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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 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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Ms. Eleanor K. Boddy, K.C.
Family lawyer
Eleanor has been practicing law for more than 45 years. Since 1991, Eleanor has been a sole practitioner with her practice almost exclusively in family law. She has been a registered collaborative family lawyer since 2005. The collaborative process provides options to assist the parties reach a solution for settlement agreeable to both parties. It employs other trained collaborative professionals to provide information and advice to the parties in reaching a settlement. …
Deanna Koebernick, B.Sc.Ag., LLB, Q.Med.
Family lawyer
As a Registered Collaborative Family Law Lawyer and Qualified Mediator, I am committed to providing respectful and productive resolution through the Collaborative Process. As a mother, I am passionate about resolving conflict in a way that prioritizes the needs and interests of children. My priority is to support clients in creating solutions unique to their needs as individuals and as a family. …
Owen J. Kirkaldy
Family lawyer
After completing his Undergraduate degree in History and Political Science at the University of Calgary and his Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws at the University of Alberta, Owen has been practicing in the area of family law for over a decade. In that time, he has come to realize that traditional litigation is the least effective and efficient process to resolve family disputes. …
Michelle Di Toppa
Family Lawyer
Michelle graduated from the University of Alberta law school and was admitted to the Alberta Bar in 2005. Michelle has practiced family law since 2005 and has extensive experience in Court and in Collaborative Family Law. Michelle is in the process of extending her practice to include mediations and arbitrations so that she can provide more options to people who wish to resolve disputes without Court.…
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.…
Wendy M. Phillips-Berard
Family lawyer
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.…
Lucy Arruda, AMP
Financial Professional
Hi, I’m Lucy Arruda and I am a Licensed Mortgage Broker as well as an Accredited Mortgage Professional. I have nearly 20 years of experience helping clients obtain mortgages and over 25 years of experience in the finance industry.
Going through a separation or divorce is never easy and it can be a very a stressful situation, especially when a home is involved and one party wants to remain in the home to offer stability for their children and for their own lives while going through so many changes. …
Patricia Hebert
Family lawyer
I am a lawyer, mediator and Registered Collaborative Family Lawyer in private practice with the firm of Gordon Zwaenepoel in Edmonton, Alberta. Since my admission to the Alberta bar in 1995, I have practiced solely family law with a focus on children.
Before private practice, I worked with Alberta Justice and the Family Law Office of Legal Aid, where I developed a depth of experience in family cases. …
Gordon H. Andreiuk, LL.B.
Family lawyer
I work with clients who want to minimize the destruction of divorce. Many of my clients are business owners or farmers who want to continue operating their business or farm following the divorce. I help divorcing and separating clients to structure a settlement in a way that allows them to protect what is important, including their children, business or farm.…
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.…
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