Post-Separation and Divorce Parent Education: Helping Parents Protect Their Children From the Effects of Ongoing Conflict Following Separation and Divorce

The ability to effectively co-parent is essential when going through a dissolution.  It is in the best interest of both the parties and their children for everyone to get along.  The children lead happier, successful lives when they see everyone interacting positively.  Our office often works with Dr. Sheryl Hausman and Dr. Federica Conrad.   Dr. Hausman and Dr. Conrad teach Next Step Coparenting 101 here in Marin.  Parents gain valuable information and tools to help them succeed in their new journey of shared parenting in two separate households. 

 

Research and our clinical experience tell us that most children experience distress for the

first year or two following parental separation. Although sadness, anxiety, anger,

resentment, confusion, loyalty conflicts, guilt, and somatic symptoms are common during

children’s adjustment to the separation of their parents, long-term outcomes for children

are more variable. Long-term outcomes for children are related to the parent’s ability to

provide protective factors for the child, such as being able to renegotiate the parental

relationship, encapsulate or shield the child from parental conflict, maintain a healthy

parent-child relationship, and engage in effective parenting. These protective factors

provided by the parent, foster a sense of safety in the child that promotes resilience and

adaptive coping over time.

 

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