Family Services at Live!

Live! works with all types of families, focusing on communication, solving problems, using clinical and non-clinical interventions.  These services are sometimes directed or recommended by the courts to help stuck families move to more cohesive and child-centric environments that promote safety and security for the children.

These include Reunification between estranged parents and children, Parent Coordination, Mediation, Coparenting Counseling, Therapeutic Supervised Visitation. Sometimes these terms can be confusing.

Therapeutic Supervised Visitation (TSV) is a court-ordered service that allows parents to have parenting time with their children in a structured environment supervised by a mental health professional.  TSV is often ordered in divorce, separation or parenting cases that are high-conflict in nature, where abuse has been present, and/or a parent/guardian has a history of poor parenting skills.  In addition, families where there is a history of parental alienation may be suitable for TSV Services

Coparenting Counseling is designed with the goal to improve parenting relationships by reducing conflict and improving communication, ultimately protecting and improving the overall well-being of the children involved. Co-parenting counseling is most effective for co-parent who experience a mild to moderate level of conflict. These services are facilitated by a trained mental health professional working with both parents together to achieve the desired goals.

Parent Coaching is designed to help parents strengthen their parenting skills, understand the developmental stages of their children and how best to deal with parenting issues.

Reunification therapy is designed to heal the relationship between a parent and child torn apart or compromised by a variety of factors.

Parenting Coordination is usually ordered by a judge or mutually agreed upon by attorneys when you and your co-parent are unable to make important decisions for your child(ren). Waiting for a court date for a judge to tell you what to do is not always a good choice because time keeps moving. A Parent Coordinator can help you and your co-parent reach decisions. If you can't come to agreement, the Parent Coordinator will choose for you.

Mediation involves the use of a trained Mediator who helps two parties communicate until they reach a decision on a predetermined issue. These parties can be parents, neighbors, businesses, etc. The facilitator, or mediator, assists the parties in reaching a resolution, but does not dictate the terms of settlement. He or she helps the parties assess the strengths and weaknesses of their cases and may suggest a possible solution.