For almost 30 years I have dedicated my career to helping and encouraging parents to stay out of the adversarial system.  I learned the art of mediation from some of the initial pioneers in this field while working with Los Angeles Superior Court Mediation Services in the early 1980’s.  I suppose I was a divorce coach before divorce coaching became popular.  I am currently the President of an award-winning nonprofit organization assisting parents involved with the family court system.  I am a practicing member of several collaborative and mediation organizations throughout Southern California.  Additionally, I am in the process of completing my doctorate in forensic psychology, specializing in the area of family law.  Sounds like a lot on my plate?  I learned to multitask as an Army medivac helicopter pilot, so I am most effective when my plate is full and the adrenaline is flowing. My education, training, and experience has given me understanding; but going through my own divorce gave me empathy for the roller-coaster of stress and emotions you are experiencing. You are involved in the second most stressful time in a persons’ life, with the most stressful being the death of an immediate family member.  As your divorce coach, I will assist you in learning and applying new communication and conflict resolution skills.  We will work together to separate emotional and behavioral roadblocks that interfere with making sound legal decisions.  You will not be alone.  I will be there to assist you during this transition.  Together we will identify and defuse the hot emotional buttons. We will proactively discover constructive win-win options and positive solutions. I will help you grow through, not simply go through, your divorce experience.