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Navigating “No Man’s Land”

Navigating “No Man’s Land” . Helping Children Survive Family Separation and Divorce Tracy Duffy, Family Court Counsellor ( M . Ed , CCC) . Background. Family Justice Services, NL Separation and Divorce – context Defining Conflict . Parent dynamics . Indicators of High Conflict

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Navigating “No Man’s Land”

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  1. Navigating “No Man’s Land” • Helping Children Survive Family Separation and Divorce • Tracy Duffy, Family Court Counsellor (M. Ed, CCC)

  2. Background • Family Justice Services, NL • Separation and Divorce – context • Defining Conflict

  3. Parent dynamics • Indicators of High Conflict • Communication Conflict

  4. Games Parents Play • Messenger • Spy • Critic • Disneyland • The Pawn • The Set up

  5. “It is far easier to build strong children than to repair broken adults.” - Frederick Douglas

  6. Activity

  7. Children’s Reactions- Impact of divorce • Considerations • “Normal” grief • Developmental impacts • Traumatic Adjustment • (No Man’s Land)

  8. Interventions with children • Play Therapy • Feelings Jar • Collage • Case Examples

  9. Role of Counsellor • Considerations • Cautions – Ethics • Who is the client ? 33

  10. Resources • Play Therapy • Separation/Divorce

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