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Child Custody Resolutions

Parallel parenting with a narcissist?

The 11-module Parallel Parenting Course teaches you how to handle messages and handoffs while limiting direct contact with the other parent.

  • 11 modules
  • About 8–10 hours
  • Court-accepted certificate

The course does not assess or diagnose the other parent.

$89.95

Start the course · $89.95

Court-accepted certificate, or your money back. The course does not change an order or parenting plan.

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Sample Court-Accepted Parenting Education certificate of completion for the Parallel Parenting Course, made out to Sample Parent · NOT VALID and signed by Suzanne Dircks, M.A., LMHC.
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44 years
helping families through custody
1,000+
Guardian ad Litem investigations
Suzanne Dircks, M.A., LMHC

Created by Suzanne Dircks

Suzanne Dircks, M.A., LMHC, draws on her custody work to teach routines for parenting with less direct contact. The course does not diagnose the other parent.

Build routines with less direct contact

When messages and handoffs keep turning into arguments, parallel parenting offers ways to set routines with less direct contact between parents.

Keep necessary communication in writing

Keep a written record of arrangements you need to discuss. Focus your replies on the practical question.

Plan the handoff

Give exchanges a time, place, and routine. Predictability can reduce decisions made in the moment.

Set routines in your own home

Focus on the decisions you can make at home, and avoid using your child to pass messages.

Practice messages, handoffs and boundaries

The modules cover messages, handoffs, parenting plans, school and activity arrangements, and boundaries between homes. Exercises help you apply the lessons to your own situation.

Explore all eleven modules

Keep the next message about the next decision.

A useful note names the logistics, asks one answerable question, and leaves the argument outside the thread. The course helps you practice that restraint alongside exchanges and household boundaries.

Educational guidance, not a script for your case or a clinical assessment of anyone.

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Know what your certificate records

After you meet the course requirements, your court-accepted certificate records completion of the Parallel Parenting Course. It does not identify the other parent, establish a diagnosis, or prove a custody outcome. If your court doesn't accept it, tell us and we'll refund the course in full.

How certificate verification works
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Before you buy for court

Check your court's course requirements.

Compare the named subject, hours, online format, and provider instructions. Your court decides if the course fits. The published Terms of Service describe the current refund policy.

Use the court-fit guide

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to prove the other parent is a narcissist?
No. This course does not assess or diagnose anyone. The parallel-parenting model is about the contact and routines you can structure, whatever label you use for the pattern.
Is this the High-Conflict Co-Parenting Course?
No. This page enrolls you in the separate Parallel Parenting Course, which focuses on lower-contact structure. The High-Conflict Co-Parenting Course covers a broader set of skills. If an order names a particular class, compare the requirement before choosing.
Does parallel parenting reduce my parenting time?
The course does not change an order or parenting plan. It offers ways to organize necessary contact and logistics within your existing arrangements.
Will a court accept the certificate?
The certificate is court-accepted and backed by our money-back guarantee: if your court doesn't accept it, tell us and we'll refund the course in full. Your court decides whether the course fits your specific order. The certificate records completion after you meet the requirements; it does not prove a diagnosis or a custody outcome.
What if I or my child feel unsafe?
A course is not a safety plan or crisis service. Seek help from a local safety professional or emergency service. In the U.S., the National Domestic Violence Hotline offers free, confidential support by phone, chat and text. Call 800-799-7233 or visit its official help page.

If you or your child feel unsafe

A course is not a safety plan or crisis service. Seek help from a local safety professional or emergency service. In the U.S., the National Domestic Violence Hotline offers free, confidential support by phone, chat and text. Call 800-799-7233 or visit its official help page.

Start with the routines you control

Work through the 11 modules and practice planning messages, handoffs, and routines.

Start the course · $89.95

Certificate after completion. The course does not change an order or parenting plan.