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A collaborative coach assists you in coming
up with effective strategies to deal with one or more of the
following which are common challenges for people going
through divorce or divorce-related situations:
(1) stress;
(2) managing emotions;
(3) anger or other emotional reactions that interfere with
participating in the settlement process in your own best
interests;
(4)communication skills; and
(5) parenting styles.
Our coaches do not evaluate or report. Their role is to
support you in whatever way you need to make the best use of
the divorce process, whether it be collaborative or
otherwise.
In a collaborative divorce, you will have
your own coach and the other participant will have a coach.
The coaches work individually with you to prepare you to
mediate a settlement based on interests, nee ds, concerns and
goals. Four-way meetings are conducted with you, the other
participant and the coaches as often as needed. These
four-way meetings are very similar to a mediation session,
however, they are not confidential and the coaches and
participants are free to discuss what goes on with their
attorneys and any other professionals involved. Your coach
is your ally and someone who is there to support you in
communicating your needs, interests, goals and concerns and
those of your children, if children are involved.
When you have legal issues to resolve, you
will have four-way meetings with your attorneys. Coaches
typically do not participate in four-way meetings with
attorneys and attorneys typically do not participate in
four-way meetings with coaches. However, one of the
valuable aspects of collaborative divorce is the flexibility
to put together the professionals and team model that works
for you.
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