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Co-Parent Dilemmas

Co-Parent Dilemmas

There are at least two sides to every conflict, and when it's between divorced or separated parents, sparks can fly. In each episode, co-parenting experts Diane Dierks and Rick Voyles answer listener questions and talk about the benefits and risks of Letting Go vs. Holding On to the conflict in a variety of complex topics facing co-parents today. Episodes are released every Sunday at noon. Listeners can email their dilemmas or questions to Diane@CODilemmas.com to have them addressed on an upcoming episode. Learn how to be a NON-Impossible co-parent by listening each week!

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DO PARENT ALIENATORS RESEMBLE CULT LEADERS?
You’ll be shocked at the answer  

 

 LISTEN NOW TO OUR EPISODE WITH A LITTLE BIT CULTY


ALBC podcasters, Sarah Edmondson & Nippy Ames, escaped the cult NXIVM and were major whistleblowers who played a large part in the making of the popular HBO series, The Vow (now in its second season). Co-Parent Dilemmas podcast co-hosts, Diane Dierks and Rick Voyles, joined ALBC recently to talk about the similarities between cult leaders and parental alienators. If you’ve experienced either of these devastating situations, you don’t want to miss this collaborative look at the masters of coercive control.

 

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Recent Episodes

Nov. 17, 2024

S5.E11. CRITICAL SKILLS: Pt. 2 - Why Using a Structured Email Protocol Works

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick address Emily’s email about her know-it-all co-parent. They …
Nov. 10, 2024

S5.E10. CRITICAL SKILLS: Pt. 1 - Why Validating Your Kids’ Feelings Works

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Listener Trenton wants advice on how to respond to his 10-year-old daught…
Nov. 3, 2024

S5.E9. Is It “Wrong” to Move Out of State?

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Listener Georgina asks about the consequences of moving her 12-year-old d…
Oct. 27, 2024

S5.E8. What Medical Professionals Need to Understand about Impossibles

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE At the prompting of a loyal listener, who is also a pediatrician, Diane &…
Oct. 20, 2024

S5.E7. The Nuts and Bolts of Parenting Coordination

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Diane & Rick discuss what parenting coordination is, how it differs from …
Oct. 13, 2024

S5.E6. The Teen Dilemma

Have a quick question to be explored on the show? Send us a text message! Include your email address if you would like a personal response. Click HERE Listener Heather wonders how she should respond to her 14-year-old son wh…

Recent Blog Posts

GASLIGHTED. "WHAT THE...?!"

It’s been a while since I divorced my children’s father – 34 years, to be exact. Since that time, I have made a career out of helping co-parents strive for peace. But when that kind of time goes by, you can lose sight of how it f…

UNPACKING PARENTAL ALIENATION WITH CHILDREN IN MIND

For the purpose of clarity, I have used the term Parent A to describe the parent the children primarily live with and who is being accused of undermining the other parent’s relationship. Parent B is the parent who believes he/she is being un…

SEASON TWO: THE CASE FROM HELL – DREAM TEAM CASE STUDY NOTES

To access the podcast episodes corresponding to these notes, visit www.CPDilemmas.com. There you can access Season Two, Episodes 1-6. (NOTE FROM DIANE:  Names of the parties have been changed to protect the information, but all facts of the ca…

About the Hosts

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Diane Dierks

Non-profit director, licensed therapist, author, and podcast co-host

DIANE DIERKS is a licensed marriage and family therapist, as well as the executive director of the Center for Navigating Family Change (www.CNFC.org), a non-profit that provides court-ordered parenting education and co-parenting services to the state of Georgia. She has been a parenting coordinator and reunification therapist for many years, and provides consultation and expert witness services in high conflict custody matters. She resides in St. Simons Island, Georgia, with her husband and their three-legged Lab mix and one-eyed Yorkie. She has two grown children and two grandchildren.

Dr. RIck Voyles Profile Photo

Dr. RIck Voyles

Business owner, mediator, parent coordinator, author, and podcast co-host

RICK VOYLES is CEO of the Center for Dispute Solutions, as well as a certified business coach, an anger management specialist and a professional mediator. Rick travels internationally, training and developing federal mediators in their agency ADR programs. He is a published author, business coach and entrepreneur. He has developed an online Mediation Training including over 17 video presentations. He has also produced a TV program, “Conflict, Mediation and You” where he discusses topics in conflict management, as well as mediation techniques. Rick is a subject matter expert in the areas of Divorce, Co-parenting, Negotiation, Cross-cultural Communication and Conflict Resolution. He frequently teaches court-ordered co-parenting seminars and is a trained parenting coordinator. He lives in Atlanta with his wife, Janet.