COUPLES MEDIATION FOR A SEPARATION Janet Miller Wiseman LICSW, CDFM Holly and Sam were in a real pickle. Ten years ago they bought a Victorian “Fixer Upper” house in the suburbs. Holly was fit to be tied. She...
Eliza and Karl came in this summer for collaborative divorce mediation. They were one of the most cooperative couples presenting for mediation in my thirty-eight years of mediation practice. They had sold their marital home in the Boston suburbs in...
Talking to Children About Divorce Talking to children about divorce carefully and gently is critical. It helps to find a quiet time and place, maybe after dinner, in the play yard when the children are fairly calm. The parent who...
Janet Miller Wiseman, LICSW, CDFM “Visitation by Divorcing Parents: Every Day is Possible” Visitation by Divorcing Parents: “The children didn’t ask for this divorce” shared the premier plasterer who scheduled his work day around meeting the children at their buses...
Divorce Need Not End Family: Preserving the Nest By Janet Miller Wiseman, LICSW, CDFM Divorce Need Not End Family: Preserving the Nest: The wisest of parents realize they can maintain their family unit after divorce. They may remain the best...
