PACT: A Collaborative Team Model for Treating High Conflict Families in Family Court

Brown, James R.; Bledsoe, Linda K.; Yankeelov, Pamela; Christensen, Dana N.; Rowan, Noell L.; Cambron, Mary Lou

doi:10.1111/j.1755-6988.2009.01026.x

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“…For example, parents may interpret their child’s needs according to their own needs, and the child’s speech may be influenced by their loyalty to their parents. Likewise, when exposed to high levels of interparental conflict, children feel that they cannot get closer to one of the parents without being disloyal to the other ( Brown et al, 2009 ). Physical and psychological symptoms may also be noticed when children experience high levels of stress related to loyalty conflicts ( Bernet et al, 2016 ).…”

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Healing the Separation in High-Conflict Post-divorce Co-parenting

Stolnicu

Mol²,

Hendrick³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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ObjectiveOur research aim is to enrich the conceptualization of high conflict post-divorce co-parenting by understanding the dynamic process involved.BackgroundThe studied phenomena were explored by linking previous scientific knowledge to practice.MethodWe cross-referenced the previous study results with the experiences reported by eight professionals and tried to answer the following research question: how professionals’ experience and previous scientific knowledge contribute to a better understanding of HC post-divorce co-parenting? Individual face to face interviews were conducted and analyzed regarding the qualitative theoretical reasoning of thematic analysis.ResultsAnalysis allowed us to highlight how four main axes are related to HC post-divorce co-parenting: (1) Parents for life, (2) Acting in the child’s best interests, (3) Managing disagreements, and (4) Healing the separation.ConclusionOur findings capture high conflict post-divorce co-parenting as a multidimensional dynamic process. As such, dealing with co-parenting disagreements must be understood as a moment in a process that is influenced by, and influences, other dimensions.ImplicationsInterventions must consider the four dimensions and their reciprocal interactions. The essential elements underlying parents’ difficulties may reside at a multiplicity of levels: inter-relational, contextual, and intrapsychic. Each level contains key potential factors in understanding these families, and in formulating intervention guidelines.

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Healing the Separation in High-Conflict Post-divorce Co-parenting

Stolnicu

Mol²,

Hendrick³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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“…The remaining eight were longer, more intensive programmes, in terms of both total number of contact hours, and number of weeks. Two ( The CDP and PACT ) involved extensive ‘wraparound services’ for separating families, including: case management by programme leaders, the galvanizing of wider family networks, mediation services, clinical or psycho‐educational intervention and collaboration with legal and mental health professionals (Kline Pruett et al ; Brown et al ). There was insufficient evidence to disaggregate programme duration or intensity by gender of parent.…”

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Are interventions supporting separated parents father inclusive? Insights and challenges from a review of programme implementation and impact

Philip

O′Brien

2016

Child & Family Social Work

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This paper reviews divorce-related parenting programmes, assessing the extent to which fathers are included and whether father inclusion influences outcomes. The paper also discusses limitations of the research evidence and implications for future intervention and evaluation design. Thirteen programmes met the criteria in the review period 2005–2012 but only four had been evaluated using randomized control trials or with independent measures from mothers and fathers. Analysis of these four programmes shows modest evidence of reduced couple-conflict, improved coparenting and some evidence of improved child outcomes. Key issues raised are the need for improving the quantity and quality of demographic data about fathers; the importance of incorporating analysis by gender of parent into evaluation design and the value of developing and routinely using father-related indicators to measure programme impact on men’s parenting, fathering and co-parental relationships

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Coparenting Interventions and Shared Physical Custody: Insights and Challenges

Darwiche

Nunes

Ghaziri

et al. 2021

European Studies of Population

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This chapter focuses on the issue of shared physical custody (SPC) in the broader context of coparenting interventions. To identify if and how these interventions address the issue of SPC, we provide a systematic overview of the currently available types of coparenting interventions after marital dissolution. To be selected, the interventions had to be published in peer-reviewed journals, target separated or divorced parents, integrate work on coparenting, and include a custody focus within the intervention curriculum or as a targeted outcome. Finally, they had to be subject to empirical evaluation.As a second step, using a case study, we investigate how the issue of SPC may be addressed before divorce, during couple therapy. We describe the therapy sessions to highlight the factors that may protect or undermine the development of a cooperative coparenting relationship while separating, and eventually create a positive shared-custody scenario after divorce. We also analyse the couple’s progress regarding individual symptomatology and coparenting satisfaction based on self-reported questionnaires and on the quality of their observed coparenting interactions.From a therapeutic perspective, this chapter aims to deepen our understanding of the challenges and opportunities of coparenting during and after separation and its intertwinement with the issue of SPC.

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PACT: A Collaborative Team Model for Treating High Conflict Families in Family Court

Cited by 3 publications

References 26 publications

Healing the Separation in High-Conflict Post-divorce Co-parenting

Healing the Separation in High-Conflict Post-divorce Co-parenting

Are interventions supporting separated parents father inclusive? Insights and challenges from a review of programme implementation and impact

Coparenting Interventions and Shared Physical Custody: Insights and Challenges

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