Episode 250 - Dynamics of Opposition and Perspectives in High Conflict with Jussi Light LMFT

Podcast: The High Conflict Co-Parenting Podcast · Brook Olsen

Opublikowano: 2026-10-30

Why do two parents who both want a relationship with their children end up locked in opposition? Brook Olsen talks with Jussi Light, a licensed marriage and family therapist and founder of New Growth Counseling in Carlsbad, California. He has spent two decades working with complex trauma and high-conflict custody cases. Jussi explains why structure has to come before de-escalation. He also describes how a parent’s own trauma and shame can drive the need for a child’s loyalty, and how parental enmeshment pulls a child against the other parent. He shares a practical idea for tran...