Find a Collaborative Family Professional
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 help clients address 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 the client to develop positive stress management, goal setting, 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 and allows them to be their best self in a two household family.
Divorce Coaches can have an educational background in law, mental health, or finance.
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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Kim MacDonald, CIM, CFP, PFP, FCSI, CFDS, CDFA
Financial Professional
MacDonald Advisory is a team of professionals with a clear focus on where their clients lives intersect with their money.
Area(s) of Practice: Kim is a registered Collaborative Professional in Edmonton, Alberta. In the area of Collaborative Law she acts in the capacity of “Financial Neutral”. Her involvement in the process is specifically related to financial planning for the specialized area of divorce.…
Carmen Boucher
Family Law and Wills & Estates Lawyer
While I have successfully litigated a number of family law matters, I firmly believe that the Collaborative method helps families maintain better relationships as they move forward with the rest of their lives, primarily because the spouses have the flexibility to choose the outcome which works best for their family, and for each of them individually, in an open and respectful environment. …
Kathy Drouin-Carey
Family Lawyer
Kathy is a bilingual (English/French) lawyer who is passionate about collaborative law and helping families. She knows that collaborative divorce is often less stressful than the court system, and children are better protected from conflict. Understanding people, their families, and personal circumstances plays an integral role in all aspects of her practice. With a strong background in customer service and business, and driven by a strong desire to help people, Kathy understands the importance of client engagement, open communication and accountability.…
Jonathan Lacasse, PhD, CBV
Financial Professional
Jonathan is a business advisor and chartered business valuator (CBV) with extensive litigation support and financial advisory experience.
He has assisted counsel and their clients in the preparation of numerous Expert Reports determining guideline income and quantifying financial needs and economic damages. Jonathan has prepared valuation reports and estimates of fair market value for a variety of purposes including the equitable division of matrimonial property, the resolution of shareholder disputes, the purchase or sale of a business, corporate reorganizations and related party transactions.…
Mr Paul Govenlock
Family Lawyer
Meet Paul Govenlock, a Collaborative Family Lawyer with an expertise in Interest Based Negotiations and a strong interest in understanding human stories and problem solving complex issues.
Paul is a regular guy with a strong sense for equity, fairness and the central issues that matter most in his clients’ lives. His commitment to minimizing the emotional, social and economic consequences of divorce ensures that his clients’ needs are prioritized from the very first meeting to the last.…
Andrea Remington
I pursued a collaborative practice after more than a decade of litigating family matters through the courts, understanding that the court process is not in the best interests of families, particularly after resolution. Far too often, people needlessly spend time and money on the court process – time and money that could go to their families.…
Dr Anita Dorczak, M.A, LL.B, PhD, CLP, PC, Cert. EM
Family Lawyer
Practice governed by kindness and compassion
Over 25 years of experience
Fluent in 3 languages
After many years of practice I became deeply disillusioned with the adversarial process which I view as ineffective, expensive and failing to respond to the idiosyncrasy of family conflict.
My passion for peacemaking has taken me to teach and present on collaborative law in Spain, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay and Panama and I will continue to promote this model of dispute resolution as more effective and less costly but most importantly best suited for family disputes.…
Sandra Landry
CPA, CA, CIRP, Licensed Insolvency Trustee
Sandra is a Senior Vice President with MNP’s Insolvency Services group in Edmonton working with businesses and individuals who are experiencing financial difficulties.
Sandra provides her clients with an understanding of their consumer insolvency and corporate restructuring options so they can make informed decisions. Sandra recognizes that each client has unique experiences and circumstances that proceed her work with them, and as a valued Trustee she ensures each individual is positioned to make the best decision for themselves.…
Kimberly Kok
Family Lawyer
Kimberly was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. Kimberly completed her articles with a boutique family law firm in downtown Edmonton and has continued on as an associate lawyer at Birdsell Grant LLP. Kimberly’s practice is focused primarily in family law. As a trained mediator and a Registered Collaborative Family Lawyer, Kimberly recognises the multifaceted challenges that families face upon relationship breakdown.…
Michelle Roe
Michelle began her legal education and career in Dublin, Ireland where she was born and raised. Since moving to Canada in 2013, Michelle and her family have called Edmonton their home.
Since being called to the Alberta bar in 2017, Michelle has primarily been involved on the litigation side of Family Law and Divorce and understands the emotional impact the litigation system can have on families going through the process, not to mention the high costs and long delays.…
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