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Introduction to Collaborative Law In person training.

February 8-9, 2024
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, Broomfield

Registration open now.

Previous Trainings:

2023 | 2022 |2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015


2023

Advanced Collaborative Training: Settlement Strategies for Families with Mental Health and High Conflict Challenges with Brandyn Roark Caires, LCPC of Mind Matters. In person training. 1.5 days

TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS

  • Understand mental health struggles and identify them early

  • How to talk so your client can hear.

  • Develop strategies for negotiation.

  • Help clients speak so they’re heard.

  • How to write parenting plans for long term success

  • Develop a drafting library together so you have a go-to drafting resource

2022

Advanced Collaborative Training with Brandyn Roark Caires, LCPC of Mind Matters. In person training.

  • Understanding “human skills” within Collaborative

  • Team dynamics

  • Trauma and divorce

  • Co-parenting skills and support for the whole family

  • The Child Specialist role and Parenting Plans

Introduction to Collaborative Law, CBA CLE, co-sponsored by CCDP. June 8-9, 2022. The program will provide an introduction to the Collaborative Divorce process for attorneys, financial professionals, neutrals, and coaches. Learn how to make the mindset shift necessary to become a settlement expert, and help your clients achieve long-term resolution for their families.

Introduction to Collaborative Law, CCDP. December 1 & 2, 2022. The program will provide an introduction to the Collaborative Divorce process for attorneys, financial professionals, neutrals, and coaches. Learn how to make the mindset shift necessary to become a settlement expert, and help your clients achieve long-term resolution for their families.

2021

Introduction to Collaborative Practice
Training through CLE on June 22-23, 2021
Introduction to Collaborative Law - Webinar CLE (cobar.org)
15.0 credits, 1.2 ethics credits

2020

Facilitated our first ever Intro to Collaborative Practice through COBAR - April 2020

Introduction to Collaborative Practice

December 3 & 4, 2020

Virtually, via Zoom

Two-day class with a more robust agenda

CLE Credits: 14 General; 1 Ethics

Faculty

  • Selena Besirevic

  • Cyndi Brewster

  • Angie Buchanan

  • Joyce Fine

  • Sandi Gumeson

  • Terri Harrington

  • Caroline Kirkland

  • David Littman

  • Meggin Rutherford

  • Georgiana Scott

  • Tamara Vincelette

  • Emily Warren

2019

Introduction to Collaborative Practice


Unity Spiritual Center, Denver, Colorado

December 6, 2019

CLE Credits: 9 General and 1.7 Ethics

Faculty

  • Chris Boeckx, Esq. of Boeckx Law, LLC

  • Cyndi Brewster, Esq. of Harrington Brewster Mahoney & Smits

  • Sandi Gumeson, CPA, CDFA of Wellspring Divorce Advisors

  • Terri Harrington, Esq. of Harrington Brewster Mahoney & Smits

  • Meggin Rutherford, Esq. of Rutherford Law Center, LLC

  • Arnie Swarz, LCSW - Arnold Swartz and Associates

  • Danae Woody, Esq. of Woody Law Firm LLC

2018

Level I - Introduction to Collaborative Practice

Unity Spiritual Center, Denver, Colorado

November 30, 2018

CLE Credits: 7 General and 1.1 Ethics

Faculty

  • Cyndi Brewster, Esq. of Harrington, Brewster & Clein, PC

  • Sandi Gumeson, CPA, CDFA of Wellspring Divorce Advisors

  • Terri Harrington, Esq. of Harrington, Brewster & Clein, PC

  • Diana Powell, Esq., of Griffiths Law PC

  • Ronnie Rosenbaum of Rosenbaum Associates

  • Meggin Rutherford, Esq. of Rutherford Law Center, LLC

  • Tamara Vincelette, Esq. of Tamara K. Vincelette PC 

  • Danae Woody, Esq. of Woody Law Firm LLC

2017

Level I - Collaborative Divorce Training

Unity Spiritual Center Denver

Friday, December 8, 2017

CLE Credits: 9 General and 4.5 Ethics

Faculty

  • Terri Harrington, Esq. of Harrington, Brewster & Clein, P.C.

  • Cyndi Brewster, Esq. of Harrington, Brewster & Clein, P.C.

  • Meggin Rutherford, Esq. of Rutherford Law Center, LLC

  • Ronnie Rosenbaum of Rosenbaum Associates

  • Deb Johnson, ChFC, CDFA of Life Transition Planners, Inc.


