Navigating High Conflict Divorce and Custody Cases
This course is a sort of insurance policy for you and your practice. Don't wait until you've been served with a subpoena. Don't wait until you are in over your head! Be well prepared so you can be confident and be less affected by the anxiety that often accompanies high conflict cases. Every counselor, social worker, therapist and psychologist who provides psychotherapy for children and families needs to be well prepared for the inevitability of high conflict divorce and custody disputes that come with the territory of providing child therapy.
About this course
Navigating High Conflict Divorce & Custody Cases:
A Preparedness Course for Child Therapists
$297
This course is a sort of insurance policy for you and your practice.
Don't wait until you've been served with a subpoena. Don't wait until you are in over your head!
Be well prepared so you can be confident and be less affected by the anxiety that often accompanies high conflict cases.
Every counselor, social worker, therapist and psychologist who provides psychotherapy for children and families needs to be well prepared for the inevitability of high conflict divorce and custody disputes that come with the territory of providing child therapy.
Meet the Instructors
In this course you will learn from the following instructors who are all seasoned expert professionals in working with high conflict divorce cases:
Lynn Louise Wonders,
LPC, RPT-S, CPCS
Lead Instructor
Liana Lowenstein,
MSW, RSW, CPT-S
Seasoned Instructor & Consultant
Courtney McVey,
LCSW
Seasoned Instructor & Consultant
Kim Williams,
LCSW, RPT-S
Lead Instructor
Michelle Nietart,
Forensic Expert, LPC-S
Seasoned Instructor & Consultant
Kris Marowski,
LPC, CCMHC, RPT-S
Seasoned Instructor & Consultant
Enrolling in this course will provide you with a vitally important set of resources for your professional development and preparedness.
This comprehensive course is pre-recorded with rich content and is self-paced. Take your time as you deepen your learning enrichment, learn strategies for practical application. You will complete each training module and then take online tests after to ensure you have effectively learned the material. You will have access to an online support community and you will receive a Certificate of Completion to add to your professional development credentials.
This course is a learning enrichment course and does not offer CE hours as it has been developed to help prepare and protect you and your practice.
In addition to completing all content and passing the online tests, you will be required to choose one of our instructors to obtain a one hour professional consultation to discuss one of your cases or just review the content presented in the course. You will be provided contact information for each of our instructors and you’ll be responsible for paying your chosen consultant their consultation fee for that session.
There is a resource list with recommended books, articles, websites, podcasts and other resources to further enrich your learning experience.
What you'll learn
Module 1: Introduction & Orientation for the Course4 lessons
- Video: Introduction & OrientationVideo
- Video: Logistics, Tips & Suggestions for Successful Course CompletionVideo
- Module 1 ResourcesDownload
- Module 1 QuizQuiz
Module 2: The Nature of High Conflict Divorce & Custody Cases4 lessons
- Video: The Nature of High Conflict Divorce & Custody CasesVideo
- Video: Courtney McVey's PresentationVideo
- Module 2 ResourcesDownload
- Module 2 QuizQuiz
Module 3: Initial Screening & Parent Intake4 lessons
- Video: Initial Screening & Initial Parent IntakeVideo
- Video: Expert Liana Lowenstein's ClassVideo
- Module 3 ResourcesDownload
- Module 3 QuizQuiz
Module 4: Parents: Behavior, Pathology & Strategies4 lessons
- Video: Parents: Behavior, Pathology & StrategiesVideo
- Video: Expert Kris Marowski's ClassVideo
- Module 4 ResourcesDownload
- Module 4 QuizQuiz
Module 5: Identifying Intractable Dynamics & Adjusting the Treatment Plan4 lessons
- Video: Identifying Intractable Dynamics & Adjusting the Treatment PlanVideo
- Video: Expert Kim Williams' ClassVideo
- Module 5 ResourcesDownload
- Module 5 QuizQuiz
Module 6: Alienation, Rejection of a Parent & Loyalty Conflict6 lessons
- Video: Alienation, Rejection of a Parent & Loyalty ConflictVideo
- Video: Expert Michelle Nietert's ClassVideo
- Video: Identifying & Navigating Parental Alienation in Play TherapyVideo
- Video: Parent-Child Reunification Play TherapyVideo
- Module 6 ResourcesDownload
- Module 6 QuizQuiz
Module 7: Working with Attorneys & Guardians ad Litem3 lessons
- Video: Working with Attorneys & Guardians ad LitemVideo
- Module 7 ResourcesDownload
- Module 7 QuizQuiz
Module 8: Parenting Guidance and Co-Parenting vs. Parallel Parenting5 lessons
- Video: Parenting Guidance and Co-Parenting vs. Parallel ParentingVideo
- Video: Navigating Complex Issues with Families Coping with Divorce with Liana LowensteinVideo
- Video: Supporting Divorced and Divorcing Parents with Co-ParentingVideo
- Module 8 ResourcesDownload
- Module 8 QuizQuiz
Module 9: Treatment Planning & Record Keeping4 lessons
- Video: Treatment Planning & Record KeepingVideo
- Video: Evidence Based Play Therapy: Research Supported Treatment PlanningVideo
- Module 9 ResourcesDownload
- Module 9 QuizQuiz
Module 10: Preparing to Go to Court3 lessons
- Video: Preparing to Go to CourtVideo
- Module 10 ResourcesDownload
- Module 10 QuizQuiz
Module 11: Attending to Your Self Care3 lessons
- Video: Attending to Your Self CareVideo
- Module 11 ResourcesDownload
- Module 11 QuizQuiz
Module 12: Further Resources, Consultation and Ongoing Support3 lessons
- Video: Further Resources, Consultation and Ongoing SupportVideo
- Module 12 ResourcesDownload
- Module 12 QuizQuiz
Your instructor
Lynn Louise Wonders & Kris Marowski & Liana Lowenstein & Michelle Nietert
Lynn Louise Wonders Lynn Louise Wonders is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor, and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor with more than three decades of experience in mindfulness, mind-body practices, psychotherapy, teaching, and professional training. She is the founder of Mindfulness-Based Play Therapy® and the Mindfulness-Based Therapy Training Institute®, and has provided continuing education, consultation, supervision, and professional mentoring to mental health professionals since 2010. Lynn is also an author, certified Martha Beck Wayfinder Life Coach, Jack Canfield Certified Trainer and Success Coach, longtime yoga and meditation instructor, and doctoral student at Saybrook University. Kris Marowski Kris Marowski is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Board Approved Supervisor in Virginia, an Approved Clinical Supervisor, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor®, and Certified Animal Assisted Play Therapist®. She has taught, presented, supervised, and practiced in rural communities throughout a professional career spanning more than 19 years and is the creator of Rural Play Therapy®. Kris has also engaged in mindfulness-based practices for more than 17 years, including yoga, Tai Chi, and traditional TaeKwonDo. Liana Lowenstein Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-S, is a Registered Social Worker, Certified Play Therapist-Supervisor, and Certified TF-CBT Therapist who has worked with children and families since 1988. She is an internationally recognized trainer and author whose books on creative interventions for children, youth, and families are used by helping professionals around the world. She has trained clinicians throughout North America and internationally and is a recipient of the Monica Herbert Award for outstanding contribution to play therapy in Canada. Michelle Nietert Michelle Nietert, MA, LPC-S, is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, clinical director, forensic expert, author, and keynote speaker with more than 25 years of private-practice experience. She leads a counseling team in the Dallas area and is widely known for her work with children, teens, parents, families, life transitions, emotional health, and practical mental-health education. She is also the author and coauthor of multiple books and hosts the Raising Mentally Healthy Kids podcast.