Divorce Doesn't Have to Be That Way

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Editorial Reviews

"People who help people�will be better able to help them for having read this book."

-- Rabbi H. Kushner, Author, When Bad Things Happen To Good People



"Divorce Doesn't Have to Be That Way offers a clear path to help therapists working in the divorce arena."

-- The Therapist, July/August 2010



Customer Reviews

Jane Appell, Ph.D.

Jane Appell, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Concord, Massachusetts. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Tufts New England Medical Center and the president of Massachusetts Association of Guardians Ad Litem. She has over 30 years of experience working as a therapist with children, adults, couples and families at all stages of the divorce process. In addition to providing psychotherapy, she specializes in working with high-conflict divorcing families as mediator, parenting coordinator, divorce coach or child custody evaluator. She frequently conducts training programs and speaks at professional conferences concerning divorce. The remarried mother of two children, she resides in Massachusetts.

Introduction: It Doesn't Have to Be That Way

Chapter 1 - How Might Things Have Gone Differently?

Chapter 2 - Laying the Groundwork Part 1: Divorce is a Process

Chapter 3 - Laying the Groundwork Part 2: Helping Principles

Chapter 4 - Uncoupling

Chapter 5 - Helping the Individual

Chapter 6 - Domestic Abuse

Chapter 7 - Parenting and Divorce

Chapter 8 - Parental Alienation

Chapter 9 - Children and Divorce

Chapter 10 - The Legal Process and the Players

Chapter 11 - Avoiding the Traps

A Final Word

Bibliography

Appendices

Appendix 1 - Interview Questions for Assessing Domestic Violence -- Adult Protocol

Appendix 2 - Interview Questions for Assessing Domestic Violence -- Child Protocol

Appendix 3 - Developmental Issues and Parenting Plan Guidelines for Children of Divorce

Index