Presented by Lisa Herrick, Ph.D. and Kate Scharff, M.S.W., authors of “Navigating Emotional Currents in Collaborative Divorce: A Guide to Enlightened Team Practice”
All experienced divorce professionals know that convincing a client or clients to relinquish entrenched positions, consider new options, and craft compromises they can live with is tough work. Even our most reasonable clients sometimes behave in inscrutable ways, shooting themselves (and us) in the foot just when things are going their way. While the work is always challenging, there are fraught moments in every case – regardless of the legal process – when clients become emotionally overwrought or difficult to understand. These are the moments when we often feel at sea—what to do? Say? Where to put our attention? The difficulty is compounded when one or more professionals become pulled into the vortex in distressing or confusing ways. This workshop will focus on both the conceptual theory and pragmatic techniques that help professionals to navigate these “landmine moments” compassionately, and effectively.
This workshop will address such questions as:
- How does an understanding of the couples’ marital dynamic (what drew them together and what happened when they came apart?) help us anticipate landmines?
- Why are some clients easier to work with than others, and why are some clients more vulnerable to landmines?
- What are our own emotional triggers and why should we care?
- How do we know what to do or say in any given difficult moment?
- What can we do when we have no idea what to do?
Coffee, snacks and lunch will be provided. Materials available in advance. Program qualifies for 6 hours CPT education credits.
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Registration Closes November 19, 2014.
Note: No refunds after November 14, 2014.
Lisa Herrick, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist who has worked with children, families and couples for twenty-five years. She is a former President (2010) as well as President-Elect (2015) of the D.C. Academy of Collaborative Professionals (DCACP) and former Co-Chair of Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia (CPNV). Dr. Herrick has worked as a Collaborative Coach and as a Child Specialist for more than six years and is a founding member of the Collaborative Practice Training Institute (CPTI). With Kate Scharff, she has co-authored a book titled, Navigating Emotional Currents in Collaborative Divorce, A Guide for Enlightened Team Practice, American Bar Association Press, 2010. Dr. Herrick was voted by her peers to be one of the best mental health professionals in the D.C. Metro area for services related to separation and divorce in the Washingtonian Magazine survey for the July 2009 issue. Most recently, Dr. Herrick co-founded the Collaborative Practice Center of Greater Washington, where mental health, legal and financial professionals share space, and work together to promote Collaborative endeavors.
Kate Scharff, MSW, LCSW-C, LICSW, is a psychotherapist, mediator, parenting coordinator, divorce consultant, and Collaborative practitioner/trainer who has worked with children, families, and couples for over 20 years. She has taught and published widely in the areas of psychodynamic psychotherapy, divorce, and, more recently, Collaborative Practice. Kate is a founding member and President of the DC Academy of Collaborative Professionals, and a founding faculty member of the Collaborative Practice Training Institute (CPTI), Kate has conducted trainings on a variety of topics, including “Interdisciplinary Team Collaborative Practice,” (Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced), “The Dynamics of Collaborative Divorce,” and “Creating a Deep and Durable Parenting Plan.” She is the author of two books; Therapy Demystified: An Insider’s Guide to Getting the Right Help and, with Lisa Herrick, PhD, Navigating Emotional Currents in Collaborative Divorce: A Guide for Enlightened Team Practice (ABA, October, 2010). Kate is a founder and Principal of the Collaborative Practice Center of Greater Washington.
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