Co-Parenting and Co-Parenting with an Ex

• Co-parenting Coaching for parents in any type of family configuration
• Parenting Coaching for single parents
• Co-parenting Coaching for parents who were in a romantic relationship, or are transitioning to divorce or separation

Common Topics

Do you and your co-parent have different views on how to parent? If you co-parent, how are your parenting styles similar and different? How to manage your co-parenting conflicts

Learn to co-parent with your ex-partner or current partner in ways that center the children’s needs and keep your relationship’s needs, issues, and conflicts between the two of you.  This is one of the most challenging jobs of a co-parent.

Identify your parenting style.

Balancing the relationship, co-parenting, and personal needs

Are you being the type of parent you want to be? Are your parenting values congruent with your parenting behavior?

How does the way you were parented impact your own parenting actions, beliefs, and values?

What is trauma-informed parenting?

Discipline vs punishment: What is the difference between discipline and punishment? What is age-appropriate discipline and consequence? Do you want to parent in a way that makes your kids afraid of you, or do you want them to respect you? As a child, were you disciplined or punished?

Should you argue with your co-parent in front of your children?

How to keep your cool when you are feeling frustrated with your kid’s behavior.

Poly-dating and relationships

Co-parenting issues unique to ex-romantic partners:

Do you want to move to a respectful enough place to ideally spend time together as a family, or at least appear neutral towards each other when you are around your children?

• learn to manage your anger and conflicts with your ex-partner in ways that do not cause harm to your children
• develop age-appropriate language to explain your break-up to your children
• develop consistent explanations for your children, their teachers, friends’ parents, etc.
• develop clear parenting boundaries, roles, and routines
• create and follow a mutually agreed-upon parenting schedule
• navigate co-parenting and future dating 

Common topics

• keeping the problems the two of you are having with each other from interfering with the needs of your children
• decision-making
• managing conflicts
• co-parenting agreements
• family of origin issues
• money
• holidays, birthdays
• not talking with your child negatively about their other parent
• inequity with time, money, and resources
• dating new people
• blended families
• dating
• grief, anger, disappointment.
• finding the joy in single co-parenting and co-parenting.

I offer consultation and coaching through HIPAA-protected visual communication. In addition to offering information and discussing concrete strategies and techniques, I will provide articles, books, and other resources.

Contact Irene for a free 30-minute consultation with each parent.

Irene’s Coaching Certifications & Trainings

• Clinical Foundations in Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Levels I and II, The Gottman Institute, 2021

• Emotion Coaching: The Heart of Parenting, The Gottman Institute, 2021

• PREPARE/ENRICH Facilitator Certification, 2021

• Post-Graduate Certificate in Positive Psychology Well-Being Coaching (PPWBC) National Board Certification Training Program, College of Executive Coaching, 2016 – 2018
• Relationship Coach Certification (RCC), International Association of Professional Relationship Coaches, 2016 – 2017
• Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional (CCFP), 2016 – 2017, International Association of Trauma Professionals, Sarasota, FLA
• The Power of Mindfulness as Practice Certification, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., 2016 – 2017
• Family Mediation Certification, Argosy University

To learn about the individual and relationship, group, and training services offered by Irene, schedule your complimentary 30-minute consultation.