Creative interventions for children of divorce

Strengthen your ability to assess and support children navigating separation and divorce through creative, developmentally appropriate interventions.

When children struggle to express their feelings about separation and divorce, how can you help them communicate, cope and adjust?

Led by Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-S, a child and family therapist, this live webinar connects current theory and research with practical assessment and treatment techniques. You’ll explore creative ways to help children express difficult emotions, develop coping skills and navigate changes in their family relationships.

Many children are referred to therapy to assist in their adjustment to separation and divorce. They may feel overwhelmed and confused by their emotions and reluctant to talk about the divorce. Providing a safe therapeutic environment and engaging activities assists the child’s process and helps them express their thoughts and feelings.

This three-hour webinar will highlight the most current theory and research on children of divorce, and present assessment and treatment techniques to guide children through the complications of divorce.

Key treatment areas:

• Helping the child develop effective coping skills
• Facilitating the developmentally appropriate expression of feelings
• Clarifying divorce-related misconceptions
• Easing the stress associated with transitioning between two homes
• Securing the child’s disengagement from parental conflict
• Eliminating the child’s potential for self-blame for the divorce

Interventions presented can be used in individual therapy sessions (in-person and virtual), as well as children’s support groups.

What this means for your practice

Expand your use of creative interventions when supporting children aged 4–12 who are adjusting to parental separation and divorce. You’ll explore ways to identify factors that may complicate a child’s adjustment, assess their needs and support them in expressing difficult emotions.

The training provides practical approaches you can incorporate into individual therapy sessions and children’s support groups, helping you respond to the emotional and relational challenges children may experience during family transitions.

Learning objectives

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

• Describe the continuum of parent-child relationships after separation and divorce.
• Verbally articulate at least three risk factors that make it more difficult for a child to adjust to parental divorce.
• Apply at least two techniques to assess children of divorce.
• Implement at least three new interventions in therapy sessions with children of divorce.

Explore practical approaches to supporting children through separation and divorce. View the training and reserve your spot.

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