• Professions involving life or death decisions
• Managers and workers working under demanding time schedules
• Human service professions

• How often do I feel run down and drained of physical or emotional energy?
• How often do I think negatively about my job?
• How often do I get irritated by small problems or by my coworkers and supervisor?
• How often do I feel misunderstood or unappreciated in the workplace?
• How often do I feel under pressure to succeed?
• How often do I feel I am in the wrong organization or the wrong profession?
• How often do I feel there is more work to do than can practically be done?

I am writing to you about Collaborative Divorce. It is actually possible for people to divorce quietly, professionally and with dignity. Folks can actually move on with their lives in an empowering way using this process. There is no commandment that reasonably intelligent people hire "gunslingers" to go to court and spend tens of thousands of their dollars to end a marriage. One of the problems with traditional litigation-based divorce where children are involved is that it does not take into account the devastation left in its wake and the failure to assist people in getting on with their lives. It does not empower people to take charge of their divorce. The Collaborative Divorce law process requires that the parties, not the lawyers and judge, be the authors of their divorce. The "aftermath" of Collaborative Divorce includes people who learn how to treat each other with some measure of respect and a resolution that works for both parties and their children. The process of learning to co-parent effectively as single people should start at the time the divorce is started not after much damage has been done in litigation.

The process of Collaborative Divorce law, although in use for two decades in many states, is finally gaining momentum in Florida but greater public awareness is needed. While the therapeutic community has some knowledge of Collaborative Divorce, there is a need for more information about the benefits of this process.

My office also provides legal services in the more traditional, litigation-based method of divorcing while this process gains momentum in the overall community. While I encourage my clients to investigate Collaborative Divorce, many times the other spouse will not engage in the process and so there is still the need for the traditional delivery of family law services (i.e. litigation) which I have been doing for over 20 years as well.

I am including herein brochures about the Collaborative Divorce law process for your review and to provide to your clients. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any comments or questions. This is a process which requires the input of the therapeutic community and I solicit your insight and comments.

Sincerely,