Resources
Dissolution to Evolution
Navigating Your Divorce Through The Consilium Process
This book, that describes the Consilium Process, was developed to help people considering divorce to simultaneously create a parallel path of personal growth. It highlights common scenarios, presents thoughtful options and constructs optimal outcomes. The workbook helps people structure and pre-think their process so that logic can prevail during a time fraught with high emotion.
Recommended Books
Adult Divorce Related
How Children and Parents Cope with Divorce
By Judith Wallerstein
The seminal author of the longest longitudinal study of children of divorce in the United States, now takes a new look at children, adolescents and parents five years post divorce.
Adult Divorce Related
Aftermarriage:
The Myth of Divorce
By Anita Wyzanski Robboy
As an experienced and wise divorce attorney Anita Robboy teaches us why divorce is neither a beginning nor an end; rather, it is an entrance into another phase in the relationship of a married couple–the years of ‘aftermarriage’.
Child Divorce Related
Dinosaurs Divorce
by Marc Brown and Laurie Krasny Brown
This is a colorful picture book for four to six year olds that uses a dinosaur motif to explore the breakup of a marriage.
Child Divorce Related
Through the Eyes of Children
by Janet R. Johnston, Carla Garrity, Mitchell Baris, Karen Breunig
Written by leading authorities on child psychology and divorce, this book is a valuable and much needed tool for parents and professionals who work with children struggling with family breakup.
Child Development
Best Friends, Worst Enemies Understanding the Social Lives of Children
By Michael Thompson
This book offers a very insightful analysis of childhood friendship.
Personal Growth
Finding The Deep River Within A Woman’s Guide to Recovering Balance and Meaning In Everyday Life
By Abby Seixas
The author skillfully weaves together time-honored spiritual wisdom and contemporary psychological principles to give her readers a highly accessible program for bringing sanity and soul back into daily life.
Community Resources
Here are a few websites that our clients have found helpful.
Websites to Inspire
TED
a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Among other projects, TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site where you can listen and learn from inspirational speakers.
DarynKagan.com
For those times when a feel good, uplifting inspirational story is just what you need. Organized by topic from Animals to World Events.
Divorce Related Supports
Financial Services
The Financial Planning Association of Massachusetts
helps people improve their lives by emphasizing the benefits of financial planning. They promote financial literacy by offering free seminars to the public as well as free online financial resources including audio, video and webinars.
Life, Career, and Leadership Coaching
Deb Elbaum, MD
Career and life coach
Further inspirational websites
The Financial Planning Association of Massachusetts
Helps people improve their lives by emphasizing the benefits of financial planning. They promote financial literacy by offering free seminars to the public as well as free online financial resources including audio, video and webinars
Ideas That Matter
A grant program aimed at helping designers contribute their talents to the charitable activities that they care about most. Sappi believes that the creative ideas of designers can have an impact beyond the aesthetic and that those ideas can be a powerful force for social good. To date, Ideas that Matter has awarded $10 million worldwide in grants supporting causes that range from youth centers and health care awareness to wildlife protection. Working together with our customers, we aim to make a difference.
Other Assistance
Legal Advocacy and Resource Center(LARC)
If you have a low income and need legal assistance, contact the Legal Advocacy and Resource Center(LARC) hotline at 617- 603-1700 or 1-800-342-LAWS (5297). TTY: 617-371-1226. LARC hotline staff provide information and advice and screen cases for referral to Volunteer Lawyers Project and other legal aid programs.