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Through the Eyes of the Child
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Do You Have the Skills You Need to Work with Chronic Coparenting Conflict?
In a worrying world, parents and children are struggling – especially in deeply divided families already experiencing inter-parental conflict. Join international coparenting pioneers Drs. James McHale and Debra Carter to learn new skills for protecting children’s psychological well-being and safety in this premier, interactive 2-day training ideal for mental health and family law professionals alike.
ADVANCED TRAINING: Through the Eyes of the Child (TEC)
📅 Date: September 24-25, 2026
What You Will Get:
- Risk Mitigation: Protect child development by actively halting parental disparagement.
- Conjoint Protocol Management: Master the boundary structures required for safe, co-present conjoint sessions.
- Directive Communication Tools: Learn actionable directions for your high conflict clients.
Directive Communication Interventions for Challenging Cases
- The TEC model is a specialized 6-session intervention designed for high-conflict parents who have not been successful in resolving interparental conflict to form a cooperative coparenting alliance. Moving beyond passive parallel-parenting models, TEC utilizes a structured, conjoint format requiring both parents to be co-present. Practitioners will learn how to deliver highly directive, actionable protocols so antagonistic parents can develop skills for communicating and collaborating in real time, to insulate their children from systemic parental hostility.
Dr. James McHale, Director of the internationally recognized USF Family Study Center, brings decades of experience in working with coparents in all walks of life. Dr. Debra Carter, nationally recognized forensic psychologist and co-founder of the National Cooperative Parenting Center, is a pioneer in parenting coordination and resolving high-conflict family law and custody disputes.
Registration fee: $535.00
Modality: This 2-day course is taught virtually with both synchronous and asynchronous segments. Attendees must be available for the full day on both days and are required to sign in for each modular session to receive APA credit for the course. Enrollment includes virtual training, all course materials, reading list items, and plan of follow-up requirements for matriculants who will be pursuing formal TEC certification.
Dr. Debra Carter
Dr. James McHale
Coming in 2026
Focused Coparenting Consultation, Stage 1: Engaging Coparents
- Faculty: Drs. James McHale and Kacey Jenkins, CEUs available
- One-hour virtual webinar
- Day, time and CEUs to be added here as soon as those details are available
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