Separation is a major life-changing experience.
We help you reach informed agreements.
Separation is a major life event. If you and your partner are considering separating, we offer an innovative mediation alternative to the blame and competition that often occurs in the adversarial approach in which parties engage in a legal fight that they each hope to win. Our commitment is to support you through this transition with integrity so you can work together to achieve the best possible legal separation agreement supporting all members of your family.
How Compassionate Divorce™ Benefits You
You and your partner will work with a highly skilled Certified Family Law Specialist™ and a psychologist with 40 years' experience. Your dedicated Compassionate Divorce™ team — Certified Family Law Specialist™ Joann Campoy and psychologist Jeff Kahn, Ph.D. — create a safe, calm and supportive space that helps separating couples focus on positive outcomes. Joann takes care of all things legal, and Jeff addresses the psychological circumstances that frequently arise in separation or divorce. You will work with them, as needed, throughout the entire process to address your family's unique circumstances.
You and your partner will get help with both legal and psychological issues. Sadly, traditional approaches to separation tend not to focus on the psychological issues that can impact all members of the family for years to come. We share our perspectives with you throughout the process to address your fears and concerns, as well as your children's emotional needs. Jeff's extensive experience will assist parents to achieve a child-centered approach to their legal separation, divorce or custody issues that will address the co-parenting issues that inevitably arise during separation.
You and your partner will maintain control over the outcome. A traditional separation approach will often result in clients being told by attorneys, mediators and mental health professionals what they "need to do." Clients may feel pressured to enter into legal separation, divorce and/or judgment agreements they do not understand or do not want.
We turn this model upside down. We ask you what outcomes you desire and then we work with you to help you create them. Your input and participation is essential as we co-create legal separation agreements, divorce judgments and custody processes while suggesting solutions that may best achieve your desired results. By the time you sign your agreement, we want you to be completely confident that you are doing the right thing for yourself and your family.
You and your partner will get highly experienced help at a much lower cost. Compassionate Divorce™ costs less, often way less, than a traditional separation or divorce. As an added benefit, Compassionate Divorce™ may be faster than most divorces, legal separation agreements and custody processes. You will never have to set foot in a courtroom or hire an expensive divorce lawyer whose sole goal is to "fight and win."
In sum, Compassionate Divorce™ is a pioneering model that combines legal and psychological expertise with a positive, safe environment that supports productive problem solving, resulting in a healthy separation agreement, divorce judgment and/or custody orders that benefits you, your children and your finances.
If you and your partner are considering a separation or divorce, we would be honored to work with you to co-create your best possible outcome by facilitating respectful, productive problem solving.
