PARENTING COORDINATION, CO-PARENTING COACHING AND MEDIATION

A Different Way to Co-Parent After Separation

Your relationship may have ended but your child still needs calm, consistency and care.

I offer lawyer-free co-parenting mediation and coaching for separated parents who want to move out of conflict and into a more workable, child-focused way of parenting together.

If co-parenting feels heavier than it should — strained messages, repeated disagreements, or a child caught between two adults — this work offers another path forward.

This is a structured, child-centred process designed to help parents:

  • step out of unproductive conflict

  • communicate without causing further harm

  • make parenting decisions that support children’s emotional safety

This is not about tactics, pressure, or legal positioning. It’s about changing how your family operates day to day — so parenting becomes more predictable, respectful, and sustainable.

I provide this service my capacity as a co-parenting specialist, mediator, author and coach.

(This service is not legal advice.)

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Parenting Coordination Institute

When Might Parenting Coordination Be Right?

  • When you have consent orders or court orders but you keep returning to conflict.

  • When communication breaks down and children are caught in the cross-fire.

  • When you want to reduce the risk of future litigation, cost and stress.

  • When your priority is your children’s emotional safety—not winning fights.

  • Reduces conflict and helps prevent repeated court appearances

  • Supports timely resolution of day-to-day parenting issues

  • Improves communication and cooperation between parents

  • Clarifies and reinforces parenting plans and court orders

  • Provides neutral, child-focused support and guidance

  • Promotes stability, consistency, and emotional safety for children

  • Helps both parents stay focused on what’s best for their children

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Co-parenting Coaching & Mediation

Why This Matters — Even If You’re “Managing”

Most parents have a quiet awareness when co-parenting isn’t functioning as well as it could.

You might notice that:

  • your child picks up on the strain, even when arguments are kept out of sight

  • messages remain civil, yet still carry emotional weight

  • familiar disputes resurface again and again

  • discussions revolve around schedules and logistics, rather than shared parenting

  • concerns linger about how ongoing tension may affect your child over time

Many parents express it this way:

We’re trying to avoid court — but we’re not sure how to move forward.”

This work is designed for that exact space. As a lawyer I know that legal orders don’t build communication skills and unresolved conflict rarely settles on its own.

Co-parenting is a skill — and skills can be learned, strengthened, and reset.

My Approach & Experience

I work alongside parents at every stage after separation — from the initial period of adjustment through to long-standing parenting arrangements that are no longer supporting the family or the child.

This work is shaped by many years in conflict resolution practice, mediation and coaching, together with international research and fellowship-based study into high-conflict families, post-separation dynamics and child-centred decision-making.

My approach brings together:

  • sustained professional experience working with separated and blended families

  • evidence-informed, child-centred models that recognise the impact of stress and trauma

  • practical, real-world strategies for interrupting entrenched conflict patterns

  • a nuanced understanding of role changes, loyalty pressures and identity shifts after separation

  • ongoing involvement in education, research and advocacy in contemporary co-parenting practice

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How This Work Supports Families

Parents who engage in this process have peace of mind and commonly notice meaningful shifts, including:

  • eliminate having to use lawyers to address the conflict

  • fewer flashpoints and a quicker return to calm when disagreements occur

  • clearer boundaries that reduce ongoing back-and-forth

  • children who appear more settled, secure, and less pulled between parents

SERVICES FOR CO-PARENTS

1. CO-PARENTING MEDIATION

Clear agreements. Fewer conflicts. A steadier way forward.

This lawyer-free service supports separated parents stay out of court and who want to establish, refine, or reset how they co-parent — whether you’re early in separation or facing a specific issue that has become stuck.

