Divorce Strategies: Co-Parenting for Back-to-School

Back-to-school issues co-parents should discuss and agree on parameters for include: -Enrollment in school-related and extracurricular activities, including payment of fees and transportation. A schedule which allows some degree of flexibility in case of work problems or other minor emergencies is helpful,...

Understanding the Cycle

A relationship is a dance – and the rhythms and habitual steps of the dance have their own momentum – can take over. In EFT we look at the dance you are caught in and how it leaves you both hurting and frustrated. We help you step out of your negative dance and create a new dance that is safer,...

Top Nine Things To Do Before The Divorce

One of the best things parents can do for the children is to actually plan the divorce before speaking to the kids. This is probably too late for most of the parents reading this article, but for the minority who are thinking about divorce and have not yet “pulled the plug,” the next three pages...

Children, Divorce and Self-Esteem

Our self-esteem affects every dimension of our lives — school performance, peer relationships, career endeavors, intimate relationships, and parenting. If we are fortunate enough to grow up in a family in which we learn to feel comfortable in our own skin, we are more likely to live fulfilling lives, take...

Growing Through Divorce

Divorce ranks just above death in severity of stress and is often combined with other stressors, such as marital discord, serious financial problems, a move, single parenting, multiple losses and litigation, all at once.  It’s a life cycle crisis that presents a crucial period of increased vulnerability...