What Are We Fighting For? aims to raise awareness and guide couples following a separation, to teach them that their behavior, attitude and preparation can truly set them on a more positive path.
How to leave a toxic relationship and change your life. Are you stressed out, exhausted and anxious about your relationship? Are you stuck in your relationship and cant get out? This practical, helpful book explains what is a toxic relationship and how to leave your toxic relationship safely!
Good Grief identifies ten stages of grief but, recognizing that grief is complex and deeply personal, defines no "right" way to grieve.Whether mourning the death of a loved one, the end of a marriage, the loss of a job, or other difficult life changes, Good Grief is a proven steady companion in times of loss.
How to help your kids navigate separation and divorce
Kids know stuff. Sometimes they know more stuff than we realise. They listen, they watch, they are sponges. When a family separates, the kids are involved whether they like it or not. But how much involvement is too much? And where do you draw the line between explaining what is going on and oversharing?
Exploring the challenges of leaving a marriage, divorce and co-parenting, a story told through poetry of a woman’s liberation from culture and repression, of reclaiming your voice, rebuilding, and finding one’s true self.
The No-Nonsense Guide to Divorce is the straight-talking book divorcing people need now. Written by an experienced family lawyer, it's a blunt, funny, empathetic look at one of the most challenging times in life. Filled with concrete advice and hilarious and sometimes cringe-worthy examples, it's the perfect blend of how-to and what-not-to-do.
Good Grief: The Guide and Journal, a two-book pack, offers Good Grief, a foundation for understanding the natural process of grieving, along with The Good Grief Journal, a pathway for expressing, exploring, and growing from a significant loss.
This book explores the impact of divorce on adolescents and young adults, drawing on anecdotes from the authors' own medical and law practices to illustrate how parents' decision-making can powerfully impact their children's well-being before, during, and after a divorce -- even into adulthood.
Over the past thirty years, there has been a dramatic shift in the way the legal system approaches and resolves family disputes. Traditionally, family law dispute resolution was based on an "adversary" system: two parties and their advocates stood before a judge who determined which party was at fault in a divorce and who would be awarded the ......
A compelling examination of the social and legal experiences of lesbian, bisexual, and queer stepparent families Lesbian, bisexual, and queer families formed after the dissolution of a marriage face a range of obstacles. In Queer Stepfamilies, Katie L. Acosta offers a wealth of insight into their complex experiences as they negotiate parenting ......
The Definitive Guide to Co-Parenting and Creating Stronger Families
The definitive guidebook for today's integrated families Imagine you're in a heated argument. Your kids have decided that they don't want to go back to your ex's home, and your ex isn't having it. Meanwhile, your new partner is squirming uncomfortably in the other room. What do you do? How do you stop the madness and come together to find the ......
Institutional Harassment: Divorce, Abuse, and the Legal System offers a psychological approach to the instances of harassment within the justice system related to cases of divorce. Miguel Clemente recognizes that this harassment often goes unaddressed and pays particular attention to the effects this has on children. He covers several forms of ......
Investigates social parents - people who function as parents but who may not be recognized as such in the eyes of the law What makes a person a parent? Around the world, same-sex couples are raising children; parents are separating and re-partnering, creating blended families; and children are living with grandparents, family friends, and ......
More than 800,000 people each year in the United State get divorced. This book invites the reader into a more meaningful conversation about how to end a marriage with dignity and mutual respect, using the interdisciplinary model called Collaborative Divorce.
Although it's good news that many divorced people remarry, the bad news is that too many of them carry the animosities and negative behaviour patterns of their former heartbreaks into their new situation. This book tackles this pervasive problem with sensitivity and understanding.
