Beneficial Resources to help you along your journey

For more than 20 years I have worked with families who are beginning their transition through separation and divorce and who may need some assistance in this transition by participating in separation/divorce counseling/coaching, co-parenting counseling/coaching, blended family counseling/coaching, life after divorce counseling/coaching. In addition to psychotherapy, I practiced as a Parent Coordinator for 10 years and I also worked with a formerly grant funded program within Orange County called Focus on the Children. I am still very committed to working with parents and children who greatly benefit from learning the tools to navigate separation and divorce and who have a desire to achieve happiness in their commitment to their own parenting experience and their evolving family dynamics. 

Here are some resources that are extremely helpful to my clients:

The Cooperative Parenting Institute

The Cooperative Parenting Institute website is a helpful resource I often recommend to parents and is focused on making a difference in the lives of children and families experiencing separation and divorce. Here you will find several helpful links under the “For Parents” tab to assist in your transition to cooperative parenting and has tools for high-conflict families. 

The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts offers useful resources under their “Resource Center” tab, then click “Family Resources” for useful information on Co-Parenting Communication and Parenting Plan information:

Learn mental relaxation techniques

Helpguide.org is a trusted resource for overall mental health and wellness with a large offering of useful educational self-help information and specific coping tools. For example I often recommend clients use this resource to learn more about how to effectively combat stress by activating their body’s natural relaxation response by learning relaxation techniques including deep breathing, meditation, mindfulness and yoga:

Grieving a breakup?

This is a frequently used link I encourage clients to read in order to gain understanding and insight into the “roller coaster” of emotions and behaviors they experience when grieving a break up:

Suffering from OCD?

A frequent complaint and frustration of people suffering from OCD or OCD like traits in response to normal life triggers is ruminating intrusive thoughts. I recommend this Thought Stopping Technique link for clients to try and is an example of therapy homework:

Betrayal Trauma Recovery

Betrayal is a common reason for people to seek therapy for the first time and can be caused by a variety of life situations. Betrayal can cause emotional distress and you might experience lingering emotional trauma when someone whom once was reliable and dependable and with whom you have known to care for you and respect your needs has violated your trust.This link may provide some insight into how you are feeling and shares how to start healing: