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

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

Resources for Developing Parenting Skills

sullydoc — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:14:53 +0000

Here are some good resources to help parents develop their parenting skills:

Partnership Parenting: How Men and Women Parent Differently–Why It Helps Your Kids and Can
Strengthen Your Marriage, by Kyle Pruett MD and Marsha Pruett PhD
Fatherneed: Why Father Care is as Essential as Mother Care for Your Child, by Kyle Pruett

Parenting Wisely. The online one is an interactive parenting education program. Go to this website:

info@familyworksinc.com.

A general book is “Parenting From the Inside Out.”

Amazon.com: Parenting from the Inside Out (9781585422098): Daniel Spiegel …www.amazon.com › …

Emotional Life of the Toddler by Alicia F. Lieberman is still a timely book about this parenting this stage of development.

Overcoming Barriers Family Camp Featured in Canadian News Documentary on Parental Alienation

sullydoc — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:29:20 +0000

The Canadian News program W5 (the equivalent of the 20/20 news program in the states) did a segment entitled: W5 Investigates: Children on the Front Lines of Divorce. This compelling segment interviews 3 families impacted by high conflict divorce. The second part of the segment highlights a family who attended the 2008 Breaking Barriers Family Camp. Presenting with allegations of sexual molest by the mother, alienation by the father, and having repeated Court involvement leading to only supervised contact between the father and children, the camp was a transformative experience, resulting in a functional, shared custody arrangement. Please see other posts on this website (in the child alienation category) for a full description of the camp program.

The link to the Canadian Television Network’s W5 documentary is as follows:

www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091106/w5_divorce_091107/20091107?hub=Canada

Overcoming Barriers camp is accepting inquiries for the camp that will take place July 2010, Please contact Dr. Sullivan at sullydoc@aol.com for further information.

Tips for high conflict coparents

sullydoc — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:11:03 +0000

The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts provides us with tips for coparents who continue to be in high conflict post-divorce.

Please download the attached

Tips for high conflict parents

Tips for Coparents

sullydoc — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:58:12 +0000

The AFCC has provided 10 tips for coparents to consider as they establish a shared parenting arrangement post-divorce.

Please download this file

Tips for coparents

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

Overcoming Barriers Camp July 20-25, 2009

sullydoc — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:56:57 +0000

Dr. Sullivan will be conducting the second year of a 5-day camp for families where a child has rejected a parent and an intensive intervention to reconnect the child with their parent is desired. The family systems intervention requires the participation of both parents and child(ren) and provides a combination of psychoeducation, intervention, and an enjoyable family camp in rural Vermont. National experts in this type of situation, Dr. Robin Deutsch and Dr. Peggie Ward join Dr. Sullivan as the clinical team.

Clink on this link for information about last year’s camp and a brochure for this year’s camp

Overcoming Barriers 2009 camp brochure

Overcoming Barriers camp, 2008

Up to parents – new website for coparents and professionals who work with coparents

sullydoc — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:38:43 +0000

Take a look at this website. It’s an excellent resource for coparents and professionals who work with coparents. Incredible materials to assist in the divorce transitions. This professionals from Indiana (Charlie Asher) have put a tremedous amount of time and expertise into this wonderful resource Check it out! www.uptoparents.org.

Parallel Parenting Plans

sullydoc — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:04:39 +0000

For high conflict coparents, it is essential to construct parenting plans/custody orders that support a parallel parenting model. This disengages coparents, and provides the structure that they need to implement custody orders with minimal interaction. This document explains the essentials of parallel parenting plans

parallel-parenting-plans.doc

Parenting Plan Essentials

sullydoc — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:01:52 +0000

This outline provides essential elements to guide the construction of parenting plans:

parenting_plan_musts.doc