The training draws on established research and theory, including Gottman Method Couples Therapy, the Lausanne Trilogue Play paradigm, the Dynamic-Maturational Model (DMM) of Attachment, the Meaning of the Child Interview, and principles from. Participants learn to assess triangular family alliances and to differentiate between cohesive co-parenting and patterns in which parents work against each other, such as competitive, collusive, or disengaged alliances.
Key topics include working as a team versus working against each other in parenting, the roles of the Active Parent and Third-Party Parent, affective climate within family systems, and clinical interventions to disrupt competition, repair mis-coordination, and strengthen parental solidarity. Practical tools, including Tackling Turbulence and structured Parenting as a Team Action Plans, are introduced.
The course is delivered through structured professional education incorporating didactic teaching, clinical examples, video material, reflective discussion, and applied learning. Advanced levels include experiential components such as role play and skills practice. This training is suitable for psychologists, counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers, and allied health practitioners.
In Level 1, you’ll gain the core skills and concepts of the Parenting as a Team model to use in your clinical practice.
You will receive:
- Full day of training and certificate for 7 hours CPD
- The Couple & The Child: Parenting as a Team Clinician's eManual
- Parenting as a Team Handouts ready to use for clients
- Interventions to use in clinical practice
- Progress to Level 2 after completion of Level 1
- Access add-on mini modules
By the end of this training, you will be able to:
- Explain the components of cohesive, cooperative co-parenting alliances to clients
- Identify collusive / undermining co-parenting alliances when working with couples
- Identify abandoning / withdrawing co-parenting alliances when working with couples
- Identify competitive co-parenting alliances when working with couples
- Understand the unique roles of the Active Parent and the Third-Party Parent, and why smooth transitions between them matter
- Use the Navigating Questionable Parenting Responses (NQPR) intervention with couples
- Use the Painful Patterns in Parenting intervention with couples
- Apply core interventions, including: disrupting competitive parenting, repairing mis-coordination, and reinforcing couple solidarity.
Level 1 is designed to give you both theory and practical tools you can immediately use in your clinical practice. You’ll leave with a clear framework to help couples shift from working against each other to working together in support of their children.
Presenter:
Elizabeth Neal, Psychologist
Disclaimer:
The content of this endorsed CPD course is provided by the external course provider. Attendees are encouraged to approach the material with an open mind and consider diverse perspectives, particularly those from lived experiences related to the topics discussed. For feedback regarding the course, please contact the course provider directly.