Divorce Doesn't Have to Be That Way: A Handbook for the Helping Professional (The Practical Therapist Series)

DIVORCE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY is a comprehensive guide to divorce counseling for therapists and others who work with divorcing couples. This practical handbook has been written specifically for helping professionals who want to give healthy support to their clients throughout the divorce process. The emphasis is on a family-centered, non-adversarial approach. Among the key topics: working with "problem" personalities, domestic abuse, custody, alternatives to litigation. Chapters include: How Might Things Have Gone Differently?; Divorce is a Process; Helping Principles; Uncoupling; Helping the Individual; Domestic Abuse; Parenting and Divorce; Parental Alienation; Children and Divorce; The Legal Process and the Players; Avoiding the Traps.