Articles by our members can be found at Collaborative Corner

Collaborative Divorce: The Revolutionary New Way to Restructure Your Family, Resolve Legal Issues, and Move on with Your Life by Pauline H. Tesler and Peggy Thompson.

Collaborative Law: Achieving Effective Resolution in Divorce without Litigation by Pauline H. Tesler.

The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart by Constance Ahrons, Ph.D.  The Good Divorce is based on a groundbreaking longitudinal study of 98 divorced couples in the United States. The author addresses challenges faced by people divorcing today, such as divorcism (society's prejudice regarding divorce), and encourages healthy support for divorcing families, all of whom are going through an excruciating process. A great case is made for the importance of couples working together to make inevitable divorces GOOD divorces, and guidance is provided for working through the various stages of divorce in a healthy way.

Spiritual Divorce: Divorce As a Catalyst for an Extraordinary Life by Debbie Ford, 2001.

"Collaborative Divorce:  A Team Approach to Divorce." Article by Pauline Tesler, Esq.

Books Specifically for Parents

Child Friendly Divorce: A Divorce(d) Therapist's Guide to Helping Your Children Thrive by Diane M. Berry, MSW, LCSW, JD, 2004.

Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce? And When Can I Get a Hamster? by Anthony E. Wolf, Ph.D.

Mom's House, Dad's House:  Making Two Homes for Your Child, by Isolina Ricci, Ph.D., 1997.

Non Adversarial Communication:  Speaking and Listening from the Heart, by Arlene Brownell, Ph.D. and Tom Bache-Wiig.

Books for Children and Teens

Dinosaurs Divorce by L.K. Brown and M. Brown - preschool-early elementary school age kids

Surviving Your Parents Divorce by C. Boeckman - teens