Download or read book Coparenting Wellness Planner for High Conflict Cases written by Megan Hunter and published by Unhooked Books. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divorce is hard enough even in the best of circumstances. But what if your spouse is trying to turn the kids against you? What if your ex is hauling you into court over every little thing? What if you're being falsely accused of child abuse or domestic violence? Worst of all, what if you've been cut off from your children entirely? High-conflict divorce is just about the most devastating, soul-wrecking experience imaginable. The unrelenting chaos and pain can leave you exhausted and despairing. Legal fees can become a huge strain. And most importantly, there's the impact on your children, who may be grappling with anxiety, struggling at school, acting out, or turning to substances to cope. How can you keep it all together? In The High-Conflict Co-parenting Wellness Planner, high-conflict divorce experts Megan Hunter and Andrea LaRochelle offer hope and a wealth of advice. The healthier you are as a parent, the better you'll be able to help your children. Week by week, the authors guide you in taking care of yourself while navigating conflict. You'll learn practical strategies for handling the most common co-parenting scenarios. And you'll discover new ways to manage your own anger, worry, fear, stress, and grief. As hard as it may be to believe right now, it is possible to move beyond the conflict. You can overcome the alienation, regain your balance, and ultimately find freedom - from the overwhelming feelings, from the drama, and from your ex's hold on your life. This book shows you how.
Download or read book Parenting Plan Evaluations written by Kathryn Kuehnle and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When conducting parenting plan evaluations, mental health professionals need to be aware of a myriad of different factors. More so than in any other form of forensic evaluation, they must have an understanding of the most current findings in developmental research, behavioral psychology, attachment theory, and legal issues to substantiate their opinions. With a number of publications on child custody available, there is an essential need for a text focused on translating the research associated with the most important topics within the family court. This book addresses this gap in the literature by presenting an organized and in-depth analysis of the current research and offering specific recommendations for applying these findings to the evaluation process. Written by experts in the child custody arena, chapters cover issues associated with the most important and complex issues that arise in family court, such as attachment and overnight timesharing with very young children, dynamics between divorced parents and children's potential for resiliency, co-parenting children with chronic medical conditions and developmental disorders, domestic violence during separation and divorce, gay and lesbian co-parents, and relocation, among others. The scientific information provided in these chapters assists forensic mental health professionals to proffer empirically-based opinions, conclusions and recommendations. Parenting Plan Evaluations is a must-read for legal practitioners, family law judges and attorneys, and other professionals seeking to understand more about the science behind child custody evaluations.
Download or read book The High Conflict Custody Battle written by Amy J. L. Baker and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is your ex-spouse trying to gain custody of your kids? Has he or she launched a campaign to make you look like a bad parent, both in the eyes of your children and the law? You aren’t alone. Unfortunately, high-conflict custody battles are all-too-common in today’s world. So how can you arm yourself with the mental and legal resources needed to survive this difficult time and keep your kids safe? In The High-Conflict Custody Battle, a team of legal and psychology experts present a practical guidebook for people like you who are engaged in a high-conflict custody battle. If you are dealing with an overtly hostile, inflammatory, deceitful, or manipulative ex-spouse, you will learn how to find and work with an attorney and prepare for a custody evaluation. The book also provides helpful tips you can use to defend yourself against false accusations, and gives a realistic portrayal of what to expect during a legal fight. Going through a divorce is hard, but going through a custody battle can feel like war. Don’t go in unprepared. With this book as your guide, you will be able to navigate this difficult process and learn powerful skills that will help you maintain a healthy relationship with your kids, fight unfair accusations, and uphold your rights as a parent.
Download or read book When Parents Are at War written by Lynn Louise Wonders and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-04 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a mental health professional provides psychotherapy services for children and families, it is inevitable that a case will come along with parents who are embroiled in a high conflict divorce or custody dispute. High conflict divorce and custody cases are complex, very challenging, and can be exhausting and emotionally draining for therapists. This book was designed by Lynn Louise Wonders, LPC, RPT-S, CPCS to help therapists avoid the pitfalls that often come along with these kinds of cases. The book is designed to serve as a guide that lays out the foundation and rationale for all the reasons psychotherapists need to be well prepared and organized in handling these kinds of cases. The contents are based upon many years of professional experience working with families experiencing high levels of conflict in court-involved cases. You will find the contents practical, straight forward and extremely helpful for your screening, treatment planning and ethical attention to your own self-care.
