Family Therapy for High Conflict Divorce/Separation

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dc.contributor.authorMoens, Marissa
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-11T21:13:39Z
dc.date.available2025-03-11T21:13:39Z
dc.date.issued2025-03-10
dc.description.abstractThe divorce process often involves complex issues such as an exacerbation of mental health symptoms, attachment insecurities, communication breakdown, and internalizing and externalizing behaviours in children (O’Hara et al., 2019). This capstone explores how family therapies can support recovery, improve parenting, and strengthen parent-child relationships in the aftermath of high conflict separation/divorce (HCS/D). It explores what defines HCS/D, its impact on parenting, and the impact of interparental conflict on children and adolescents. Through an attachment theory lens, this paper addresses difficult concepts such as parental alienation and explores how family therapy models offer interventions to navigate HCS/D. Finally, this capstone presents a professional development workshop for school counsellors. The findings in the capstone will hopefully encourage therapists to incorporate systemic therapies, working with as many family members as possible in high conflict divorce/separation cases to provide holistic and wrap around support for parents and children.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/2887
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectfamily therapy
dc.subjecthigh conflict
dc.subjectdivorce
dc.subjectattachment theory
dc.subjectexternalizing and internalizing problems
dc.subjectparental alienation
dc.titleFamily Therapy for High Conflict Divorce/Separation
dc.typeCapstone
thesis.degree.disciplineCounselling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle (CityU)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Counselling
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