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Trauma Responsive parenting coordination - move from conflict to collaboration
Parenting Coordination (PC) is transforming the way high-conflict families navigate post-separation disputes - offering a practical, child-centred pathway that goes far beyond traditional mediation.
Whether you’re a lawyer, mediator, or family law professional, this session will provide you with the strategies, clarity, and confidence to guide clients out of conflict and into more cooperative co-parenting.
By attending this program, you will understand:
- How PC operates as a powerful dispute resolution process beyond FDP
- How lawyers can educate clients about this intervention.
- The vital role of coaching in PC.
- Trauma-responsive approaches that protect children and support healthier co-parenting relationships.
Anne-Marie Cade is an award-winning lawyer, mediator and one of Australia’s leading voices in parenting coordination. As Founder of the Parenting Coordination Institute, she specialises in trauma-informed, child-centred approaches to supporting families experiencing high-conflict separation. Her work combines legal expertise, dispute resolution practice and international research to strengthen co-parenting outcomes and protect children’s wellbeing. Recognised as Australian Mediator of the Year in 2023, Anne-Marie is at the forefront of advancing parenting coordination as an emerging and impactful practice in Australia.
The Parenting Coordination Institute (PCI) is dedicated to building professional capability and public awareness of parenting coordination in Australia. Grounded in international best practice and trauma-informed research, PCI provides training, frameworks and resources to help professionals support families navigating ongoing post-separation conflict. Its work focuses on reducing re-litigation, improving communication between parents and creating more stable, child-focused outcomes for families.