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Therapy for people dealing with a high-conflict ex.

Protect your peace in the midst of ongoing co-parenting conflict.

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The hardest part of your divorce wasn’t the ending—it’s what doesn’t end.

If you share children with a high-conflict ex, the relationship may be legally over, but emotionally and practically, it keeps intruding.

Texts land like grenades. Schedules change without warning. Every interaction leaves you tense, angry, spiraling, or exhausted.

You may feel like you’re constantly bracing for the next blow and it’s starting to affect your relationship with your new partner now, too.

High-conflict co-parenting doesn’t just create logistical stress—it wears down your nervous system, your sense of safety, and your ability to stay grounded in your own life. Over time, it can start to feel like your ex still has far too much power over your mood, your peace, and your day-to-day functioning.

You’re ready to

  • Stop letting your ex dictate your emotional state.

  • Respond instead of react.

  • Feel calmer and more grounded.

  • Set boundaries that actually protect you, not just boundaries you wish the other person would respect.

  • Reclaim your energy and attention, so your life isn’t organized around managing someone else’s behavior.

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HOW IT WORKS

It is possible to stay regulated, clear, and anchored in yourself with targeted therapy.

Our work focuses on:

  • Reducing emotional reactivity, so interactions don’t hijack your nervous system.

  • Understanding your triggers, especially the ones rooted in past dynamics with your ex.

  • Strengthening boundaries, internally and externally, so contact takes up less space in your head and body.

  • Clarifying what’s actually in your control, and letting go of what isn’t.

  • Supporting you as a parent, including navigating guilt, fear, and loyalty binds involving your children

  • If you’re in a blended family or new relationship, therapy also helps address how unresolved co-parenting stress spills into your current partnership—so old conflict doesn’t quietly undermine new stability.

The goal isn’t to eliminate conflict entirely (that may not be realistic). The goal is to help you feel steadier, clearer, and less consumed by it.

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A calmer, more confident way forward.

You don’t have to wait for your ex to change to start feeling better.