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Separation Counselling and
Co-Parent Mediation
Linda Kelly Separation Counselling
Helping you achieve harmony through significant life changes with you and your famiy
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For those who:
- are ready to make positive changes for the benefit of their children and family
- are wanting to create new ways of communicating with their Co-Parent
- seek to learn how to progress through separation in an amicable way
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For many going through separation or a divorce can be on the most complicated and challenging times in their lives.
To learn new ways of connecting and communicating with each other as they move towards a different type of normal in co-parenting children.
Separation, Co-parenting, Divorce Counselling Brisbane North Lakes, Linda Kelly Relationship Counsellor
Whether you are making a choice as a couple and/or as parents to separate from a long-term relationship or in the process of a divorce, you may feel overwhelmed with intense emotions, thoughts and feelings during this time. For many they face a significant life changing stage in their lives.
For some it means beginning a new type of relationship due to their children, lifetstyle, work commitments or shared mutual friends. To transition to this new version of a normal can feel unsettling and possibly some unresolved conflict may be underlying as you move to this new phase in your life.
As a Counsellor, I provide a space space for you to express your concerns, feelings and any fears you have around separating. A non-judgemental environment where you can discuss concerns and work towards creating more harmony between you both and within your family. I acknowledge a separation or a divorce can be a complicated and vulnerable time. My support to you is with compassion, respect and structure throughout our sessions together.
As a Co-Parent Mediator, I work with you both in a faciliative way, exploring mutual grounds towards making decisions that are child-focused for the best outcome for your children and your family. This is done through mediation session and creating a ‘Co-Parenting Plan’.
What is a
Co-Parenting Plan?
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A Co-parenting Plan is a collaboration of both partners contributing towards a shared agreement of their parental commitments. I work with both parents through sessions of mediation and counselling to create a written agreement about their children’s care in such areas as:
- parenting style
- living arrangements
- scheduled care of the children
- education and extra curricular activities
- children’s emotional well-being
- medical and health issues
- How special occasion will work, such as birthdays, Chritmas and Easter
- suitable modes of communicating between co-parents
- healthy communication strategies
- agreement on how to introduce a new partner to the children
What a Co-Parenting Plan does not include is how you intend to divide up your financies, home and other assests. You need to discuss these matters with a mediator or lawyer who provides property settlements. Note, this is not a legally binding document, if you require a Parenting Plan for court purposes you will need to seek out a family mediator or lawyer.
Separation, Co-parenting, Divorce Counselling Brisbane North Lakes, Linda Kelly Relationship Counsellor
Separation, Co-parenting, Divorce Counselling Brisbane North Lakes, Linda Kelly Relationship Counsellor
Benefits of
Co-Parenting Plan
for children
Separation, Co-parenting, Divorce Counselling Brisbane North Lakes, Linda Kelly Relationship Counsellor
Co-parenting and maintaining a healthy and functioning family in the middle of a separation can be challenging and complicated.
Children and adolescents need to feel supported and remain within their routines where ever possible amongst the changes that separation can bring. Consistency is important to ensure all family members feel safe and secure whilst their family dynamic transitions into a different type of normal.
When parents work together to create a Co-Parenting Plan, it gives them both an opportunity to contribute and have a say in their children’s upbringing. It can help with the transition of shared care and demonstrate to the children they are safe and well cared for.
Co-parenting is challenging for many families as there are a lot of important decisions to be made. One of the biggest benefits of a Co-Parenting Plan is that it encourages consistency and security for the children. Where there is consistency, structure and routine, it provides healthy boundaries for children.
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Separation, Co-parenting, Divorce Counselling Brisbane North Lakes, Linda Kelly Relationship Counsellor
Separation, Co-parenting, Divorce Counselling Brisbane North Lakes, Linda Kelly Relationship Counsellor
What are the benefits for us as Co-Parents?
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For parents to transition from being a couples towards becoming co-parents can bring up a range of heightened emotions.
I work with parents within a supportive environment where they can work through their unresolved concerns and give them strategies to help improve their communication between one another. I mediate between parents in sessions so they both have a fair say in expressing their perspectives. Parents begin to better manage their emotions and deal with the stress as they progress with the changes. This enables them to focus on the needs of their children and create a harmonious and peaceful outcome for themselves, their children and any extended family involved.
Separation, Co-parenting, Divorce Counselling Brisbane North Lakes, Linda Kelly Relationship Counsellor
Separation, Co-parenting, Divorce Counselling Brisbane North Lakes, Linda Kelly Relationship Counsellor
Support I provide
Separation, Co-parenting, Divorce Counselling Brisbane North Lakes, Linda Kelly Relationship Counsellor
I provide separation, co-parenting and divorce counselling for a range of concerns that include:
arrive to an acceptance around an amicable separation, co-parenting or divorce
navigating shared parenting arrangements
adopting to new responsibilities
negotiating roles within the family
mediate through and address conflict parenting styles
learning to communicate in a safe way to avoid arguments
addressing unresolved concerns and break the cycle of conflict
co-parenting children with behavioural or neurological patterns
navigating extended families, in-laws and shared mutual friends
integrating blended families
integrating new partners
navigating connection as co-parents
navigating shared living arrangements
navigating family conflict
strengthen communication between co-parents and children
restore hope for a different type of future
develop skills to be sustainable as long-term co-parents
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