The Samaritan Center for Changing Families (SCCF) was created to serve the unique needs of adults and children experiencing the pain and distress of divorce, major family transitions or post-divorce conflict.  The Center offers the following services:

Wise Parent Counseling: Wise Parent counseling is akin to facilitated mediation with an educational component, and it is best suited for parents who are hoping to work cooperatively. This approach has been effective in helping parents develop an initial parenting plan or resolve issues whenever they arise. This process is confidential to third parties.

Cooperative Parenting Classes: SCCF offers eight-week classes for divorced or separated parents to prepare them to work together in the Wise Parent program, joint therapy, or on their own. These classes provide parent education about the impact of conflict on children, post-separation parental communication and cooperative parenting skills.

Mediation: These services are offered to assist parents in reaching a mutually acceptable plan for timesharing with their children, and other child-related issues.  It is a confidential process in which a neutral mediator meets with parents to help them negotiate an agreement.

Therapy and Counseling: SCCF provides therapy to individuals and couples experiencing the stress of divorce, major family transitions and ongoing litigation. Clinicians are trained in the specific problems attendant to relationship failure and can help clients adjust to the reconfiguration of their families. Services are also available for children.

Partial funding for this program is provided by