Does your family love and support one another unconditionally? Do you have fun together? Do you find talking with your spouse and children is easy and effective? If you had to really pause and think about your answers to these questions, there’s a chance your family may not be as cohesive as you once thought or hoped. And that’s okay, not every family acts like something out of a 1950s television sitcom. Most have their own fair share of problems. It may be helpful to consider family ...read more
What is Therapeutic Mediation?
When you think of mental health therapists, you probably don’t equate them with a lawyer. But you’d be surprised how much these two professions have in common! Both therapists and lawyers offer counsel to others in an effort to help them resolve conflicts. While a therapist often helps clients solve their own internal conflicts, sometimes the conflicts that need resolving are those they have with others: friends, children, and spouses. This is called Therapeutic Mediation. What is Therapeutic ...read more
Parenting Coordinator in Florida: 7th & 9th Circuit
Update 2020 - Kathleen Coughlin is a Qualified Parenting Coordinator in the 7th and 9th Circuit of Florida and she is located in Volusia County. To learn more about Kathleen's experience please click here. To learn more about Parenting Coordinator services in Florida please click here. ...read more
Separation & Divorce Discourse: The Art of Co-Parenting
Separation & Divorce Discourse: The Art of Co-Parenting Separation & Divorce inevitably bring up a wide range of emotions for everyone in a family system. Grief, anger, guilt, sadness, and confusion are all par for the course with this difficult and life-changing decision. The dissolution of a marriage with children is even more and complicated emotionally harrowing. The separation of a couple with children requires ongoing contact with one another for the purposes of co-parenting, ...read more
Coparenting 101
One of the most difficult transitions in life to face is perhaps a divorce or separation from a partner with whom you have children. This is where Coparenting 101 will help support parents in raising a well adjusted child. Divorce or separation can be painful for the parents and children. Children are looking toward their parents to see how they should be handling their own emotions. No matter their age, the separation of one’s parents is a difficult challenge to face, as is the challenge of ...read more