[ABSTRACT] The increase of divorces, separations and new marriages in the western world doesn?t seem to have an end. These new family models, a product of the social change, are real challenges for family therapy.Mental health clinicians know the traumatic impact (emotional, financial and social) of a divorce, although the social stigma has disappeared.We must accept that it is likely (between 30-50% depending on the cultures, societies, etc) that couples which constitute themselves as f