Counselling Around Divorce: Focus On the Kids

In this course, the focus is on children whose parents are divorcing. From pre-schoolers to young adults, you will learn the typical reactions children have to news of their parents’ divorce. The risk factors which make post-separation adjustment difficult for children are examined, and also those factors which increase resilience. Strategies which you can employ as a mental health professional to help children be resilient throughout the divorce and beyond are directed to three parties: the parents, the children, and the institutions which are involved with divorce when children are involved.