Collaborative Practice
This site is about Collaborative Practice as an internal and external process, for the spouses and for the family. Conflict Resolution is a process, not a destination. It involves both the external discussions and negotiations between … [Read More...]
Emotion2Motion
The Art of Movement in Everyday Life All body movement is communication. Our bodies are constantly in motion, constantly communicating. Our bodies express a wealth of information about our attitudes, reactions, judgments and feelings, moment by … [Read More...]
Dr Allison Bell Blogs
Closing Ceremonies
As a species, humans seem to be drawn to ritual and to the structure of ceremonies that mark significant occasions/rites of passage in a life. Marriages involve ceremonies, some simple, some elaborate, some spiritual, some strictly to fulfill civil law. Divorce, on the other … [Read More...]
Helping Kids Move Through the Holidays
Even the most well-meaning divorced parents can find themselves looking for love during the holidays, love from their children, that is.... The holiday season implies, for all of us, warm, inviting gatherings of family from regions far and wide, everyone reuniting … [Read More...]
When Divorce Ends in Familicide
Divorce, as we do it in our society, goes to the heart of all losses, like death. Rarely, however, do we expect it to result in death. I have discussed the ways in which people move through the divorce process, move through change, the alteration and restructuring of … [Read More...]
How To Do the Holidays…..Better
One of the most difficult aspects of family transition comes when parents and children have to face separation at holiday times. The alternating year schedule that most divorce families know is a legally convenient solution to a profoundly painful problem: who gets the kids … [Read More...]
Protecting Our Kids Through Divorce
Moving through divorce, when you’re a parent, involves moving through the swamp of emotions about the demise of the marriage and the potential damaging effects on our children. It is an triumph of will and courage when parents remember to keep their children’s needs … [Read More...]
I don’t want to get divorced, Daddy
Keeping Fathers In By Allison Bell Psy.D. You’ve been walking around like a zombie with your heart blown out. You move about your days in a fog, wondering how your life spiraled out of control. The blow-out you feel comes from the news that you are getting divorced. In your despair you may stay at work later, avoiding the scene of your shattered hopes and dreams, filling the uncertain space … [Read More...]
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