The First Steps You Should Take Oftentimes, when clients come to my office seeking a divorce, they have already committed to the idea that they and their partners are going to be splitting up. They already flew through days filled with fights and tears, rode the waves of resentment and traveled down the marriage counseling pathway. At the end of their journey, the two parties acknowledge that this marriage has now come to an end. Many of my clients are very upfront about the … [Read more...]
Advocating for Children in the Collaborative Process
The Texas Family Code provides lawyers with many tools when it comes to advocating for children in family law cases, including a neutral mental health professional, child specialist, and child therapist. These are all professional roles unique to collaborative law cases. What are the different ways mental health professionals might be used in a collaborative case? There are three roles that a mental health professional can take on to help bring a collaborative case to settlement, and they’re … [Read more...]