Co-parenting can become especially difficult when one parent experiences the other parent’s behavior as controlling, restrictive, or consistently interfering with their ability to participate in parenting decisions. In these situations, the phrase coercive control may come up frequently. However, identifying a coercive control pattern is not simply about collecting examples of conflict or describing a difficult co-parent. Meaningful documentation requires looking beyond indiv

In high-conflict co-parenting situations, children are often caught in the middle of their parents’ disputes, leading to complex...

Divorce proceedings involving a high-conflict co-parent can be incredibly challenging, particularly when coercive control dynamics are at...