All too often, clients will go “off the rails” temporarily during a Collaborative Divorce meeting. What matters most during these moments, is how the professionals in the room react to these more difficult client moments. As humans, when we are in a situation of...
Separating couples oftentimes conflict with each other about parenting techniques and have different parenting styles. This conflict often gets in the way of healthy co-parenting and, in the end, only hurts the child they brought into the world. In addition, old...
Transitioning to the use of collaborative language is one of the hardest adjustments with which divorcing couples struggle, yet doing so is one of the most important aspects of healthy co-parenting and healthy uncoupling. While legal language has been widely used for...
THE VALUE OF ADDING A COACH TO YOUR COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE TEAM By: Ann Kreindler-Siegel, LCSW, BCC, PLLC When couples divorce, they often engage the services of attorneys before seeking any other professional to help guide them through the process. Attorneys are...
by Kate Culligan, LMFT Your spouse has just arrived home and now there is the typical tension in the air. Later a verbal fight begins over the usual topics, but something is different about tonight. Instead of threats of divorce, your spouse indicates clearly that a...
Building a new life following a divorce can be very difficult. Where do you start? Settling your children? Finding single friends? A new job? Managing your own finances? How do you even begin dating or thinking about a new relationship? Just managing to settle...
