KEEPING KIDS IN THE CENTER, NOT IN THE MIDDLE
Expert voices on children, divorce & co-parenting.
The Co-Parent Collective co-founders Kate Alcamo, LCMFT, and Dr. Hallie Strauss are the clinicians behind The Co-Parent Collective. They bring the child's view of divorce to podcasts, newsrooms and stages, with practical takeaways parents can use the same day.
Featured on ABC7 Good Morning Washington • Co-Parenting Beyond Conflict Podcast • Fresh Start Registry
MEET THE EXPERTS
The People Behind the Work.
Kate Alcamo, LCMFT
Child + Family Therapist
Divorce Coach · Child Specialist
Kate is a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist, divorce coach, and child specialist who has spent her career working with children, teens, parents, and families navigating anxiety, family transitions, and divorce.
Her work focuses on helping adults better understand the experience of divorce through a child's eyes — and translating that understanding into practical choices that protect children from unnecessary conflict and emotional burden.
Dr. Hallie Strauss
Psychologist · Parent Coordinator
Custody Evaluator · Parent Coach
Dr. Hallie Strauss is a psychologist with extensive experience working with separated and divorced families, including complex and high-conflict family systems.
Through her work as a parent coordinator, custody evaluator, and parent coach, Hallie brings a unique perspective on the dynamics that can keep families stuck — and the structures, boundaries, and shifts that can help parents move forward while keeping their children's needs at the center.
AS SEEN ON TV
Helping kids navigate two homes during the holidays.
Kate and Hallie joined Good Morning Washington & Fox5 to share how parents can make holiday handoffs feel safe and predictable for kids, and keep them out of the middle when the calendar gets complicated.
ABC7 Good Morning Washington
Fox5 DC
SPEAKING & PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Bring The Co-Parent Collective to your organization.
Kate and Hallie provide engaging, practical presentations for professional organizations, conferences, collaborative divorce groups, law firms, mental health professionals, schools, parent communities, and other organizations supporting families.
SIGNATURE TOPICS
What We Speak On.
MEDIA & PRESS
Need an expert source on children, divorce, or co-parenting?
Kate and Hallie are available to provide expert commentary, interviews, quotes, background insight, podcast appearances, and on-camera conversations related to children, divorce, parenting, and co-parenting.
Live: November 10, 2026
Good Day DC
AVAILABLE TO COMMENT ON
We can also provide a child-development or co-parenting perspective on timely news stories, cultural conversations, and emerging parenting trends involving separated or divorced families.
A DIFFERENT LENS ON DIVORCE
We focus on the child living inside the divorce.
While so much of divorce focuses on adult questions:
Who gets what? Who gets which days? Who is right? Who is being difficult?
Our work starts with a different question:
“What is this experience like for the child?”
What children need to feel safe and secure.
How adult decisions are experienced by kids.
How to keep conflict from becoming a child’s burden.
How to protect a child’s relationship with both parents.
How to help kids adjust, cope, and move forward.
And from there, we focus on:
That child-centered lens shapes our clinical work, professional education, speaking, and media commentary.
Divorce may be part of a child’s story.
Our work is about helping adults shape what that story feels like to live through. 🩷
AVAILABLE FOR:
Formats We Say Yes To:
Conferences, professional associations, community events.
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Key notes & talks:
Podcasts
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Full-length interviews and guest appearances.
Workshops
Interactive sessions for parents, professionals, or firms.
TV, radio, and print — expert commentary on deadline.
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Media Interviews
Moderated conversations for legal, therapeutic, or parent audiences.
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Panels & Expert Q&A
Firm & Clinician Trainings
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Custom trainings for legal and mental-health teams.
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