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Your search for Collaborative professionals, including family law lawyers, financial professionals, and family specialists, ends here

This directory of Collaborative professionals in Edmonton and area provides the quickest and easiest way to find the qualified professionals you need to obtain a divorce or separation without going to court and needing to deal with all the associated costs and stress.

No two people will need the same support — you may need a collaboratively trained divorce lawyer and a financial planner, another couple may need a family specialist for counselling services and a divorce coach.  Yet another couple may just need a family law lawyer who knows how to help a couple through a collaborative divorce.

Divorce Coaches are licensed therapists who have specialized training in the area of divorce/separation. They help clients address intense emotional issues that often create barriers in settling disputes during this challenging time. They will assist the individual by providing them with resources, education, and information, while helping develop positive stress management, effective communication, and conflict-resolution skills. Divorce Coaches can also assist with clarifying the individual’s needs, interests, and concerns to prepare them to advocate for themselves in team meetings. This keeps the process moving forward, but also supports the development of long-term healthy coping as the family continues to live in two-households.

You have multiple search options (All, Family Lawyers, Financial Professionals, Family Specialists).   You can also search by Postal Code if you are interested in “finding a Collaborative  Professional in my area”, or by name and keyword.

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Wendy M. Phillips-Berard

Family lawyerGOOD LAW LLP
Work #220, 5 Giroux Road St. Albert Alberta T8N 6J8 CanadaPhone: (780) 459-0133Website: www.goodlawfirm.ca

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I assist people with many of the day-to-day legal issues facing families, including transitioning through a separation, planning for death or incapacity, and purchasing and selling family homes. I am very interested in helping people sort through the confusion and uncertainty around a major life change, in educating them about their legal rights and obligations and supporting them in finding a new path forward.

Over the last 15 years, I have been specifically developing skills using Collaborative Practice to help people resolve the issues that arise on separating from a spouse, including how to parent children, how to financially support children, how to allocate family property, and how to plan for the future.

I am a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP) and I am active in our local Association of Collaborative Family Professionals (Edmonton), having acted as Recording Secretary from 2006 to 2009, sitting on the Executive as a Member-at-Large from 2006 to 2017, and taking on the role of Registrar in 2019.  I have also been a member of the ACFP(E) Forms and Precedents Committee since 2007.

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