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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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.