The holiday season can be especially difficult for newly divorced parents, or parents who were never married and share custody arrangements. What is often portrayed as a time of family togetherness may instead invoke feelings of loss or loneliness when your children are spending the holidays with the other parent. However, this doesn’t have to …
3 Simple Tips For Smoother Parenting Time admin 3 Simple Tips For Smoother Parenting Time Do not make disparaging remarks about the visitation or the other parent. Encourage a relationship with the other and foster that in healthy ways. Keep an open dialogue with the other parent regarding routines for your children. Share …
PTSD Doesn’t Discriminate admin PTSD Doesn’t Discriminate Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) does not discriminate in whom it strikes, although some are more likely to diagnosed with this disorder than others. Veterans, and those that are victims to child abuse, and other types of trauma can have devastating effects on families, spouses, and child abuse victims and those that …
Why Mediate Instead of Litigate admin Why Mediate Instead of Litigate Matters of child custody and divorce can be highly emotional conflict and with that conflict a solution must come. That solution most believe can only come from long litigation and the introduction of many different people into the matter. In mediation, you have the …
Turning a Bad Marriage Into a Good Divorce admin Turning a Bad Marriage Into a Good Divorce I recently read this article on Huffington Post by Dr. Gail Gross about good reasons for divorce and when you know it is time to end your marriage. She has now followed up with a powerful article how to make …
Mediators and Attorneys’ Working Together admin Mediators and Attorneys’ Working Together Mediators and attorneys work together in a variety of ways, collaborating toward a solution that their clients can accept. Attorneys at times would like their clients to mediate toward a solution to avoid prolonged litigation and court hearings. At times, the court may refer …
Supervised Visitation Network admin Supervised Visitation Network The Supervised Visitation Network (SVN) is the largest organization that provides by-laws, ethics and guidance for supervised visitation providers. While each state may or may not have standards for whom may provide supervised visitation and neutral exchange, this network, headquartered in Florida, provides international standards. We are proud to be …
Making Technology Work For You in Mediation admin Making Technology Work For You in Mediation Distance and scheduling is often a factor when people need to resolve an issue and technology can help. Mediation can be ongoing without a set time to allow the parties to mediate until an agreement is reached. Those with unconventional work …
The “Co” In It All admin The “Co” In It All We have all heard the saying “It takes two to Tango”, and in like most things, including relationships, mediation and parenting this is true. The first item you must have in either case is two people that are willing to cooperate. Coparenting, Cohabitation, and coming together to …
The New Way to Split admin The New Way to Split Collaborative Divorce and the use of mediation to settle divorce agreements are rising in favor of what is increasingly termed, high-conflict divorce. In a collaborative divorce, attorneys, mediators and other legal and human services professional’s assist couples with resolving their divorce in a way they can …
