The Separation Talk - How to tell your children about your separation and divorce with Dr Rachael Sharman, PhD
Release Date: 12/16/2019
The Separation Fix
During these unprecedented times in which we find ourselves, many of us are dealing with difficult emotions like overwhelm and uncertainty, along with confronting many life changes. For those who have been through a divorce or a separation, these feelings are all too familiar. So, could we take the tough lessons we learned from the end of our relationships and apply them to our current circumstances? Today's guest, Pegotty Cooper, renowned divorce coach and founder of CDC Divorce Training, joins us to talk
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A mediation Jedi.... With more than 30,000 hours of mediation and innumerable professional credits behind her, I was delighted to interview Margaret Halsmith of HDR about the benefits of mediation. Margaret's knowledge, thoughtfulness and concern for separating families shines through as we discuss:
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A positive and supportive co-parenting relationship isn't a dream - it's achievable even if you've had an unhappy marriage and divorce. But like most valuable goals, it takes effort and there's likely to be some slips along the way.
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Positive parenting isn't all woo-woo - only available to a lucky few. In fact, positive co-parenting can bloom from the rocky soil of an unhappy ending and divorce. But it doesn't happen overnight and like most things worth having, it takes effort to get there.
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As a teacher, a psychologist, author and the founder of Parentshop, Michael Hawton has much to share about:
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I learnt so much interviewing Dr Shaun Delaney, a clinical psychologist, who works
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Dr Suzanne Wigginton wrote her PhD on children's experience of separation and divorce. She shares what she's learned from this study as well as insights from her long career - as a psychologist, a mediator and also her work in child inclusive mediation.
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My guest is Dr Jennifer Neoh, PhD, a clinical psychologist whose private practice is focused entirely on families navigating the family law system. Dr. Neoh has completed over 1,000 psychological reports and is a single expert witness in the most complicated and serious of parenting cases.
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So much was covered in this interview, the following list is the tip of the iceberg. Dr Kerryann Cook, PhD, lead the way talking about:
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- What all children need to hear, as well as what information is appropriate at different ages
- How to answers some of the questions your children may ask
- Be prepared for a wide range of reactions and possible pushback, particularly from teenagers
- The importance of checking in with your children after the talk, more than once, to make sure they have absorbed what you’ve told them
- How you can support children in the days immediately after the talk and in the longer term…