"Elephants in the Room"  Negotiating the emotions in Divorce workshop at national conference of Association of Divorce Financial Pllaners, September 2

Negotiating the emotions in a divorce can be a difficult task for both the couple and the professionals involved.  Divorcing couples/parents today have choices that allow them to separate with dignity, civility, and a minimum of conflict, a process that leaves a legacy of collaboration and peace for their children..  However, even couples that choose a more peaceful divorce run into issues and feelings that boil beneath the surface and can suddenly raise the level of conflict.  Sometimes these issues and feelings lie quietly, unacknowledged but very damaging, and what starts as a process