It is designed for parents who want to:

  • limit unnecessary legal involvement

  • protect children from ongoing conflict

  • create clarity before misunderstandings harden into patterns

Together, we work through the matters that shape everyday family life, including:

  • shared parenting values and long-term priorities

  • living arrangements, routines and transitions

  • communication expectations and boundaries

  • balancing flexibility with consistency as children grow

Agreements can be structured for:

  • an initial period with scheduled review points

  • or a longer-term co-parenting framework that evolves as children’s needs change

No prolonged email exchanges. No repeating the same conversations. Just clarity, structure, and a practical way forward.

This approach helps by:

  • slowing conversations down so decisions aren’t made in the heat of conflict

  • shifting parents out of reactive communication and into problem-solving

  • addressing the process of co-parenting, not just the presenting issue

2. PARENTING COORDINATION

Ongoing support to help both co-parents move from conflict to consistency

Parenting Coordination is a structured, child-focused process designed for separated parents who experience ongoing conflict or difficulty implementing parenting arrangements — even after mediation, agreements, or court orders are in place.

Who Parenting Coordination Is For

Parenting Coordination is suitable for parents who:

  • experience repeated disputes despite existing agreements or orders

  • struggle with communication, trust, or decision-making

  • find themselves returning to lawyers to resolve everyday issues

Parents participate together, with the focus always remaining on the child’s needs rather than past grievances.

How Parenting Coordination Helps

  • implement existing parenting arrangements more effectively

  • reduce misunderstandings and reactive communication

  • resolve disputes about day-to-day parenting matters

Areas Commonly Addressed

  • communication protocols and boundaries

  • transitions, changeovers and routines

  • schooling, activities and competing commitments

  • holidays, travel and special events

Parents who engage in Parenting Coordination report fewer disputes and faster resolution when issues arise.

3. CO-PARENTING HELP/COACHING

Building skills, confidence and clarity for co-parenting after separation

Co-Parenting Coaching is a forward-focused service designed to help separated parents strengthen how they communicate, make decisions and respond to conflict — without court processes or formal dispute resolution.

Co-Parenting Coaching Is suitable for parents who

  • want to improve communication and reduce reactivity

  • notice the same arguments repeating in different forms

  • are managing separation but want to do better for their children

Parents may attend together or individually, depending on circumstances and goals.

Common Coaching Themes

Co-Parenting Coaching may explore:

  • managing communication without escalation

  • responding to challenging messages

  • reducing emotional spillover onto children

  • navigating new partners and blended families

The Impact for Families

Parents who engage in co-parenting coaching often experience:

  • improved communication and reduced conflict intensity

  • greater confidence handling difficult moments

  • fewer misunderstandings and reactive exchanges

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Let’s create something meaningful together.

Fees start at $495 per hour and include preparation, facilitated sessions, drafting of agreements or plans, and follow-up support to assist with implementation.

The Bigger Picture

Separation is a turning point — not the end of your family story. What comes next can still be approached thoughtfully and with purpose.

This work is for parents who want to:

  • break unhelpful cycles of conflict

  • respond more calmly in difficult moments

  • approach co-parenting with intention, not fear

  • put arrangements in place that can evolve as children grow

If you’re looking for support that focuses on children first — not courtrooms, this service offers a lawyer-free, child-centred pathway for resolving co-parenting challenges after separation.

As a co-parenting specialist, coach and advocate, I work with parents to reduce conflict, strengthen communication, and develop practical parenting arrangements that work in everyday life — whether you are newly separated, managing ongoing tension, or finding existing arrangements difficult to sustain.

This service is not legal mediation or formal family dispute resolution. It offers a calm, structured approach that helps parents work together, reduce emotional harm for children and establish a more stable and respectful co-parenting relationship over time.

How Sessions Are Delivered

Services are offered in a flexible format to suit families’ needs and circumstances:

  • Online via Zoom — available Australia-wide and internationally

  • In person at my rooms where both parents agree to attend together

  • Off-site or interstate sessions by arrangement (Australia-wide and internationally at an additional fee)

All formats provide the same structured, child-focused process.

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I offer a free 10 minute chat to help you understand how best I can assist you and your family.

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