Divorce Basics Every Psychologists and Therapist Should Know

Divorce Basics Every Psychologists and Therapist Should Know

Friday, October 15, 2021

Registration 8:30am Program 9am to 12pm

Presented By: Lee Schwartz, JD and Adina B. Tovell, MBA, M.ED, CPC

Program Moderator Jeffrey Wexler, Psy.D., JD

Location: Online Workshop

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3 CE Credits

Mental health professionals who understand the basics of how the legal process of divorce works are significantly better equipped to support their clients. In this three-hour interactive workshop we will explore how therapeutic support and the legal realities of divorce interact with each other, explain divorce options you may not be aware of, share how family law deals with complex situations, and introduce tools and resources that are at the cutting edge of the healthy divorce movement.

Objectives:

1. Analyze 5 primary divorce processes and match them to appropriate scenarios
2. Explain what makes a ‘right match’ professional for a client and construct interview questions to ascertain the right match
3. Describe three ways in which a client is impacted by choosing

Lee Schwartz has been practicing Family Law for forty years. He is a trained Family Mediator and Collaborative Attorney. His practice, Peaceful Separation and Divorce focuses only on non-litigation methods of Family dispute resolution. He has been practicing mediation for over twenty-five years and has been a collaborative lawyer for over ten years

Adina B. Tovell is an educator, Certified Life Coach, and Collaborative Divorce Mental Health Neutral. She was the lead facilitator of the Healthy Divorce Professionals MeetUp group for two years, was the lead facilitator for the regional Healthy Divorce Symposium, co-authored Divorce in PA: An Essential Guide, and is the creator of the Divorce Companion, a multi-media program designed to educate and guide individuals through a healthy divorce process.

Program Moderator:

Jeffrey Wexler, J.D., Psy.D., is a practicing psychologist and attorney.  He received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984, J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1987, and Psy.D. from Immaculata University in 2009.  His training included extensive experience as an individual and group therapist in community mental health settings and psychological testing in the context of child custody litigation.  In his psychology practice, he provides psychotherapy to adolescents, adults, and couples and performs forensic psychological evaluations, usually involving issues of capacity arising in the context of civil litigation.  He currently resides in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, with his wife and daughter.

PSCP: The Psychology Network is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PSCP: The Psychology Network maintains responsibility for this program and its content.