Month: August 2016
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Divorce Visitation Requests from Your Child (by: Dr. Anne Brown, PhD, RN CS)
Part 2 – Read Part 1, the parent’s “notes,” at Dos and Don’ts of Visitation from the Therapist! Dear Mom and Dad, Please remember my life has been turned upside down and I never had a vote. I don’t have a rulebook to negotiate waters totally unfamiliar to me. It is really hard for…
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Dos and Don’ts of Visitation from the Therapist! (by: Dr. Anne Brown, PhD, RN CS)
Do treat your Children like Gold! Remember you just turned your children’s life (and they didn’t have a vote) upside down. They now have to decipher new rules, new logistics, probable logistical chaos until their stuff finally gets where it is supposed to be, emotional land mines, and they have just inherited all the things…
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6 Things I Wish I Knew Then That I Know Now After My Divorce (by: Dr. Anne Brown PhD, RN CS)
We always hear people say, “I wish I knew then what I know now,” so here is some help if you are navigating a divorce now… 1. Believe in Yourself! Three words that are so powerful they can change any “I can’t into “I can”. When you hear the words “I want a divorce”, there…
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5 Ways to Avoid Court at all Costs! (by: Dr. Anne Brown PhD, RN CS)
I think we are all in agreement “settle out of court”. How can a couple do that when they are fighting to the extent they are filing for divorce? You are probably going to get tired of hearing me say first always “Fight for your Marriage.” Fight for your Marriage! This means get into a…
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Support: A Curse or a Blessing? (by: Dr. Anne Brown PhD, RN CS)
It really is up to you every day whether you see support as a curse or a blessing! Whether you are the giver or the receiver, I recommend you reframe it as a blessing. Is this easy? Of course not! However, if you actually go through the trauma of getting divorced and you stay married…
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Post-Divorce Recovery or Crash Landing (by: Dr. Anne Brown PhD, RN CS)
It’s April, your divorce papers are signed, and it’s a new chapter, scary, exciting, change, and your choice if you recover or crash land! Should you choose the Olympics of drugs and alcohol, sex, gambling, or any form of acting out, because “well I am free,” “it is so tempting,” I deserve it, “look what…
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Should We Get Divorced? (by: Dr. Anne Brown PhD, RN CS)
Honor your children by fighting for your marriage and if you decide to divorce, do it with dignity! If you are at the point of asking this question, you have some distinctions to consider. If you have children, you want to be able to have an answer for them when they ask you “why did…
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Prepare for Divorce (by: Dr. Anne Brown PhD, RN CS)
“Getting divorced just because you don’t love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do”. Zsa Zsa Gabor Assuming you and your partner have fought for your marriage and you now have decided to get divorced, it is time to move forward. I hope you both know why your marriage…