The marriage ended. The parenting did not. Co-parenting therapy builds a working system for the 2 of you, communication, exchanges, decisions, so your kids stop carrying the conflict. From a practice Florida family courts have trusted since 2008. Jupiter office or secure video, each parent from their own screen.
Quick answer: Co-parenting therapy at FC PsychExperts is structured work for 2 separated or divorced parents with a licensed clinician: communication rules, exchange routines and a way to make decisions without fighting. Sessions are joint, separate, or both, in person at 210 Jupiter Lakes Blvd in Jupiter or by secure video from 2 locations. Court-referred co-parents get the attendance and progress documentation the parenting plan requires. Call (561) 834-5849.
Most co-parents in our Jupiter office have a parenting plan already. The plan is not the problem. The 4 or 5 moments a week where the 2 households touch are where it falls apart.
Co-parenting therapy does not rewrite the calendar. It builds a rule for each seam: how exchanges happen, how information moves, how a decision gets made when you disagree, and what the kids hear. Then it practices those rules until they hold under pressure.
Most co-parenting conflict happens in writing. The first thing we build is a communication protocol: what to send, what not to, and when to say nothing. Here is the difference in practice.
Not every co-parenting case belongs in the same room. The format is matched to the level of conflict and, where relevant, to what the court has ordered.
Both parents attend together, in person or on 1 video call. Work focuses on routines, information flow and the 2 or 3 recurring disagreements. Usually 6 to 10 sessions.
Separate sessions to lower the temperature and prepare, joint sessions to agree on rules. The clinician decides the mix and tells both parents why.
The clinician meets each parent in turn and carries agreements between them, in writing. Used for high-conflict cases and where an order limits contact. Agreements are documented as they are reached.
Both paths get the same clinical work. The court path adds documentation and, sometimes, a defined scope from the order.
Children of separated parents are not damaged by the separation itself nearly as much as by ongoing conflict between the parents. These are the things clinicians hear from kids, by age, when parents are still fighting.
Is it my turn to be sad now?
Young children read the mood at each exchange and often blame themselves for it. A calm, boring handoff is the single biggest gift co-parents can give this age group.
I just tell each of them what they want to hear.
School-age kids become messengers and diplomats. Co-parenting therapy takes them out of that job by moving information parent to parent, never through the child.
I am not going to his house. Do not make me.
Teens vote with their feet, and refusals harden fast. This is where co-parenting work overlaps with reunification therapy, which the practice also provides.
Jessica has spent more than 20 years helping individuals, couples and families with relational and behavioral challenges. Her co-parenting work is practical: slow the reaction down, name what the child needs, agree on a rule, and practice it until it holds on a bad Wednesday.
Works with: co-parents · high-conflict cases · blended families · parents and teens
Dr. Colet founded the practice in 2008 and has extensive experience in family law, including evaluations and expert testimony for Florida family courts. She is a member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and oversees court-referred co-parenting cases and their documentation.
Works with: court-referred co-parents · reunification · custody-related evaluation · treatment oversight
“I am truly grateful for what Dr. Colet has done for our family. Everything about her was above and beyond what I had experienced before with other psychologists in the industry.”
Georgia W.Client, on Dr. Colet
“I have worked with Dr. Colet for several years. Dr. Colet places her clients first and provides each with individualized care, attention to detail, and real-world guidance. I do not hesitate to refer clients to her.”
Maria CammarataAttorney at Law
“The staff took the time to explain each step, and the entire experience was both professional and supportive. It has been a crucial part of our treatment plan.”
Christopher S.Client
The Jupiter office at 210 Jupiter Lakes Blvd, Unit 4-201, is just off Indiantown Road, minutes from I-95 and the Turnpike. Because co-parents usually live in 2 different places, most joint sessions run by secure video with each parent on their own screen; in-person sessions are available for parents who prefer them.
Co-parenting therapy is structured work with a licensed clinician for 2 parents who are no longer together but are raising children together. The goal is not to fix the relationship; it is to build a working system for communication, exchanges and decisions so the children are not caught in the conflict. At FC PsychExperts it is delivered in joint sessions, separate sessions, or both.
Ideally, yes. Co-parenting therapy works on the interaction between 2 people. If the other parent refuses, you can still start alone: individual sessions focused on your side of the co-parenting relationship often change the dynamic, and many second parents join once the first has started.
Yes. Florida family courts often include co-parenting therapy or counseling in a parenting plan or final judgment. FC PsychExperts accepts court-referred co-parents and provides attendance records and progress summaries where the order requires them.
Mediation resolves a specific legal dispute. Parenting coordination is a court-appointed, statute-defined role in Florida that helps parents implement a plan. Co-parenting therapy is clinical: it works on the communication patterns and emotional reactions that keep producing the disputes. Your attorney can tell you which your case needs; the office can help sort it out on the call.
No. Sessions can be joint, separate (the clinician meets each parent in turn), or a mix. Many co-parents in Palm Beach County meet by secure video from 2 locations. High-conflict cases usually begin separately.
The confidentiality rules are set in writing at intake, before you begin. In most co-parenting work, information relevant to the children may be shared between parents; personal history that is not relevant stays private. Court-referred cases may require specific reporting, which is explained up front.
Focused work on a communication system often takes 6 to 10 sessions. High-conflict cases, or cases where a parenting plan is being rebuilt, take longer and are structured in stages with review points.
The clinician helps parents reach workable agreements on communication, exchanges, schedules and decisions, and documents those agreements. Your attorneys turn them into the legal parenting plan. FC PsychExperts also provides custody-related evaluations if the court orders one, as a separate service.
First sessions are usually available within the same week. Call (561) 834-5849 Monday to Friday 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM or Saturday 9 AM to 4 PM, or send the form on this page and the office calls back within 1 business day.
Fees and insurance options are confirmed on the call. Insurers often do not cover co-parenting work as a standalone service; the office will tell you plainly what applies and can provide a superbill where reimbursement is possible.
1 parent or both. A short call with our office to explain how the sessions work, confirm fees, and if there is a court order, confirm what it requires. Nothing is decided until you say so.
Mon-Fri 7:30 AM-4:30 PM · Sat 9 AM-4 PM