About Us
Our Approach
The Seamless Blend aims to enhance a new family experience and help minimise conflict for blended families, single parents and parents navigating infidelity. We work to increase communication and understanding - and endeavour to empower our clients through family skill building for sustainable outcomes.
Our framework and practice methodologies prioritise trauma-informed and self-care principles. These are intentional and work to sustainable skill-building. Trauma-informed principle ensures our clients understand past, current and future points of pain both for themselves and for their child/ren - with opportunities to heal the hurt and avoid actions that add or create new hurt. Self-care allows clients to understand the importance for themselves, their child/rent and all family members to stop and take care of themselves mentally, physically, emotionally, practically and/or socially.
Our framework aims to provide solutions that are based on what’s most important to each family member. While TSB remain non-clinical/non-therapeutic in our coaching methodologies, our practice and overarching Framework is designed to complement clinical and therapeutic services. This allows our clients the benefit of a practical and easy to follow 'non-clinical' coaching services, that equally is evidence and research based, complementary to clinical and therapeutic standards and therefore enables enables clinical peer reviews and therapeutic collaborative engagement for strengthened client access, outcomes and opportunities.
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Our Teams Expertise
The Seamless Blend is established on a foundation of over 25 years of expertise across the children and families continuum.
Each of our coaches is highly skilled, with a minimum of over 10 years’ experience in child and family services. Our Leadership includes both Angelika and Paula, who have over 25 years of experience each in complex family dynamics, intimate partner relationships, parenting education, family violence and sexual assault, and in leading complex and critical clinical and non-clinical multidisciplinary workforces.
All TSB team members have formal training and years of applied experience in child-focused, trauma-informed family practice. Most importantly, each team member has their own experience of being a single parent and blending their own families. Some of our team members also have personal experience of parenting through betrayal Not all team members will disclose whether they have; however, our preference is to ensure these programs are always supported by lived experience team members.
The Seamless Blend prides itself on a team of coaches who bring both professional expertise and personal lived experience—enabling true understanding to then connect with evidence base support.
Our Teams Expertise
The Seamless Blend is established on a foundation of over 25 years of expertise across the children and families continuum.
Each of our coaches is highly skilled, with a minimum of over 10 years’ experience in child and family services. Our Leadership includes both Angelika and Paula, who have over 25 years of experience each in complex family dynamics, intimate partner relationships, parenting education, family violence and sexual assault, and in leading complex and critical clinical and non-clinical multidisciplinary workforces.
All TSB team members have formal training and years of applied experience in child-focused, trauma-informed family practice. Most importantly, each team member has their own experience of being a single parent and blending their own families. Some of our team members also have personal experience of parenting through betrayal Not all team members will disclose whether they have; however, our preference is to ensure these programs are always supported by lived experience team members.
The Seamless Blend prides itself on a team of coaches who bring both professional expertise and personal lived experience—enabling true understanding to then connect with evidence base support.
Trent Broederlow –
Owner Director
Trent is an ICT Sales Executive and Business Development Manager with extensive sector expertise developed over 25 years. Specialising in C and D level relationship, leading ICT presentation and negotiation, Trent is a trusted solution focused consultative professional. His success in matching business solutions for large enterprise customers while driving business revenue is built on his personal and technical capabilities. His gentle approach to ICT sales cultivates sustainable trusted long-term relationships, and ultimately has seen Trent work for the largest and most successful National and Global technology providers, including Lenovo, Oracle, Telstra, Optus and Motorola amongst others. Trent’s early career began in Management in the retail sector where he managed large Teams for names such as Nike, Country Road and Sanity. A life long All Blacks fan, Trent’s highlight was meeting Ritchie McCaw in 2018 – a 50th birthday present from his wife he will never forget.
