Two Worlds: When relationships end and parents separate

When a couple separates, one world becomes two. When that couple has children, they face the challenges of navigating their way through the two new worlds of their parents. These changes can be daunting: even overwhelming. It can be very challenging for children and young people to express their feelings and have their voices heard by the adults around them.

Parents themselves experience upheaval and face the challenges of creating a new normal for themselves and their children.

Two Worlds is a unique resource for building healing conversations with children or adults experiencing separation; or those experiencing any significant transitions and life changes. This set features 48 individual watercolour images and a 44 page booklet with useful suggestions that enable users to open up about the physical, emotional, social, cognitive, cultural, and spiritual experience of their situation.

Designed by skilled separation counsellors and child and family workers, Two Worlds is a unique resource for building healing conversations with children and adults experiencing separation, or those undergoing significant transitions and life changes.

Do you sometimes feel you are living in two different worlds? If so, which cards describe your worlds now?

• What’s it like going from one world to another? What are the hardest parts/best parts?
• What’s different about your worlds now compared to before things changed?
• When you look at the cards, which ones say something about what concerns you most/what you look forward to most?
• Which cards that say something about what you are good at?
• How could you use those strengths to help you most now?

Two Worlds is an essential resource in family support, out-of-home care and family relationship centres. The toolkit can be used flexibly, informally and easily, and is suitable across cultures and life experiences. Suitable for: Child and Family services, Social and community services, Educators/Schools, Early childhood settings, Counselling.

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Table of Contents

48 laminated, watercolour cards, 140mm x 140mm

Polypropylene box

44-page booklet