Co-Parenting during separation/divorce

May 24, 2010 | 0 comments

I am frequently asked parenting questions or listen to expressions of frustration from my clients on the difficulties that arise for them in co-parenting during and after a separation or divorce.  I am not a child expert but I have picked up a few things here and...

The place of grandparents in family breakups.

Apr 23, 2010 | 0 comments

When parents are locked in dispute and/or separating the support of extended family can provide enormous comfort to the children and support for the parents.  Grandparents, in particular, can be a great resource in this situation especially for children who are close...

Is Collaborative Law just a Legal Process?

Apr 7, 2010 | 0 comments

The statement that Collaborative Law is just a legal process is generally made to silence those lawyers who seem to many of us to be straying further and further away into “therapy” or as one colleague put it “tree hugging for lawyers”.   To be in the forefront of a...

Detox.

Feb 22, 2010 | 0 comments

Detox is the new buzz word.   We are bombarded with invitations from health spas to come and detox and with books and products to assist us to detoxify.  As well as our bodies, however, maybe we should think about detoxifying our minds?  Can the way we use language...

OLD STORIES WITH NEW TWISTS.

Feb 4, 2010 | 0 comments

This article was published   in Evening Echo on 20th January 2010 Frequently, people ask why are marriages breaking down in such numbers today?  It is often implicit in the tone of the person asking the question that there is something “wanting” in people living now,...