Co-Parenting For Children’s Sake

A class for divorced, separated, and blended families

Facilitator: Forbes Ellis, M.S., LMFT, Divorce Mediator

  Saturday, July 17^th, 9:30am–Noon, ILM Fireside Room

Fees:  $40 per co-parenting couple, $25 per individual  

This class is for co-parents, with an emphasis on children’s well-being. How can we, as parents, best support our children?  Primarily by learning and applying spiritual principles in our co-parenting relationship, yet also by understanding the importance of boundaries around communication and action that will help children to feel safe, supported, and loved. We will also explore the steps necessary to recover from divorce/separation using the technique called ‘GROW’: Grief, Rebound, Oneness, and Win-win-win. ‘GROW’ techniques will support and empower you emotionally and spiritually as a parent so that you may be more present for your children’s sake.

Forbes Ellis is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist who specializes in co-parenting counseling and counseling children of divorce.  Forbes is a child custody mediator and received his Certificate in Mediation from the Northern California Center for Mediation. Forbes is an adjunct faculty member at JFK University Graduate School, where he teaches Human and Child Development, as well as Grief From a Multi-Cultural Perspective.  Forbes is also a dad who has co-parented for eight years.  For more information about Forbes check out his website at www.forbesellis.com.

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