Collaborative Divorce Northwest Blog » Book Reccomendation http://www.collaborativedivorcenorthwest.com A Blog about Collaborative Divorce and Family Law from Stephens Margolin P.C. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:31:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Book Recommendation: Collaborative Divorce by Pauline Tesler and Peggy Thompson http://www.collaborativedivorcenorthwest.com/2011/04/book-reccomendation-collaborative-divorce-the-revolutionary-new-way-to-restructure-your-family-resolve-legal-issues-and-move-on-with-your-life/ http://www.collaborativedivorcenorthwest.com/2011/04/book-reccomendation-collaborative-divorce-the-revolutionary-new-way-to-restructure-your-family-resolve-legal-issues-and-move-on-with-your-life/#comments Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:42:41 +0000 C. Sean Stephens http://www.collaborativedivorcenorthwest.com/?p=259 Interested in the collaborative process but don’t know where to start? Interested but not quite ready to talk to a collaborative trained lawyer? This book by Paulie Tesler and Peggy Thompson, Collaborative Divorce, , The Revolutionary New Way to Restructure … Continue reading →]]> Interested in the collaborative process but don’t know where to start? Interested but not quite ready to talk to a collaborative trained lawyer? This book by Paulie Tesler and Peggy Thompson, Collaborative Divorce, , The Revolutionary New Way to Restructure Your Family, Resolve Legal Issues, and Move on with Your Life, was written specifically for divorcing couples and explains how to navigate through your divorce successfully using an interdisciplinary collaborative divorce team. In collaborative divorce, a professional team (a lawyer for each spouse, a divorce coach for each spouse, a neutral financial consultant, and a neutral child specialist) helps couples focus on their highest shared hopes and intentions, and to find areas of agreement as the basis for dealing with more challenging issues.

This is a well written book, and one that we give out during collaborative divorce consultations.  Our experience has been that sharing Tessler’s book with your spouse can turn what would have been a traditional litigated divorce case into a collaborative one.

 

]]> http://www.collaborativedivorcenorthwest.com/2011/04/book-reccomendation-collaborative-divorce-the-revolutionary-new-way-to-restructure-your-family-resolve-legal-issues-and-move-on-with-your-life/feed/ 1 Book Recommendation – Good Karma Divorce http://www.collaborativedivorcenorthwest.com/2010/04/book-recommendation-good-karma-divorce/ http://www.collaborativedivorcenorthwest.com/2010/04/book-recommendation-good-karma-divorce/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:58:45 +0000 Daniel Margolin http://www.collaborativedivorcenorthwest.com/?p=229 Family court judge Michele Lowrance recently wrote a book titled “The Good Karma Divorce.”  The premise of the book is “The American court system was not built to house or process the violent emotions unleashed by divorce. Attorneys are not … Continue reading →]]> Family court judge Michele Lowrance recently wrote a book titled “The Good Karma Divorce.”  The premise of the book is “The American court system was not built to house or process the violent emotions unleashed by divorce. Attorneys are not trained to reduce the attendant suffering of their divorcing clients and families, and judges have a limited toolkit of remedies. Divorcing couples embark on this frightful journey, believing that the court will deliver justice, and that justice will deliver peace. Most discover somewhere during the process that they are achingly, horribly, alone. This book is the insurance policy against having the kind of divorce you always feared, while showing you how to protect yourself, your children, your finances, your soul, and your psyche.” 

The book is a good introduction into some of the reasons that divorcing spouses are choosing the collaborative process.  Information on the book can be found here:  http://thegoodkarmadivorce.com/.

]]> http://www.collaborativedivorcenorthwest.com/2010/04/book-recommendation-good-karma-divorce/feed/ 2 Book Review: Pauline Tesler’s Collaborative Divorce http://www.collaborativedivorcenorthwest.com/2009/02/book-review-pauline-tesslers-collaborative-divorce/ http://www.collaborativedivorcenorthwest.com/2009/02/book-review-pauline-tesslers-collaborative-divorce/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:10:46 +0000 C. Sean Stephens http://www.collaborativedivorcenorthwest.com/?p=101 Pauline Tessler is one of the founders of the collaborative divorce movement in the United States.  My business partner and I attended a collaborative divorce training presented by Pauline Tesler (and organized by Donna Smalldon, CDFA, CFP, MBA, CFDP) and were inspired by … Continue reading →]]> Pauline Tessler is one of the founders of the collaborative divorce movement in the United States.  My business partner and I attended a collaborative divorce training presented by Pauline Tesler (and organized by Donna Smalldon, CDFA, CFP, MBA, CFDP) and were inspired by the message of what is possible in the collaborative divorce model vs. the traditional litigation model.  We both read Pauline Tesler’s book “Collaborative Divorce” and found it so informative we bought in bulk to hand out to collaborative divorce clients.  An insightful and informative look at collaborative divorce from the client’s perspective.

 

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