Psychotherapist    Child Specialist    Collaborative Divorce Coach
Alpharetta, Georgia

Providing support and guidance for individuals and families as they navigate through life's transitions
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Collaborative Divorce
Divorce brings out strong emotions that can be devastating to every member of the family, particularly the children. Collaborative Divorce is a process in which parties and their attorneys work cooperatively to negotiate fair settlements without court intervention.
What Are the Benefits of Collaborative Divorce?
  • provides the benefits of attorney representation to maximize settlement options but at lower costs and in less time that litigation
  • minimizes or eliminates the negative economic, social and emotional consequences of having a judge or jury decide the issues
  • empowers clients to maintain control of the proceedings
  • utilizes the skills of financial consultants, child specialists, divorce coaches and mediators
  • avoids the negative effects of litigation
  • insures that everyone works toward the future well-being of all family members

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Listen to a 50 minute MP3 recording of Andra's interview on a recent Divorce Resources radio show, discussing Collaborative Divorce.
Andra's Role as Divorce Coach:
As a Divorce Coach Andra works with divorcing couples to help defuse highly charged emotional issues. Divorce coaching integrates methods from psychotherapy, consulting and coaching to help clients navigate through the difficult process of divorce. Each spouse is empowered to maintain control of the important decision-making process during the proceedings and transition to the post-divorce stage with integrity, confidence and new hope for the future.
  • help people set better goals and then reach those goals
  • ask clients to do more than they would have done on their own
  • focus clients to accelerate results
  • provide the tools, support and structure to accomplish more throughout the entire process of divorce
Although coaching can be used concurrently with psychotherapeutic work, it is not used as a substitute. Coaching concentrates primarily on the present and the future, assuming the presence of emotional reactions to life events and that clients are capable of expressing and handling their emotions.
Andra's Role as Child Specialist:
As a Child Specialist, Andra provides children with an opportunity to express their concerns and feelings while providing parents with information to assist them in developing a co-parenting plan and helping the family adjust to divorce. Her role includes offering parents guidance, education, and assistance in facilitating parenting decisions. As a licensed mental health professional ~ also with 20 years experience in the school system ~ Andra can help parents to recognize and address the emotional and psychological state and needs of children during this difficult time. As an integral member of the Collaborative Divorce interdisciplinary team, her role as Child Specialist will assist the parent in reaching solutions that are in the best interest of the children.
Licensed Professional Counselor    National Certified Counselor    Individual and Group Counseling for Children, Adolescents and Adults
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