Gain Confidence In Your Divorce Mediation With A Personal Divorce Mediation Coach
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Divorce Coaching and Parenting Coordination
Divorce Mediation Coaching
It's usually a smart move to mediate rather than litigate your divorce. Still, it's daunting to step into a mediation with your soon-to-be ex and advocate for yourself when you don't have a clear understanding of your legal options. As a Mediation Coach, I am in your corner, providing legal guidance, insight and support so that you can be a confident and informed advocate for yourself during your divorce mediation.
We will confer before and after each mediation session to prepare and debrief, review legal and financial documents, evaluate and prioritize your concerns, and identify your non-negotiable issues. My goal is to see you through to a thoughtful and sustainable divorce agreement that can serve you not just in the short term but also in the long run.
Parent and Co-Parent Coaching
Unfortunately, separation or divorce does not end your relationship with your ex if you share a child -- it just changes the nature of the relationship. Despite the obstacles, you are called upon to forge a different sort of partnership that prioritizes your child's best interests over either parent's preferences.
As a Parent Coach, I provide more than a sympathetic ear: I help you to assess your situation objectively, identify self-defeating patterns, and establish healthier co-parenting rules, boundaries and habits. Nobody is born knowing how to co-parent. But it is a skill set that can be learned, and the benefits are incalculable.
Parenting Coordination
Parenting Coordination is a neutral, multi-pronged service that helps embattled co-parents focus on the well-being of their child, reduce unwanted stress, and avoid the high costs of chronic litigation. As a Co-Parenting Coordinator, I work with both parents, together and separately, to develop more effective communication and negotiation skills so they can co-parent their child without court intervention. This may involve:
- information, resources and best-practice guidance on child-related topics;
- strategies that reduce co-parenting conflict;
- assistance in developing or implementing a viable parenting plan;
- suggestions for improving drop off and pick up arrangements;
- communication and safety for vacationing with the child(ren);
- support in deciding about religious observance, school choice, afterschool activities, and/or the integrating of new partners.
Parenting Coordination relies heavily on coaching and mediating, but it goes a step further: when the two of you are unable to make a child-related decision, a PC can resolve the impasse by making a recommendation based on the child's best interests. Using all available tools, I will work to help you and your ex transform a high conflict relationship into a parenting partnership that better serves you and your children.