Author Archives: Lindsay Kertland

Parenting coordination (PC) is a dispute resolution process for parents who have a parenting plan in place and need help communicating with each other, interpreting the details of their plan and working through disagreements about it. Often a PC can help parents agree in a simple meeting to review the language of their parenting plan, working through possible interpretations and …
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One of the toughest issues facing parenting coordinators is where one parent accuses the other of child alienation. For PCs like me, who are lawyers and not mental health professionals, it can seem like a daunting challenge. And so I recently attended “Children Resisting Post-Separation Contact: Concepts, Controversies, Assessment and Intervention” led  by eminent experts on the topic, Dr. Barbara …
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Being the “new kid” has historically been challenging, whether it’s at a new school, a new job, or moving to a new town with your kids and having to navigate a whole set of new parents. The “new kid” theme has fuelled novels and movies and comedies since time immemorial, capitalizing on that all too familiar discomfited feeling of not …
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Parents coming to parenting coordination are most often exhausted from their separation process and feel resistant to committing to yet another process that requires further engagement with each other. They may be feeling defensive and guarded, and are likely entrenched in certain behaviours with each other. The role of a parenting coordinator is a supportive role. Parenting coordinating is designed …
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It is common to hear Parenting Coordinators (PCs) talk about how tough it is to do this work.  But PC work is tough for the parents too!  I work with many parents who are understandably reluctant to start the PC process. They are coming from a place where their experience with the other causes them to have little faith that …
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