About this item
A practical manual for parents transitioning from being a married couple with children to being solely co-parents together. This guide helps them navigate difficult emotional terrain, create boundaries, and establish guidelines so that together they can be the parents their children deserve. The Co-Parenting Handbook helps parents confidently take on the challenges of raising children when they live in separate homes. Addressing parents' questions about the emotional impact of separation, conflict, grief, and recovery, the author skillfully provides a roadmap for all members of the family to constructively navigate through separation/divorce and beyond. Through practical and reassuring guidance, parents discover how to move on from being angry and hurt partners to constructive, successful co-parents who are able to put their children's needs first.
About the Author
Karen Bonnell, ARNP, MS, is a board-certified clinical nurse specialist with over thirty years of experience working with individuals, couples, and teams. As a divorce and co-parent coach, Karen has dedicated her work to resolving conflicts thoughtfully--one person, one couple, or one family at a time.Karen has served on the board of King County Collaborative Law and was a founding member of the Collaborative Professionals of Washington. She is a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals and Academy of Professional Family Mediators. She regularly presents on topics related to divorce and co-parent coaching, as well as advanced communication skills.Karen lives in the foothills of the Cascade Range outside Seattle. She values the lessons learned in the "school of hard knocks" in her experience of creating a two-home family before divorce coaching existed. Her two adult children are her daily inspiration for the beauty of love, forgiveness, and trust in the capacity of family-in-all-its forms. In her free time, you'll find her exploring national parks and hiking trails with her point-and-shoot camera.
