Divorce Isn't the War of the Roses: How We Can Help

INSTRUCTOR NAME: Karen P. Freed

INSTRUCTOR CONTACT INFORMATION: Email: kpfreed@hotmail.com

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Category 2 | CE Hours Awarded: 1.5 (Brown Bag Event)

COURSE OBJECTIVES: By the conclusion of the class, participants should be able to:

1. Provide information that therapists can use to help clients make appropriate choices about legal processes available in separation/divorce.
2. Identify the legal processes by which couples can separate/divorce.
3. Identify the language used in each process and ways that may effect outcome.
4. Identify the pros and cons of each process.
5. Understand for whom each process may be a good fit.

COURSE DESCRIPTION/OVERVIEW/TARGET AUDIENCE:

Brown Bag lunch for professionals of all levels. This workshop is designed to help clinicians talk to clients from a knowledge based level about options available when considering separation and/or divorce.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS/BIBLIOGRAPHY:

• The Good Divorce by Constance Ahrons
• Collaborative Divorce by Pauline H. Tesler, M.A., J.D. and Peggy Thompson, Ph.D.