The short answer is, absolutely. A key support provided in the Collaborative process is helping spouses communicate effectively. Because Collaborative Divorce allows the two of you to be in charge of your own process, as opposed to relying on the court to decide the outcome of your future, the Collaborative Divorce process is vital to helping you both speak to and hear each other.
Collaborative Divorce offers a unique team approach. Each professional is collaboratively trained and models productive, needs-based communication. The Collaborative Divorce Facilitator (CDF) is a vital part of the Collaborative team, who can teach you communication skills such as:
- Learn to catch yourself before you say something that will hurt your cause.
- Identify the things that are most important to you so you can speak them in a way that others can hear.
- Have opportunity, if needed, to say the hard things that need to be said in order to move on.
The Collaborative Divorce process supports the most fragile and unworkable aspects of your relating together so you can get through your divorce and ultimately have a good life and the level of communication you want with each other on the other side of your divorce.