Professional parenting consulting

 Initially Michaesha will meet with you together so you can learn about process and she can hear your immediate concerns.  After that Michaesha will meet with each of you alone so she can get to know you, hear “your side” of the story and learn which issue(s) you need assistance resolving.  She will then ask each of you to formulate your “proposal” for resolving an issue.  

Mrs, Michaesha uses the following techniques to help co-parents resolve their conflict 

1. Coaching. Michaesha works with each of you individually on strategies for communicating with the other parent as well as how to best present your proposal for each issue.  She will also coach each of you on how to parent your children in a way that minimizes the impact of the conflict on them.  Coaching is done through individual meetings and during short, private “sidebar” conversations during joint sessions.
2. Facilitating.  When there is a specific issue you are looking to resolve the two of you will meet with Michaesha  to present your proposed resolutions to the conflict.  She will help you negotiate with one another in a respectful, safe environment and guide your toward a mutually agreeable solution.  If needed, regular communication between the two of you can be monitored by Michaesha through email or OurFamilyWizard to minimize conflict on an ongoing basis.
3. Decision making. If you cannot reach an agreement on a particular issue through facilitation you may request Michaesha make a decision for you.  Depending on the issue, she may ask for your permission to collect collateral information before she makes a decision.  Collateral information can come in the form of school or medical records, or conversations with your children, new partner, grandparents or any other person who may shed light on the issue to be decided.  Any decision Michaesha makes will be issued in writing and will be legally binding.

Michaesha's hope is that through the parenting consulting process you learn to communicate and compromise so effectively you no longer need a parenting consultant.  However, if you work with Michaesha for a period of time and mutually decide no amount of coaching or facilitating will work, you may move to a decision-only model.  Under this model the process changes such that Michaesha listens to each proposal, gathers any collateral information and issues a decision.  Regardless of how you navigate through the PC process, it is sure to save you significant time and money so you can focus less on conflict and more on parenting.