Divorce brings many challenges to families going through a divorce, and involving a mental health professional can make all the difference in their outcomes on the other side of the divorce.
On this episode of Children First Family Law, Krista sits down with Lauren Blake, owner and founder of Michigan-based Blake Family Consulting. Lauren is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a decade of experience working in family law with highly litigious families. Her practice focuses on providing trauma-informed collaborative care to high-conflict families.
Krista and Lauren start their conversation by exploring Lauren’s career path from family law paralegal to a mental health provider. Lauren outlines the mental health challenges that often accompany divorce, the overuse of terminology like “parental alienation,” and Lauren’s childhood experience with alienation and divorce. She shares the therapeutic resources now available to families, what divorcing couples need to know about the role of attorneys, and why these couples should consider individual therapy as well as co-parenting therapy. You’ll hear how anticipatory anxiety can impact kids required to see the disfavored parent, when “no contact” with a parent is necessary, and the various roles outside of mental health professional Lauren often takes on.
Lauren Blake is uniquely positioned to understand the needs of both children and adults in high-conflict divorce situations, and she shares her tips for successfully navigating them.
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All states have different laws; be sure you are checking out your state laws specifically surrounding divorce. Krista is a licensed attorney in Colorado and Wyoming but is not providing through this podcast legal advice. Please be sure to seek independent legal counsel in your area for your specific situation.
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