Helping Families Find Stability, Even After Separation
Separation and divorce bring up all kinds of emotions — grief, anger, fear, confusion — and when children are involved, those emotions become even more complex. Co-parenting isn’t just about schedules or logistics. It’s about learning to work as a team again, even when the relationship has changed.
At MapleTree Psychotherapy Center in Dubai, we support families navigating the emotional and practical challenges of co-parenting. Whether you’re recently separated, are years into a shared parenting arrangement, or trying to protect your child’s emotional wellbeing through a difficult transition — our role is to help you create a calmer, more cooperative path forward.
What We Focus On
Co-parenting and family therapy is not about rehashing blame. It’s about learning to shift from a former partnership into a new kind of relationship — one that prioritizes your child’s needs while giving both parents tools to communicate more effectively.
In psychotherapy, we work together to:
- Clarify parenting roles and expectations in a post-separation context
- Reduce tension in communication, especially during transitions or disagreements
- Address emotional residue from the breakup that may still affect co-parenting
- Support children’s emotional needs, so they feel safe, seen, and protected
- Create shared language around discipline, routines, and values
- Manage high-conflict situations, including if legal, custody, or cultural complexities are involved
This is a space where both parents — and sometimes the children — are heard and supported, with structure and emotional safety in place.
Our Therapeutic Approach
We take a compassionate and structured approach, spanning from single-session consults to ongoing sessions over a period of time, that may include:
- Family systems therapy, to help the whole family adjust to new dynamics
- Attachment-based guidance, especially for understanding the child’s emotional responses
- Conflict management and communication tools, when needed to support day-to-day functioning
- Psychodynamic insights, to explore emotional blocks, resentment, or guilt
- Narrative therapy, to shift how each parent sees themselves and the story of their family
Our work is primarily child-focused — and centered on helping both parents show up in the best possible way, even when things feel hard.
Who We Support
We work with:
- Separated or divorced parents, with shared or joint custody
- Parents navigating a recent breakup, where roles are still being defined
- Blended or remarried families, adjusting to step-parenting and new dynamics
- High-conflict families, where communication has broken down
- Children and adolescents, as part of family sessions to support adjustment and expression
In Dubai, many families are far from extended networks, managing cultural or legal complexity, or navigating shared parenting across borders. We’re here to help create calm and clarity in the midst of that.
Therapy is available in English, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, French, Farsi, and Finnish.
Let’s Rebuild a Healthier Family Dynamic — Together
If you’re tired of tension, miscommunication, or wondering how this is all affecting your child — you don’t have to figure it out alone. We’re here to help both of you find steadier ground.
You can meet our team, find a therapist, or contact us to begin.
Co-parenting isn’t easy. But it can be more peaceful — and more supportive — with the right kind of help.
