Book authored by Joseph Shaub Review by Kevin R. Scudder This is a different (or not) read for clients and practitioners. The Guide is presented in two parts: Part I: Divorce, A Guide to Divorcing with Wisdom, Sanity & Integrity Part II: How to Choose and Use a Couples Therapist ...
Working with a Peacemaking Collaborative Attorney
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When I joined my firm three years ago, the managing attorney, Adam B. Cordover, preferred and advocated for out-of-court dispute resolution, including collaborative practice. We still had many litigated cases. Not every client, spouse, and other attorney is willing to agree to a more peacemaking approach, especially when they don’t know much about it. But we had faith that we were on to something, and that if given the opportunity and knowledge, more people would choose collaborative law. In 2015, we changed our name to Family Diplomacy: A Collaborative Law Firm, and began practicing exclusively in out-of-court dispute resolution,...
Avoiding The Destruc...
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Joryn Jenkins has offered us another volume in which she “… demonstrates how to avoid the lasting effects of the destruction caused by the divorce court process, recounting actual events as she witnessed them unfold, both the divorce wars fought in the courtroom, as well as the...
Becoming a Collabora...
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A New Kind of Training for Collaboratively Trained Clinicians… Kate Scharff, LCSW-C, LICSW, Course Director Beginning in October, 2015 Even for experienced clinicians, becoming a Collaborative Divorce professional is a major undertaking. Learning to apply concepts and...
HIGH CONFLICT COUPLES AND THE ZERO-SUM GAME OF DIV...
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The process of divorce can be problematic for any couple, but it is particularly difficult for couples whose psychological well-being is threatened by the ending of the relationship. Many high-conflict couples find that when they have exhausted options in making their relationship work, their core anxieties are exacerbated by a divorce process that generally approaches separation in a zero-sum manner. This paper is describes who these couples are and explores why divorce is so threatening to their psychologies. An additional purpose is to propose an approach that facilitates an amicable separation. Such an approach involves a collaborative...
Peacemaking and Prof...
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You support the goals of professionalism and civility…..but ‘have you met my opponents in court??’ You’d love to shift your divorce practice away from litigation. Maybe you already ‘offer’ Collaborative Practice or Mediation services. But you don’t...
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