For separated and divorced parents
Co-parenting counseling
Structured sessions focused on communication, parenting-time logistics, decision-making, and reducing the child's exposure to conflict.
Court-involved counseling
Court-ordered counseling with clarity, structure, and professional support.
When families are navigating conflict, court involvement, or difficult communication, the counseling process should feel clear and professionally guided. We provide court-involved counseling services that help parents and families move forward with structure, accountability, and care.
Clear process. Respectful communication. Court-ready documentation.
We act with urgency so your child spends less time in conflict and more time in a stable, predictable routine with both parents — whenever it is safe and in their best interests.
DORA
Counselors registered through Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies
Telehealth
Secure sessions available nationwide; in-person available in Colorado
44 / 60
Peer-reviewed studies show shared-custody children fare better (Nielsen, 2018)
Documented
Court-ready progress notes and reports delivered on agreed timelines
How it works
A clear path from referral to resolution.
Our counselors work with parents, co-parents, families, and court-involved cases. The process is the same in every file: we begin where the order begins, and we document every step in language a court can read.
Begin an intake- Step 01
Review of the order
We begin by reading the court order or referral together, clarifying the scope of services required, the timeline, and any reporting expectations to attorneys, evaluators, or the court.
- Step 02
Intake
Each family member completes a structured intake. We confirm consent, scope of confidentiality, and the practical logistics of sessions — schedule, format, and fees.
- Step 03
Counseling plan
We co-author a written plan aligned with the order's objectives. The plan specifies session goals, milestones, communication norms, and how progress will be measured.
- Step 04
Session process
Sessions follow the plan with clear structure and respectful pacing. Where appropriate, we coach communication strategies, parenting coordination, and conflict de-escalation.
- Step 05
Reporting and coordination
When required by the order, we provide timely documentation — progress notes, status reports, or coordination with attorneys and evaluators — within the agreed scope.
Services
Counseling pathways for court-involved families.
Each pathway is run by a registered counselor and follows the same intake, plan, and documentation structure described above. Scope is set in writing at the outset and revisited as the work progresses.
For households navigating transition
Family counseling
Whole-family work for blended households, step-parent integration, and major life events — divorce, relocation, or extended absence of a parent.
For parents re-establishing contact
Reunification support
Court-ordered or voluntary work supporting the careful re-introduction of a parent-child relationship after a period of estrangement or separation.
For individual parents
Parent guidance
One-on-one support for parents navigating the emotional, practical, and procedural demands of court-involved parenting — including stress management and self-advocacy skills.
For ongoing conflict patterns
High-conflict communication
Focused, evidence-based work on de-escalation, boundaries, and documentation practices for families in chronic high-conflict communication cycles.
Directory
See every counselor and their full scope.
Read complete biographies, specialties, modalities, and rates before you book.
The practitioners
Counselors trained for court-involved work.
Each counselor in our directory is registered through Colorado DORA, has direct experience with court-mandated counseling, and provides a Mandatory Disclosure Statement at the start of services.
Registered Family Therapist
Dr. Maren Holloway
PhD, Registered Psychotherapist (CO DORA)
Maren has spent 14 years helping parents and children rebuild after high-conflict custody battles. She believes the courtroom is not the only place truth lives. Her practice blends attachment-focused therapy with practical court-process literacy — so clients leave each session steadier, not just heard. Maren writes the kind of progress notes that hold up under scrutiny and trains other counselors on how to do the same. She works nationwide via secure telehealth and sees a small in-person caseload from her Denver office.
4.9$140 / session
Forensic Family Psychologist
Dr. Elena Brooks
PsyD, Registered Psychologist (CO DORA)
Elena reviews custody evaluations and helps parents understand the language the court speaks in — and where it fails them. She has served as a consulting expert in more than two hundred Colorado family-court cases and trains attorneys on how to read between the lines of a CFI/PRE report. Sessions are dense, prepared, and designed for parents who need to walk into a hearing knowing exactly what their own report does and does not say. In-person consultations from Aurora; telehealth available for prep and follow-up.
4.9$180 / session
Child & Adolescent Counselor
Priya Anand
MA, Registered Psychotherapist (CO DORA)
Priya holds space for the kids no one is listening to. She turns crayon and silence into language a court can finally hear. With twelve years of play-therapy training and a background in school psychology, she works with children ages four through fifteen who are being interviewed by evaluators, asked to choose, or quietly carrying the weight of a parent's pain. Sessions are unhurried, low-stim, and designed so the child leaves feeling lighter — not assessed. In-person from her Boulder studio; telehealth available for follow-up sessions and parent consults.
5$135 / session
Between sessions
Two supporting tools, free to use.
Educational tools designed to support — not replace — the counseling relationship. Neither provides legal advice or clinical diagnosis.
Decipher · Order summary tool
Upload a court order; receive a plain-language summary.
Decipher produces a structured summary of obligations, deadlines, and suggested questions for your attorney. Educational only — not a substitute for legal advice.
Open DecipherAnchor · Confidential guidance
A private guide for between-session questions.
Anchor is a confidential conversational assistant trained on court-involved counseling topics. It offers educational guidance and grounding strategies; it does not provide diagnosis, treatment, or legal advice.
Open AnchorEvidence brief · 50/50 shared custody
Research-informed practice.
Our counselors stay current on the published research relevant to court-involved families. Dr. Linda Nielsen's 2018 review of 60 studies found that 44 of them reported better outcomes for children in shared physical custody — on mental-health, behavioural, and academic measures — than for children in sole custody. Those findings held after controlling for parental conflict and family income.
Read the full evidence briefNielsen (2018) · headline finding
44/60
studies found shared-custody children fared better than sole-custody children on at least one major outcome — emotional, behavioural, social, academic, or physical.
Outcomes held after controlling for family income and the level of parental conflict.
Frequently asked
Practical questions, plain answers.
These are the questions we hear most often at intake. Each counselor will review their specific practice policies with you at your first session.
The brief
Educational guidance, delivered over six weeks.
Seven short letters for parents in court-involved counseling. Practical communication scripts, documentation practices, and self-care strategies. Educational content only — not legal or clinical advice. One unsubscribe click.
The brief · For parents in active mandates
Seven letters. Six weeks. Read in five minutes.
A short, written series for parents inside a court-ordered mandate — practical scripts, emotional regulation, how to handle the moment the order arrives in your inbox. No noise. No upsells. Unsubscribe in one click.
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