Angelika Jayaram Broederlow – Founder Director
Angelika’s 25-year career began as a practitioner before moving into Executive level Management. Her direct client work as an early years children’s specialist, parenting educator, family mediator, and marriage counsellor during her early career, as well as her work across health promotions, community and public health, and adolescent support gave Angelika a solid foundation and client focus as she moved into leadership roles. Her management experience includes a wonderful period as General Manager of Team Kids where her strategic and operational plans were pivotal in company’s expansion to National service delivery, and, becoming one of Australia’s largest OSHC providers. Angelika enjoyed her role as Victorian Lead, MSP for The Australian Red Cross, where she was led the delivery of a multitude of programs including critical COVID Emergency Relief Aid to over 70,000 Victorians throughout the pandemic. Angelika’s work supporting and leading State and Federal reforms includes significant contribution into the Royal Commission into Family Violence, input into several State and Federal Action Plans, overseeing state-wide critical response, policy & data teams, & leading the development of Task Force Alexis - a model reviewed by Government to inform the design of the Orange Doors, Victoria’s current response to family violence. Angelika’s passion is connecting with people - on weekends you’ll find her with much loved family and friends…at a lunch or dinner that she’s completely over catered for!
Paula Westhead –
Executive Consultant
Paula has had more than 25 years’ experience in the delivery of therapeutic programs for children, young people and families, including mediation, dispute resolution and family therapy. Paula has overseen and managed many programs with an accomplished track record in sensitive organisational and political settings. Her career includes roles in community development, family mental health, homelessness, child welfare, family violence, youth services, family services and work with the Royal Commission Support Service. She has extensive knowledge of the community public health model and interventions for improved mental health for all ages. Paula also has a sophisticated understanding of the evidence that indicates the life-long harms children may experience into adolescence and adulthood as a consequence of abuse and neglect in their early years. Paula works with a crisis, trauma informed and recovery framework, offering support to all types of families and individuals. She has four children and one grandchild; in her spare time she enjoys reading and walking along the beach.
Our Story
The Seamless Blend was founded by Angelika and Trent Broederlow in 2019. As a blended family with 5 daughters and ex-partners with different co-parenting schedules, and demanding careers, the Broederlows’ have their own experience of joys and challenges blending families can bring. Both Angelika and Trent had been married for over a decade, and both had been single for a decade before they blended their family. The two bonded over values alignment as single parents, and noted some similar and some very different experiences when they blended their family - this taught Angelika and Trent that no family or individual is perfect. This inspired The Seamless Blend’s core aim is to – enhance the family experience, increase familial understanding and minimise conflict.
The Seamless Blend began some years after Angelika and Trent's marriage, when they sought support to blend their family, and realised that the only support on offer was marriage counselling or mediation. Neither of these options suited the family. The Seamless Blend now provides our families what Angelika and Trent were seeking themselves; positive family orientated solutions, that focus on the entire family unit, while supporting each individual’s needs, unique values and prioritising everyone’s need for self-care.
Today The Seamless Blend is led by Founder and Director, Angelika Broederlow and supported by Executive Consultant Paula Westhead, former National Lead of Stepfamilies Australia. We are proud to also have established a strong ongoing partnership with internationally renowned Betrayal Trauma and Recovery Expert Dr Kathy Nickerson Ph.D. , as The Seamless Blend has expanded to offer blended family, single parent and parenting through betrayal expertise and support throughout Australia and internationally.
Our Team
Trent Broederlow –
Owner Director
Trent is an ICT Sales Executive and Business Development Manager with extensive sector expertise developed over 25 years. Specialising in C and D level relationship, leading ICT presentation and negotiation, Trent is a trusted solution focused consultative professional. His success in matching business solutions for large enterprise customers while driving business revenue is built on his personal and technical capabilities. His gentle approach to ICT sales cultivates sustainable trusted long-term relationships, and ultimately has seen Trent work for the largest and most successful National and Global technology providers, including Lenovo, Oracle, Telstra, Optus and Motorola amongst others. Trent’s early career began in Management in the retail sector where he managed large Teams for names such as Nike, Country Road and Sanity. A life long All Blacks fan, Trent’s highlight was meeting Ritchie McCaw in 2018 – a 50th birthday present from his wife he will never forget.
