David Low, LMFT
The Divorce Coach has experience working with adults and families facing the challenges of major life transitions. The Coach brings skills in the areas of communication, conflict resolution, co-parenting, and stress or emotional management and helps each client individually, and in meetings with the spouse and his/her coach, by addressing the ‘human side’ of divorce.
You both may have a coach or in some cases a single coach may work with both of you.
Emily Harriman, JD
In collaborative divorce, process, the lawyer is not neutral. Your attorney serves as your advocate throughout process. Your collaborative divorce lawyer acts as a resource, an educator, an advocate for you as well as a protector of the collaborative divorce process.
Both you and your partner have your own attorney. Your Collaborative Attorney has obtained specialized training beyond that which is required of all attorneys.
Elizabeth Matola, LCSW
The Child Specialist has expertise in the areas of family therapy, child development, child and adolescent therapy, families in life transitions, co-parent counseling and child custody and placement issues. They have also on occasion worked with adult children as well.
The Collaborative Child Specialist does not function in the role of a therapist for your family. The Child Specialist remains neutral throughout the Collaborative Process to assure that each family member is free to speak. Children are often silent participants in divorce, and Collaborative recognizes that children are profoundly impacted by their parents’ divorce.
Scott Wildman, CPA
The Collaborative Divorce Process recognizes divorce is more than a legal matter. A key component of the team is the Financial Specialist, commonly referred to as the Financial Neutral.
This specialist provides the team, and the collaborative process, with an unbiased assessment of the financial situation faced by the family and offers analysis about specific issues that may arise during the problem solving process.
The financial specialist can be a certified financial planner,(CFP), certified public accountant, (CPA), certified divorce financial analyst (CDFA), or other financial professional with the right training and experience to handle the unique financial challenges presented in divorce and family law cases.
Jill Klotz Flitter, Ph.D.
In some cases your Collaborative Team may include someone with facilitation skills that guides the process, works with you and the entire team and keeps the process moving and organized.
The Facilitator is usually a divorce coach that assumes this role and becomes your case manager.
Many other divorce options waste time and resources through inefficient communications, back and forth contacts, and an unfocused process. Using a Facilitator may be a good way to handle your collaborative and is an item for you and your attorneys/team members to consider.
Anne Brannon
Old National Bank
Affiliate members are trained in the basic of the Collaborative Process and can assist you and your team with the sale of the home, investment strategies, mortgage and other financing and a host of other support services.
Collaborative Foundation of Wisconsin
The Collaborative Foundation of Wisconsin may be able to provide your family with low cost or no cost collaborative services. Programs are available to Wisconsin families with limited financial resources. Income thresholds do apply. Visit the Foundation at www.collabwis.org for complete details.