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Co-parenting

Parents working together on raising their children after a separation — a relationship that remains, although the partnership has ended.

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How it shows up in daily life

The hardest part isn’t dividing the days but separating two relationships: former partners can be disappointed in each other and at the same time good teammates for their child. When that gets mixed up, the child becomes a messenger or a judge.

What we do with it in therapy

We set clear agreements and separate the topics: what belongs to a conversation about the child and what belongs to working through the separation. What protects children most is not carrying tension that isn’t theirs.

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Co-parenting after separation: how to stay a team when you are no longer a couple 12 min branja How to tell your children that their parents are separating 13 min branja

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Anxious attachment A pattern in which uncertainty in a relationship intensifies the need for closeness and reassurance. Self-harm Deliberately hurting yourself as a way of managing an unbearable emotional state. The therapeutic frame The agreed rules of sessions — time, length, frequency, fee, cancellations, confidentiality.

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