was created in 2009 in order to provide the best possible support for blended and step families in the United States.  Shirley noticed that many of the coaches on the internet doing stepfamily and stepmother coaching were not educated in the field and were only relying on their personal experiences.  As a stepmom herself, Shirley knew that experiences are great, but only if you truly learn how to do things right in your stepfamily.

The Blended and Step Family Resource Center is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is a private company owned and operated by Shirley Cress Dudley.  Requests for interviews or additional information may be sent to the following locations:

For information: http://www.TheBlendedandStepFamilyResourceCenter.com

Contact:  Shirley@BlendedFamilyAdvice.com

Phone:  704-904-2642

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