Working With Co-parents: A Manual For Therapists

Working with Co-Parents Working with Co-Parents is a practical manual for therapists and social workers who work with divorced and/or separated parents of children. Unique among other books that focus on therapy with the parents individually, the author’s model brings the divorced couple together to help them understand their child’s experience and to assist them in developing a road to constructive co-parenting. This manual also includes illustrative case vignettes, session outlines and handouts, and homework reflection questions. Therapists and counselors will learn tools and interventions that they can apply immediately and effectively to their work with divorced couples. Mary L. Jeppsen, PhD, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist and licensed professional counselor who co-owns Fresh Roots Family Counseling in Rogers, Arkansas. She developed a co-parenting counseling model with the intention of assisting parents in developing healthy co-parenting relationships. Dr. Jeppsen is also a certified Daring Way™ facilitator in the work of Brené Brown. Working with Co-Parents A Manual for Therapists Mary L. Jeppsen First edition published 2018 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business  2018 Taylor & Francis The right of Mary L. Jeppsen to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. The purchase of this copyright material confers the right on the purchasing institution to photocopy or download pages which bear the photocopy icon and a copyright line at the bottom of the page. No other parts of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Jeppsen, Mary L., author. Title: Working with co-parents : a manual for therapists / Mary Jeppsen. Description: New York : Routledge, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017029005| ISBN 9781138240506 (hbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781138240513 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781315283494 (ebk.) Subjects: | MESH: Family Therapy—methods | Divorce—psychology | Child Rearing—psychology | Family Conflict—psychology | Single-Parent Family—psychology Classification: LCC RC455.4.F3 | NLM WM 430.5.F2 | DDC 616.89/156—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017029005 ISBN: 978-1-138-24050-6 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-138-24051-3 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-28349-4 (ebk) Typeset in Galliard by Swales & Willis Ltd, Exeter, Devon, UK Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Skillset Required for the Work How to Use This Book 1 This