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What is the Collaborative Divorce process?
I’m so confused by all these so-called experts.”
“My spouse and I can’t even cooperate, let alone collaborate on our divorce.”
How do I find professionals experienced in this process?
Divorce is also a financial and emotional process. The collaborative process allows divorcing couples to address every aspect in the divorce process, not just the issue required by law.
The Collaborative Divorce process is an interdisciplinary process based on professionals working as a team. The team is focused on a settlement to ensure the family comes away from the process whole. This team incorporates one attorney for each spouse to help each of you negotiate the often contentious issues of divorce and to separate from each other legally. A neutral financial analyst to help you separate financially. A neutral divorce coach to help you begin to separate emotionally and establish an amicable post-divorce relationship. All professionals involved work together in a non adversarial manner to reach long term resolution instead of short term results.
The collaborative divorce process is based on cooperation between you and your spouse. This allows the professionals to spend their time more effectively and efficiently, hopefully keeping your costs as low as possible. The collaborative process is an alternative to traditional litigation and court appearance geared to help families deal with the pain of divorce and learn new ways to form healthier relationships post-divorce.
As your divorce coach, Terri will familiarize you with the steps to expect in the collaborative process, the possible emotional landmines to avoid and guide you in producing the required parenting plan, if minor children are involved. Terri is here to assist each party in dealing with the divorce process more effectively. In addition to helping clients deal with the emotional aspects of the divorce process, Terri also assist each party with identifying self-defeating behaviors, improving communication, prioritizing needs and goals and maintain a future perspective.
You and your spouse have control over the outcome of the collaborative divorce process, not the court system. You control how long the process will take. If areas of contentions arise, the process can take longer to work through those issues. Terri helps you stay in control, focus on productive solutions and be better prepared for a life after divorce.
As your divorce coach, Terri encourages divorcing couples to think creatively and craft solutions that work for them and their families. Terri helps couples take control over what happens, how fast it happens, who is involved and work toward a mutually satisfactory settlement. Everyone has input; brainstorming and creative ideas can emerge to solve differences and issues.
Terri is a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals as well as a founding member of Collaborative Divorce-Kansas City, an organization committed to the promotion of the collaborative process for families in divorce. Learn more at www.collaborativedivorcekansascity.com