Rebuild Your Bond
With Your Child
A proven, step-by-step path to reconnect with your alienated, estranged, or cut-off child — built on over 20 years of work, since 2006.
Founded by Dorcy Pruter, certified coach. The #1 court-ordered family reunification program in the country, built on Dr. Craig Childress's attachment-based pathogenic parenting framework.
Find Your Path Forward
Two doors. Two journeys. Both built on over 20 years of proven work.
I'm a parent. My child has been cut off from me.
You've been alienated, estranged, or cut off from your child by the other parent, a court system that doesn't see what's happening, or years of accumulated damage. You've tried everything. Nothing is working. There is a proven path back — and it doesn't require the other parent to change.
Add Reconnect Coaching, the Custody Resolution Method, or the High Road to Reunification Program when you're ready
I'm a professional working with these families.
You're a teacher, social worker, CPS worker, first responder, school counselor, attorney, evaluator, therapist, guardian ad litem, or coach working with families in alienation, estrangement, or high-conflict custody. You see what's happening and you want better tools. CCPI's certification track is built on the Childress framework and over 20 years of field-tested methodology.
Certify through the Co-Parenting Coach Certification or the Reunification Coach Certification
What Conscious Co-Parenting Institute Does
We end emotional cutoffs.
We give parents the tools to rebuild connection with their alienated, estranged, or cut-off children. We help families heal what the court system, therapists, and conventional advice could not.
We train the field.
We certify the next generation of front-line workers, coaches, attorneys, and licensed clinicians. Our certification programs are built on Dr. Craig Childress's attachment-based pathogenic parenting framework, the clinical model replacing the outdated Gardner lineage in family court work.
We've done this since 2006.
Over 20 years of work. Thousands of families brought home. The High Road to Reunification Program is the #1 court-ordered family reunification program in the country.
Dorcy on Your Shoulder
Get 24/7 guidance from our AI trained on over 20 years of field-tested reunification methodology. Ask anything, anytime.
Common Questions
AI trained on 20+ years of reunification methodology.
My child just sent a cold text after 6 months of silence. How should I respond?
"Breathe first. The goal isn't to fix everything in one text. Use 'Ju-Jitsu Communication'—acknowledge their reach out without pressure. 'I'm so glad to hear from you. I hope you're doing well.' Keep it light, low-stakes, and focused on them, not your hurt feelings."
A note from our founder.
I'm Dorcy Pruter, certified coach and founder of the Conscious Co-Parenting Institute. Over 20 years of this work, since 2006.
I started CCPI to end the suffering for parents and children after a high-conflict divorce or separation. The family dynamic that gets called 'parental alienation' is, clinically, V995.51 Child Psychological Abuse Confirmed per the DSM-5. It is what happens when a child is used as a weapon. When the courts and mental health professionals miss it, the long-term cost is borne by the parent, the child, and the extended family.
I built CCPI because I lived this. I was a child who was cut off from my father at twelve. I reunited with him as an adult and got nine years with him before he died. I helped my siblings come home to him too. I am a divorced conscious co-parent of two daughters and a bonus mom to two now-adult children. I am also estranged from my mother. I have lived every chair in this dynamic.
For over 20 years, I have built the methodology, trained the professionals, and walked thousands of families home. Reunification is possible. Even when the child is grown. Even when years have passed.
"You do not have to do this alone."
