Posts Tagged ‘mental health’
How Does Divorce Affect Your children?
It is well-documented how divorce emotionally affects children in today’s world. It’s also widely known that the emotional stress of divorce is similar to the stress of losing a close family member. But with the right support system, a child can begin moving forward and working towards emotional calm about their parents’ divorce. When you…
Read MoreDivorce and Post-Traumatic Stress – What You Can Do
Often our clients reflect on negative emotional flashbacks such as arguing, yelling at each other, cursing, screaming, violence or unfaithfulness as some of the catalysts for a divorce. This type of home environment likens itself to a warzone, leaving emotional scars that can last a lifetime for anyone in the family. And with these scars,…
Read MoreWhy Include a Mental Health Professional on Your Collaborative Divorce Team?
It’s no secret that getting divorced is emotionally difficult. So, it is vital that parents consider what their children are feeling when they decide to divorce. Conflict can have a long-lasting effect, years after the divorce is over. Research is very clear that it is not the divorce but the conflict that is harmful to…
Read MoreBuilding Your Self-Confidence During a Divorce
Divorce is considered a significant life event, and it is certainly reasonable to say that your self-confidence can take a big hit. And while your self-confidence can plummet, it can start to be rebuilt during your divorce, especially when you and your spouse decide to divorce by utilizing the collaborative divorce process. During the collaborative…
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