"Cooperative Parenting" is a workshop that is available throughout San Diego. Each class is taught by an therapist or teacher expert working with families in the divorce process. Thank you for aquainting yourself with our professional staff:
Shari Delisle, Ph.D. is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who created the "Cooperative Parenting" program in 2000. As the Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Delisle is responsible for the course quality and administration of the program. She no longer teaches "Cooperative Parenting" classes herself but is proud of the teaching and support staff she has assembled to serve parents. Much of Dr. Delisle's career has focused on the needs of families following the parents' separation or divorce. Additional information about Dr. Delisle is:
Founder and Executive Director: Kids' Turn, San Diego (1995 - 2008)
Founding member of Collaborative Family Law Group San Diego (2000 - 2010)
Certified Parenting Coordinator (2008)
Co-parenting counselor and mediator in San Diego (1998 - 2010)
New Ways Counselor (2009)
Creator of Parallel Parenting Program (2005 - 2010)
Private practice currently in Hamburg, New York
Mary Chang is the Program Coordinator for the "Cooperative Parenting" program. She is the liaison between parents and the program before they attend class providing information and helping them to register for class. Mary has been affiliated with Cooperative Parenting for many years and was the Coordinator for Kids' Turn, San Diego for many years before her work with "Cooperative Parenting". Mary is a calm and encouraging voice when parents contact the program. She manages all aspects of the program and assists Dr. Delisle and our group leaders with dedication.
Char Katz is a retired (credentialed) elementary school teacher (San Diego Unified School System) and has been a Group Leader for "Cooperative Parenting" since 2005. Char has also been a Parent Group Leader for Kids' Turn, San Diego for fifteen years. Her many years in the classroom with third graders makes her particularly sensitive to the needs of children as she works with parents. Char's sense of humor is exceeded only by her compassion. She makes her classroom experience so pleasurable for parents that they often report in their Exit Evaluations that they wish her class was longer. Char says, "I have been rewarded so much by the opportunity to help families achieve a calm and peaceful home environment so that their children can flourish. I believe that "Cooperative Parenting" is an essential adjunct to the Kids' Turn Program." Char is assigned to the classes in Chula Vista and La Mesa.
Tina Mears is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. With a busy private practice in Mission Valley, Tina has been a "Cooperative Parenting" Group Leader for the past year. She brings a wonderful sensitivity and competence to her classes and states that she enjoys helping parents become their best selves to achieve the greatest possible happiness for themselves and their children. Her genuine and welcoming qualities help to empower parents to make positive changes. Graduates of her classes give her consistently excellent reviews. Her experience as a private practice clinician enhances her ability to help parents enrolled in the class. Tina is assigned to the class in Clairemont Mesa.
Nancy Moothart is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Her private practice is in Encinitas where she works often with families of divorce. She has been working with children and families for 20 years, 10 of those with families going through the process of divorce. Nancy serves as a "Cooperative Parenting" Parent Group Leader after many years of leading children's groups in the Kids' Turn program. Her special knowledge about the experiences of children when parents go their separate ways is invaluable to her work in the Cooperative Parenting program. Nancy's commitment to families where conflict continues after a divorce is evident in her Cooperative Parenting classes and her private practice work. Participants report they appreciate her combination of empathy and assertiveness in her classes. Nancy is assigned to the classes in Encinitas and San Marcos.
Everyone involved in Cooperative Parenting is dedicated to helping parents create a reasonable and healthy working alliance for the sake of their children.
