About Us
Parenting Together Apart for Parents Not Together (PTA) service provide support for parents and children navigating through the process of family separation. Whether your situation is complex, high risk or amicable, PTA varied services from Co-Parenting Clinics, Family Dispute Resolution Mediation, Parental Alienation Complex Case Management Services, Family Contact Supervision, Child Relocation and Child Abduction services, and our Power Courage Voice Kids and Separated Parents Development Programs.
PTA services also provide additional support within our integrated services program, making PTA unique approach it’s only kind in Australia.
A Structured approach for separated parents who stability for their children – without years of legal battles or ongoing stress.
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About Us
Creating Positive Change Together
Parenting Together Apart for Parents Not Together (PTA) service provide support for parents and children navigating through the process of family separation. Whether your situation is complex, high risk or amicable, PTA varied services from Co-Parenting Clinics, Family Dispute Resolution Mediation, Parental Alienation Complex Case Management Services, Family Contact Supervision, Child Relocation and Child Abduction services, and our Power Courage Voice (PCV) Kids and Separated Parents Development Programs, our organisation is focused in helping your family transition through change with ease.
PTA services also provide additional support within our integrated services program via our PTA Network Professional Partners, making PTA unique approach it’s only kind in Australia.
Our Story
Get to know us
1993
About our Founder
Our Founder, Jeannie, married her childhood sweetheart, but the marriage soon fractured, marking the beginning of a fourteen-year journey through the Family Law Court system. This included twenty separate court applications—eighteen initiated by the other party—hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs, and a profound emotional toll. Her lived experience exposed deep systemic failures that continue to financially and emotionally harm parents and children today. This reality became the foundation for Parenting Together Apart for Parents NOT Together, supporting families across Australia and globally.
2010
Professional Background – Formal Summary
Jeannie has worked extensively in Australia supporting families and children involved in residential and foster care following intervention by child protection services. Through examining each family’s pathway into the system, it was apparent that these families reflected the broader community. However, in the absence of adequate early intervention, including access to community supports, education, and counselling, periods of crisis frequently escalated. These escalations often triggered statutory involvement, leading to the separation of children from their families.
2014
Power Courage Voice (PCV)- Program Overview
Power Courage Voice (PCV) Coaching Family Development Services was launched to support children and parents navigating everyday family challenges. Through tailored life-design programs for parents, children, individuals, and couples, PCV provides families with opportunities to access support, build resilience, and strengthen family relationships.
2017
Professional Insight – Family Law Systemic Observations
Through her appointment in Family Reportable Supervision for high-risk and complex matters, Jeannie uncovered a systemic pattern within the family law framework. The commencement of court proceedings often resulted in parents losing practical power and voice, with conflict compounded by adversarial legal practices and a system insufficiently focused on preserving the integrity of the family unit
2018
Parenting Together Apart for Parents NOT Together (PTA)
Parenting Together Apart for Parents NOT Together (PTA) was established to support families experiencing separation and to provide a pathway for meaningful change for those struggling to transition into separate family life. PTA focuses on empowering separated parents to retain control outside the legal system, helping them avoid unnecessary litigation, reduce legal costs, and resolve their matters without court intervention.
2018
2020
Parenting Together Apart for Parents NOT Together (PTA)
PTA was launched Australia-wide and works not only at a national level, but also in partnership with global organisations to support children and parents affected by relocation and abduction matters.
Parenting Together Apart for Parents NOT Together (PTA)
Nearly 30 years after her own separation, and more than eleven years since officially opening its doors, Parenting Together Apart (PTA)—together with Power Courage Voice (PCV) and the PTA Network of Professional Partners—has supported hundreds of separated families. Through this work, PTA has helped families save thousands of dollars in legal and court-related costs, while guiding parents through the emotional challenges that arise when separation is unavoidable.
PTA works not only with parents, but also alongside like-minded practitioners who share a commitment to empowering families as they transition toward positive outcomes. PTA does not seek to change the system; rather, it works with parents one family at a time, supporting them to remain empowered as they navigate change and move toward positive outcomes. The focus remains on strengthening the family unit and, most importantly, prioritising the wellbeing and future of the children.
2018
Our Story
In 2010, Founder Jeannie Magri worked in supporting families and children separated by child services. When our Founder researched many of these matters, the common link was many of these families started out like many others, lacking access to appropriate support, falling within the cracks of system meant to protect our children.
In 2014,Family Development Practice, Power Courage Voice, providing support for children and parents struggling through typical family challenges, giving opportunities for families to access support and remedy to their conflicts.
In 2017, the appointment of Family Reportable Supervision of high risk and complex matters, found Jeannie further discovery of a repeated pattern within the Family Legal system, where parents were limited to power once the family court process commenced, causing further fuelling not just by the parties, but by the system, it was clear since Jeannie's personal experience in the legal system, that nothing much had improved.
In 2018, Parenting Together Apart for Parents NOT Together was created to focus specifically for families experiencing separation, with its focus to provide a measure for change for separated families, focusing on separated parents to maintain their power outside the legal system, saving them thousands of dollars in legal fees, by settling their matters outside of court.
Between 2000 to 2014, Jeannie's real-life experience within the Australian Family Law Court process, noted gaps, loopholes and the brutal reality of a system that its only focus was to financially and emotionally destroy families.
After 18 separate applications made by the other party, a ban was ordered to cease from any further applications to be submitted to the Family Court, finalising Jeannie’s journey in the family law court legal system. Without time wasted, Jeannie started to structure a plan to fill the gaps and loopholes she endured, and now in our tenth year, PTA with PCV have provided support for separated families, saving them thousands of dollars of legal court costs, helping parents stay focused on the next chapter of their lives sooner. Jeannie has remained focused on not changing a system but working with parents one family at a time.
The PTA Network Professional Partners are an added resource for our parents seeking support with our integrated services, giving parents additional support where required. PCV and PTA have worked with hundreds of parents and children and continue to pave the way for change!