Download or read book Shared Physical Custody written by Laura Bernardi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-07 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book provides an overview of the ever-growing phenomenon of children in shared physical custody thereby providing legal, psychological, family sociological and demographical insights. It describes how, despite the long evolution of broken families, only the last decade has seen a radical shift in custody arrangements for children in divorced families and the gender revolution in parenting which is taking place. The chapters have a national or cross-national perspective and address topics like prevalence and types of shared physical custody, legal frames regulating custody arrangements, stability and changes in arrangements across the life course of children, socio‐economic, psychological, social well-being of various family members involved in different custody arrangements. With the book being an interdisciplinary collaboration, it is interesting read for social scientists in demography, sociology, psychology, law and policy makers with an interest family studies and custody arrangements.
Download or read book Conducting Child Custody Evaluations written by Philip M. Stahl and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses key topics such as the best interests of the child, custody and time share, divorce and its impact on children and children's developmental needs.
Download or read book The Roadmap to the Parenting Plan Worksheet written by Benjamin D. Garber and published by Unhooked Books. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The parenting plan worksheet is the conscientious caregiver's only developmentally-informed means of creating a child-centered parenting plan. Sixteen discreet but interlocking modules allow parents singly or together to better understand the intricate decisions that will guide the future allocation of parenting rights and responsibilities. This book, for both parents and professionals, is the guide to using the parenting plan worksheet found at the back. The roadmap dissects the sixteen component modules of the parenting plan worksheet, presenting case law, theory and empirical discussion.
Download or read book Change Your Mind written by Leo Terbieten and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2016-01-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My purpose in this book is to shed light and offer solutions to the seemingly unsolvable and destructive cycle of conflict between parents post separation. We'll look at the impact of post-separation conflict on parents and children and present concepts that may help liberate your family from the nightmare of dealing with an antagonistic co-parent. Change Your Mind will help you in three important ways. You can: 1. Become less emotionally reactive in dealing with the other parent. 2. Learn to focus more on your kids and less on negatively engaging your co-parent. 3. Learn about the nature of relationships and how your earlier experiences have conditioned you to accept unfulfilling relationships. Why co-parenting matters so much: Clinical research on divorce overwhelmingly agrees on one point: It's the conflict between parents, and not the divorce per se, that is most damaging to the children. And, I would add, also most destructive to the divorcing couple.
Download or read book Child Custody Journal written by Express Custody and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-08-23 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keeping a journal for Child Custody. Getting a divorce is often a complicated process, which becomes even more complicated when there are children involved. By keeping a journal for child custody, you will smoothen the entire process, and reduce the stress involved on you and your child. The journal will also be extremely useful to your attorney, and will often be used by the court to help with the process. Documenting the process should become a habit; and this journal is the ultimate tool to developing this habit. EVERYTHING that happens to your child, whether good, bad, or neutral should be recorded and dated. Ones memory will often fail to hold up in court when in court or mediation in regards to child custody. What this journal contains: Visitation planner: The visitation planner at the beginning of the diary contains space for you to quickly plan your visitations. This information is crucial for keeping to agreed upon times and dates and should be recorded as soon as each agreement is made, to avoid any later disputes. Input sections for: Date Pick up and drop off time Pick up and drop off location Communication Log: A communication log is one of the most important aspects of keeping a journal for child custody. It ensures that you are protected and prepared for all agreements and conversations that will happen between the other parent, lawyer etc. Inputs include: Time, date, start time and length of conversation Nature of the conversation, who initiated it, what was covered Main points raised Additional information Visitation log: Visitation is often one of the trickiest parts of managing child custody. The visitation log in this journal is designed to ensure both parties uphold their agreements that were made in regards to visitation, and that the child's best interests are kept at the forefront of the agreements. Other notes: A section for any other notes related to child custody. Remember: everything related to this process should be recorded. Any information that may not fit into the other sections should be written here. It may include things such as your child's mood after a visit, something your child says about their other parent etc. This section will be used almost every day used correctly, with each note dated as instructed. If any other sections should run out, continue to use this section. Tips for keeping this journal: As well as the information included above, the journal contains tips about how best to keep this journal. Book Features: 8.5 x 11 inch in size 120 total pages - Multiple 'sections' per page (Should last around 1 year) Perfect bound with a beautiful soft matte cover Printed on white bleedproof paper Durable Tips for keeping a child custody journal Remain Balanced - stay objective: While you want to do everything you can to get custody of your children, make sure you also write down the good things the other parent does. Remember, this is about what is best for your children, not what is best for you or for the other parent. NEVER LIE OR FALSIFY INFORMATION or you will ultimately lose the battle in court. Include Smaller Details Don't forget to include the smaller, everyday details with your custody journal. Specifically, you'll want to take note of: Comments your child makes about the other parent (Positive and negative)
Download or read book The Co parenting Survival Guide written by Elizabeth Thayer and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book helps parents in the aftermath of divorce learn to sustain a healthy co-parenting relationship and offers specifics for solving day-to-day problems, disciplining, and handling conflict during transitional times and special events.
