Topics Around Mediation
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So You’re Considering a Divorce
It Takes More Than A Divorce To Stop Fighting!
Many divorcing and divorced couples continue to fight, even long after the divorce papers are signed and gathering dust. This is never good for anyone, and it can be particularly harmful for children. Read my article in the Huffington Post: HOW TO STOP FIGHTING
What Does Marital Infidelity Mean To You?
Does infidelity mean your marriage is over and you need a divorce as soon as possible or is it worth considering the possibility that the marriage is in deep trouble, but can be saved? What to do, once you have learned your spouse has had an affair depends on your...
Who Needs a Divorce Coach?
Most people have heard of divorce attorneys and mediators, but what does a divorce coach do and who needs one? View this full post by Betsy Ross, LICSW at: http://sharon.patch.com/blog_posts/who-needs-a-divorce-coach-2
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About Divorce Mediation
Keep Your Divorce Private and Productive and Focused on You
These days, mediation just might be the most efficient and private divorce process available. When you work with a skillful mediator or co-mediation team, negotiations between you and your spouse happen directly in the mediator's comfortable office, away from the...
Divorce Co-Mediation: Less Expensive And More Effective
Divorce co-mediation with two professionals (a psychotherapist mediator AND a family law attorney mediator) can help you have a gentler and less expensive divorce process now and help you plan for your life and your children's lives, going forward. Having two...
Should You Take A Failed Marriage Personally?
Not necessarily so says Laura Munson of the Huffington Post Divorce Blog. In a thought provoking post, she talks about the importance of looking beyond the words that your oh-so-unhappy-soon-to-be- ex might be saying about you, and quieting down your own internal...
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Co-Parenting and Parenting
Co-Parent Communications: 5 Don’ts and 5 Do’s
It can be a challenging journey to transition your relationship from married spouses to co-parenting partners. Following some good sense co-parenting guidelines can make it easier so feel free to give these a try: 5 Co-parenting Don'ts 1). Resist the urge to...
How Do We Tell The Children We Are Getting Divorced?
If only there were a fool-proof formula that divorcing couples could follow and feel reassured that they are saying the right thing, the right way, and at the right time when it comes to telling the children. Unfortunately, there is not, but there are some guidelines...
Co-Parenting is For Forever
It seems like a cruel joke! You can get out of a bad relationship by breaking up, separating, or divorcing, but if there are kids involved, then you're stuck together for life. Not only are you doomed to have to know each other forever, but you will also have to work...
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Can This Marriage Be Saved?
The Power Of An Apology
There's nothing like a heartfelt apology to help heal a relationship, even in the case of divorce. Read my newest article for the Huffington Post on the impact one person's apology had on a divorce mediation. Go to: APOLOGY IN DIVORCE
Can My Marriage Be Saved? Maybe With Marital Mediation!
If the state of your marriage feels more like a barren wasteland than a warm tropical breeze, should you think about calling it quits or is there something you can do to make it better? Is it possible to breathe life into what may feel like a dead end to your marriage...
Do (Women’s) Advanced Degrees Increase The Divorce Rate?
Recently, an article in the Boston Globe indicated that the number of women earning Master's and Doctoral degrees has outpaced men. What might the effects of this be? Does this mean that we should expect to see a change in the divorce rate based on the fact that...