How much would I benefit from your sessions?

Therapy can be beneficial to almost anyone. When someone ends a relationship and they have children together therapy may be warranted. People who separate did not separate because they had a wonderful relationship and things were great, there were issues. Maybe the issues that broke the couple up were money, intimacy, communication, or parenting. There are many more reasons, but these are a few. Now we have a couple who had issues and could not get along, now they are not together and they have to parent a child together. While it is uncomfortable to work with someone who doesn't like you, you and your co-parent must put your differences aside for the sake of your child. Because you two are no longer together romantically, your sole purpose now is deciding on what is best for your child.

The benefits of good co-parenting are children develop feelings of stability, children continue relationships with both parents, children are less likely to feel torn between their parents, children are less likely to feel abandoned, and children are less likely to feel they have to meet the social and emotional needs of their parents. Separation is difficult for most children. They benefit when they have relationships with both parents and they tend to adjust better when: they have a good relationship with both of their parents, both parents respond to the needs of their children, and parents don’t argue, especially when their children are present, and parents don’t place their children in the middle of their conflicts.

Therapy is beneficial in that parents can develop skills to work together so they can finish what they started— and raise their children. The goals of counseling are to reduce conflict among the parents and help kids cope with stress related to the separation. Skills that can be learned and developed in therapy can include parenting strategies, communication skills, and conflict resolution skills such as how to express disagreement respectfully and work toward compromise. The therapist can also highlight unhealthy communication patterns and identify ways to improve them. Therapy can also help the parent work through unresolved anger and resentments that can lead to poor communication between the parents. Overall, therapy is beneficial for the child and parent to be healthy and happy.