Angelika Jayaram Broederlow – Founder Director
Angelika’s 25-year career began as a practitioner before moving into Executive level Management. Her direct client work as an early years children’s specialist, parenting educator, family mediator, and marriage counsellor during her early career, as well as her work across health promotions, community and public health, and adolescent support gave Angelika a solid foundation and client focus as she moved into leadership roles. Her management experience includes a wonderful period as General Manager of Team Kids where her strategic and operational plans were pivotal in company’s expansion to National service delivery, and, becoming one of Australia’s largest OSHC providers. Angelika enjoyed her role as Victorian Lead, MSP for The Australian Red Cross, where she was led the delivery of a multitude of programs including critical COVID Emergency Relief Aid to over 70,000 Victorians throughout the pandemic. Angelika’s work supporting and leading State and Federal reforms includes significant contribution into the Royal Commission into Family Violence, input into several State and Federal Action Plans, overseeing state-wide critical response, policy & data teams, & leading the development of Task Force Alexis - a model reviewed by Government to inform the design of the Orange Doors, Victoria’s current response to family violence. Angelika’s passion is connecting with people - on weekends you’ll find her with much loved family and friends…at a lunch or dinner that she’s completely over catered for!
Paula Westhead –
Executive Consultant
Paula has had more than 25 years’ experience in the delivery of therapeutic programs for children, young people and families, including mediation, dispute resolution and family therapy. Paula has overseen and managed many programs with an accomplished track record in sensitive organisational and political settings. Her career includes roles in community development, family mental health, homelessness, child welfare, family violence, youth services, family services and work with the Royal Commission Support Service. She has extensive knowledge of the community public health model and interventions for improved mental health for all ages. Paula also has a sophisticated understanding of the evidence that indicates the life-long harms children may experience into adolescence and adulthood as a consequence of abuse and neglect in their early years. Paula works with a crisis, trauma informed and recovery framework, offering support to all types of families and individuals. She has four children and one grandchild; in her spare time she enjoys reading and walking along the beach.
Our Team
Trent Broederlow – Founder
Trent is an ICT Sales Executive and Business Development Manager with extensive sector expertise developed over 25 years. Specialising in C and D level relationship, leading ICT presentation and negotiation, Trent is a trusted solution focused consultative professional.
His success in matching business solutions for large enterprise customers while driving business revenue is built on his personal and technical capabilities. His gentle approach to ICT sales cultivates sustainable trusted long-term relationships, and ultimately has seen Trent work for the largest and most successful National and Global technology providers, including Lenovo, Oracle, Telstra, Optus and Motorola amongst others.
Trent’s early career began in Management in the retail sector where he managed large Teams for names such as Nike, Country Road and Sanity.
A life long All Blacks fan, Trent’s highlight was meeting Ritchie McCaw in 2018 – a 50th birthday present from his wife he will never forget.
Angelika Jayaram Broederlow – Founder Director
Angelika’s 25 year career began as a practitioner before moving into Executive level Management. Angelika’s early career as a practitioner gives her a solid foundation as a child protection practitioner, parenting educator, family mediator, and marriage counsellor. Additional early career roles includes community development, health promotions and community public health, youth and adolescent support co-ordination.
Her management experience includes her role as General Manager of Team Kids (then Team Holiday) where her strategic and operational plans were pivotal in company’s expansion to National service delivery. And Victorian Lead, MSP for The Australian Red Cross, where she was responsible for the delivery of multiple programs including COVID Emergency Relief Aid to over 70,000 people.
Angelika’s work supporting and leading State and Federal reforms includes significant contribution into the Royal Commission into Family Violence, input into several State and Federal Action Plans, overseeing state-wide critical response, policy & data teams, & leading the development of Task Force Alexis - a model reviewed by Government to inform the design of the Orange Doors.
Angelika’s passion is connecting with people - on weekends you’ll find her with much loved family and friends…at a lunch or dinner that she’s completely over catered for!
Paula Westhead – Executive Consultant
Paula has had more than 25 years’ experience in the delivery of therapeutic programs for children, young people and families, including mediation, dispute resolution and family therapy.
Paula has overseen and managed many programs with an accomplished track record in sensitive organisational and political settings. Her career includes roles in community development, family mental health, homelessness, child welfare, family violence, youth services, family services and work with the Royal Commission Support Service. She has extensive knowledge of the community public health model and interventions for improved mental health for all ages. Paula also has a sophisticated understanding of the evidence that indicates the life-long harms children may experience into adolescence and adulthood as a consequence of abuse and neglect in their early years. Paula works with a crisis, trauma informed and recovery framework, offering support to all types of families and individuals.
She has four children and one grandchild; in her spare time she enjoys reading and walking along the beach.