Overcoming Barriers (OCB) is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization whose vision is to maintain a sustainable organization utilizing research-informed approaches to develop and provide:
Professional development, consultation and training
Education to advance the field of knowledge
Awareness of innovative approaches for these families
Effective and accessible family centered programs
Overcoming Barriers was founded in 2008 as a nonprofit in Massachusetts by Drs. Robin Deutsch, Peggie Ward and Matthew Sullivan and Sheara Friend, Esq. and subsequently incorporated as a public 501(c)(3) charity in 2011 to seek solutions for families where a child(ren) is resisting or refusing contact with a parent.
Overcoming Barriers ran its innovative High-Conflict Family Camps annually since 2008, working with families entrenched in conflict who primarily were court ordered to attend. The Overcoming Barriers program team continued to refine and adapt the Family Camp program and in 2018 and 2019 included modifications based on feedback from campers, its own observations and experience, as well as input from program evaluations conducted over the past four (4) years.
Camp was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the corona virus pandemic and is cancelled indefinitely as we redirect our efforts on training professionals who work with these families in crisis rather than providing direct services to the families themselves.
In 2017 Overcoming Barriers had begun to shift focus to training mental health professionals to identify and work with these families earlier in the process using a family systems approach as opposed to only attempting to reunify the child and rejected parent. The entire family system is included in all of Overcoming Barriers work.
Education for clinicians, lawyers and judges who work with families in high-conflict divorces is imperative to working with families and throughout its history Overcoming Barriers has provided training opportunities for such professionals.
Company Details
- Employees
- 3
- Founded
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- Address
- 1397 Route 197, Woodstock,connecticut 06281,united States
- Industry
- Professional Services
- NAICS
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- Website
- overcomingbarriers.org
- Keywords
- Parent Child Contact Problems, High-Conflict Family Cases, Professional Development, Training, Consultation, Professional Education.
- HQ
- Woodstock, Connecticut
- Competitors
- Univision Arizona, African Women Against Corruption Network, Conflict Prevention Africa, SpeakOut SpeakUp, The Brother Benno Foundation, Quantum® ADR, Interaction Management Associates, American Academy for Certified Financial Litigators - AACFL, Parrhesia, Women's Bar Foundation of Massachusetts.
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Overcoming Barriers's industry is
Professional Services
Overcoming Barriers's top competitors are
Univision Arizona,
African Women Against Corruption Network,
Conflict Prevention Africa,
Speakout Speakup,
The Brother Benno Foundation,
Quantum® Adr,
Interaction Management Associates,
American Academy For Certified Financial Litigators - Aacfl,
Parrhesia,
Women's Bar Foundation Of Massachusetts.
Overcoming Barriers's categories are Professional Services
Overcoming Barriers's founding year is 2008
