The restoration of health, for rejected parents, begins with an understanding of what has happened internally and how that has become entangled with the child’s own splitting reactions. When parents are able to map this splitting across the family system, their own reactive splitting can integrate and they can begin the work of developing the healthy mirror needed by the child.

Parents who have healed reactive splitting can then learn to apply the skills of therapeutic parenting. This is an approach to parenting children who are suffering from attachment disorder due to being emotionally and psychologically harmed. Alienated children with therapeutic parents are shown, in evaluation, to be able to recover quickly from the underlying harms which have caused their rejecting behaviours.

The topic for this session will be:

Encircling with love – a Special Christmas Circle focused on the needs of rejected parents

This circle is reduced in cost to £20 to enable as many parents to join as possible and, If any parent cannot afford the £20 cost but would like to join, they can request a free place by emailing parenting@familyseparationclinic.co.uk

This circle is focused upon the health and wellbeing of rejected parents and offers support and care to every member of a family where a child is currently rejecting. The needs of rejected parents are many but the first need is to be recognised and understood.

This circle provides a safe space for those who are grieving, those who are surviving, those who are coping and those who are reconnecting. Facilitated by Karen Woodall, this is a place to pull up a chair, light a candle and be together to share stories, be hopeful and know that you are not alone.

This is a bi monthly drop in group which can be attended regularly or just as a one-off. The circles will be facilitated by psychotherapist Karen Woodall until the Christmas period of this year. Each session will focus on a particular element of therapeutic parenting for children with attachment difficulties due to divorce and separation and will comprise of 45 minute input and then an hour and 15 minutes of group discussion. Participants can attend to listen and learn and to share and receive knowledge. The basic requirement is simply curiosity about helping alienated children. The cost of this session is £20.00 including sales tax (family members can join for the cost of one place).

Please note:

A link to the event will be emailed to you, separately. This may not be sent until a few hours before the session is due to begin. If you have not received the link, please check your spam folders. If you are still unable to find the email, please contact parenting@familyseparationclinic.co.uk

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