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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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Margaret Weir Andreassen
Family lawyer
Margaret enjoys working with her clients to resolve their issues in a timely and respectful fashion. Her goal is to provide practical, knowledgeable and compassionate guidance, and to help educate and empower her clients to make good decisions. Margaret is a rural practitioner with a focus on family law.
Margaret graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Laws Degree in 1981.…
James K. Taylor
Family Lawyer
I am a person who is looking for the greatest long-term possibilities for the people I am trying to help. I understand that people who are going through a family issue are often facing the most difficult time of their lives, both emotionally and financially. Because the circumstances are so difficult, it is easy to get lost in the moment and forget about the future and what it has for us.…
Rebekah Weizman
Rebekah practices exclusively in family law, assisting clients in a wide variety of issues including divorce, family property division, parenting, and child and spousal support issues.
Rebekah has experience representing family law clients in both the Court of King’s Bench and the Alberta Court of Justice. Although she is an experienced advocate in Court, she also has a proven track record in resolving matters outside of Court and she works in the Collaborative process to assist her clients in achieving a resolution outside of court.…
Moosa Y. Jiwaji
Family Lawyer
Moosa has practiced law for close to 26 years and as a lawyer has assisted many divorce clients navigate through the legal process. He is firmly of the belief that courts are not meeting the needs of its participants because the system is not designed to deal with disputes that extend over a period of time and which, in some cases, continue even after a final divorce decree is issued.…
Shannon Gunn Emery
Family Lawyer
I was a criminal defence litigator for 15 years before I started my collaborative practice in family law. While definitely not trial-shy, I am firmly convinced that court is not the best place to solve family law disputes. Children, parents, grandparents all may suffer harm when the couple’s dispute is not handled with sensitivity, respect and compassion.…
Kier Wilson
Family Lawyer
After numerous years of “fighting it out” in court, it became clear to Kier that there must be a better way to resolve family files. After learning that sumo suits and foam bats were not likely going to catch on as a means of dispute resolution, Kier became trained and registered in the practice of collaborative family law.…
Joanna Waldie
Family Lawyer
Joanna was raised in Olds, Alberta. Joanna’s passion for family law grew during her articles with Birdsell Grant LLP, where she gained experience in family law, as well as other areas of law including general civil litigation, estate litigation, employment law, wills, estates, residential real estate, as well as corporate and commercial law. This general background gives Joanna a solid knowledge base to assist family law clients, and a unique perspective on the legal issues touching family law.…
Tammy Olson
Family Lawyer
Tammy graduated law school in 2003 from the University of Saskatchewan before moving to Edmonton and commencing her legal career in Alberta. Since 2006 Tammy has practiced exclusively in the area of family law. For over a decade Tammy has been an aggressive litigation lawyer handling matters within the Court system. However many years of experience in practicing family law has demonstrated that family law disputes are not well suited to the adversarial nature of litigation. …
Lorraine A. Stark
Family lawyer
Lorraine’s attentive, skilled, calm and intuitive approach has helped many going through the pain and stress of separation and divorce to create satisfying, workable settlement agreements outside of court, bringing peace and closure to their conflict and renewed hope for their future.
She is a strong proponent of an interest based approach to meet client needs and those of their children.…
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