{"id":133,"date":"2017-08-30T22:12:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T02:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michelejames.com\/blog\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2020-01-03T15:32:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T20:32:16","slug":"the-role-of-the-family-professional","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.michelejames.com\/?page_id=133","title":{"rendered":"The Role of the Family Professional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Family Professional acts as an integral member of the Collaborative team. As a neutral professional, she assists the separating couple in many ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>facilitation of team meetings between clients and lawyers<\/li>\n<li>meeting with both parties individually in advance of the team meeting(s), to understand the unique needs and concerns of each person<\/li>\n<li>facilitating conference calls with the lawyers in advance of team meetings to review the agenda and identify potential challenges in the joint meetings<\/li>\n<li>assists in helping manage the emotions in the room so that both parties can make good decisions regarding their agreement<\/li>\n<li>assists clients in the creation of a Parenting Plan<\/li>\n<li>may provide parenting advice regarding the impact of separation on children, how to tell the children about the separation, and effective co-parenting tools<\/li>\n<li>may help understand and communicate to the parents the wishes and preferences of the children by meeting with them when appropriate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Member of\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/collabfamlaw.com\/\">Collaborative Practice Hamilton Halton<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Family Professional acts as an integral member of the Collaborative team. 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