ADvanced Collaborative training - excellence in interdisciplinary collaboration: Strengthening Your Collaborative Skills

This is an exciting opportunity for collaborative team members: attorneys, financial professionals, and mental health professionals/collaborative divorce facilitators, to work together for two days to strengthen your knowledge and skills. Regardless of whether you are new to Collaborative Divorce, or are a long-time practitioner, experience the value of each professional on the team, and the strength a fully-functional and coordinated team can bring to the process. There will be ample time for role plays, video segments, small- and large-group discussions, and questions and answers.

Linda Solomon is recognized nationally and internationally as an exceptionally effective collaborative trainer. She offers a hands-on, intensive interdisciplinary training for all collaborative professionals.

Golden Community Center, Golden, CO 80401

CLE credits: 15 Regular & 2.4 Ethics Credits

This is a two-day workshop for collaborative professionals to work together to strengthen their knowledge and skills as team members. To work together on teams, we need considerable knowledge, skills, and self-awareness. The two days will include role plays, video segments, and small- and large-group discussions. There will be ample opportunity for Q & A. Ms. Solomon, a member of the IACP Training Faculty, will share her experience and many lessons learned from her work during the past decade as a Neutral Mental Health Professional in the collaborative process.

DAY ONE: DEVELOPING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEAM APPROACH - WHAT EACH PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTES AND HOW THE ENTIRE TEAM COORDINATES THE COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE PROCESS. 

Participants will experience how each professional supports and is integrated into the process. Learn about the importance of each professional's role, especially that of the Mental Health Professional/Collaborative Divorce Facilitator (MHP/CDF). Develop strategies to support the delicate balance between neutrality and advocacy, exploring the challenges of both. 

DAY TWO: CONTINUING AND APPLYING LESSONS FROM DAY ONE

Participants will have a chance to work on team concerns and develop skills to strengthen their participation with one another in collaborative matters. Ms. Solomon will address solutions to overcome challenges that occur during the Collaborative Divorce process.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN AT THIS CONFERENCE

The unique roles of each team member and the advantages of forming the team at the beginning:

  • How the MHP/CDF enhances the collaborative process.

  • How to effectively structure and interact with members of your collaborative team.

  • How to market Collaborative Divorce as a value-added proposition

  • More Learning Objectives at this link.

Linda Solomon is a Licensed Marriage and Family therapist, and is trained as a Mediator and Parenting Coordinator. She has been in private practice in Dallas, Texas, for over 30 years.  She is actively involved in the collaborative team approach, working as a Neutral Mental Health Professional. She was instrumental in the development of the Neutral MHP Model in Texas and was a member of the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas Board of Directors. 

Linda has presented training on coaching and collaborative practice nationally and internationally. She has presented at annual International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP) Forums in on such diverse topics as The Role of the Neutral Mental Health Professional, Balancing Neutrality in the Process and A Comparison of the One Coach and Two Coach Team Approach.  Linda, a former member of the IACP, was also part of the 2013 IACP Institute introductory training team and is a member of the IACP Training Faculty.

She is a member of the Lone Star Collaborative Training Team and serves as a mentor to other mental health professionals world-wide.  She is a former board member of IACP and The Collaborative Law Institute of Texas. In addition, she has served on the planning committee for the conference several times.  Linda is the proud 2015 recipient of The Gay Cox Collaborative Spirit Award in The State of Texas.

Linda continues to be committed to helping collaborative practice spread throughout the world with particular focus on the team approach.  She is passionate about her profession having a clear understanding of the role on a collaborative team and helping the other professions understand how mental health professionals will contribute to the process.  www.lindasolomonlpc.com

2016

Level I Collaborative Divorce Training

ALTHEA Center for Engaged Spirituality Denver, Colorado

December 9, 2016

CLE credits: 8 General and 0.6 Ethics


Faculty:

  • Terri Harrington, Esq. of Harrington, Brewster & Clein, P.C.

  • Cyndi Brewster, Esq. of Harrington, Brewster & Clein, P.C.

  • Ronnie Rosenbaum of Rosenbaum Associates

  • Deb Johnson, ChFC, CDFA of Life Transition Planners, Inc.

2015

Level I Collaborative Law Training

December 4, 2015

Confluence Ministries, Denver, CO

CLE credits: 8 General and 0.6 Ethics


Level I Collaborative Law Training

August 6, 2015

Glenwood Springs, CO 

CLE credits: 8 General and 0.6 Ethics

We had our first WESTERN SLOPE training in Glenwood Springs in August 2015. Our trainees were very delighted to participate in this first level of training.