Co-Parenting Support
“You do not have to be close to co-parent with care, clarity, and consistency.”
— Nicole Kelly, LMFT
A steadier way to parent, even when the relationship between you has changed.
Co-parenting can be difficult when communication feels tense, decisions feel loaded, or past hurt keeps entering present-day conversations.
You may not agree on everything. You may not feel close. You may not even want much contact with one another. But you still share an important responsibility: helping your children experience as much consistency, care, and emotional steadiness as possible.
Co-parenting support offers a structured, respectful space to strengthen communication, create clearer boundaries, and find more workable ways to navigate parenting together.
You may be here because…
You may be navigating separation, divorce, a change in custody arrangements, or the ongoing realities of raising children across two households.
Co-parenting support may be helpful if:
Conversations quickly become tense, defensive, or unproductive.
You are struggling to make decisions about schedules, routines, school, activities, healthcare, or transitions.
Old hurt, resentment, or conflict is making it difficult to focus on present-day parenting needs.
You feel like you are carrying most of the planning, communication, or emotional labor.
Your child is getting caught in the middle of adult tension.
You want clearer boundaries around communication and decision-making.
You need a more respectful way to navigate differences without revisiting the entire history of the relationship.
You want to create more predictability and stability for your children.
You do not have to have a perfect co-parenting relationship to create a healthier one. The goal is not perfection, agreement on every issue, or a forced friendship. It is a more workable parenting partnership shaped by clarity, respect, and your children’s needs.
In-person co-parenting support in Charlotte, North Carolina, and secure online sessions for co-parents located throughout North Carolina.
“Co-parenting is not about rewriting the past. It is about creating a steadier future for the children you love.”
— Nicole Kelly, LMFT
Co-parenting support is not couples therapy, reconciliation counseling, custody evaluation, mediation, or legal advice.
Our work is centered on the parenting relationship you have now and the one you need moving forward. We will focus on what helps you communicate more effectively, make decisions with greater clarity, reduce unnecessary conflict, and protect your children from being placed in the middle.
You may not be able to change the past or control the other parent’s choices. But you can learn to respond more intentionally, communicate more clearly, and create boundaries that support a steadier family environment.
A boundary is not only something you say. It becomes meaningful when it shapes the choices, communication, and routines you are willing to maintain.
The focus is the future.
What Co-parenting support can help with…
Together, we may work on:
Clearer, more respectful communication.
Reducing escalation around parenting conversations.
Creating boundaries around contact, conflict, and decision-making.
Navigating schedules, transitions, holidays, routines, and shared responsibilities.
Supporting children through separation, divorce, blended-family changes, or ongoing family transitions.
Learning how to keep children out of adult conflict and communication.
Addressing differences in parenting approaches without making every disagreement a crisis.
Building practical agreements that support consistency across households, where possible.
Strengthening your ability to respond rather than react when difficult situations arise.
Co-parenting work does not require you to erase the hurt of the past. It creates a place to acknowledge what has been difficult while building more skillful ways to handle what comes next.
A healthier co-parenting relationship is not always warm. Often, it is simply clear, respectful, child-centered, and sustainable.
In-person co-parenting support in Charlotte, North Carolina, and secure online sessions for co-parents located throughout North Carolina.
My Approach to Co-Parenting Support
I’m Nicole Kelly, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and founder of Repair Room Therapy. I offer warm, relationship-centered support for co-parents who want to create more stability for their children and themselves.
My approach is compassionate, balanced, and practical. I do not take sides or ask either parent to minimize their experience. Instead, I help each person better understand the communication patterns, emotional triggers, and practical challenges that can keep co-parenting conflict in motion.
Together, we will focus on what is within reach: more intentional communication, clearer boundaries, stronger follow-through, and decisions that keep children’s wellbeing at the center.
The goal is not to make you agree about everything. It is to help you build a parenting relationship that is more stable, respectful, and workable over time.
How Co-parenting Support begins
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Reach out to share a little about what is bringing you in, ask questions, and determine whether co-parenting support at Repair Room Therapy may be an appropriate.
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Your first appointment is a 90-minute assessment session. This gives us time to understand your family structure, current concerns, communication patterns, parenting needs, and goals for co-parenting support.
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Ongoing co-parenting sessions are 80 minutes. We will focus on communication, boundaries, practical agreements, and the patterns that make collaboration more difficult—while keeping the needs of your children in view.
Fees and On-Going Support
Initial Co-Parenting Assessment: 90 minutes — $295
Ongoing Co-Parenting Sessions: 80 minutes — $295
Co-parenting support is offered on a private-pay basis. Superbills may be available upon request for clients who would like to seek possible out-of-network reimbursement from their insurance provider. Coverage and reimbursement are determined by your individual insurance plan and are not guaranteed.
Sessions are available in person in Charlotte, North Carolina, and securely online for co-parents located throughout North Carolina. The North Carolina Marriage and Family Therapy Licensure Board states that MFT telehealth practice in North Carolina requires licensure by the Board.
Take the next step…
You do not have to agree on everything to begin creating a steadier path forward for your children.
Complete the inquiry form to share a little about your family’s needs. From there, we will connect to discuss whether co-parenting support at Repair Room Therapy may be a good fit and what the next step could look like.
Is Co-parenting Support a good fit?
Co-parenting support may be a good fit when both parents are willing to participate respectfully and focus on the wellbeing of their children, even when they do not agree on every issue.
This service is not intended to provide legal advice, make custody recommendations, conduct a formal custody evaluation, determine parenting-time arrangements, or serve as court-ordered mediation. If you need legal guidance, custody recommendations, formal mediation, or a parenting evaluation, an attorney, mediator, custody evaluator, or court-approved service may be more appropriate.
Co-parenting support may not be the safest or most appropriate format when there is active domestic violence, coercive control, fear of retaliation, an immediate safety concern, or a parent cannot speak freely. In those circumstances, individual support, safety planning, specialized domestic-violence resources, legal counsel, or another level of care may be more appropriate.
If there is an immediate risk of harm to you or a child, call 911 or contact local emergency services.