Download or read book Co Parenting Journal written by Stephen A. Anthony and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-08 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lawyers recommend keeping track of all interactions between parents Don't let your ex control you and protect your kids Coping with divorce can be one of the most stressful times of your life. Dealing with a high conflict ex in court is very difficult, especially if details of meetings are confused. It is recommended by lawyers and counselors to keep a journal to track details pertaining to custody and visitation. You can show a pattern of abuse and disregarded agreements, which courts will pay attention to. Easily keep track of all photos, videos and witnesses to incidents that may occur. Being able to present in a concise manner will help show your organization and there will be more trust put into what you say in court. Keep track of everything you need for the courts: Dates and times (including the actual time the ex arrived, especially if late) Agreed meeting place Details of what was discussed Names of any photos or videos taken All details to help with co-parenting and visitation ˃˃˃ Parents with mental health issues like narcissist and borderline personality disorders can make your and your kids lives difficult When you have to deal with a parent that causes problems because of narcissist or borderline personality disorders, it is difficult for you to take care of your kids. Every time there is conflict it raises stress and harms your kids. Lawyers don't want to deal with someone that complains about the ex. By keeping track of a pattern of problems and showing that the ex doesn't meet the agreements, you can gain back control. Without having details of a series of problems, the court won't see what the problem is. Using this journal, you can help yourself and your kids by gaining the control and power back that might otherwise be taken from you. Start today with gaining your control and sanity back
Download or read book Beat the Battle and Win the War Workbook written by Shanda Kelsch CCPI CYPFC CPC and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beat the Battle and Win the War Workbook provides a comprehensive Co-Parenting Plan including 30 topics to create an air tight co-parenting plan. This workbook is used to guide you in putting your co-parent agreement together. Once you are done, simply take your completed workbook to your attorney then he or she will know exactly what you want.Gone are the days of being dragged back to court because your High Conflict Ex feels the need and the huge attorney fees that go with it. Take control of your custody case and this book will show you how.
Download or read book Caught in the Middle written by Carla B. Garrity and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1994-04-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes a hard look at the consequences of intense conflict between divorced parents This book explores both the causes and consequences of high-level, stressful conflict between divorced parents on their children's development. It also provides concrete advice to help parents work together to the benefit of all involved, most importantly the children.
Download or read book Conducting Child Custody Evaluations written by Philip M. Stahl and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1994-08-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It also includes ethical standards and guidelines for child custody evaluations from various national, state, and local organizations. Sensible, lucid, and insightful, this book is an important contribution to our understanding of how child custody evaluations are conducted and an excellent resource for psychologists, evaluators, social workers, family court and private mediators, judges, attorneys, and graduate students.
Download or read book Parenting Coordination written by Debra K. Carter, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-02-18 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parenting Coordination is a child-centered process for conflicted divorced and divorcing parents. The Parenting Coordinator (PC) makes decisions to help high-conflict parents who cannot agree to parenting decisions on their own. This professional text serves as a training manual for use in all states and provinces which utilize Parenting Coordination, addressing the intervention process and the science that supports it. The text offers up-to-date research, a practical guide for training, service provision, and references to relevant research for quality parenting coordination practice. Specifically, this book describes the integrated model of Parenting Coordination, including the Parent Coordinator's professional role, responsibilities, protocol for service, and ethical guidelines.
Download or read book Psychology Law and the Wellbeing of Children written by Monica K. Miller and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unique in its angle and in the breadth of social issues it covers, this book brings together new research and analyses to address how legal actions affect children's wellbeing.
Download or read book Conducting Child Custody Evaluations written by Philip M. Stahl and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010-08-12 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a combination of two previously published books by Phil Stahl/Sage, Conducting Child Custody Evaluations and Complex Issues in Child Custody Evaluations. The book was written as a guide to help students and practitioners walk through the process of conducting a child custody evaluation, a critical skill for a variety of mental health practitioners. The book will cover the mental health expert's many possible roles as a therapist, mediator, evaluator, consultant to attorneys, expert witness, and more. It also address the best interest of the child, legal custody and time share, divorce and its impact on children, and children's developmental needs. The second part takes a step-by-step approach on how to conduct the evaluation, including how to work with children and parents, psychological testing, and writing up the report. The final part, complex issues, draws from the 1999 book, and covers issues such as domestic violence, non-violent high-conflict homes, relocation, special needs children, substance abuse, cultural issues and the alienated child. The author's writing style is friendly and easy to read, making complex material easy to comprehend and implement.
