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PC Nuts & Bolts II

PC Nuts & Bolts II. Columbus AFCC September 28, 2007 Debra K. Carter, Ph.D. www.theFICP.com. Integrated Model of Parenting Coordination. Therapist Skills Evaluator Skills Mediator Skills Educator Skills Consultant Skills. Boundaries within PC Process. Establishing Boundaries

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PC Nuts & Bolts II

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  1. PC Nuts & Bolts II Columbus AFCC September 28, 2007 Debra K. Carter, Ph.D. www.theFICP.com

  2. Integrated Model of Parenting Coordination • Therapist Skills • Evaluator Skills • Mediator Skills • Educator Skills • Consultant Skills

  3. Boundaries within PC Process • Establishing Boundaries • PC Role & Responsibilities • Rules of Engagement • Maintaining Boundaries • Boundary Violations

  4. Cardinal Features of Parents in Hostile Custody Disputes • Pattern of defensiveness • Rigidity in thinking • Lacking in ability to empathize with others

  5. Impact of Parental Conflict on Children’s Adjustment Following Divorce • Effects of exposure to Chronic Parental Conflict • Insecurity and Agitation • Shame and Guilt • Helplessness • Fear of Abuse • Less Parental Involvement • Rejection

  6. Two Types of Inter-actional Impasse • Type I: • Couples maintain highly positive, idealized view of each other • Deeply enmeshed • Cycle through repeated reconciliations that dissipate into bitter disappointments • Enormously ambivalent about the separation

  7. Type I Impasse - Children • The divorce is never final, and their reconciliation fantasies are continually fueled. • Often neglected by their parents because the parents are absorbed with each other. • Often the focus of the post-divorce disputes as an extension of the parents’ smoldering passions for one another.

  8. Type II Inter-actional Impasse • Extremely negative, polarized view of each other for which there is no evidence in current reality. • View each other as “crazy and mentally disturbed” or as “morally reprehensible monsters.” • Resist their children’s contact with the other parent.

  9. Type II Inter-actional Impasse (cont.) • They mirror each other in a victim stance, each viewing the other as the persecutor. • They avoid contact. • They refuse to communicate directly and use others as spokespersons.

  10. Type II Interactional Impasse - Children • Receive overt or covert messages that the other parent is “bad, immoral, or neglectful.” • Are often prohibited from seeing the non-residential parent. • Transitions between parental homes are lonely and frightening.

  11. Interventions in Type I (Ambivalent Separating) • Point out dichotomy between their views and the facts. • Communication about children without emotional re-engagement. • Re-direct any interaction that alludes to a shared private experience. • Discourage sharing of personal information. • Encourage arrangements that require minimal contact between them.

  12. Interventions in Type II Impasse • Perceived experience of being suddenly and unexpectedly left. • Separation involves inordinate degrees of humiliation, anger, defeat, guilt, and fear. • Period following the actual separation is marked by desperate, unusual, and atypical behavior that seems quite irrational.

  13. Referral for Adjunct Services • Psychotherapy • Anger Management • Impulse Control Intervention • Parenting Class • “Fitness” Evaluation • EMDR • Reunification Therapy • Preparation for Step-Parenting/Blending Families • Post-divorce check-ups for children

  14. When & How to Refer for Support Services • Establishing a Team • Coordinating a Team • Communication between Team Members • Measuring Effectiveness

  15. Thorny Ethical Issues • Dual Roles • Appearance of Bias • Mandatory Reporting • Duty to Warn • Privacy • Practicing Outside Area of Expertise • Financial Arrangements

  16. Special Circumstances • ADA requirements • Accommodations for disabilities • Cultural issues • Awareness • Impact • Interventions

  17. Trouble Shooting • When to Request a Case Management or Status Conference • When to Request Removal as PC • Professional Consultation with Colleagues

  18. Protection for Professionals • Physical Safety • Professional Liability • Handling Threats of a Lawsuit • Handling Threats of a Professional Board Complaint • Know the Professional Standards & Guidelines for your Profession • HIPPA

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