CO-PARENTS COUNSELING

Co-parents counseling centers around helping separated (or separating) parents build a workable, manageable system for raising their children across one or two households. The online sessions use the same integrative approach and framework as couple therapy, but with content and goals that are more clearly oriented toward the children’s short- and long-term needs.

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Because co-parenting is hard. It involves balancing each parent’s wellbeing with the needs of the child, navigating residual emotions from a separation (when relevant), and managing a shared responsibility that continues long after the romantic relationship has ended—or, in some cases, where no romantic relationship existed in the first place. 

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Successful co-parenting requires psychological flexibility, strong communication skills, and being continuously cognizant of the children’s best interests — all of which can be difficult to acquire and sustain without specialized help.​

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The counseling process often involves exploring and defining expectations, developing effective communication and collaboration practices, and learning how to recognize and make value-based choices even when things get challenging.

 

Co-parents counseling is not a form of mediation or legal negotiation; instead, its aim is to help co-parents work together more effectively, and reduce the stress that children absorb when parental conflict remains unresolved.