ABSTRACT
Structural family therapy addresses the necessity of focusing on the reorganization of adult relationships after a divorce (Minuchin and Fish-man, 1981). Rather than relating to each other as ex-spouses, adults should begin to formulate their relationship as coparents. If therapists think of the parents (residential and nonresidential) as a team working in the best interests of the child, it should follow that both adults should be included in the therapy process. Often, the idea of these sessions is met with hesitancy. Encouraging the residential parent to invite the ex-spouse requires creative interventions. The following intervention is one I have used to communicate to parents the complexities of life after divorce from their child's point of view.
