Coparenting Therapy in the Court System
Presented by Dr. Jenna Flowers
Date: Friday, September 19 , 2025
Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm
Check-in/Networking from 11:30 am - 12pm. Presentation from 12pm - 1:30pm.
Zoom link to be provided after registration.
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COURSE DETAILS
As the divorce rate continues to increase across the country, many couples are divorcing and families are restructuring. The need for more coparenting therapists is increasing. Jenna Flowers PsyD, MFT has a specialty in coparenting therapy will review: how to set up the coparenting process, goals for treatment, working within scope of practice as the Coparenting therapist, and how to work with high conflict Coparents. Attendees will gain a knowledge of how to organize coparenting sessions, how to effectively work with other professionals involved in the case, setting up realistic goals for treatment with coparents, and tools for working with high conflict coparenting situations.
Course designed for mental health professionals of all levels.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Dr. Jenna completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan. She graduated with her MA in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica, and Doctoral Degree in Psychology from the professional psychology school American Behavioral Studies Institute. Upon completing her Marriage and Family Therapy licensing board examinations in 2006, she has been in private practice in Newport Beach, California. Her book The Conscious Parent's Guide to Coparenting is published by Simon and Schuster and can be found on Amazon and Barnes & Noble for purchase.
Past clinical experience and trainings include acting as Clinical Director at Mainspring Family Wellness Center, teaching as an adjunct faculty member at Azusa Pacific University the Marriage and Family Therapy Graduate Studies Program, Clinical Director of Aspire Recovery Outpatient treatment center, school counselor for Huntington Beach Unified School District, Staff therapist at the Center For Individual and Family Therapy. Dr. Flowers is currently completing and intensive trauma certification with Bessel van der Kolk. She has completed EMDR therapy training I and II through the EMDRIA Institute as well as studied Attachment Focused EMDR with Laurel Parnell. She is certified in Conversational Hypnosis. She has had the privilege of attending consultation groups with interpersonal neurobiology pioneer and author of "Parenting From the Inside Out" Daniel Siegel, MD., psychologist and co- author of The Whole Brain Child Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, couple’s counseling with therapist and author Kay Yerkovich, LCSW, reactive attachment training with Bryan Post, LCSW, intensive training with Cognitive Behavioral Psychiatrist David Burns, MD., and continues to train and consult with cutting edge clinicians. She is a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. Dr. Flowers also enjoys philanthropy and is a past president of National Charity League Pacific Coast Chapter. Dr. Flowers coparents and raises a blended family of four children.
SYLLABUS
Topic A: Treatment Planning for Coparenting. (20 minutes)
- Communicating and updating each coparent
- Transition the relationship to the business of parenting
- Learn to handle conflict well
- Foster mutual respect for the role both play in child’s life
- Set unified boundaries and discipline supported by both coparent
- Create accountability to one another for their parental commitments.
- Acknowledge each other’s parenting efforts.
Topic B: Handling High Conflict Coparents (15 minutes)
- Work even stronger boundaries to contain sessions
- Explain the problem
- Ask for their proposal to the problem
- Allow the other parent to ask for more time, agree, or offer a counter proposal
Topic C: Working within the Court Mandated Coparenting Cases (20 minutes)
- How the court views a mandated coparenting therapist
- What is quasi-judicial immunity
- Note taking
- conferring with legal counsel
- when you are subpoenaed
- Q and A
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
- To educate therapists about how to properly lead and protect your practice when facilitating co-parenting sessions for the court system.
- To build skills with high conflict co-parents.
- To educate clinicians about how to work with the branches of the court system including Judges and legal counsel.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
In successfully completing and attending this presentation, participants will be able to:
- List 2 of the 7 tasks necessary in a in effective coparenting treatment plan.
- Describe one way to develop strong boundaries that contain the session with co-parents.
- Describe the legal protections (quasi-judicial immunity) apply to therapists working with court-mandated co-parenting cases.
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REGISTRATION
Pre-Licensed OC CAMFT Members - $5
OC-CAMFT Members - $15
OC-CAMFT Guests - $25
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CE INFORMATION
- Participants will receive their evaluation email by September 22, 2025
- Certificates will be sent within 2 days of CEPA director receiving the evaluation.
Note: Per BBS regulations, participants are required to attend 95-98% of the presentation to earn CEs. If you are unable to attend the 95%-98% of the presentation, we will send you the following:
- Recording of the workshop followed by a test. Must score 70% or better with unlimited attempts.
- Participants will receive a link to the evaluation which will be followed by your certificate of attendance.
Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hour of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Networking time does not count toward CE credit.
Orange County Chapter of CAMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #59405) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. Orange County Chapter of CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
Course completion certificates will be award at the end of the program to those attendees who sign-in within 10 minutes of the commencement of the program, sign-out after the program is concluded, and complete and return an evaluation form.
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ADA POLICY
Please review our policy HERE.
If you have a special need or need special accommodations, please click HERE. Please advise us of your needs no later than 7 days prior to the event so that we may be able to accommodate you.
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PAYMENT, CANCELLATIONS, REFUNDS
Please make a separate transaction for each and every reservation requested. If you are paying by credit card, the receipt you receive at the end of your payment is your confirmation reservation. Any payments not received by deadline are not reserved and will be considered walk-in status.
Cancellations are made by leaving a message at 714-556-7129 no later than two (2) days prior to the event by 12 PM. A refund less $5.00 processing fee will be returned to you. There are no refunds for cancellations made past this time. Need to update the phone number.
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