Matthew Sullivan, PhD (Clinical Psychologist): Parent Coordination, Coparent Counseling, Mediation » Family Systems

10 top things divorced parents can do to protect their children from conflict

sullydoc — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:10:15 +0000

Conflict between parents who share custody can have a damaging impact on their functioning and long-term healthy development. Attached below are some thoughts about what divorced parents can do to protect their children from conflict. It comes from the AFCC website (afccnet.org), which has incredible resources like this.

kids protection from conflict advice

Parenting Communication Resources in High Conflict Cases

sullydoc — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:48:13 +0000

Please see the attached report from a project completed by members of the Arizona Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. It has excellent suggestions for custody orders/parenting plans and other online resources to support functional coparenting in high conflict post-separation cases. A great resource for parents and professionals.

2011 AzAFCC SUMMIT PROJECT

How parents can promote children’s resilience after divorce

sullydoc — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:10:37 +0000

A leading expert in parent education post-divorce weighs in about how parents can promote emotional resilience in children during and after this transition. Please click on the link for 10 tips for parents

children’s resilience after divorce

Parenting Styles website: Support for Parents

sullydoc — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:03:10 +0000

The website www.parentingstyles.co.uk is a wonderful resource for parents. Parenting is a skill that is developed through knowledge and practice, and websites, such as this one is a user friendly way to tap into experts responses to questions parents have about nearly any subject. I found the searches on parenting after divorce useful for parents who face challenges during and after this family transition.

Check it out

www.parentingstyles.co.uk

Family Systems Chapter in the Handbook of Clinical Psychology

sullydoc — Fri, 25 May 2007 00:14:41 +0000

This chapter, co-authored with Dr. Jamie McHale, is a review of the development of Family Systems Theory for the 2008 edition of the Handbook of Clinical Psychology (published by John Wiley & Sons). This chapter goes through a review of the development of this field and provides a case example, looking at a high conflict divorce transition from a Structural/Family Systems model.
An excerpt of this chapter, Family Systems, is available in PDF format by clicking this link.

Handbook of Clinical Psychology, Volume 2
Edited by Hersen and Gross., 2008, Wiley publishers

Chapter 7, Family Systems
by James P. McHale & Matthew Sullivan