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Co-Parenting: Communicating for Results (C4R) is comprised of two 5-week experiential courses for parents who want to develop more effective communication skills and be better able to problem solve with former partners. You will learn how deeply-rooted beliefs may impede your ability to be productive co-parents, gain an understanding of how to reduce the conflict in highly emotional conversations and practice staying focused on child centered objectives when conversations become heated and personal.

We will practice these communication skills in the context of common co-parenting experiences. You will explore common communication patterns between you and your co-parent while learning how to transform them into more positive interactions in the future.

This course will help you:

* keep your children out of the middle of your divorce
* negotiate child-focused agreements
* have effective, planned, co-parenting conversations
* retain the recognition of yourself as a loving, supportive human being in your post-divorce family

In the first five-week segment (Part I), you will learn essential skills for surviving highly emotional conversations that may catch you by surprise. You will learn how to:

* recognize your current, habitual patterns of communication
* challenge and change your stories about the other parent
* deepen your understanding and management of your emotional responses
* manage your ego instead of blaming the other parent
* understand how you use and abuse power and authority in a relationship
* listen as an act of being present
* become curious when you believe you already know the answer
* ask questions to confirm your understanding of what is being communicated before you respond.

In the second five-week segment (Part II), you will learn skills to help you prepare for planned conversations?those conversations you have time to prepare for.

Part I will begin on February 7, 2018 and will be taught in Oakland, California.

Please visit my website for more information and to register for the course.

My Blog Posts

• After Divorce: When Children Resist Seeing One Parent
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• What We Know about How Young Children Experience Divorce
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• 15 Things Children Want You to Know About Divorce
• With Divorce, the Only Certainty Is Uncertainty
• Divorce and Social Networking Sites
• Addressing the Problems in Your Marriage Before It's Too Late
• Common Considerations for Children Coping with Divorce
• 11 Reasons to Choose a Collaborative Divorce
• Creating Divorce Rituals with Your Children
• Who Gets Which Friends?
• How Parents Make it Difficult for Children to Love Their Other Parent
• Five Rights Your Children Should Have in Your Divorce
• Dating after Divorce: Blending Families
• The Greek Chorus and Your Divorce
• Can My Child Choose Which Parent to Live With?
• To Divorce or Not to Divorce, That Is the Question
• Conflict and Co-Parenting: Mediums of Communication
• Five Considerations When Telling Your Children You Are Getting Divorced
• Shielding Children from the Details of Divorce: How to Manage Information
• Rights of First Refusal
• Ten Ingredients to Have in a Parenting Plan
• Curious about Curiosity?
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• Child Custody Mediation with a Mental Health Professional
• Separated Parents: Six Ways to Manage Holiday Scheduling
• Easing Co-Parenting Communication: Scheduling and Organizing Websites
• Divorce is a Family Process: Finding the Right Professional Support
• Parallel Parenting: Minimizing Conflict for Children's Sake
• Dating After Divorce: Introducing Your Children to a New Partner
• The First Steps to Divorce