Building clients’ awareness and understanding of the issues and processes is vital to what we do. Here are some resources for those who want to inform themselves up front.
BOOKS FOR ADULTS
The Good Divorce
By Constance Ahrons
We’re Still Family: What Grown Children Have to Say About Their Parents' Divorce
By Constance Ahrons
Graceful Divorce Solutions
By M. Marcie Jones, MD
Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way
By M. Gary Neuman
Crazy Time: Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life
By Abigail Trafford
Mom’s House, Dad’s House: Making Two Homes for your Child
By Isolini Ricci, PhD
Collaborative Divorce: The Revolutionary New Way to Restructure Your Family, Resolve Legal Issues, and Move on with Your Life
By Pauline H. Tesler and Peggy Thompson
The Collaborative Way to Divorce: The Revolutionary Method that Results in Less Stress, LowerCosts, and Happier Kids--Without Going to Court
By Stuart G. Webb and Ronald D. Ousky
Divorce Without Court: A Guide to Mediation and Collaborative Divorce
By Katherine Stoner
BIFF: Quick Responses to High Conflict People, Their Personal Attacks, Hostile Email and Social Media
By Bill Eddy
Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide To Changing The Patterns Of Intimate Relationships
By Harriett Lerner, PhD
The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives
By William Stixrud, PhD and Ned Johnson
1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12
By Thomas W. Phelan
Navigating Emotional Currents in Collaborative Divorce
By Kate Scharff, LCSW and Lisa Herrick, PhD
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN & TEENS
Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families
By Marc Brown
The Invisible String
By Patrice Karst (Author), Joanne Lew-Vriethoff
It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear: A Read-Together Book for Parents and Young Children during Divorce
By Vicki Lansky
Mom’s House, Dad’s House for Kids: Feeling at Home in One House or Two
By Isolini Ricci, PhD
Divorce is not the End of the World: Zoe’s and Evan’s Coping Guide for Kids
By Zoe, Evan and Ellen Sue Stern
It’s not the End of the World (for pre-teen and teen children)
By Judy Blume
ARTICLES
The Importance of LGBTQ Estate Planning, pg 72
By Richard L. Adams, Esq.
When Divorce Is Collaborative Instead of Combative
By Barbara A. Burr
Getting Active Later in Life Brings Benefits
By Sharon Reynolds
FILMS AND OTHER WATCHABLES
Rethinking infidelity. . . a talk for anyone who has ever loved
By Ester Perel, TedTalk
WORKSHOPS AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Third Thursdays: A Free Divorce Workshop
DC Academy of Collaborative Professionals (DCACP)
Collaborative Practice Center of DC
Collaborative Project of DC (for families of modest means)
Collaborative Project of Maryland (for families of modest means)
Collaborative Dispute Resolution Professionals (of Montgomery County) (CDRP)
Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia
D.C. Superior Court Family Court Self-Help Center
Montgomery County Family Court Self-Help Center
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP)
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