Lesson 1: Court Orders for Reunification Therapy Court orders for “reunification therapy” are becoming more and more prevalent in courts across Canada and the United States. On the one hand, this is a good thing because judges are recognizing the importance of a child’s relationship with both parents and the need for therapeutic intervention. However, the orders given are often …

Lesson 4: Guiding an Unqualified Therapist to Recuse Themselves It is extremely common for a therapist (or two, or more) to be working with the families of our clients. Many of our clients retain their own individual therapist; however, the intent of this lesson is to focus on those therapists that may be providing individual therapy to our client’s children, …

Lesson 4: Collaborating with Lawyers In the last lesson we learned about the importance of a powerful team of professionals working with your client to maximize their chances of obtaining a favorable outcome that ultimately serves their children’s best interests. You will be an important part of that team because it is often the coach that is helping the client …

Lesson 3: Developing a Winning Strategy Setting Your Clients Up for Success In the last two lessons, we really honed in on the current systems in place to help families in distress. We reviewed what the available supports are, the many common pitfalls to using each, and how we recommend overcoming these obstacles. In this lesson, we will be digging …

Lesson 1: Existing Obstacles In the last three modules (5, 6 and 7) we have focused on the skills required to coach a targeted parent in overcoming common mindset obstacles that hinder reconnection with their children. We also learned how alienated children think, best practices for communicating with and disciplining (ie: teaching) alienated children, and how to optimize communication with …

Lesson 3: High-Risk & Safety Dynamics Because we do work with parents in high-conflict, there is always a possibility that you may start working with a client who is at risk of being harmed by either their current or former partner. Although we don’t necessarily discourage you from working with a client who finds themselves in this situation, we do …