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Legal Landscape of Divorce and Process Options:
What Therapists Need to know to help clients reach the best divorce outcome for their family

This seminar will provide therapists with an overview of the divorce process and a familiarity with the different options that couples have in how to get divorced. This presentation recognizes the pivotal role that therapists can serve in helping guide couples to work out their divorce in the best way possible. With a focus on mediation and the new and important interdisciplinary "Collaborative Divorce" model, therapists will have a greater insight to help clients assess which process would best serve their clients and families when divorce is inevitable. 

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Legal Landscape of Divorce and Process Options:
What Therapists Need to know to help clients reach the best divorce outcome for their family

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$29.99 Member Price:  $19.99 Adam Berner, Esq., MA

This seminar will provide therapists with an overview of the divorce process and a familiarity with the different options that couples have in how to get divorced. This presentation recognizes the pivotal role that therapists can serve in helping guide couples to work out their divorce in the best way possible. With a focus on mediation and the new and important interdisciplinary "Collaborative Divorce" model, therapists will have a greater insight to help clients assess which process would best serve their clients and families when divorce is inevitable. 

About the Presenter

Adam Berner specializes in mediation and collaborative family law and is the owner of the Berner Law & Mediation Group, with offices in Manhattan and Hackensack (NJ). As a pioneer in the family dispute resolution field for the past 25 years he has served as President of the Family & Divorce Mediation Council of NY and Founding President of the NJ Collaborative Law Group. In addition to his private practice, Adam is a mediation trainer and adjunct professor at Cardozo School of Law where he teaches mediation and collaborative law.

This workshop Offers 1 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.

Legal Landscape of Divorce and Process Options:
What Therapists Need to know to help clients reach the best divorce outcome for their family

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Presenter: Adam Berner, Esq., MA

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Course Length: 1 Hour

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe the steps of divorce
  2. Explain the difference process how to get divorce in order to guide clients to find the best options.
  3. Explain the added value of mediation and collaborative divorce model and how this framework lead to better results

This workshop Offers 1 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.

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This seminar will provide therapists with an overview of the divorce process and a familiarity with the different options that couples have in how to get divorced. This presentation recognizes the pivotal role that therapists can serve in helping guide couples to work out their divorce in the best way possible. With a focus on mediation and the new and important interdisciplinary "Collaborative Divorce" model, therapists will have a greater insight to help clients assess which process would best serve their clients and families when divorce is inevitable. 

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe the steps of divorce
  2. Explain the difference process how to get divorce in order to guide clients to find the best options.
  3. Explain the added value of mediation and collaborative divorce model and how this framework lead to better results

Agenda:

1) Stages of the Divorce Process (10 minutes)

2) The Continuum of  Divorce Process Options ("Kitchen Table", Mediation, Collaborative Divorce, Arbitration (Beth Din), Adversarial Negotiation, Litigation (Trial) (15 minutes)

3) Toward a Deeper Understanding: 4 Paradigm Shift Differences between Mediation / Collaborative Divorce vs. the Traditional Adversarial Divorce (15 minutes)

4)  Secrets of the Trade: Concrete Tools that Collaborative Process Provide (10 minutes)

5) How Therapists can make all the difference in Guiding Couples through a Successful Divorce (15 minutes)

6) Questions and Answers (15 minutes)



This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: intermediate
Level of Clinician: intermediate
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

Disability Access - If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification. Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling. The grievance policy for trainings provided by the NEFESH INTERNATIONAL is available here Satisfactory Completion Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire workshop, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here.
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
  • CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland. CE You! maintains responsibility for this program. These credits are also accepted by the Maryland Boards for Professional Counselors, Psychology, and Certification of Residential Child Care Program Professionals, and many other states and disciplines

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