General Comments

I am a family therapist licensed in 1992, who supervises since September 2002 interns at New College In May 2006 three colleagues and I provided a workshop on Collaborative Divorce at CAMFT, the State Family therapist conference. We are invited back to present at their 2007 conference. As your divorce coach our work together is to empower you toward success in the collaborative divorce process. Coaching with effective communications skills e.g. assertiveness and negotiating, enhances confidence and effectiveness toward achieving your divorce goals. At times some clients report their separating-spouses triggers them during the divorce settlement meetings through facial expressions, wording, voice tone, or body language. If this lessens your effectiveness or results in painful emotional states, coaching sessions addressing this make all the difference. On a parallel track as your divorce coach I facilitate meetings with both you and your separating-spouses to co-create a parenting plan. The underlining principals include fostering the emotional well being of your children, and maintaining intact family relationships. I create a respectful, and solution focused atmosphere where you and your separating-spouse can candidly discuss and resolve parenting concerns. Because these meeting occur when requested by you, addressing holiday schedules, educational concerns, and other parenting issues happen in a timely manner. The end result is mutual agreements with strong commitments. This is because you are an active participant in the agenda setting, discussions, decision-making process, and the formulating of the parenting plan.