Navigating Emotional Currents in Collaborative Divorce: A Guide to Enlightened Team Practice - Softcover

Kate Scharff; Lisa Herrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1616320745 ISBN 13: 9781616320744

Publisher: American Bar Association, 2011

Synopsis

Written by two mental health professionals with extensive experience in Collaborative Practice, this accessible, practical, common-sense guide to the psychological aspects of our work is an invaluable resource for professionals of all disciplines who want to ensure the best outcomes for their Collaborative clients-- even in the toughest cases!  Among the questions the authors answer are:

- Why do our clients behave the way they do, as individuals and as couples?

-What are some helpful interpersonal techniques to use with our clients?

-Why do some techniques work well with some clients and not with others?

-How do we help "difficult" clients

-What is the Collaborative container and why is it important?

-What determines whether or not a case will be "transformative?"

-How can we best negotiate "landmines" in Collaborative Practice?

-What makes a well functioning team?

-What causes team break-down, and how can we avoid it?

-What about the voice of the child in Collaborative Practice?

-How do we create a deep and durable parenting plan?

About this title

About the Authors

Kate Scharff, MSW is an individual, couple, and family psychotherapist with over 25 years of clinical experience. She is also a senior divorce consultant, mediator, parenting coordinator, and Collaborative Divorce practitioner. Ms. Scharff is a founder and principal of the Collaborative Practice Center of Greater Washington. She teaches internationally on divorce, psychodynamic psychotherapy, parenting, and alternate dispute resolution. She regularly conducts workshops and seminars for family law attorneys, mental health professionals, and multidisciplinary audiences. Ms. Scharff is the author of many journal articles and book chapters, and of the books Therapy Demystified: An Insider’s Guide to Getting the Right Help (Marlowe & Co., 2004) and (with Lisa Herrick) Navigating Emotional Currents in Collaborative Divorce: A Guide to Enlightened Team Practice (American Bar Association, 2010). Her pieces appear frequently in online and print media; she is a regular contributor to the Divorce section of The Huffington Post. Ms. Scharff maintains a private practice in Washington, D.C., and Bethesda, Maryland. Her website is www.katescharff.com

Lisa Herrick, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and a founding member of the West Falls Psychotherapy Group in Falls Church, VA. She has worked with couples, families, and children for over 20 years in her clinical practice. She is a former President of the D.C. Academy of Collaborative Professionals (DCACP) and currently serves on their board. She is also a member of Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia (CPNV). Dr. Herrick has completed over 65 Collaborative cases on multidisciplinary teams and has worked as a Collaborative Coach and as a Child Specialist. She is a founding member of the Collaborative Practice Training Institute (CPTI) and offers trainings throughout the country in working with high conflict parents and in Collaborative practice. In August 2010, she opened, with several Collaborative colleagues, the Collaborative Practice Center of Greater Washington, a place where attorneys, mental health professionals, and financial experts can share office space and work together to advance Collaborative practice in the Washington, D.C., area.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Bar Association
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1616320745
• ISBN 13: 9781616320744
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224