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As a divorce
coach,
I will assist 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:
In my role as a divorce
coach, I will not evaluate or
report. My role is to
support you in whatever way you
need to make the best use of the
divorce process, whether it be
collaborative, mediation, pro se
or litigation.
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, needs,
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.
So, there may be times when it
may be appropriate for me to
support you in a meeting where
the other participant as well as
the attorneys are present.
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