Tips for Helping Your Child Deal with Divorce Given the statistics — 50% of first marriages and an even higher percentage of second marriages end in divorce — chances are your child either already knows or will meet other children … Read More
“Silver” divorces often put a sizable financial strain on seniors. This is an unexpected burden that folks in their working years don’t realize. Fortunately, the reverse mortgage is a tool that can help some seniors go through divorce without financial … Read More
Holidays can be rough on families, because they bring with them all the expectations of what a family is supposed to do and be like. All of our dreams of the perfect family having the perfect dinner with the perfect … Read More
The holidays can be an exciting, joyful time. They also can be full of stress, over planning and a general overwhelmed feeling. This can especially be the case for families going through a separation or divorce. Make sure Everyone’s on … Read More
By Deirdre Hally Shaffer, MSW, LCSW In 1935, two men Bill Wilson, a New York stockbroker and Dr. Bob Smith, an Akron surgeon, founded Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) to offer suffering alcoholics a successful road map for to achieve sobriety and … Read More
Get Up Off the Mat Surviving divorce can lead to “poor me” moments. Those times that the car won’t start, the kids won’t stop, and your patience goes south. Or when the basement floods, the power goes out and you … Read More
Re-establishing Stability and Security for Your Children by Deirdre Hally Shaffer, MSW, LCSW Family systems are wrenched apart during divorce, affecting all family members including all children regardless of their age. Even when the divorce, brings relief and peace to … Read More
by Jen Manning, LCSW Talking to your child about divorce is difficult enough when it’s about you and your spouse. But telling them that their grandparents are divorcing can be just as difficult for many other reasons. If your own … Read More
by Jen Manning, LCSW Considering going back to school to support yourself, further your career after a divorce? Take some time to determine what your goals are for extending your education, what costs can you handle? And what arrangements will … Read More
By Deirdre Hally Shaffer, MSW, LCSW Just this week in my counseling practice, I worked with three women whose divorce resulted in extreme financial hardship. For two clients, the mortgage had not been paid in five to seven months and … Read More
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