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Summary: Believe it or not, co-parent counseling is the most powerful of all secret 'weapons' in your arsenal. Joint co-parent counseling provides a safe place for the parents to forge a new, respectful parenting relationship, away from external influences.
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Believe it or not, co-parent counseling is the most powerful of all secret 'weapons' in your arsenal. Joint co-parent counseling provides a safe place for the parents to forge a new, respectful parenting relationship, away from external influences.
Sometimes one parent may resist the idea because they believe that the other parent is actually trying to get them into couple's counseling to try to resurrect the relationship, so it is important to be clear when suggesting counseling to your co-parent that this is not your intention.
There are a couple of different types of co-parent counseling, but they provide essentially the same great benefits: finding a way that you and your ex or ex-to-be can work out agreements when it comes to the ongoing raising of your children. It is always better for your children for their parents to agree, rather than to be angry, hostile, or fighting.
Pre-divorce (break-up) counseling can help a couple facing separation or divorce to dissipate some of the anger and hostility which may lay between them, and assist them in building a better base of communication. This enables them to work together to make mature, informed, and rational decisions. After all, the decisions which they will make during the course of their break-up will have a profound effect on their children, both now and far into their future. Furthermore, they will have to continue to communicate in a co-parenting capacity for years to come; the sooner they can reach a place of respectful co-parenting, the better for all concerned, especially the children.
Co-parent counseling is not unlike pre-divorce counseling, except that it typically occurs after the initial custody and timeshare arrangements have been put into place. Many co-parents find this sort of counseling invaluable as it gives them a place where it is ok and acceptable for them to communicate, for the sake of the children, without the outside influence of the children, second mates, friends, and family.
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