Separation does not happen overnight.

Navigating the emotional and practical aspects of separation can easily take a couple of years.

Parents transitioning from their relationship as a couple to a co-parenting relationship have an opportunity to address the problematic areas in their relationship and manage them in new ways. For example:

• Maintain clear boundaries if they were consistently violated in the past
• Develop pathways of communication if there has been a lack of communication
• Create a co-parenting relationship that takes into account everyone’s needs if the needs of one person dominated the relationship in the past

As well as helping to develop a successful co-parenting relationship, these new skills can help parents improve their relationships with their family, friends, their new partner and teach their children valuable relationship skills.

It is a process, and it takes time to figure these things out. Identifying the specific needs of each child and parent is an essential step in this process. When everyone’s needs are taken into account, it provides a foundation for creating a co-parenting relationship that is more likely to be successful long term.

In this workshop we will:

• Explain a simple framework that can help clarify children’s and parents’ needs
• Go over a case study that will give you an opportunity to practice identifying the needs of each family member
• Leave plenty of time for your questions

Date: April 20, 2021

Time: 8-9 pm UK time

Bookings: Choose the quantity of tickets you would like to reserve in the form below and click "checkout". You will receive a Zoom link in the confirmation email as soon as you have booked your place. 

Please note we will not record this meeting, participants will need to attend live.

If you have any questions email Una at una@parentingafterseparation.co.uk. We look forward to seeing you at the workshop.

John Hind is a family and workplace mediator. He specialises in helping his clients improve their communication through mediation and conflict management coaching, focusing on helping and supporting them to create value-based outcome solutions where these relate to meeting unmet emotional, psychological or practical needs. He is a nationally recognised Accredited mediator, NLP based conflict management coach, National Trainer and Director of Compass Resolution Ltd. 

Una Archer is a founder of Parenting after Separation and a registered Circle of Security Parenting facilitator. She helps parents to minimise the impact of separation on their children and to resolve emotional or behaviour issues that may have cropped up. Her experience of creating a new life after separation and assisting many other parents to do the same helped her to develop a distinctive relationship-based approach to parenting after separation. It is an easy-to-follow process that helps parents make the most of what comes easily and naturally for them, confidently support their children in difficult situations and make effective parenting decisions.