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Protective Parenting Program


Dr. C's signature coercive control trauma-informed parenting program

Become a Certified Trauma-Informed Protective Parent in this intensive educational program with an option for LIVE coaching/support to guide protective parents as they navigate the stormy seas of parenting a child who has been coercively controlled.

*Certification may be a great asset for court proceedings.

We are leading our children to a path to freedom – FREEDOM from the coercive controller.

Get started today:

LIVE MONDAYS or LIVE SATURDAYS [ACCELERATED] or SELF-STUDY

Sign up by DEC 26, 2023 & receive $100 off the enrollment fee

*Use Discount Coupon SAVE100 at checkout

*for LIVE Coaching option only

No matter if you are...

  • A protective parent who see that their child is trauma-bonded to the coercive controlling (abusive) parent
  • A protective parent just escaping a coercive controller (abuser) and trying to manage your own experiences and the experiences of your child
  • A protective parent who has been living away from the coercive controller (abuser) and managing the best you can but looking for guidance on how to support your child and the experiences of your children as siblings… 

...You are in the right place.

By the end of this program, you will:

  • Begin to process your trauma & most importantly, your child’s trauma
  • Begin to process the losses you have experienced & your child has experienced
  • Become an empowered protective parent by becoming more trauma-responsive
  • Become more consistently perceived as the safe parent you are
  • Role model calm and lend your child calm
  • Become more attuned with your child & reignite a deeper attachment

PROCESSING & VALIDATING OUR TRAUMA & OUR CHILD'S TRAUMA

Module 1: Your Experiences, Your Trauma

In Module 1 we unpack the experiences of protective parents as victims of the coercive controller and this supports their enhanced understanding of their trauma & their traumatic reactions. 

Module 2: Loss & Grief

In Module 2 we address the loss and grief for protective parents as the foundation for understanding their trauma and their triggers. Being “seen” gives the opportunity to grieve the losses and supports protective parents in their being more attuned to understand their own and their child’s experiences of loss.

Module 3: Triggers & Reactions

In Module 3 we begin to make sense of the triggers protective parents have, which supports their ability to create solutions for managing (& minimizing) those traumatic reactions. REDUCING the traumatic reactions, supports protective parents in role modeling and guiding their child’s ability to REDUCE their own traumatic reactions.

ELEVATING YOU - THE PROTECTIVE PARENT

Module 4: Responsive Strategies

In Module 4 we gather up the tools to put in our Trauma-Informed Toolbox that will help to guide the interactions protective parents have with their child while alleviating the significant anxiety and reactiveness in the family system.

Module 5: Consistency & Boundaries

Module 5 highlights the importance of consistency and boundaries for a child who has felt off balance for a very long time. Their need for consistent boundaries, surrounded in calm, is a basic need that our child needs, and that protective parents must fulfill.

HEALING BEGINS FOR OUR CHILD & FOR US

Module 6: Enhancing a Feeling of Safety for Your Child

Module 6 is when protective parents create an enhanced trusting [safe] environment by using strategies that support protective parents in their resolve as the safe parent. These children need to see their protective parent stronger than even the protective parent believes they are!

Module 7: Attunement

Module 7 is when protective parents become more adept and more confident at implementing their new skills in response to their child’s emotional dysregulation.  stronger than even the protective parent believes they are!

Module 8: Agency & Enhancing Resiliency

In Module 8 protective parents begin to enhance resiliency in their child and begin to consistently utilize their agency as an individual and as a [protective] parent. This supports their child in recognizing their own agency and leads towards mutual healing.

Plus, FIVE Bonuses!

9 Comprehensive Workbooks & 12 hours of video lessons

Group Coaching Support with Dr. Cocchiola

Facebook Support Group

Discounted access to Saving Grace or Sorella2Sorella Support Groups

Free Intimate Partner Violence Awareness Webinar

Get Started Now!

Option 1

8-week course with a LIVE WEEKLY Trauma-Informed Coaching/Support Group and (private) Facebook Group

Mondays, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM (est)

January 8th – February 26th

$1295.00

or 3 installments of $460.00

Sign Up

Option 2

4-week course ACCELERATED with a LIVE WEEKLY Trauma-Informed Coaching/Support Group and (private) Facebook Group

Saturdays, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM (est)

January 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th

$1195.00


Sign Up

Option 3

8-week course SELF-STUDY Trauma-Informed Independent Learning with the option for Coaching/Support Group upon request

Self-Study with rolling admission


$539.00


Sign Up

I hope you will join me...

I would be honored to support you in learning trauma-informed parenting practices & creating a reignited & strengthened connection with your child so that you may both have the life you deserve. 

Frequently Asked Questions

Because your children deserve to have a protective parent who understands their experiences and understands the TRAUMA BOND that occurs in these relationships. WE CAN GIVE OUR CHILDREN CLARITY – THE GIFT OF PERSPECTIVE.

The class and subsequent coaching support group will be recorded and uploaded to The Protective Parenting Program [private] Facebook group, so that participants may listen to the audio of the class at a convenient time.

The Facebook group will “pause” so that participants can refer back to it at anytime and listen to audio of our recordings. After completion, participants may join The Protective Parenting Alumni Facebook group – for a growing number of protective moms – who have completed The Protective Parenting Program.

After completion, self-study participants who are protective mothers, may join The Protective Parenting Alumni Facebook group – by reaching out to Dr. Cocchiola. This is best practices to ensure that anyone entering the group has been vetted and therefore we can ensure confidentiality.

Testimonials

Dr. Cocchiola assured me that this wasn't my fault and that my reactions were normal. She guided me to understanding how I could be supportive of my children while they were going between my home and their dad's home - often coming home to my home very angry and acting out. I needed to understand my children's experiences and be better prepared to respond appropriately in order to make my home feel "safe" for them. She can provide clear and effective guidance. I am now super confident that my boys will grow into young men able to identify, expect, and experience healthy relationships.
D.NJ
The Protective Parenting Program has transformed how our day-to-day lives work. From the moment we get up in the morning to when we go to bed at night has been influenced by the tools and strategies I learned from Dr. C. and thus the rhythm and feel in our home is lighter, more fun, more singing, and more dancing and it just keeps getting better and better. Initially, making these changes will make you feel more exhausted - it is an intentional use of yourself - as your child's protective parent. But eventually, once the ship is turned around, you get that time and energy back tenfold.
A.NM
When I found Dr C. things changed. I finally found someone who could help me and help me understand how to help my children. Her understanding of these behaviors, her tools to help our children, plus access to people going through this too…..I truly can’t put a price tag on this program. I no longer feel alone, crazy, and helpless. If you are associated with a coercive controller I cannot recommend this program enough.
M.C.USA
While attending the International Coercive Control Conference, I heard Christine speak to the impacts of coercive control on children. She read a letter that she had written, from the perspective of a coercively controlled child. I heard my son's heart in this letter. This was exactly what my son was going through and up to that point, no one had understood or articulated it in the way Christine had. I immediately signed up for her support group and appreciated the safe and welcoming space she has created. She is thoughtful about the intimate groups she creates and the healing journey of each survivor. She has provided perspective, guidance, and support as there is no guidebook for parenting a child who is aligned with their abuser. Christine not only offers hope but has a gentle way of preparing a protective mother, like myself, for the challenges that are ahead. Knowing I am supported through that journey makes all the difference. I appreciate and fully trust Christine and her expertise.
K.WA
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