COMMUNIKEYS
the keys to a healthy relationship
are all found in the communication
Each person and each relationship is unique.
Resolving any conflict will be unique too.
1. Family Dispute Resolution (FDR)
2. Child Inclusive Practice (CIP) or Mediation (CIM)
3. Parenting Co-ordination (PC)
Aimed at parents who require assistance managing the relationship with their children's parent (their ex).
FDR is a one-off mediation that allows parents to discuss (and often agree) on how they would like to raise their children.
CIP and CIM offer the children a chance to have a say in their care without being in the mediation or making any final decisions.
PC is an ongoing process that helps parents to navigate their Parenting Plan or Orders and to implement effective communication.
To learn more about the above options,
Conflict Coaching
Conflict Coaching is a one-on-one process where you are guided through the skills you need to resolve conflict when the other person is not interested in resolution other than getting their own way. Often this will be in tandem with other courses such as PET or SOME or WCMT. It can also be useful when preparing for a mediation.
Parent Training
As Dr Thomas Gordon (creator of PET) says, ‘Parenting is the job for which we receive the least training’ and yet for most of us it is the most important job we will ever have.
Parenting Effectiveness Training (PET) is an extensive course of eight 3-hour sessions run during the school terms in Australia giving proven practical skills and a chance to practice them with coaching to ensure the best success in improving your relationship with your children.
For parents who are trying to raise their children after separation, it can be useful to learn how to Parent Effectively After Separation. This course is a blend of PET and Parenting After Separation giving parents an understanding of the new normal when parenting after separation as well as skills and coaching.
If you want to know more about Parenting After Separation, attend the next webinar. For dates and the link, click the link below.
Strengthen Our Marriage Experience (SOME)
Divorce rates are as high as (or even higher than) 50% of all marriages in Australia. The number one reason people cite for separating from their partner are difficulties in communication.
Save your marriage (and the $00,000s it costs to separate) by enhancing your communication skills.
Mediation
Rather than doing a course, have a one-off mediation to determine where you both want the relationship to go.
Is counselling necessary or can you work things out on your own? Are you willing to meet each other's needs to stay together and what do you each need to make the relationship work? Or will you separate amicably in a way that minimises harm caused to your children?
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I can’t thank you enough for your guidance and support throughout the mediation process. Your professionalism, patience, and ability to facilitate productive discussions were invaluable in helping us reach an agreement.
I truly appreciate the effort you put into creating a safe environment, and a fair and balanced process, and I am grateful for the clarity and resolution we were able to achieve with your help.
Thank you again- my boys and I are eternally grateful that we are able to stay in our house!
Mum of two boys (4 and 6yo)
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I really enjoyed the PET course that Ros ran. It made the chapter book on the course come alive.
I really liked the idea of active and passive listening so our children feel heard and the detailed steps to problem solve.
I was able to use PET concepts in terms of negotiating (Method 3) when to put up the Christmas tree. I was concerned about doing if just before house inspection and bits of stuff spreading on the floor but we came up with a solution where the tree could go up before the inspection but the tinsel could go on after the inspection.
Mum to three neurodiverse children (5, 7 and 10yo)
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We have been involved in many mediations over the years and this is the first time I felt the mediator really listened to us both.
Ros was neutral at all times and kept us focused on where we need to go for resolution.
I think we finally have an agreement that will work.
Dad to 2 children (9 and 10yo)